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 Anachronistic Nation posted by barra, 2008-02-11 07:03:40
Today the 42nd Australian parliament opened for business; it was notable for its antiquated ceremonial -- not a lot of change since the first colonial parliament in the penal colonies of Australia. (full story)
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Timor-Leste: a broader view required posted by dingo, 2008-02-10 20:39:41
Labor PM, Kevin Rudd has announced his support for Morris Iemma’s huge energy infrastructure sell-off in NSW, a move that threatens huge job losses, quality control standards and price rises for services. But why should Rudd care, it was Rudd who stated that politics in today’s Australia is no longer a matter of ideology? Facility and expedition are the order of the day – but for whom? Big business does not place governments in power to have their interests thwarted, so it's full steam ahead for vested interests and a final goodbye to the last vestiges of the ALP as a people's party – rest in peace the once proud Labor movement of Australia! (full story)
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  American Imperialism and the Symbiotic Narco Trade posted by nano, 2008-02-09 08:10:31
A recent report alerting to the appearance of commercial quantities Afghan brown heroin in the far-away (from source) location of Adelaide, Australia, may indirectly assist American militarists and politicians understand why it is that NATO is reluctant to support the U.S. in further calamitous misadventures in the Middle East, Central Asia or anywhere else. It seems the world is no longer enamoured with the violent, brutish, simplistic, naive and INCOMPETENT leadership of the USA – Robert Gates, take note! (full story and 2 comments)
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 Extreme Asymmetry posted by quill, 2008-02-08 10:16:16
It never fails to fill me with awe how a group of dedicated specialists armed with nothing more than $20 keyboards are able to tip the balance on the most powerful nations in the world. (full story)
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 Former racist Oz leader refuses to attend Indigenous Reconciliation Ceremony posted by finch, 2008-02-08 07:54:17
Former PM, racist and war criminal John Howard has declined an invitation to attend a reconciliation ceremony designed to address past injustices suffered by the indigenous population of Australia. Howard’s miserable gesture is true to form. Perhaps now investigations into Howard’s involvement in Iraqi war crimes and crimes against humanity should proceed at speed. (full story)
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Australian Banks practise Financial Coercion via Penalties and Fees posted by krill, 2008-02-07 11:06:14
In an environment of deregulated, free market capitalism you can’t scream laissez-faire and implement constraining, draconian financial policies on the public, which is exactly what deregulated Australian Banks and other local Financial Institutions are doing! (full story and 2 comments)
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 THEY make mistakes WE feel the “pain!” posted by barra, 2008-02-04 18:32:47
“This one will really hurt,” announced the new (inept) Australian PM, referring to the latest Reserve Bank interest rate hike of a quarter of one percent. However, he forgot to qualify his comment – hurt YOU he should have added, because it certainly doesn’t hurt him, other politicians or especially the Bank executives who created the problem in the first instance! (full story and 1 comments)
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 Rudderless Rudd – we knew it from the start! posted by budgie, 2008-02-03 10:59:09
The clearest indication our new ‘fearless leader,’ Kevin, is a clueless, bereft twerp, came in the form of a plea for ideas on how to run the country! Prior to addressing that disgraceful request our first recommendation to Rudd and his band of bereft eunuchs would be to look up the word GOVERN in any dictionary – for the nation’s sake! (full story)
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 Serb coalition in doubt after Tadic win posted by Douglas Hamilton via rialator, 2008-02-03 09:44:52
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western president Boris Tadic has won re-election in a contest with nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, but his narrow victory may only have set up a fresh struggle over the country's future course. (full story)
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The Age of Cowardice posted by finn, 2008-02-01 07:46:01
The most outstanding feature of almost two decades of Australian ‘leadership’ is COWARDICE and the social paralysis that it engenders. A decade of John Howard’s disgustingly servile leadership continues with another face and another party. Labor’s PM, Kevin Rudd, is proving to be even more timid and frightened than his predecessor – most Aussies thought that would be impossible, however, reality is difficult to deny! (full story)
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 Keelty’s continuing tenure opens can of incompetent worms posted by dingo, 2008-01-31 10:39:55
The thoroughly incompetent, right-wing, conservative, partisan, ex-Howard lackey, AFP Chief, Mick ‘have another drink’ Keelty, has been timidly denounced by the very timid Queensland PM and the Attorney General for publicly expressing the desire to silence all media reporting of terrorist related cases until such time as the stunningly efficient Keystone AFP have completed their bungling, frame-ups and other manipulations designed to assist former politicians in failed re-election bids – isn’t that right, blind Freddy? (full story)
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 Keelty has taken ‘leave’ posted by barra, 2008-01-29 06:52:22
Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mick ‘lost the plot’ Keelty, seems to be suffering short-term memory loss as a result of alcohol and prescription drug abuse. In an extraordinary outburst Keelty slammed the media and others, “who could put two sentences together,” for criticising his handling of various cases and bungling the Dr. Haneef investigation. (full story)
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 Davos: reading the sub-text posted by dingo, 2008-01-26 11:30:34
It is useful to have the world’s economic leaders and private sector financial ‘geniuses’ together for a summit – we could have bombed them for causing so much misery around the globe! The prognosis from these economic vandals is more gloom, they ought to know they created the situation – don’t you just love the inverted insanity of it all? However, reality must be addressed regardless of whether or not the patients have taken over the asylum. (full story)
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Australia Day: a pathetic joke posted by major mitchell, 2008-01-25 21:41:23
A nation that flies a union jack on its flag has no independent identity whatsoever. Other former British colonies have achieved total independence decades past but not cringing Australia. Almost daily we read of yet another race-based bashing; a Chinese born permanent resident kicked to death in Footscray by a bunch of remnant Johnny Howard racist cowards is just par for the course in this retrogressive nation. (full story and 1 comments)
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 Rice in economic damage control posted by budgie, 2008-01-23 09:54:03
Economics is not one of Condoleezza Rice’s strong points; she is more familiar in roles of invasive warfare, infanticide, plunder, U.S. imperial expansionism and propaganda. Perhaps she relies on her rather feeble skills as a propagandist in an effort to sell economic snake oil to wary and grounded Europeans. Neither Europe nor the rest of the world is buying, Condi; stick to what you know and do well, like killing children and plundering oil! Describing the U.S. economy as ‘resilient, healthy and sound,’ flies in the face of REALITY, Condi, but reality has never been familiar territory for the Bush regime! (full story and 2 comments)
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