This excellent piece by Geoff Lemon has been doing the rounds, dispensing the sober truth: almost no one is going to be affected by Australia's new carbon tax. $9.90 extra week will break almost no one's bank ( Read more... )

I can't help it, but I kind of love election time. Despite the false promises, terrible advertising, and endless sniping between both politicians and voters, I love how every news, current affairs or light entertainment TV show gets election fever. I like election night, even though I've never been happy with the result. I was in England during the ( Read more... )

I think I kind of love Kevin Rudd ( Read more... )

I don't know what this world is coming to when comedians known for outrageous stunts pull outrageous stunts, or when 'celebrity chefs' known for being foul-mouthed go off on a foul-mouthed tirade. Which is not to excuse The Chaser Team or Gordon Ramsay for some A+ idiotic behaviour, but the respective furores have been ridiculous ( Read more... )

You can take the girl out of Queensland, but you can never take the Queensland out of the girl. Especially if she's still enrolled to vote there when the rolls close for a state election. So I can proudly say that I was part of the historic election on the weekend that saw Anna Bligh elected as Premier. It's a position she has been serving since ( Read more... )

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh made a "dress-code slip" on the weekend by wearing jeans to a sporting event. Apparently, this is shocking news, but the article is just one of many that focus incessantly on the clothing choices of female politicians, and of politicians' wives, as if it matters. As if a lack of whatever is deemed style signifies a ( Read more... )

Well, today it's more like Anecdote, Slight Political Sarcasm, and Embedded Video Day ( Read more... )

And no, the answer is not "nothing". :p

The ABC is starting a four-part documentary on November 17 about our former Prime Minister, titled The Howard Years. One hour for every term. Interviews with Howard and his team, his friends and his antagonists. (Watch a promo hereDid I miss something? Did the Howard years actually take place in the 1950s as ( Read more... )

I'm late in discussing this, but recently politician Tony Abbott declared that Australian students should learn more British history. This is the kind of sweeping statement that is bound to irk me, for several reasons ( Read more... )

Australia? I am so goddamned excited!!! I just... I'm overjoyed. I mean, when I think back to the last two federal elections, and how frigging depressed I was at the results, it's just so amazing to think that John Howard and the Libs are finally out. We can wake up from that nightmare. It's time for change ( Read more... )