Shame on the Queensland Nats

Posted by Michael on March 21, 2009, 8:19pm, 283 views,  2 comments

The election result in Queensland suggests country people in the most decentralised state have lost their voice forever. Read more

Censorship threatens freedom

Posted by Michael on March 17, 2009, 8:27pm, 331 views,  2 comments

CensorshipThe latest online censorship furore in Australia involves the communications regulator saying it will fine people who link to sites on its blacklist. Read more

Circumcision

Posted by Michael on March 17, 2009, 7:49pm, 607 views,  1 comment

Circumcision is obviously a touchy subject, if responses to an article in the local paper are anything to go by. Read more

Sheffield Shield washout

Posted by Michael on March 15, 2009, 6:04pm, 205 views,  Leave a comment

Victoria looks like winning the Sheffield Shield thanks to bad weather and a late middle order revival. Read more

Doyle’s cheap shot on Adelaide

Posted by Michael on March 15, 2009, 11:16am, 653 views,  1 comment

Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has scored an easy headline by suggesting Adelaide should be shut down. Read more

Quotes on Google News

Posted by Michael on March 15, 2009, 10:45am, 289 views,  Leave a comment

Google has introduced a search for quotes on its news service. Read more

Raunchy Pauline Hanson a fake

Posted by Michael on March 15, 2009, 8:05am, 7,542 views,  1 comment

Pauline HansonNews Ltd Sunday papers published raunchy photos claiming they were of Queensland election hopeful Pauline Hanson. Read more

Bushfires Royal Commission

Posted by Michael on March 14, 2009, 10:24am, 186 views,  Leave a comment

The Royal Commission into the Victorian bushfires should hold all its sessions in public. Read more

Australia’s status downgraded

Posted by Michael on March 14, 2009, 10:15am, 185 views,  Leave a comment

Australia is a “tier two” nation when it comes to world influence, according to the British Foreign Office. Read more

The text menace

Posted by Michael on March 7, 2009, 4:25pm, 248 views,  2 comments

Telegraph writer Judith Woods has a charming column published in The Age today on her effort to give up texting. Read more

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