- Good luck Zed (14 Dec 07)
The six ACT Liberals much bruised by in-fighting and the off-rubbings of Howard's illliberalism have unanimously chosen 30-year-old Mr Zdenko (Zed) Seselja as their new leader. The party has been ...
- Illiberal mess (11 Dec 07)
Mr Mulcahy's fulminations have done nothing but justify the ACT Liberals' decision to expel him from their party which now numbers but six parliamentary members. With Mr Mulcahy gone the ...
- A close run thing (08 Dec 07)
On election night I was not confident of a Labor win until well into the count as it's possible in Australia to get a majority of the votes and stull ...
- Just need to prune a bit (05 Dec 07)
If this right I need to prune bit -- a good thing to do in Advent. You Are 44% Burned Out You're fairly burned out and it shows. You probably ...
- Informal and relaxed (05 Dec 07)
The Cronulla folks in this election day pic from the Daily Telegraph and the gentleman from Bondi (below) lent a whole new meaning to the concept of an 'informal' vote. ...
- Double brained, evenly brained, or just half brained? (01 Dec 07)
I've been mulling over the right brain/left brain business some more. Allegedly the left brain dominant type suffers from limited perspective and narrow-mindedness (nope). The right brain dominant type suffers ...
- The reactionary wilderness (01 Dec 07)
Allegedly Malcolm Turnbull lost the close vote for the Liberal leadership because of a radio interview when he canvassed his views on Kyoto Work Choices gay rights and an apology ...
- Morality and public service independence (29 Nov 07)
Tony Harris former senior commonwealth officer and past auditor general of NSW writes in the AFR (27 Nov 07) that the test of Kevin Rudd's Labor government will be to ...
- Lodging at The Lodge (26 Nov 07)
Sic transit gloria mundi. A symbol of John Howard has been his daily walk around the shores of Kirribilli. I admire his self discipline if not his politics. But Howard's ...
- All we like sheep (23 Nov 07)
This morning we went through the long queue at the polling booth in the local primary school with its usual accompaniments of party workers how-to-vote cards and a sausage sizzle ...
- Labor second, but Liberals last (23 Nov 07)
As always on the day before a federal election the newspapers' editorials come out with their recommendations. As The Age says "The disappointing aspect of this campaign has been the ...
- Another predictable summer? (21 Nov 07)
With the election campaign becoming a repetitive noise its time to think about something really important. The only sports I follow with any interest are international cricket and football (soccer). ...
- Corrupt and incompetent (21 Nov 07)
Examples continue to multiply as to why Australia must get rid of the corrupt and incompetent Howard government. A few days ago there was the Auditor General's damning report about ...
- How should I vote? (16 Nov 07)
Australia's preferential voting system means that if one's candidate of first choice is eliminated from the count the vote can be transferred to the candidate of next choice. "How to ...
- The boredom of money politics (15 Nov 07)
The Labor Party's campaign launch yesterday was less boring than that of the Coalition two days before. Yet the ALP joins the Coalition in thinking that all that Australian voters ...
- Why Labor's 'education revolution' will fail (15 Nov 07)
This is the reason Labor's education plans will fail.Battle plan without an army Justine Ferrari The Austaralian 15 Nov 07 Kevin Rudd promises an education revolution but his battle plan ...
- Family values? (12 Nov 07)
This Nine MSN poll in response to a silly accusation against the Greens gives an indication of the polarisation in the Australian electorate on so-called 'family values'. There is division ...
- 'Bye, 'bye, Gary? (11 Nov 07)
Well chosen posters displayed by our neighbour at the front of our building in the early dawn light of fine Canberra spring day. Greens supporters have good reasons for optimism. ...
- Courage Kevin! (18 Oct 07)
In "Kevin Rudd's political cowardice" Eureka Street (vol. 17 no.20 18 Oct 07) theologian Scott Stephens articulates the reasons for my own deep unease about the way Mr Rudd is ...
- Why I am pessimistic of a Labor win (16 Oct 07)
John Howard tipped Manly to beat the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League grand final and Geelong to beat Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League grand final. He ...
- A tall poppy (15 Oct 07)
Why is it that good news never gets the coverage that bad news does? I entirely missed news that Ian Thorpe had been completely cleared of drugs allegations. Australia is ...
- Squirrel furs anyone? (14 Oct 07)
In the past the verdant grounds of the Governor-General's residence at Yarralumla have been over populated by kangaroos which sadly have had to be culled. Now Yarralumla having been duly ...
- Rudd a one man band? (11 Oct 07)
I hope that Kevin Rudd will replace John Howard as our Prime Minister but Mr Rudd is no 'Mr Perfect'. He and his party are too ready to choose expediency ...
