So the bloody government promised Cyclone Yasi payments to all Australians who met the criteria.

I meet the criteria.

I'm on a certain government payment, but because I live at home, they think that equates with dependent. So not only do I get jack shit from them, but I can't work either. Because y'know, I'm studying full time. Which is what the ( Read more... )

Is it just me or do these 'child protection' laws here in Australia completely, utterly, 'should-be-burnt-in-the-deepest-circle-of-hell' suck?

On the news here only yesterday there was a report about a man (who had a police record for Domestic Abuse, and indeed had been in court not even a week ago for it) who used his two-year old boy for a ( Read more... )