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Blogsriley addicted to poker machines...One wonders about charitable souls when they loose it...: Leaders in the charity sector have questioned the wisdom of a prominent youth worker who has joined Clubs Australia to fight the Government's proposed poker machine reforms. Youth Off The Streets founder Father Chris Riley has become the face of the clubs' campaign against the reforms, which include mandatory pre-commitment technology. Father Riley appears on a pamphlet that will be sent today to almost 50 electorates across the eastern states.
through a looking glass darkly .....from Crikey ….. Menadue: media missing the boat on asylum-seeker coverage
risen like a cold soufflé...
a cry in the wilderness .....Individuals and companies have strayed too far from recognising the importance of human relationships.
blaming the brotherly conflict...US President Barack Obama's administration has rejected Republican calls to fire the ambassador to Belgium after he suggested that Israeli actions against Palestinians, including settlement building and military strikes, were partly to blame for anti-Semitism in Europe. Ambassador Howard Gutman, who is Jewish and the son of a Holocaust survivor, said in a speech that a new type of anti-Semitism had emerged in Europe that was not "classic bigotry" but instead linked to "continuing tensions" between Israel and the Palestinian territories and other Arab neighbours.
fancy that .....One of Britain's largest lobbying companies has been secretly recorded boasting about its access to the heart of the Government and how it uses the "dark arts" to bury bad coverage and influence public opinion. An undercover investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, published in The Independent today, has taped senior executives at Bell Pottinger:
rolling back child labor laws![]() When Gingrich’s Big Thoughts Backfire Ideas erupt from the mind of Newt Gingrich — bold, unconventional and sometimes troubling and distracting. On Monday, Mr. Gingrich sought to do damage control on the latest of his Big Thoughts to land him in hot water — helping children bootstrap their way out of poverty by paying them to mop and clean their schools, and rolling back child labor laws that he has called “truly stupid.”
rainbow warriors...Former Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has urged his successor Tony Abbott to support a conscience vote on the issue of same-sex marriage. The ALP national conference at the weekend changed its platform to one of support for gay marriage, voting for Labor MPs to be allowed a conscience vote on the issue. Opinion polls reveal the community is in support of same-sex marriage with a Galaxy Research poll released yesterday showing 76 per of Coalition voters back a conscience vote. Mr Abbott continues to insist the Coalition strongly opposes any change to the Marriage Act, but he has not vetoed a conscience vote.
spooning the yellow cake..."If Australia is going to lift the ban on a country which has not signed a non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, it is hoped it is also applied to Pakistan the same way." Currently Pakistan has not made any request for uranium from Australia yet, but Abdullah said this may change in the future. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/778196.aspx
hijacking democracy .....A citizens’ jury that will decide what infrastructure projects should be built and how they should be funded will be set up by Infrastructure NSW chairman Nick Greiner in a direct challenge to the cautious path taken by the O'Farrell Government.
at the track .....Even by today's standards, godless, childless 'Ju-liar' cops more than her fair share.
"Don't write crap. It can't be that hard..."Even by today's standards, godless, childless 'Ju-liar' cops more than her fair share. MANY Australians believe politics to be an ideological cesspool. It's little wonder: Labor hasn't represented working people since Bob Hawke held office, and the Liberal Party hasn't espoused liberal values since Malcolm Fraser. Both major parties effectively ceased to exist decades ago.
the little book of no .....
education vs instruction .....Ethics classes in schools are not safe yet. In a backroom deal between the O'Farrell government and the Christian Democrats, the fate of the classes may lie with a Legislative Council committee weighted with right-wing Christians.
kos baby .....from the Power Index ..... Kos Sclavos is the hot-headed pharmacist from Brisbane who leads the nation's most feared and effective lobby group: the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. His supporters laud him as a "colossus"; his critics accuse him of stifling competition, depriving patients of discounted medicines and putting pharmacists' profits ahead of the community's health.
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