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Racists besiege Gillard in Canberra attack

2012-01-25T22:51:00.000-08:00

Pale face with PM's shoe

Gillard escorted under guard amid Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest

Solar activity - Now it is raining heavily.

2012-01-24T16:52:00.000-08:00

Solar activity has just hit the upper atmosphere of Earth, causing auroras. Now it is raining heavily. Is this a coincidence?

Australian Racism

2012-01-24T01:58:00.000-08:00

We have Aussie flag flyers more racist: survey.
Well racism stops the nation every first Tuesday in November.

Usual suspects and NSW police again

2012-01-11T23:33:00.000-08:00

Scuffle breaks out over car in Sydney
NSW police have been forced to use capsicum spray to subdue a group of people during what is believed to have been a scuffle over a car.

Officers were called to a property on Miller Road in Villawood just after 3pm (AEDT) on Thursday after a dispute is believed to have erupted over a car being repossessed, a police spokeswoman told AAP.

Four people were treated at the scene for the effects of capsicum spray, including a police officer who suffered from secondary contamination, a spokesman from NSW Ambulance said.

Another woman was treated for hyperventilation.

No one needed to be hospitalised.

Police have since arrested six people

ALP whaling

2012-01-10T00:16:00.000-08:00

77 Watt to Ball Cablegram 84 20 August 1946
Dr. Evatt

'I am greatly disturbed by report of resumption of Japanese whaling at the very moment when the Australian Government is proposing to embark upon the whaling venture.'

Cabinet had decided on 18 January to sponsor reestablishment of an Australian whaling industry and to ratify the international Agreement on Whaling of 1937 and the Protocols of 1938 and 1945, and had appointed a subcommittee to consider the extent of the Commonwealth Govt's role in Antarctic whaling.

young girl dies "cultural reasons"

2012-01-03T20:41:00.000-08:00

convicted paedophile

Gillard's Boat People brawl in Darwin

2011-12-31T18:33:00.000-08:00

Asylum seekers hospitalised after disturbance
Posted January 01, 2012 11:25:04

A group of asylum seekers has been taken to hospital following a disturbance overnight involving up to 60 people at a Darwin detention facility.

Police remained at the Darwin Airport Lodge for more than three hours following an incident about 9pm Saturday night (local time).

Six people received treatment for non-life threatening injuries but three were released from hospital soon after.

The Immigration Department says police will determine if any criminal offences have been committed.

A spokeswoman says there will be an investigation into the incident.

Peculiar Julia and ''ridiculous" Swan

2011-12-28T16:09:00.000-08:00

Peculiar Julia out of headlines up in the polls.
While Swan says ''ridiculous''

Bali dangers and boys continued

2011-12-23T03:46:00.000-08:00

Australian contracts HIV after getting Bali tattoo

The Department of Health has revealed a West Australian resident has contracted HIV after getting a tattoo in Bali.

The victim was given the news that they had contracted the virus after they underwent a blood test on their return home.

The department has not released any details about the victim or the tattoo parlour involved, but say it has not been notified of this happening before.

The WA Health Department's Director of Communicable Disease Control, Doctor Paul Armstrong, says people need to be aware of the dangers involved in getting body art overseas.
"If you are considering getting a tattoo in countries other than Australia think very carefully about it," he said.

"We would advise that you wait until you get back to this country because there is a higher risk of developing blood-born viruses in developing countries than there is here."

Refugee advocate supports death boat policy

2011-12-19T21:18:00.000-08:00

Refugee advocate Ian Rintoul supports death boat policy.

ALP sinks and says not a time for politics

2011-12-18T21:43:00.000-08:00

Jason Clare boat sinks

Chris Bowen boat sinks

Tale of two - Havel and Jong-il

2011-12-18T21:32:00.000-08:00

Vaclav Havel
Kim Jong-il aka Yuri Irsenovich Kim
The exact history of Kim's family is somewhat obscure.
Kim Sung Chu
On 3 October 1945 the Russians introduced into their new nation one of these Koreans, born Kim Sung Chu but traveling under the alias of Kim Il Sung. The Russians hailed him as the leading exponent of Korean nationalism. The original Kim Il Sung had been a famous leader of Korean resistance against the Japanese. The Russian-sponsored interloper had served as a captain in the Russian Army. After going to Manchuria in 1930, he became a small-time bandit leader, and finally disappeared into the USSR in 1941 or 1942. Backed by the Russians, Kim Il Sung assumed control of the Korean Communist party in late October 1945. At the same time other Russian-trained Koreans took over key posts in the North Korean regime. This seizure of power by the Korean Communist party in North Korea was carried out boldly with complete Russian backing.

