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The 'wowser' leading the charge for alcohol reform

Christchurch's Doug Sellman is leading the campaign to bring in tougher booze legislation - critical he says to changing New Zealand's heavy drinking culture. PHILIP MATTHEWS reports. Wowser. An ugly ...
Paste

Best of What’s Next: Wowser Bowser

Take a look at the “About Me” section of Atlanta experimental pop band Wowser Bowser’s Facebook page, and you’ll find the following quote: “We’re going places, boy howdy. Or maybe not.” It’s not ...
Broadsheet

Is Sydney a Wowser City? Some Certainly Think So, and are Waging a Guerrilla Revolution on the Streets

A strange thing happened at Bondi Beach on Australia Day. An electronic LED road sign conveyed the following message: “Total alcohol ban. Swim between the flags.” So far so normal. Then the following ...
Sydney Morning Herald

These wowser women aren’t obvious feminist heroes. But their rallying cry rings through the ages

Wowser. Kill-joy. Helen Lovejoy from The Simpsons. No one likes a scold – especially when they’re half-right. On this day 130 years ago – December 18, 1894 – South Australia granted women the right to ...