Singapore perspective on the Nguyen hanging

This piece in today’s Age by the Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia, Mr Joseph Koh, is an interesting exposition of the Singapore government’s arguments for the death penalty in drug trafficking cases. This is also reflected in comments by Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong who dismissed calls to stop the execution.
He said:
“We […]

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Neighbours case - this is the sort of thing driving the desire to change unfair dismissal laws

Neighbours actor Shane Connor today won his unfair dismissal claim against the show’s production company. The court awarded him $196,709 in damagers.
This is a good example of the sort of hoops employers have to go through to get courts (in this case) and the Industrial Relations Commission to find against an employee claiming unfair […]

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Becton’s baby

Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt have had a baby girl ….this of course constitutes major news in our commercial media.
Congratulations to them.
Now, thats all I want to see or hear about it! (However, I feel that every detail of the baby’s life is going to be played out in the media - […]

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Sedition

Despite a Senate committee, led by Government Senators, recommending that the sedition provisions of the proposed anti-terrorist legislation be removed from the bills currently going through parliament, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock is sticking to his guns, saying that he will not consider any substantive change to the provisions.
The updated sedition offence proposes jailing anyone who incites […]

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Van Nguyen - 4 days left

As the clock winds down towards the execution of Van Nguyen on Friday 2 December, I’d like to comment on a few things about it.
First, its obscenely petty of the Singapore authorities not to allow his mother to hug him in his last days.
Second, I can’t agree with calls for a minute’s silence for him […]

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NSW Liberals go past rockbottom

The NSW Liberal Party plumbed new depths yesterday as it lost the by-election for the seat of Pittwater. This was the seat previously held by former party leader John Brogden, who resigned in disgrace in August following admissions of drunken, lecherous behaviour (including trying to pick up a female journalist).
Pittwater had been its third safest […]

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Pretty

Saw this yesterday, walking around the National Botanical Gardens. 

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Fun and games with alcohol

#1. Some scientists have been researching the “beer goggle” effect … where ugly people become attractive to others who have had enough (or is that too much?) to drink. Far from being a simple matter of how much you have to drink, the researchers have devised a complex formula which takes into account […]

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Brian Lara becomes cricket’s highest run scorer

Brian Lara this morning overtook Allan Border as test cricket’s highest ever run scorer, during his innings of 226. He has now scored 11,187 runs in 121 tests, at an average of 54.04. For the last several years, he has been the only world class player in a struggling West Indies team.
I […]

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Michelle Leslie’s defence a lie

Hardly surprising, but it turns out that Michelle Leslie’s whole defence was built on a bunch of lies.
Apparently it cost some $600,000 in legal fees and other expenses, including bribes, to get her off a potential 15 year gaol term in Bali. Nice to be well connnected and have plenty of money to throw around […]

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