"climate apartheid."

2011-12-14T14:39:00.000-08:00

"You've been negotiating all my life," Anjali Appadurai told the plenary session of the UN's 17th Conference of Parties, or COP 17, the official title of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban.
Appadurai, a student at the ecologically focused College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, addressed the plenary as part of the youth delegation. She continued: "In that time, you've failed to meet pledges, you've missed targets, and you've broken promises. But you've heard this all before."

Gillard boat person - pervert?

2011-12-14T14:31:00.000-08:00

Detainee 'touched' girls: claim

"We never tolerated things. We turned our back on people.''

2011-12-14T14:27:00.000-08:00

''Tolerance is a European thing brought to the country.''

Stephen Conroy says f***ing on afternoon TV show

2011-12-12T20:46:00.000-08:00

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy drops F-word on TV shortly before 1:30pm Segment was followed by show popular with kids.
So Mummy what does f****ing mean?
Conroy is in charge of Australia's broadcasting standards and called newspapers into question has dropped the F-bomb on national television.

ALP women - a sign of chao?

2011-12-12T00:51:00.000-08:00

Brian Burke to Carmen Lawrence
John Cain to Joan Kirner
Peter Beattie to Anna Bligh
Nathan Rees to Kristina Keneally
Lastly Kev to Julia - now Gillard's frontbench change on Monday delivered an increase of women cabinet ministers from four to five. More trouble the ALP is in it seems, increases the number of women they need.

Project Gutenberg's founder, Michael Hart, passed away September 6

2011-12-11T02:01:00.000-08:00

Michael Stern Hart (1947-2011)

Ecstasy - chronic loss of serotonin

2011-12-10T13:05:00.000-08:00

Ecstasy causes chronic loss of serotonin in the human brain.
Teen charged with drug supply - Sydney Olympic Park

Gillard "...hysterical and over the top."

2011-12-09T01:30:00.000-08:00

Interview with Ray Hadley, Radio 2GB, Sydney
Posted on Wednesday, 7 December 2011

TONY ABBOTT: Look Ray, it’s true you know, I think all too often what passes for public debate is pretty lowbrow and I would challenge people who listen to the parliament regularly and listen to the questions that I ask the Prime Minister, listen to the responses she gives, listen to the speeches that I make after question time, listen to the non responses from the Prime Minister who typically goes off and sits things out in the whip’s office doing her numbers as Anthony Albanese responds on her behalf. I would challenge people to listen to all of that and make their own judgments as to who is trying to be statesmanlike about these things or at least trying to be reasonable and rational about these things and who is hysterical and over the top.

Gillard boats - Tropical Cyclone

2011-12-08T23:44:00.000-08:00

Tropical Cyclone Alenga

Gillard boat solution

2011-12-07T18:12:00.000-08:00

A bigger boat

Japanese ships anchored off the coast near Kota Bharu.

2011-12-06T22:01:00.000-08:00

Widespread Onslaught - 7-8 Dec 1941
Before midnight, Japanese ships anchored off the coast near Kota Bharu.
While Malaya was being attacked, 7th December was dawning at Hawaii, 3,440 miles east of Japan, and 2,010 miles from San Suddenly, at 7.55 a.m. (1.45 a.m. on 8th December in Malaya) a cloud of planes appeared over Oahu. Because Hawaii was on the other side of the International Date Line, the date was a day earlier than in Malaya.

Global warming - sea bed rising.

2011-12-03T18:20:00.000-08:00

Canary Island volcano: A new island in the making?

Koblenz evacuated - 1.8 tonne bomb

2011-12-03T18:14:00.000-08:00

Koblenz evacuated for WWII bomb removal from Rhine
The 1.8 tonne bomb - dropped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) - was uncovered after water levels in the Rhine fell significantly as a result of a prolonged dry spell.

