For some bizarre unknown reason the Australian Government is moving unilaterally to join China in censoring the internet.
I’m not making this up and it’s not April Fool’s Day.
The Courier Mail reports that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has hatched a $44.2 million plan to control what we read online.
Internet censorship will involve two tiers - one [...]
This takes the prize for the worst media release I’ve seen for a long time.
The headline is unbelievably: “Councils oppose corruption”. Wow! Do they really?
It’s from the Local Government Association of South Australia. It would be more newsworthy, of course, if they supported corruption.
The introduction is nonsenical:
SA’s Local Government Association has expressed confidence in SA’s [...]
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is giving cash away, $10.4 billion in fact to stimulate the economy. The total includes a one-off $1000 payment in December for each child to families with dependent children.
We’ve got four children, so unless I’ve missed something in the fine print we’ll get $4000.
I had to research a little to find [...]
I read earlier this year the new Rudd regime plans a whole-of-government approach to Commonwealth IT services.
Labor believed the Howard Government wasted money allowing an ad-hoc uncoordinated system to develop whereby individual departments and agencies contracted their own services.
Labor is right in this this regard. While decision making at a local level should be permitted, [...]
I don’t understand why the West Australian Government doesn’t just get on with the job of local government reform.
It’s another example of indecision and lack of leadership. Add it to the list with daylight saving and retail trading hours.
There are too many councils in WA, no argument. (more…)
According to BBC News, the deputy mayor of Delhi has died after failing to defend himself from a horde of wild monkeys:
SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the first-floor terrace of his home on Saturday morning trying to fight off the monkeys. The city has long struggled to counter its [...]
Here’s a picture related to the post on Coincidence of Juliet and Dr Pieter Mourik. He is the first placement under a Federal Government locum program to provide relief for obstetricians in regional areas.
The local obstetrician has a solo practice and Pieter is filling in for him while he takes leave. The program [...]
I picked up this interesting piece of news from my former home territory, courtesy Australian Associated Press, regarding the future of Mount Buffalo Chalet:
Parks Victoria, the owner of the chalet, today said it had been notified by the lease holder, Burbank, of its intention to cease operations. But Burbank spokeswoman Sue McDermott said the [...]
The future of the National Party in Australia is under a cloud following the defection of Victorian Senator Julian McGauran to the Liberals.
Most analysts seem to think the party is in terminal decline. The evidence certainly supports that.
Three-cornered contests after a sitting member retires are invariably won by the Liberal Party.
The question has to be [...]
The government’s bid to abolish compulsory student union fees passed through Federal Parliament tonight after the Family First Senator, Steve Fielding, voted with the majority.
My opinion was with Nationals Senator, Barnaby Joyce, that non-political fees for student services should be retained. This would have meant ongoing funds for student sporting clubs, arts groups, etc. The [...]
