Bracks' Tax Record Comes Under Fire

PREMIER Steve Bracks' call for income tax cuts and relief from bracket creep was the height of hypocrisy, according to the State Opposition.

Parting Thoughts On A Farewell To Gums

Before I turned 40 I didn't know the word "periodontist". When I did encounter it, I used my Latin ("around" plus "tooth") to work out the gist. The fact that it was my dentist saying it - "Mhm, one o' these days we're going to have to send you to a periodontist" - gave me confidence in my intuitions. Despite my best efforts at denial - "Who me? Gum disease? There must be some mistake" - reality did what it does best: creep up when you're not looking.