ALP plot? The Gay Divorcee

2011-12-02T17:25:00.000-08:00

The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American film based on the musical play Gay Divorce written by Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein, with screenplay by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman, from an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners. The Hays Office insisted on the name change, believing that while a divorcee could be gay or lighthearted, it would be unseemly to allow a divorce to appear so.

'corrupt' ALP 'could not remember'

2011-11-30T21:27:00.000-08:00

No sex - Woman gave me neck massage, former NSW MP tells ICAC
But he said he quickly fell asleep.
"Because I was tired, I'd had a lot to drink that evening and I fell asleep."
He denied lying on top of the woman but said he could not remember if he kissed her or not.

Chris Bowen offers 159 sq km for illegals?

2011-11-30T14:43:00.000-08:00

So does Chris Bowen offer McMahon which covers an area of approximately 159 sq km bordered by South Creek in the west, the Western Motorway in the north, the Cumberland Hwy and Prospect Creek in the east and Orphan School Creek, Humphries, Canley Vale, Smithfield and Edensor Rds and Elizabeth Dr in the south. Suburbs include Abbotsbury, Blacktown, Bossley Park, Canley Vale, Cecil Park, Eastern Creek, Edensor Park, Erskine Park, Fairfield, Fairfield Heights, Fairfield West, Greenfield Park, Greystanes, Horsley Park, Kemps Creek, Mount Vernon, Prairiewood, Prospect, St Clair, Smithfield, Wakeley and Wetherill Park, to house the illegals?

Bali dangers and boys

2011-11-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

teenage boy electrocuted while celebrating Schoolies in Bali

Pacific Islander/Maori appearance - shooting incident - Busby

2011-11-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

Police renew calls for public assistance following shooting incident - Busby

With Slipper - Gair/Cope combined?

2011-11-23T17:39:00.000-08:00

With the end of Harry Jenkins: Order! Order! and with Peter Slipper - Do we get Vince Gair and Jim Cope combined?

NSW ALP Rozelle misery continues

2011-11-21T17:48:00.000-08:00

On January 22, 2010 End confusion over CBD Metro, Rozelle businesses plead

"After spending $2million in renovations, Adele Tahan, one of the owners of Adore Pharmacy in Sydney's Rozelle, is facing the compulsory acquisition of her pharmacy to make way for the proposed CBD Metro.

Now November 2011 Adore Pharmacy is for sale by Deloittes

Quakers Hill nursing home fire - Greens solution?

2011-11-21T16:54:00.000-08:00

Nursing home fire death toll rises to eight
The Greens NSW: Voluntary Euthanasia Policy

Drunk man breaks into monkey enclosure

2011-11-18T17:08:00.000-08:00

Spider Monkeys can be extremely territorial when confronted, and they didn't take too kindly to Joao's intrusion into their enclosure.

HMAS Sydney (II) - 70th anniversary of the loss

2011-11-18T16:39:00.000-08:00

With 70th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Sydney (II) Saturday, 19th November 2011

The reconstruction of events leading up to Sydney's disappearance relies primarily on information gathered from interrogations of German survivors from the raider HSK Kormoran which Sydney engaged on the afternoon of 19 November 1941.

Chapter 12 – Australia Station 1941
Official Histories - Second World War
Volume I - Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942 (1st edition, 1957) G Hermon Gill

For many months thereafter stories, either malicious or merely mischievous, of news received from survivors of Sydney in Japan, continued to emerge and circulate, causing pain and distress in a number of Australian homes.

Why Burnett did not use his aircraft, did not keep his distance and use his superior speed and armament, did not confirm his suspicions by asking Navy Office by wireless if Straat Malakka was in the area, are questions that can never be answered.

