Thanks to the intervention of the ABC board, triple j reluctantly presents two hours of unbiased, fair and balanced coverage of the week's topical issues, Sunday nights at 9pm.
Your hosts Stirling Addison and his guests present Restoring the Balance.
Coming up
This week Stirling talks with ROBERT LARKINS Melbourne Barrister, Whistleblower and Author of the controversial expose Funeral Rights: What the Australian ‘Death Care’ Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know and also CHRIS GRIFFIN, Research Fellow from the American Enterprise Institute.
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Pick a name for Melanie's baby
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Our beloved PM will soon hear the pitta patter of little feet when Melanie Howard, his daughter and the nation’s rose gives birth later this year.
We spoke about what the new addition to the family should be called and here were some of your suggestions:
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And as the countdown to the birth continues we’d like you to Email through more suggestions of names for the little tacker to Stirling at restoringthebalance@triplej.abc.net.au
So far:
Blair, Bryson, Nathaniel, Willard, Piers, Maccallum, Maxwell, Bruce, Wallace, Henry, Spencer, Charles, Frederick, Arthur, Benjamin, Clement, Harold, Crispin, Neville, Lloyd, Ramsay, MacIntyre, Logan, Lachlan, Fraser.
Some other suggestions:
- Dave suggests Gough, Bob, Paul, Ben, Francis, Albert, Kevin, John or Menzies.
- Robert suggests Miles MacDonald-Howard or Akerman Howard-MacDonald.
- Stephen suggests Rupert, after her father's loyal backer and incredible icon for Australia.
- Michael thinks Karl, after Karl Marx is a good name.
- Daniel has put Australia's Baby 'Jesus' forward as a suggestion.
- Colin suggests Giles.
- Michael thinks: Benito Mussolini Howard, after the inspirational and ruthless fascist leader
of Italy 1922 - 1943.
- Bret thinks the child should be called Vlad, after the benevolent ruler, master negotiator, unstoppable general and all round good guy of Romania, Mr Vlad Tepes. Like Vlad the child will always be remembered as being a strong ruler, who eliminated crime, brought about economic reforms and fought the Turks.
- If the fruit of Melanie’s loins is a girl, Mel suggests Boudicca – no explanation required, surely. Alternatively, Maxine – lest we forget (or choose to remember as appropriate) the epic challenge faced by the child’s grandfather.
- Max beleives that Australia's own rose's first born should be named to honour the one true Australian, Don Bradman, The only way The Don could be more
Australia was if he played cricket at Galipolli. The babys second name should honour the one man who is trying to restore
this country to is former glory. For these reasons the newborns should be chistened under God as Don Stirling Howard.
- Andrew has suggested Warnie or Ricky, Nuke or Lea, or even 'Please don't blame me i didn't pick my Grandfather Howard'.
- Nicholas proposes the baby be named Eustace, A fine old British name.
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Hottest 100 Private School Songs
Restoring The Balance presents the hottest 100 Private school songs. Kicking off is Shore
Grammar's rallying cry, as sung heartily by Stirling Addison:
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+ 'Horrick Hurrah' performed by Stirling Addison
+ 'Horrick Hurrah' piano track
To be part of the Hottest 100 Private School Songs, download the 'Horrick Hurrah' mp3 files above and record your own version of the lyrics over the piano track. Email your vocals mixed with the piano back to Stirling at restoringthebalance@triplej.abc.net.au
You can also email Stirling any other Private School songs that you want to nominate for our Hottest 100 Private School songs..
Horrick Hurray
When Grammar plays the private schools,
Excitement quite intense
Prevails amongst the barrackers
Assembled 'round the fence
They watch with blazing eyes
The shifting fortunes of the fray
They urge their battling comrades on
And this is what they say:
Horrick, Hoorrah
Horrick, Hoorrick, Hoorrah,
Grammar! Grammar!
Horrick, Hoorah
The battle may be hot,
But whether it is, or not
It matters not a jot to sons of Grammar! |
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