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Political advertising disclosure
The South Australian Labor Party is portraying Liberal leader Isobel Redmond as being soft on crime. The image to the left is a screenshot of the website “Redmond Facts” authorised by M. Brown, 141 Gilles Street, Adelaide SA 5000. That’s ALP state secretary Michael Brown. I have no problem with…
March 5 2010, 1:57am | Comments »
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Isn’t it refreshing to see a rising young sports star who is untainted by any controversy. The Cooma snowboarder has won Australia’s first gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Aged 23, she comes from a Mormon family, doesn’t drink or do drugs, and apparently doesn’t even drink coffee. While…
February 19 2010, 6:39pm | Comments »
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If banker David Kiely is sacked for looking at near-nude snaps of model Miranda Kerr the system sucks. The red-blooded Aussie bloke was found checking out chick pics in an email while one of his colleagues did a live cross to Seven News on the subject of interest rates in…
February 3 2010, 3:32am | Comments »
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KKK stunt a nuisance distraction
One wonders if the protest at the Australian Open by artist Van Tanh Rudd against racism would have generated any publicity if he wasn’t the Prime Minister’s nephew. Probably not. Rudd was acting as a member of the radical Marxist group, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), which calls for the…
January 26 2010, 1:44am | Comments »
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It must amuse the rest of the world that Australians continue to argue about our system of government and national symbols. On the eve of Australia Day a celebrity push has begun to change the national flag. Ray Martin says we should have a new flag. Ron Barassi agrees with…
January 24 2010, 8:24pm | Comments »
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Hoon drivers are a modern scourge
Hoon drivers are the scum of Australia and possibly the greatest modern blight on the nation. The death toll from reckless driving continues to rise without any sign of abatement. In Victoria, young drivers were continuing to risk their lives on the roads just days after a P-plate driver with…
January 24 2010, 2:38am | Comments »
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The cartoon by Peter Broelman neatly captures the contrasting fortunes this week of Victorian minister Tim Holding and New South Wales minister John Della Bosca. While Holding was being rescued from an icy mountain, Della Bosca was sliding down a slippery slope of his own making. It’s hard to resist…
September 1 2009, 6:14pm | Comments »
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Should smacking be allowed? Various governments have sought to legislate against parents hitting their children and magistrates have taken a dim view of cases that appear before them. The United Nations has twice criticised Australia for failing to prohibit corporal punishment in the home, in accordance with its obligations under…
August 22 2009, 7:26pm | Comments »
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Australia is the most wonderful country on earth. Does anyone dispute that? Australia is spectacular, safe, friendly and diverse. I love the outback, even though I haven’t seen as much as I would like. I drove once from Ceduna to Coober Pedy via tracks and, of course, the countryside around…
August 22 2009, 5:00am | Comments »
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