If, as is possible, Burnett's action in closing Kormoran was influenced by the implied criticism of Farncomb's standing off from Ketty Brovig and Coburg, one can but conjecture what he would have done had he known of Devonshire's experience. On the other hand, both Farncomb and Devonshire's captain had more positive reason for suspicion in their encounters than had Burnett in his; and it may well be that, influenced by the near approach of darkness, he was moved to determine the question quickly; and thus was swayed to over confidence; first in the genuineness of Straat Malakka; second in Sydney's ability, with all armament bearing and manned, to overwhelm before the trap, if such existed, were sprung. Yet to act as Burnett did was to court disaster should a trap exist, disaster at the worst total, as it was; at the best professional for Burnett; for even had Sydney triumphed in an action it is improbable that it would have been without damage and casualties, and Burnett would have been unable to explain the risks he ran. In such an encounter, with the raider an apparently innocent merchant vessel, the other an undisguised warship known to the raider as an enemy, the element of surprise must have remained with Detmers until Burnett's suspicions deepened into absolute certainty. In the circumstances Burnett created, he could not have reached such certainty until Detmers abandoned all disguise and struck - a matter of almost simultaneous decision by him and action by his guns, giving him the tremendous advantage of that vital second or two in the first blow at such close quarters. In the event, Sydney must have been crippled from the outset by those devastating initial salvos at point blank range, the torpedo hit, and the fire from her aircraft's petrol. That she managed to inflict fatal wounds on her adversary after such staggering blows is evidence of the undefeated spirit of those who survived them, and who fought on in "X" and "Y" turrets, with the secondary armament, and at the torpedo tubes. It is probable that Sydney sank during the night of the 19th-20th November 1941.

Quakers Hill nursing home fire murder charges

2011-11-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

Roger Dean, registered nurse, 35, Quakers Hill resident, of Asian appearance, charged with four counts of murder, refused bail over fatal fire.

Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad - drugs

2011-11-14T17:13:00.000-08:00

Replica pistol, cash and drugs seized - Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad

In the first place the campaign was futile and unnecessary.

2011-11-04T19:15:00.000-07:00

Official Histories - Second World War - Volume VII - The Final Campaigns (1st edition, 1963) - Gavin Long
Chapter 9 - The Floods and the Cease Fire
238 FLOODS AND CEASE FIRE 1945

From an early stage in the operations the troops knew that the value of the campaign, and of their efforts, was being questioned by politicians and newspapers at home. The following extracts from a history of the 42nd Battalion express views fairly widely held:

In the first place the campaign was futile and unnecessary.
At Salamaua men went after the lap because every inch of ground won meant so much less distance to Tokyo. But what did an inch of ground — or a mile — mean on Bougainville? Nothing!
Whether Bougainville could be taken in a week or a year would make no difference to the war in general. Every man knew this.
The Bougainville campaign was a politicians' war and served no other purpose than to keep men in the fight. They would have been much better employed on the farms, the mines and in building industries in Australia. Why they were not can only be answered by the few who decided that Australians must be kept in the war at all costs.
Every risk taken at Bougainville was one that could not be avoided; every life lost was begrudged. Men fought because there was no alternative. None wanted to lose his life on Bougainville . . . But despite all this men did fight and fought well. Lieut-Colonel Byrne said of the battalion: "I think that collectively the officers and men of the battalion did a grand job. It was filthy country; they were fighting what appeared to be a useless campaign and they knew it. Men are not fools and even though each man realised he was fighting for something which could benefit his country very little (and in addition his fighting received very little credit or publicity) he carried out orders energetically and in a very fine spirit “ 8

The small amount of publicity given to this and other Australian campaigns of 1945 in the Australian newspapers was undoubtedly a main cause of dissatisfaction. An education officer on Bougainville wrote to the Broadcasting Commission to complain about the dictation-speed news broadcast for the troops. He pointed out that more than half the time was usually given to crimes and accidents in Australia — for example, of the total of 45 minutes 15 had recently been allotted to describing how a man had been bitten by a stingray in St Kilda Baths and how a woman had jumped from an upstairs window, nearly 30 minutes to news of the Russian front, less than a minute each to other fronts, and nothing at all to Bougainville or New Guinea. "The reason for the stingray story as any news editor will affirm, is that `the public is war-weary and does not want to read about the war', wrote a diarist. `But the men up here aren't, and they want to know what goes on in the world'." Also they wanted to be assured that the people at home were being told about their achievements.
It was widely agreed that a policy whereby army public relations officers sent personal paragraphs about men fighting on Bougainville to appropriate small-town newspapers had a notable effect on the spirits of the men.

8 Benson, pp. 157-8 .
Benson, S. E. The Story of the 42 Aust . Inf. Bn . Sydney, Dymock's Book Arcade for 42nd Battalion Association, 1952 .

As for offshoring, the government's line is that it has been happening since the 1980s.

