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The Stern Report. My God, nobody can ever say Tony doesn't know spin. The Stern Report. The Stern Report. Stern. Stern. Stern.... Report. Hmmm.

Make up your own minds. But just to remind you...

It's The STERN Report! So make those minds up good and right.



Now for the Malcolm report.


Last week I became an Australian citizen. It was a long time coming. A long time. If you count the days from my initial application (and I do) then you're looking at six years. Five of those in Australia. Still, the day came in the end. Sure I had my application for citizenship approved a few weeks ago but I was only made an Aussie officially last week when I stood up in front of the Mayor of Campbelltown (the local council) and, bible in hand, swore after him....

It was brilliant! I really thought it was going to be such a dull, staid affair. Don't get me wrong, it was, as it should be, a very serious event, but it was delightful too. All the candidates, and I was only one of two Europeans and the only english speaker the other guy was Italian, we were grinning from ear to the lobe of the same ear! Honestly I couldn't tell you why we were so happy, but we were. In fact the day was so moving for some that the wonderfully friendly and young east African couple happily clutched their bibles and took the oath to uphold the blah blah of Australia even though they were clearly muslim. Didn't bother them a bit. Even though they were given the option, like the rest of us, of choosing their own oath at the interview. Brilliant!

Vanessa is good. Well it's the second trimester. So all the books, documentaries, magazines, websites, friends, cohorts and oddball strangers you meet in the deli are happy to tell us, this is the best three months of the pregnancy. Well so far they appear to be correct.

Last but not least, I'm going to introduce "Malc Recommends".

Tonight Malc recommends, and this is delving into my past a little bit, but so deserves my and your, and your, and your and everybodies attention.

Philip Pullmans "His Dark Materials".

If you don''t already know the work then you're missing out. If you do know it, then it's about time you revisited the story of Lyra and Will.

That's it. I'm not going to review the books. I'd only do a terrible job.

Have a great one folks. Sorry for the shocking quality of tonights blog.

Love and bubbles

Malcolm