Juliar's bubble bursts

A recession? It's technically possible

Election was nigh

Oakeshott nearly brings down the house

Chesher ecstatic

TWU job after ecstasy arrest

Mosa Julius Mbele, 22, charged

Man charged with Sydney station murder
Teen pulled knife from chest, stabbed accused

Brandon Faananu Siaa, 16, stabbed to death

Stabbed to death ... Brandon Faananu Siaa.
Bankstown stabbing death update

two men, both described as being of Aboriginal appearance

$100,000 reward for information following sexual attack on Bourke nurse

man of Aboriginal appearance

NSW Police report Elderly man dies, a man of Aboriginal appearance demanded money before stabbing him.

ABC says a man aged in his 20's or 30's

Commandos win - McDade a loser

Australian Commandos cleared of manslaughter charges over the deaths of six Afghan civilians

Lee Rhiannon rings like a bell thru the night

Lee Rhiannon is coming and Bob Brown is offended.

Menzies era means-tested welfare system

Even ALP economist acknowledges: Our means-tested welfare system is an inheritance from the Menzies era.

Sun dims La Nina

The above image shows a recent measure of Solar cycle as seen at Solar Terrestrial Activity Report as news of La Nina is dead which follows on from Solar Activity Controls El Niño and La Niña.

Lionel Murphy's law and Kayla

Lionel Murphy enacted the Family Law Act 1975 which leads to the question: Family Law Reform: Is the "no-fault jurisdiction" causing moral decay? and we have ...It does tend to get unpleasant, very bitter and acrimonious." so once again we have deaths of man, young girl – Richmond LAC Detectives investigate. Which is reported Abducted girl Kayla Rogers found dead in northern New South Wales

...sneer about middle-class welfare.

"...sneer about middle-class welfare. This is very much the preserve of the well-educated middle-income earners in relatively secure employment in the tertiary sector. Journalists, academics, public servants and the like. Occasionally this can lead to a lack of self-awareness."

Race Horse that stops a nation

Black Caviar wins at Doomben
Black Caviar now boasts 13 wins from 13 starts

Two Malaysian nationals Sydney $50m heroin haul

Massive heroin seizure in Sydney
They face potential life sentences in jail if convicted.
Deport them to Malaysia. End of story.

law and straw house

The law and the straw house

What about mental ill who get DSP?

Crackdown on disability support pension.
Yet spending more on mental health care.
What about mental ill who need DSP?

City of Sydney Flood Study

City of Sydney Flood Study

Obama and Jack Ryan

Life in real time imitates art live satellite feed

Auckland NZ tornado

Two killed in Auckland as tornado hits New Zealand

“STALIN DEAD. HOORAY!”

Old Tim story:

Sir Frank Packer, father of Kerry Packer (proprietor of The Bulletin, which pays my bills, full disclosure, etc etc) once told the story of Joe Stalin perfectly in just three words. Having been handed the planned poster for a 1953 edition of Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph, then owned by Packer, he objected to the announcement: “STALIN DEAD”. Packer wanted the poster to read: “STALIN DEAD. HOORAY!”

Fairfax : "a focus on improving its journalism".

Fairfax slumps on profit downgrade

But far more contentious is a plan to outsource the sub-editing of news, business and sport to AAP subsidiary Pagemasters.

Yamamoto assassination

Spinning Yamamoto

Kiesha Abrahams remains confirmed

Skeletal remains confirmed as belonging to Kiesha Abrahams

Hong Kong's Harry Brown, 81

Muggers get monstered