2011-11-04T19:06:00.000-07:00

Offshoring: coming soon to a job near you

A Treasury spokesman said a number of the recommendations dealt with the tax treatment of Australian businesses, and the government was implementing some changes.

When asked whether there was structural change occurring within banking - not simply a blip brought about by lower activity - he defended the strength of the sector, and the increased competition occurring within it.

''The earnings announcement by the big four banks this week have shown that the banks remain highly profitable,'' he said.

As for offshoring, the government's line is that it has been happening since the 1980s. It allows businesses to take advantage of lower costs - and in the process gave Australians lower priced products and services.

women carry a .45-caliber weapon because he says they wouldn't have to be accurate, just close to the target.

2011-11-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

South Carolina sheriff urges women to carry guns

Qantas workers how empty and worthless is the power of

2011-10-31T18:06:00.000-07:00

Qantas workers must face global facts of life

Ruler of the waves

Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler, tells how Cnut set his throne by the sea shore and commanded the tide to halt and not wet his feet and robes. Yet "continuing to rise as usual [the tide] dashed over his feet and legs without respect to his royal person. Then the king leapt backwards, saying: "Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws." He then hung his gold crown on a crucifix, and never wore it again "to the honour of God the almighty King". This incident is usually misrepresented by popular commentators and politicians as an example of Cnut's arrogance

The world's population. Where do you fit into this story of human life?

2011-10-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Where do you fit into this story of human life?
Fill in your date of birth in the form that appears below to find out.

Truck 22.5 tonnes breaks bridge rated 5 tonnes

2011-10-29T22:21:00.000-07:00

Heavy load breaks bridge
The bridge, rated at five tonnes gross, collapsed under the weight of the 22.5 tonne truck.

Sydney series of shootings - Mid-East Org. Crime Sqd

2011-10-29T22:08:00.000-07:00

Police investigate series of shootings - Sydney
State Crime Command’s Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad

NSW Police have charged five youths, aged 16 and 17

2011-10-29T22:05:00.000-07:00

Festival shutdown following brawl - Grafton
Police will allege most of those involved in the brawl were intoxicated.
Police have charged five youths, aged 16 and 17, with offences including offensive behaviour and malicious damage.

Raise the powerlines?

2011-10-28T18:45:00.000-07:00

Electrocution death of teenager - Port Stephens

Hydro is China's dominant low-carbon technology

2011-10-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

China will not allow its carbon dioxide emissions per person to reach levels seen in the US, according to the minister in charge of climate policy.

Encourage the elderly out of big houses

2011-10-25T22:05:00.000-07:00

Eight radical solutions to the housing crisis include:
Encourage the elderly out of big houses
Force landlords to sell or let empty properties

Julia and world's poor. India?

2011-10-25T15:38:00.000-07:00

Julia Gillard throws open market to world's poor
Meanwhile: Foreign retailers are prevented from having a direct presence in India

India cabinet approves manufacturing push
The policy aims to create a 100 million jobs in the next 10 years and allows for a series of special new zones to support manufacturing growth.

Russia concern about Gaddafi human rights

2011-10-21T19:47:00.000-07:00

Gaddafi should not have been killed - Lavrov

140 Gbps versus NBN 12Mbps

2011-10-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

New 140 Gbps while old NBN 12 Mbps speed

Lambing Flat revisited?

2011-10-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

First we have: Narromine community has been rocked by the death
then we have Suspicious fire at scene of Narromine death
which is like Lambing Flat riots.

Canberra rumour: angry mother-in-law

2011-10-14T18:29:00.000-07:00

Canberra rumour doing the rounds: well known man, his affair with a personal assistant and angry well known mother-in-law.

Greens support 'unethical' ex-Commonwealth Ombudsman

2011-10-13T03:31:00.000-07:00

Greens support Ombudsman who announced his resignation on Thursday, earlier Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher has admitted to drafting possible questions for Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to ask at a Senate estimates hearing.

ALP says union "un-Australian"

2011-10-12T23:17:00.000-07:00

Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:41am EDT UPDATE 1-Australia's govt may force end to Qantas strike

Carbon Tax Calculator

2011-10-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

Carbon Tax Calculator
To calculate your likely carbon tax electricity bill increase all you need is your most recent electricity bill and to enter the information to the right.

