Why steal Zimbabwe?

I heard Robert Mugabe on CNN tonight, going on about the British, accusing them of trying to steal his country, or in his own words:
"down with the British, down with the thieves who want to steal our country".

My immediate reaction to this is why would anyone bother to steal Zimbabwe ….its such a total shithole […]

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Is your heart bleeding?

Apparently the former ministers from the Howard government, who are now in opposition, are crying poor.    Some are doing it tough without their ministerial salaries, as the difference between being a minister and a mere opposition backbencher is about $100k a year.
It is understood that two informal approaches have been made in a bid to […]

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Happy families?

Isn’t this just a picture of happiness?
  When I saw New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer’s apology the other day with his wife standing next to him I thought there is one deeply pissed off looking woman.  Quite reasonable that she be too, after all her husband was apologising for being caught paying for sex with […]

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Bed made, now to lie in it

The fallout from the dodgy and sleazy dealings in Wollongong, involving developers and council staff seems to be as follows.
Wollongong City Council
The ICAC today recommended that the Wollongong City Council be sacked. 
 “I am of the opinion that systemic corruption exists,”

ICAC Commissioner Jerrold Cripps, QC, said.  The inquiry has revealed a web of sexual […]

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Getting into bed with developers

Councils and other levels of government may often have been accused of being “in bed with” building developers. In Wollongong, thats a statement of fact, not merely a metaphor for being corrupt, or at least in a friendly,cosy relationship. Council planner, Beth Morgan, has been the subject of evidence at the Independent Commission Against Corruption […]

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Sorry

I heard Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations yesterday. I must say that while this won’t solve the problems facing aboriginal people in this country, it does build a bridge which ought to enable us to move forward. It is symbolic, it helps heal wounds. It was a proud moment in […]

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How long is this going to last?

The new government is looking to raise the tone in parliament, which sits for the first time since last year’s election next week. ALP backbenchers report that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told MPs and ministers to avoid barbed replies or hubris during Question Time, partly to embarrass the previous government.
During the final […]

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Flying a kite for Kim

A bit of kite flying going on in the papers today, I think.  Some Labor Party figures, including cabinet Secretary John Faulkner, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith and Treasurer Wayne Swan, have been pushing for former leader Kim Beazley to be appointed Australia’s next Governor-General.
Bad idea!  Appointing someone like Beazley (who, by the way […]

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If I was an American

I’d be voting for Barack Obama, according to the electoral compass tool which I found via Chosha’s blog.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From the safe distance of Australia, Obama strikes me as the candidate who promises the most in the way of change.  It will be interesting to see whether a black man is too scary a thought for […]

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Smartchoices

I think its a smart decision by the Federal Opposition to drop its Workchoices policy.   I’d say the Liberals wish they’d never thought of it, let alone implemented it in such a shambolic way.  The smartest thing for them to have done as an Opposition is let the new government get rid of it, then […]

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