- George and James (03 Oct 07)
Quite why George Clooney (a very good actor pictured in the weekend paper) is imitating my friend James (a so-so actor here in the resort pool in Patong) we're ...
- Faith and honest political conversation (30 Sep 07)
On 3 February this year The Tablet summarised the arguments in Britain about the government's insistence that homosexual people be granted equal access to child adoption agencies and made some ...
- I remain a member of Amnesty (28 Sep 07)
Earlier this year Amnesty International revised its policy on abortion. Amnesty was founded with the support of Roman Catholics but now has been strongly criticised for deciding as a human ...
- No appetite for pork (10 Sep 07)
It is quite true that polls indicate that the Government is in for a drubbing at the next election which must be announced soon. By no means does it follow ...
- Burqas and budgie smugglers (26 Jul 07)
This has long been the iconic image of the Australian surf lifesaver: white Anglo and presumably straight. Surf Life Saving Australia has more than 300 clubs but just 5 per ...
- It's neat to be messy, or so they say (23 Jul 07)
In AFR Boss Jul 07 Fiona Carruthers asks "Messy or neat? Which state signifies a more intelligent and/or creative mind? Which is more conducive to producing top-quality work? Does the ...
- A sign of success (20 Jul 07)
Australian newspapers have picked up Ian Robert's appearance on the cover of The Advocate (Issue 990 14 Aug 07) as a sign of success. Says The Advocate:In a city dedicated ...
- Haneef action shows up political cowardice (17 Jul 07)
The Government's use of immigration laws to detain Dr Mohamed Haneef after he had been released on bail by a magistrate is a disgrace. The Labor Party's support of the ...
- Getting on to offside (16 Jul 07)
With the press full of puns like "Thai breaker" and "Thai-tanic" Australia's football team has avoided humiliation in the Asian Cup by defeating Thailand and advancing to a quarter-final against ...
- Sic transit gloria CAN (13 Jul 07)
Nigeria's Tribune (07 Jul 07 ) reports along with the Daily Champion that the General Assembly of the Christian Association of Nigeria has declined to ratify the election of Archbishop ...
- . . . just sexercise (12 Jul 07)
Hmm.Do we need centuries of moral philosophy to understand this?! ...
- $0 for 70 * 7 @ 7:07 on 07/07/07 (07 Jul 07)
This morning I woke up at about 7:07 on 07/07/07 which signified exactly . . . nothing. But as Jesus commanded I'm willing to forgive the superstitious more than 70 ...
- My elite Facebook (07 Jul 07)
According to a widely reported essay by researcher Danah Boyd social class decides whether American teenagers choose either MySpace or Facebook. Her observation is that Facebook is the choice of ...
- What to wear? (30 Jun 07)
I really do think jeans and tee are best and simplest. At the Milan menswear spring / summer 2008 shows this year there was the tragic (Klien). . . and ...
- Will I Wil? (28 Jun 07)
I'm of two and a half minds about Wil Anderson as a performer. His take-no-prisoners ABC show The Glass House was sometimes witty but got boring when the conversation spent ...
- Don't ask, don't translate (24 Jun 07)
I don't support the war in Iraq but I'm impressed by Stephen Benjamin and his articulate telling of his story in this the first YouTube piece I've linked to this ...
- Atholl Brose (23 Jun 07)
Winter is a good time for Atholl Brose. You can buy it ready made but home made is better I think. There are a number of variations to this drink ...
- Droughty optimism (07 Jun 07)
Walking from the car park to my office this cold gloomy morning it occurred to me that in a time of drought it's the optimists who carry umbrellas. ...
- Jaf(f)as anyone? (31 May 07)
This is Jaffa which gives its name to Jaffa oranges and to Jaffas -- orange chocolate filled balls with hard orange colored candy coating -- well known to Australians and ...
- So that's why I can't find my spectacles (30 May 07)
Sexual orientation affects how we navigate and recall lost objects. An international team of researchers led by Professor EA Maylor of the University of Warwick have found that sexual orientation ...
- Clear desk or clear thought? (23 May 07)
The latest Time magazine has a cover story celebrating Al Gore's great work on climate change and speculating on whether he may yet run for President of the US.I like ...
- Darling irrigation (20 Apr 07)
This picture of the Darling River accompanied the Fairfax papers' report of the the news that irrigation of much of Australia's farmland will stop in July unless there is heavy ...
- Booting the blues (19 Apr 07)
Congratulations to Australian Football League player Nathan Thompson who said yesterday (Herald-Sun 19 Apr 07) that he has been abused by fans because of his battle with depression. He said ...
