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last man standing .....Australia’s Cardinal George Pell gave the worst media performance of his career at his press conference in Sydney on Tuesday. It was lazy, half-hearted and a complete waste of everyone’s time. He looked more than ever like yesterday’s man.
and there was a crooked man ....Until this year, if one were to rely on the parliamentary record to form a view about Eddie Obeid, he might be described like this: A 69-year-old politician who had a moderate interest in business until he joined the NSW Legislative Council in 1991 when he became solely dedicated to his duties as a public official. But this year, that edifice has been torn down. First by a series of investigative reports in the Herald, and now by a probe by the Independent Commission Against Corruption billed as its "most important" in its 25-year history.
the cost of coal .....from Crikey ….. Coal mine concerns
dumbing down ....
du schläfst as you make your bed...
guilty poles and wires...
just an obscene cult .....The death in Ireland of a woman whose repeated requests for an abortion were turned down - reportedly because “this is a Catholic country” - has sparked international protests and condemnation. In Dublin more than a thousand people staged a demonstration outside the Irish parliament amid calls for an independent inquiry into the death.
a man of the people ....It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay. Laundry is strung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard, overgrown with weeds. Only two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog, keep watch outside.
the power of one ....from politicoz …. keating lashes foreign policy ….
in search of human services .....from Crikey …. You couldn’t make it up. Months of plaintive cries that government cuts to frontline services such as Centrelink are hurting might have fallen on deaf ears. But yesterday it could not be ignored.
the confessional ....from Crikey …. 'Royal commissions aren't called lawyers' picnics for nothing'
'aussie tony' & the value of public appearances ....The man trying to rehabilitate his career in mainstream British politics, infamous liar & war criminal, ‘aussie tony’ Blair, is proving very reticent when it comes to public appearances.
organising crime ....Legal historian Evan Whitton says white collar criminals in England and its colonies have been a protected species since 1275.
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