An open letter to Rob Oakeshott

Dear Rob

What I am writing here is between you, me and a defunct lamppost in a secret location. As you know in politics nothing is ever simple. 

Federal Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has defended decade-old remarks about women made by the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

ROME, Oct 10, 2012 (AFP) - The captain of an Italian luxury liner which crashed in January is taking ship owner Costa Crociere to court for firing him and is demanding his job back, Italy's Repubblica newspaper said Wednesday.

When the young and ambitious Richard Nixon was accused of accepting bribes, he wheeled out a trump card: a dog named Checkers, which he said was just another gift from a constituent.

The usually media-shy Margie Abbott says a deliberate campaign is being waged against her husband to raise doubts about his relationship with women.

She has told Channel Nine the attacks are personal and groundless because Mr Abbott understands women.

On July 19, 2011, Aaron Swartz, a computer programmer and activist, was arrested for downloading 4.8 million academic articles. The articles constituted nearly the entire catalogue of JSTOR, a scholarly research database. Universities that want to use JSTOR are charged as much as $50,000 in annual subscription fees.