- Whistling to the pre-programmed (18 Apr 07)
(Image from: 101 uses for a John Howard.com)"Howard is whistling in wind" by Paul Syvret The Courier-Mail 17 April 07 Dog whistles are clever devices. They emit a high-pitched ...
- Another two years of slow bleed (11 Apr 07)
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the President of the United States have in common that they are chosen by one nation to fill a leadership role that touches many nations. ...
- Fearless advice (06 Apr 07)
It's not very often that I agree word-for-word with The Australian's editorial but here I do.Henry crunches the numbers for Howard (5 Apr 07) Treasury fires a shot across the ...
- Unfortunately not the first time (31 Mar 07)
The press is abuzz about a report by Damien Ressiot in L'Equipe (30 Mar) alleging that swimmer Ian Thorpe "took a dope test in 2006 which revealed abnormally high readings ...
- Incompetent as well as unjust (31 Mar 07)
This report from Amnesty International (I am a member) is instructive. Not only does it show the injustice of the Guantánamo Military Commissions but the sheer incompetence of the process ...
- Guilt by incarceration (30 Mar 07)
David Hicks was a fool to get involved with the Taliban and I have no idea of whether or not he is guilty of a heinious crime but it is ...
- The unfair trials of Hicks (27 Mar 07)
This poll from the Canberra Times is just one indication that Australians are deeply disillusioned about the fairness of American "justice" under George Bush. Though few may have have much ...
- Why Santo? (20 Mar 07)
As far as I'm concerned The Age (Editorial 19 Mar 07) can have the last word on the Santoro debacle.The Prime Minister's own position in this affair is regrettable. It ...
- All was not lost . . . (19 Mar 07)
This lifted from Gareth Saunders' Taking the Episcopalian (Scottish that is). Where on God's earth do ecclesiastic outfitters dig up their models?! You know those people employed to model cassocks ...
- Silly Santoro (17 Mar 07)
In a highly politicised policy area such as Australian Government support for aged care public servants spend a great deal of effort preparing briefings speeches and reports for the Minister ...
- The mud spatters back (12 Mar 07)
Keven Rudd and the Labor Party have reached astonishing levels in the polls despite mud-slinging by John Howard and his Government. The latest monthly Herald/ACNielsen poll gives Labor a two-party-preferred ...
- International inaction on Sudan is culpable (10 Mar 07)
In its annual human rights assessment the US State Department rightly says tha the violence in Darfur region was the "most sobering reality" of human rights abuse in 2006. "The ...
- He who is without sin . . . (06 Mar 07)
"The Australian people are sick and tired of John Howard abusing the office of Prime Minister to run a personal smear campaign against his opponent rather than debating the policy ...
- Eclipsed (14 Feb 07)
Curiously until I read this from NASA I hadn't thought about eclipses of the moon caused by Earth. The next is on 3 March 2007 but we will not see ...
- Stale and mouldy, John (13 Feb 07)
John Howard's government is way way past its 'use by' date and is smelling distinctly stale and mouldyMr Howard has faced a storm of criticism after he said Democratic presidential ...
- No solution? (12 Feb 07)
"Life is too short to get too flustered." -- the Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schiori Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church "If there is no solution there is no problem." ...
- PM material? (10 Feb 07)
Would I choose this man as Prime Minister of Australia? Yes I think so.(photo: Weekend Australian)But as political commentator Mungo MacCallum writes in The Australian "despite the favourable opinion polls ...
- Terence Tao (08 Feb 07)
Professor Terence Tao was one of those shortlisted for the most recent Australian of the Year award. I think he would also a strong contender for a title as cleverest living ...
- Bring Hicks home (08 Feb 07)
This was parked in the avenue directly opposite the Australian Defence Force HQ this morning.David Hicks remains imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay because the Australian Government claims that there is no ...
- Linguistic Intellligence?? (23 Jan 07)
Your dominant intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence "You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An elegant speaker you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You ...
- not too many categories (22 Jan 07)
After over 900 entries at last I have properly divided this journal into topics. They're shown in the blue menu at the right; each also has its own graphic -- ...
- Life, love or . . . (22 Jan 07)
. . .but only if it's decent Scotch (or Australian wine).(Cartoon from Savage chickens. Scotch by Balvenie.) ...
- The case of the small pink swimsuit (18 Jan 07)
Marketer Carey Sherrell was sacked from the American 'reality' show The Apprentice recently when teams were asked to design a line of men's and women's swimwear but buyers didn't like ...
- gnoos worthy (04 Jan 07)
not too much is gnoos-worthy with its own gnoos feed. ...
- An ideal year (04 Jan 07)
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