Friday 29th of March 2024

them & us .....

them & us .....

Australia's population has topped 21.5 million, according to the 2011 census results, although there has been a further decline in the proportion of people holding Australian citizenship.

The initial census results give a glimpse into the changing face of Australia, including its multicultural background.

quaint arse .....

quaint arse .....

from Crikey …..

 

Qantas pleads for govt protection from the Joyce discount

pipe dreams .....

pipe dreams .....

It's time to end the blame game - and it's time Tony Abbott made it possible for Julia Gillard to implement the policy she insists will make tragedies like the one that unfolded last night less likely.

It's also time both sides recognised that the shrill, tit-for-tat debate about who bears responsibility for the spike in boat arrivals is not just undermining public support for asylum seekers and Australia's humanitarian program. It has become its own pull factor.

G20 = Gutless 20 .....

G20 = Gutless 20 .....

World leaders at the Rio+20 Earth summit in Brazil delivered a "new definition of hypocrisy" for standing in the way of progress and failing so far to challenge the text of the draft outcome document, NGO leaders said on Thursday.

your abc .....

your abc .....

First for Australia – a law to stop governments stacking the ABC Board

A ground-breaking bill was passed in the Senate last night and is expected to be carried by the House of Representatives.

god moving in mysterious ways .....

the lord provides .....

Bishops are claiming up to £27,000 a year in fixed-rate allowances to attend sessions of the House of Lords on top of their travel costs. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Independent has found that some bishops are claiming up to the maximum fixed allowance for attending sessions in the second chamber while having full-time jobs in their dioceses. Others attend sessions in the House without making any claim on the public purse.

from the nets .....

from the nets ........

From a purely political point of view, the most interesting thing about travelling to Europe (which I have just done) is the extraordinary contrast with the stopover in Singapore on the way home.

Singapore is all go; huge reclamation works, extraordinary construction projects on the same scale as the futuristic erections in Shanghai, but a good deal classier. Almost everything works and what doesn't is being ruthlessly discarded.

the vision thing .....

the vision thing .....

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott articulates an alternative vision for the country with Clarke & Dawe.

Alternative Vision

more bosom buddies...

 

more bosom buddies...

It’s not every weekend we get a close look at such characters, whose influence is so terrifying we wonder why we stay in a country where such thought predators ply their hideous wares.

on existential threats .....

on existential threats .....

Perhaps we should not be surprised by the decline of quality, original, investigative media.

beggarman, thief .....

beggarman, thief .....

from Crikey .....

Western Australians may have a penchant for the Coalition, but there are some exceptions. A WA voter is outraged to have received a personalised begging letter from Tony Abbott in the mail. "Outraged of WA", who lives in Julie Bishop's electorate, wants to know how the Liberal Party got his name and address, and if the electoral roll was used, asks if that was appropriate. "What are they doing sending unsolicited beggar mail to everyone in the district?" our contact asked.

trimming the nuz...

trimming the nuz

Australia's media landscape has been rocked for a second time this week with News Limited announcing a massive restructuring of the way it delivers news.

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