How come you're reading the newspaper here?

There's a Federal election coming in September, and the good guys need all the help they can get.

Dear Hawkeye7,

Thank you for your email. The conservative coalition government in the UK has expressed support for marriage equality and is conducting community consultation on the matter - to my knowledge, no legislation has yet been drafted. But I appreciate David Cameron’s comments on this, and quoted him in parliament last yearAs a vocal ( Read more... )

The only CIA agent to go to gaol over torture is the one who blew the whistle on waterboarding

Carbon Tax begins today

Incredible but true: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called for a boycott of the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka if that country does not improve its international human rights image.

This from the country that single handedly blocked the listing of asbestos as a hazardous chemical. If being immoral ( Read more... )

Remember Jennifer Sky from Xena: Warrior Princess and Cleopatra 2525? Who was one of Maxim's Hottest Women of 2003? Haven't seen much of her lately? Yesterday, I accidentally stumbled across the reason why.

Jennifer Sky: A personal example of why Obamacare is benefiting Americans

Have gotten on my local member's known-troublemakers list.

His thoughts on gay marriage

When I hear someone say that things are different here than in country X, my reaction is always: how? We have a major scandal in the United Kingdom over bribery and phone and internet hacking by the media. The company involved also operates in Australia. What differences are there between there and here?

Competition The UK is a small, densely ( Read more... )

In the ACT, we have a Legislative Assembly which is comprised of 17 members elected by three multi-member electorates. This is because no matter how you would slice the territory up, the Labor party would win all the seats in a single-member electorate system ( Read more... )