Friday 29th of March 2024

fact checker .....

fact checker ....

from Crikey ….

Alan Jones' new porkies test: fact-checker for shock jock

a message for our latter-day metternich ....

a message for our latter-day metternich ....

Senator Bob Carr

the carbon tax works...

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Carbon tax contributes to emissions drop

a bible bedside story...

ggod heavens

And it came to pass after this, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.

throw rotten tomatoes at gus...

poverty

To the risk of being ridiculed and making an idiot of myself I am going to ponder about poverty in Australia... I will start here to say that I saw poverty and sickness in Africa beyond the imaginable. Actually, my indigenous cook was paid far more than I was (I was getting peanuts), though it was ridiculously low moneys, but she had six kids to look after and I had none....

So I will keep my crooked analysis of the subject on Australian median poverty in a somewhat "ruthless" calculated manner... Which is very rotten of me as there are real needs out there...

in search of a different slipper ....

in search of a different slipper ....

 

The federal opposition has called for a police investigation into Prime Minister Julia Gillard's role in establishing a union association her former boyfriend used to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars.

walking away from omelas ....

walking away from omelas ....

Our nation might be rich but rampant consumerism is not making us any happier

a protected species ....

a protected species ....

The government has blocked the disclosure of a set of confidential letters written by Prince Charles to ministers.

from the naughty corner ....

from the naughty corner ....

Memo to those on the hill: be mindful, the electorate may be catching on that all your noise is sound and fury that signifies nothing, Nicholas Stuart writes.

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