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What’s a trifecta? It’s an Australian word, thought by Australians to be English. It means three things happening at once. So today, we start with happy birthday to Sarah:

Then we remember it is also Australia Day and Chinese new year. So now you know what a trifecta is.

Talking of Australia, you might not know that there is something here called a “Freedom of Information Act”, which means that you can pay a lot of money and wait quite long before being told officially and in writing (that’s the benefit to us) that – for reasons it has no need to explain and is not required to disclose – the government doesn’t want to give you the information you requested.

You’ll all remember the Ministry of Truth? And the Ministry for Public Enlightenment?