Kev Juliar - kiss of death? Ask Tommy!

2011-10-12T15:22:00.000-07:00

Labor rejoices its carbon tax victory - but will it be a kiss of death?

Kiss of Death (1947 film) Tommy Udo

Red China: global warming is US conspiracy

2011-10-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

Chinese sceptics see global warming as US conspiracy
As China's emissions rise, so too does sceptics' hot air

SMH says Steve Jobs" invented the mouse"

2011-10-07T02:23:00.000-07:00

He created Apple, lost it, won it back, invented the mouse, the iMac, CGI movies through Pixar, came up with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, revolutionised the music industry with iTunes, thought differently, spawned the world's second largest company and changed the world. Bloomberg’s salute to the late great Sultan of Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs.

14 year old dope

2011-10-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

Boy, 14, from NSW arrested on drugs charges in Bali
Australian boy, 14, in Bali jail on drugs charges
Australian fourteen-year-old boy from New South Wales arrested in Indonesia's Bali on drug charges

Menadue Whitlam co-operation antipathy

2011-10-02T23:34:00.000-07:00

John Menadue writes

In more difficult circumstances after the fall of Saigon, Malcolm Fraser, with the co-operation of Gough Whitlam, appealed to our better angels.

While at Quang Luu: Whitlam's policy on Vietnamese refugees didn't last
Scroll down page to:

The Australian 04jan06
Whitlam's antipathy towards South Vietnam and his reluctance to accept Indochinese refugees were well known.

Geoff Clark and others

2011-09-30T03:59:00.000-07:00

Geoff Clark and one dies and another is buried

First they came…Then they came for me

2011-09-30T03:54:00.000-07:00

First they came…
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

NSW ALP another scare campaign comes unstuck

2011-09-26T04:06:00.000-07:00

Shut valve caused hospital water bungle in answer to ALP is demanding answers

Kim Sean Mann, 20, charged with the murder of Mounzer Taleb

2011-09-26T00:19:00.000-07:00

Bonnyrigg murder accused denied bail

Bonnyrigg gunshot death of man

2011-09-25T01:41:00.000-07:00

Police investigate death of man - Bonnyrigg
Sunday, 25 September 2011 03:47:07 PM

A crime scene has been established outside a home in Bonnyrigg following the death of a man.

Police and emergency services were called to the home on Kincumber Road about 2.40pm (Sunday 25 September 2011) following reports a man had suffered a gunshot wound.

Officers from Fairfield Local Area Command attended and found the body of a man.

Green/Left Brown out Bowen

2011-09-16T23:48:00.000-07:00

Protesters chase Immigration Minister

SMH redneck denies bias

2011-09-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

SMH EDITORIAL September 16, 2011

Murdoch papers in this country ... frequent practice of letting editorial bias show not only in opinion columns but also in news pages.

SMH headline September 17, 2011
'Redneck' politics: Abbott accused

another "some sort of Nick Xenophon moment"

2011-09-15T01:02:00.000-07:00

We have NSW Greens seek inquiry into NSW police chief which follows Senator Nick Xenophon. And Andrew Scipione, NSW Police Force Commissioner, regarding comments made in NSW Parliament this afternoon: "My recollection of the conversation with the former Assistant Commissioner differs from his account."

Thomson and Hawker Britton media script?

2011-09-09T02:50:00.000-07:00

Pair backdown: Coalition to grant Labor MP leave Media following Hawker Britton script?
Meanwhile we have Thomson: new credit card claims and public relations firm Hawker Britton again.

Gillard baby talk on whore after

2011-09-08T03:16:00.000-07:00

ALP says Tony Abbott denies pair for Thomson baby birth

Asked whether the rule would apply to Mr Thomson, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott told reporters on Thursday: "We have made it crystal clear that only in the most extraordinary circumstances will pairs be offered for the carbon tax vote."
"This is by far the most important vote that the Australian parliament will take in the current term of parliament and the first duty of members of parliament is to be in the parliament when critical votes are taken," Mr Abbott said during a visit to Tumbi Umbi, in Mr Thomson's NSW central coast seat of Dobell.
But the opposition's parliamentary business manager Christopher Pyne took a harder line in an interview on Macquarie Radio. "No, there'll be no pairs granted during the carbon tax vote," Mr Pyne said. "It's entirely within the gift of the government when the carbon tax bills are brought on for a vote, and therefore they have had weeks of notice that we will not be giving pairs for that vote. "If they are foolish enough to schedule the vote at a time when Mr Thomson can't be there, then that will be on their head."

