I loathe Tony Abbott and his colleagues, and hate what he's trying to do to Australia. But unless police batton-charge the March in March, or we're confronted with gangs of semi-uniformed thugs, he will not have earned the 'Fascist' label ( Read more... )

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It was a day a little bit like today ( Read more... )

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Hope you had a good one. :)

Got a "lovely" surprise in the mail yesterday. I've got 3 months to move out of the flat I've lived in for 24 years. :( The perils of renting, I guess. I also guess that they're going to tear it down and either build something they can charge more rent for, or expand their McMansion from next door ( Read more... )

The begining of the end of an era.

So, the Houston Committee came up with a plan that echoes the worst of the Howard years, with multi-year delays in granting refugee status a design feature, not an apparently unintended side effect. Said delay based on a non-existent referent ( Read more... )

My application for the job in Hobart has been declined. I was correct in suspecting that my typing skills weren't up to requirements.
My feelings about this are about as complex as my feelings about applying for the job in the first place. At least my immediate future looks easier and more predictable.
It's got me seriously looking at what I need to ( Read more... )

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Rang Mum tonight to let her know the progress of my application*. After humming and ha-ing, Mum ended up saying, "Don't come down just for us. We'll cope fine." Dad's moving better after his latest opp than he has in years; he should be driving again soon. Mum seems to be ok with getting the groceries for both of them. Although her mood lightened a ( Read more... )