W00t! Yeah I know with party politics it's not that much of a change, but at least that 'last' high ceiling has finally been broken through for Australian women, and thankfully we are not the last among the English speaking western nations. I know KR worked his arse off, but he was too much of a cardboard cut out fake for me - he's a Queenslander ( Read more... )

For the Aussies on the f-list, or if you have any political background on Aus. politics, you can catch the amusing The 2008 Wharf Revue: Waiting for Garnaut here on the ABC site. I don't think the audio will be up for long now. Alternatively, I upped it here on Megaupload.

Warning: Strong, coarse language, including expletives and just generally ( Read more... )

Congratulations to President Obama and the American people!

Yay! Congratulations, Barack Obama! Congratulations, America! Congratulations, the rest of the World ( Read more... )

Hee! I love Crikey.com's editorials, which I get sent to me twice daily. Funnily, I haven't seen a Nigerian scam letter in years ... at least until this last weekend, when they came through LJ (and I promptly banned that LJuser's arse).

( Sound familiar, anyone ...? )

Food for political thought from Ann-Marie Slaughter, U.S. security expert on

ABC's Big Ideas ... a vision of our complex global future ( Read more... )

Ramona Koval (ABC Radio ~ The Book Show) discussing a book by Indian, Pankaj Mishra in which he discusses his meeting with the Tibetan poet and essayist Wosa (dissenter against Chinese occupation of Tibet) to Robert Silvers (NY Review of Books).

"In August this year [2007] the officially atheist Chinese regime passed legislation effectively ( Read more... )

Well, I've decided to move to Nagoya. It's more expensive, but I'm sick to death of this dive I'm living in. Sure the rent is great, but I sooo badly need a change to lift my spirits. Tho, the main reason for moving is to cut down on the commuting time. I'm just getting totally worn down by it. Seven years is enough. The only bad thing about the ( Read more... )