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A Fact Check For Our Local Member Dear Editor – I read James Hutton’s interview with Dave Sharma in the February 2020 edition of The Beast with great interest, and in particular his attempt to explain away Scott ...

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In the midst of beach closures, social distancing and proposed lockdowns due to COVID-19, Eastern Suburbs businesses, particularly restaurants, pubs, and events organisers are taking a big hit. With new announcements eve...

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For a country as small as Australia, our nation has some very big issues to deal with. While the east coast was burning and flooding, a revolution akin to the Eureka Stockade was simmering in the far north-west of Austra...

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We’ve been lucky to meet some incredible humans since launching The Beast over fifteen years ago, wonderful people from all walks of life. Among these are members of our local community doing amazing things to help...

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Pisces Feb 20-Mar 20 Quit whining about the temperature and enjoy this hot weather while it lasts. You’ll be freezing your tits off in a few months. Aries Mar 21-Apr 20 You can escape to just about anywhere in the worl...

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Although the month of March is officially autumn, Sydney’s weather still calls for an effortless summery meal. Drawing inspiration from a recent Fijian holiday, this recipe is a tasty, fragrant celebration of seafood t...

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Coffee consumption has changed dramatically over the past few years, especially in the Eastern Suburbs. Our taste has developed to the point where instant coffee is considered powdered diarrhoea and the complexity of our...

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There was a time when Australians believed in the importance of government-owned enterprise. This was how things got done, people’s needs were met and great institutions were built. The Commonwealth Bank, established b...

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The Unreliable Guide has been thinking about hate. The first stage of professor Gregory Stanton’s paper on ‘The 8 Stages of Genocide’ is the division of people into “them and us”. Once you’ve decided who’s ...

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