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Aboriginal leader in 'snub' uproar THE Board of Reconciliation Australia has angered staff and stakeholders after snubbing a promising young indigenous leader as its next chief executive. The organisation announced on Monday that it had chosen Paul O'Callaghan, a former Australian high...

Round One: The War in Iraq John Howard becomes one of the first political leaders in 2007 to criticise Barack Obama's Iraq policy, in which Obama called for a total withdrawal of American forces in Iraq by March 2008. John Howard about Obama (on National 9 News) "I think he's wrong. I think...

This is stupid. Reminds me of Germaine Greer's article on Aboriginal 'rage' because of the European occupation centuries ago. Take a look: "This sentence seems unusually light, but it also throws an unusual light on modern justice: The WA Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Mathew Roy...

"It’s wonderful how Kevin Rudd’s spend-spend-spend handouts are bringing poor families together: ALCOHOLIC parents are driving hundreds of kilometres to dry Aboriginal communities to reclaim their previously abandoned children so they can legitimately claim welfare bonuses, a senior Kimberley...

Pay ministers more - Baird "THE former NSW Liberal MP Bruce Baird has supported the Remuneration Tribunal's concerns that federal ministers are underpaid, saying politicians' salaries are not high enough to attract talented people into Parliament. But sitting MPs on both sides of politics...

What did you think of the movie? What have you heard about it? Personally, I think Luhrmann needs to stop being such a pretentious twit. It was overly ambitious even to name the movie 'Australia', as if the nations entire history, culture, values etc. can be summed up in 3 trashy hours. Then...

Rudd is a disaster and possibly the worst PM that Australia has ever seen. (Yes, even worse than Whitlam.. but that's because I had to live during Rudd's reign and not Whitlam's.) The economic crisis has to an extent saved him, as has the ignorance of the Australian people - including many...

Well it's nice to see that the QLD government and opposition aren't wasting time during parliament. What a joke. Red pen too aggressive, Queensland teachers told "TEACHERS have been told to stop marking schoolchildren's work with red pen because it is an "aggressive" colour. Queensland's...

Not in office yet, but already doing policy backflips. I'll add more soon, but this on his promise to withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months. http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/as_you_were_in_iraq_soldier/ Some of us always saw this backflip coming...

The relationship between Labor and unions has existed for quite a while. However it is very dangerous to business in Australia and many unions have a bully mentality. It seems that Labor's union gang are at it again. Led by ex-union lawyer - Julia Gillard. Coalition legal advice urges rethink...

Iraq's been in the news recently because of the status-of-forces agreement between the United States and Iraq which has been delayed until Thursday. The agreement gives legality to US forces within Iraq, after the 31 December expiration of the UN Security Council mandate. At this time of...

Well, the race is over. What are your predictions, hopes about the four years which lie ahead? What does this Obama victory mean for the wider global community and for America? What tests will Obama have as President and what chance is there that Republicans will win the 2012 elections? And...

Part One: Racism in the Race. Recent polling indicates that racism could play a large part in the race. It would seem that it is the 'black vote' and not the 'white vote' which has the potential to change the results in many of the swing votes and essentially the results themselves. Which begs...

The Rudd government is implementing Australia's largest ever immigration plan over the next three years. The plan, it has been suggested by Kevin Rudd, may be reduced in light of the economic situation. Commentator Andrew Bolt (0ctober 8 2008): "EVEN on the day it was announced, the Rudd...

A few other threads have dealt with the question of, will the Hadron Collider result in a black hole, and the end of the earth? The poll results indicated that no, many people think that nothing will happen when the particles are eventually collided. (Note: they were scheduled to collide today...

Hey Everyone, The exam was today. It's finally over. How do you all think that you faired? To be honest, I didn't think it was an overly hard exam, but was it just me, or was the listening section longer than usual? (around 40 - 45 minutes, not including writing out time which I needed to take...