NSW ALP Sydney Convoy of Inconsideration

2011-09-07T23:50:00.000-07:00

Xinhua reports on Sydney Inconsideration
All roads in Sydney's CBD had reopened, the transport department said. Slight delays were continuing for motorists and bus passengers travelling northbound on Elizabeth Street. Earlier, 500 firefighters parked their fire engines outside St Mary's Cathedral and marched to The Domain to join in the protest.

Albert Bates, bomb hoax siege

2011-09-06T23:26:00.000-07:00

A police tactical team forced its way into the office and overpowered the 52-year-old man after negotiations began to crumble on Tuesday night, police said. Albert Bates, who was a prominent Aboriginal activist in the 1980s and 1990s.

He had earlier released his 12-year-old daughter unharmed.

NSW ALP - Vexatious litigation?

2011-09-02T20:52:00.000-07:00

Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary.

Andrew Stoner referred to ICAC over solar bonus.

NSW Opposition leader John Robertson said they would be requesting that the Independent Commission Against Corruption investigate Mr O'Farrell's decision to appoint Brian Ross to the board of the Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority.

Walid and Bilal Afiouny - Greenacre - counterfeit cigarettes

2011-09-02T20:27:00.000-07:00

With Rush to be first on plain packaging on tobacco, we have unnamed Two men, aged 30 and 27, who police allege led the syndicate, were arrested at a house in Greenacre. And named: Brothers Walid and Bilal Afiouny were arrested on Thursday after police seized 60 tonnes of loose leaf tobacco and 25 million counterfeit cigarettes, possibly from Indonesia or Malaysia, from the Sydney waterfront. Again unnamed here: Two brothers accused of running a major illegal tobacco syndicate have been granted bail in a Sydney court. While earlier: For the past fortnight, brothers Bilal and Walid Afiouny, of ABW Foods Australia, have donated their Chapel St warehouse as a drop-off point for food and water donations for Somalia.

Tanilla Warrick-Deaves stolen life

2011-08-31T23:49:00.000-07:00

Again we have Stolen Generations and The toddler’s biological father, Adrian Casaran-Warrick, lives in Ballina. And Tanilla's mother Donna Deaves, 27 and her partner Warren Ross, 28, were interviewed at The Entrance Police Station on Saturday and allowed to leave.
Tanilla's mother, Donna Deaves, 27, and Ms Deaves' partner Warren Ross, 28, faced losing Tanilla prior to the little girl's death, with Bungree Aboriginal Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) Wyong working with the family after a referral by DOCS.

Greenacre shoot-out gunman Hussayn Ryad Toby

2011-08-31T23:39:00.000-07:00

Alleged Greenacre shoot-out gunman Hussayn Ryad Toby refused bail

Richo says ditcho

2011-08-31T19:39:00.000-07:00

Ten months and Labor's gone: Richardson ..."terrible mess"...
...leadership to get out of it and that's the one thing that Julia Gillard has not provided..

Palestinian organs claims - Blood libel

2011-08-29T20:23:00.000-07:00

PA minister claims Israel harvests Palestinian organs

Blood libel

ACCC casts doubt on Telstra-NBN

2011-08-29T20:20:00.000-07:00

ACCC casts doubt on Telstra split to NBN Co

ACR false in court - ALP false in power

2011-08-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

ACR providing false financial information August 30, 2011
PM says no carbon tax under her govt - August 16 2010

Britain needs a rewind to Victorian education methods

2011-08-27T00:11:00.000-07:00

It was a time when the same people wrote poetry and built bridges.’

Multiculturalism: three stories

2011-08-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

What is multiculturalism? We Obaid Fayyaz from Pakistan and
Suresh Surendranath Nair and this - some members of the community are afraid to come forward.

NSW ALP/Greens support graffiti vandals

2011-08-26T18:51:00.000-07:00

On Thursday night, the upper house passed amendments to the government's new graffiti laws which would have required young offenders to go to court for a first offence, and gave magistrates the power to strip them of their driving licences. Labor, the Greens and the Shooters supported removal of provisions relating to drivers' licences and limited mandatory court appearances to a second offence.

