John Mikkelsen

John Mikkelsen is a former editor of three Queensland regional newspapers, columnist, freelance writer and author of the Amazon Books Memoir, Don’t Call Me Nev.

Discarded babies left to die by the 100s

On : 23/08/202424/08/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 12 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – HERE’S a macabre little story that illustrates where humanity is headed. Let’s call it The Life of Zye even though Zye never had a real name – nor ever left the maternity ward. It is hard to grasp…

Trumped by a costly ‘computer glitch’

On : 23/07/202413/08/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 1 Comment

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – LIKE many Australians, I had just watched a live telecast of Donald Trump’s inspiring speech at the US Republican Convention following his miraculous assassination survival, when suddenly the screen pixelated then died. Trump had recounted how he had…

Albanese needs to travel more

On : 27/06/202415/07/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 2 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – IT APPEARS Airbus Albo needs to spend more time oversees to help get his head around the importance of nuclear-powered energy. While the Prime Minister’s at it, he should pack in all the nuclear nay-sayer Labor premiers, Queensland’s…

Labor’s lying lips over nuclear

On : 27/06/202412/07/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 6 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – THE old cliché about how you can tell a politician is lying – their lips are moving – has never been more clearly illustrated than the tsunami of misinformation, disinformation and outright lies surrounding nuclear energy. There should…

‘Mad’ Bowen driving us into dust

On : 10/06/202427/06/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 13 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – THE dystopian future predicted in the Mad Max movie franchise may be closer than ever and it won’t take World War III to make it a reality. To me, the only ones worth watching were the original and…

Black heart Albo displays his real ‘virtue’

On : 27/05/202410/06/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 7 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – LIFE really can be bitter sweet. It can throw up hurdles and roadblocks when least expected. But sometimes, when all appears dark, a light appears. This has happened to me more than once and I can only hope…

Labor, how do I loathe thee?

On : 04/05/202420/05/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 25 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – I’M NOT alone in my surprise that Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party continues to scrape together 30 to 32 per cent primary support in recent opinion polls. To borrow the latest trending legal term – which perfectly fits Labor’s…

Laughs, lies & lights out

On : 23/04/202411/05/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 5 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – OH THE irony. Here I was reading our local Noosa newspaper last Saturday morning and laughing when the power started to blink off and on half a dozen times before finally cutting out completely. And staying off for…

Males warned ‘be cautious of women’

On : 18/04/202406/05/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 16 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – ONE of the things that seems to have been irrevocably killed-off in today’s woke feminist world, is the art of seduction. Forget the theme songs of many Hollywood movies that entertained teenagers and their parents in the 50s…

Artificial Public Servants not so intelligent

On : 10/04/202430/04/2024- by John Mikkelsen- 4 Comments.

by JOHN MIKKELSEN – I OFTEN wonder how many Australians, like me, have found communicating with our national health bureaucracy about as easy as winning the lottery? “Oh, it shouldn’t be too hard, their website contains a 24-hour contact number, right?” Might…