It is unusual for Cranky Lizard to throw more than one contribution into the mix in each edition of The Local Paper. Most unusual. In...

[ Cranky Lizard acknowledges the Wall Street Journal article published on 16 February 2020 from which material has been drawn for this...

Australia is a parched continent. And, it has been that way for a very, very long time because regular rainfall on this continent is...

Bush Fires – What a bloody Shame? It is with deep respect and sadness that Cranky Lizard dedicates this article to three firefighters who...

Cranky Lizard travelled, as part of regular life, to Western Queensland on several occasions in the past few months. While there, and...

[ Cranky Lizard does not whinge. There are some questions to be asked, as indeed, they are being asked in other press forums; and we, as...

If they believed in a God, they would be on their knees giving constant prayers of thanks for the continuing drought – because the...

Cranky Lizard Speaks... Just to kick things off on the right level – Cranky Lizard is well aware of matters that are unfolding at the...

Drought does not attack you like wildfire. Drought does not thunder along a dry riverbed smashing your flood gates into the next State....

August 2019 So, here we go again — this is about Aboriginal people in Australia having a voice. Before any further comments; I place...

Hello, it is a nice feeling to be back in Queensland after a couple of months away in other States. Well…wasn’t that a ripper ? An Editor...

Millennial Socialism = The Energy and Assertiveness of Restless Youth. Cranky Lizard remembers growing up in the Australian Outback on a...

[ Cranky Lizard acknowledges the outstanding paper prepared on these matters by Neil Laurie, the Deputy Clerk and the Clerk of Committees...

There are three aspects of Christmas in our Australian lifestyle. One is the religious imperative which is the foundation of the...

December 2018. The last two publications of Cranky Lizard’s words have generated some interesting and worthwhile comments on the whole...

Our National Values – Trashing our National Heritage – for What?? When Cranky Lizard began this adventure, some twelve months ago, a...

[ This is an opinion of Cranky Lizard – no other person or persons –it is a magnificently courageous expose of the political correctness...

This perverted political trollop slimed onto the human stage in Europe, Italy in fact, during the early 1930’s. It’s symbol, for the...

The Truth is defined as: “ That which is true by fact or reality. “ Most sensible people look at this and accept the statement as...

Cranky Lizard does not have much to say this month. Having allegiance to our Sovereign State of The Commonwealth of Australia. A matter...