ALP Thomson twins dig deeper hole

2011-08-23T23:37:00.000-07:00

Kelvin Thomson labelled it the “Convoy of Incontinence” while
Craig Thomson documents to the police.

Greens smoke pollution

2011-08-23T23:32:00.000-07:00

woodheaters, not regeneration burns

Albasleaziness no Consequence

2011-08-22T21:05:00.001-07:00

Convoy anger over Govt disdain

NSW Police - Federal Labor MP credit card allegations

2011-08-22T21:05:00.000-07:00

Federal Labor MP Police receive information on credit card allegations

Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad - shootings

2011-08-22T21:02:00.000-07:00

Detectives launch Strike Force to investigate shooting incidents - MEOCS

Elderly woman's shoulder broken - men Mid-Eastn/Med appearance

2011-08-22T02:39:00.000-07:00

Elderly woman's shoulder broken in violent bag snatch - Harris Park
“The victim has told detectives both men are of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean appearance, medium build, approximately 170cm tall, aged in their 30s with short black hair. One of the men was wearing a button-up jacket, a dark grey shirt and black pants.

Superintendent Peter Marcon
“They stole $5 that was intended as a donation for the Church she was going to, and the Bible. I hope they read the Bible,” he said.

Galaxies dark energy

2011-08-22T02:36:00.000-07:00

Galaxies running out of gas

There's a scandal in the neighborhood And it's all about Jilly Hickson

2011-08-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

There's a scandal in the neighborhood And it's all about Jilly Hickson
It seems that long lost husband Nev Had lately arrived back in town
Why he's a husband of mine, a husband of mine
You're liable for to see him here any old time
He's a just husband of mine, a husband of mine
Gone, he's a husband of mine
would I fool you
gone, he's a husband of mine
adapted from original song A, Cousin Of Mine. Written-By – Sam Cooke

Khaldoun Abbas, 18 accused of murdering another teenager

2011-08-15T21:24:00.000-07:00

Man charged over shooting teen in face in Rockdale

Pulver collar bomb hoax - Paul 'Doug' Peters arrested

2011-08-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

Australian man Paul 'Doug' Peters arrested in Louisville, Kentucky over Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax

Who is Paul 'Doug' Peters?

NSW Police seek man of Pacific Islander/ Maori appearance

2011-08-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

Home invasion - Cranebrook Sydney’s west last night

Orica panic ends

2011-08-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

Orica didn't tell fire service of leak
NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker said yesterday test results showed that out of a total of 36 samples taken, only three showed low levels of hexavalent chromium.

NBN monopoly?

2011-08-13T21:34:00.000-07:00

NBN Co urges ACCC to be flexible on competition rules

As a four-year-old he wandered the streets as his parents drank and used drugs

2011-08-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

Not a teenage crime wave - a tsunami
High-speed police chase - another teenager totally out of control
As a four-year-old he wandered the streets as his parents drank and used drugs, their lack of supervision of him and his brother said by DOCS to be chronically inadequate.

Getup offer 31,654 houses for the homeless and destitute

2011-08-12T22:49:00.000-07:00

GetUp says:

Decisions are yet to be made about how vulnerable children will be treated under the Malaysia Deal. Will you let this happen in your name? The print deadline is this afternoon - now is your last chance to add your name to be published in tomorrow's newspapers.

SMH full page ad claims 31,654 signed petition.
So that's 31,654 houses for the homeless and destitute.

bogus doctor refused bail

2011-08-12T01:56:00.000-07:00

Despite guilty plea, bogus doctor who conned neighbours and others continues sham: former friend - Louise Hall June 4, 2011

Last month Zacardas, 51, of Earlwood pleaded guilty to three counts of holding out to be a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Practice Act, an offence with a maximum 12 month jail term. She will be sentenced on July 1.
However, Mrs Zakis said her former friend continues to tell the Greek community of Earlwood and Marrickville that she is a doctor, and that she recently attended the home of a neighbour having a heart attack, and travelled with her in the ambulance.

Nora Zacardas convinced all she was a doctor
Amy Dale - August 12, 2011 5:17PM