Great news on our national day which was delivered on time again by the National Australia Day Council, that another 16,000-plus visitors have chosen to call Australia home by taking out Australian citizenship.
Delivering the details, the national Minister for Immigration was right on top of the figures and facts declaring with acute accuracy that “today, 16,212 people will become Australian citizens,” “from 146 different countries” and “on the 70th anniversary of Australian citizenship.”
Surprisingly, the only statistic the statesman stumbled over was the one relating to his own Department, saying the new Australians made their pledges “at more than 365 ceremonies across the nation.”
It could have been 366 ceremonies or 420, we don’t know.
Ironically that very same Department supports all and every citizenship ceremony held around the country so the actual figure could have been readily available.
How Australian is that?
Cool energy
PS News is nothing if not noted for its creative (or crazy) headlines but sometimes its painful pursuit of playfulness passes its pertinent point.
And so it was for Dane V when a recent story on the cost affordability of renewable energy headlined ‘Energy report cool on renewables’ prompted him to pull the plug.
“How is the report ‘cool’ on renewables?” Dane demanded to know.
“Quite the opposite I would say.”
And, of course he’s right, particularly as the story revealed that both the CSIRO and Australian Energy Market Operator were of the view that renewable energy was already cheaper than traditional generators.
Thanks for the comment Dane.
A ‘cool’ PS News book prize will be on its way to you soon.
Hard cell
Staying with headlines and news stories for the moment, the following was observed in a Sydney newspaper over the holiday break.
“Luxury property developer finds a new home behind bars”.
A modest play on words of course, but the story became unusually close and personal when it opened with: “A Manly man was today sentenced to six years’ jail…”
Lingo stars
And finally, whoever said the English language was hard to understand had hardly had a hard time handling it.
Could it have been the invalid whose insurance policy was invalid?
The farmer who taught his sow how to sow so he could produce his produce?
Or the gift-giver who decided there was no time like the present to present his present to his friend?
Till next week…….
