Indigenous Australians are more likely to die young than people in Nigeria, Bangladesh or India, a report by the Fred Hollows Foundation says. Fair enough. The fact that indigenous Australians have an income stream most probably has some bearing on the subject. Money and idle time lead to some of indigenous Australian’s health issues. Troubled [...]

I received this email from Defence. Minister for Defence Media Mail List Monday, 29 March 2004 AUSTRALIA AND VIETNAM DEFENCE MINISTERS MEET WHAT: Photo opportunity Defence Minister Robert Hill will today meet with his Vietnamese counterpart, Senior General Pham Van Tra. It is the first time a Vietnamese Minister for Defence has visited Australia. I [...]

Brisbane City Council, the biggest city council in Australia is now Liberal led with Campbell Newman the new Lord Mayor. That?s the good news. The bad news is Labour still hold a majority in wards and after Jim Soorly’s reign, I can only imagine there is a lot of left wing influence. The Labor councillors, [...]

Latham, all hat and no cattle, sets himself up for another backflip. Surely by now, voters are getting his measure. I wonder if Gough had any input into his latest ‘We will bring the troops home by Christmas” line. Gough used just that line in 1972, notwithstanding the fact that troop withdrawal was already set [...]

Warning. Emotive blackmail post Now into my third week of helping set up an auction for Brisbane Legacy time to blog has been at a premium. One of the staff stalwarts at Legacy had the temerity to fall ill and I’ve had to double as data entry chick person. All involved agree I’m far from [...]

The crowded beach Good house, good wheels Locals stop by looking for a handout. Why did I come back? Niall forcing me to think. Legacy want more work. The phone hasn’t stopped ringing – damn.

I take a week off to help at Legacy and the country goes mad. We’ve been fighting Terrorism for a long time now and people still think it’s about cause and effect. The so called intellectuals think it’s all about scoring cheap points against John Howard – Jesus Christ, bloody well wake up! It?s about [...]

Last week I posted on the demise of the Huey and now the bloody C130 Hercules is under threat. Airbus A400 new Military Spec Aircraft Looks good but it has a long way to go beat the Herc’s record and of course Lockheed may have something to say about sales. They are not going to [...]

FRIENDLY rivalry is fine, but a distinct chill has come over Australia’s closest friendship, warns New Zealand opposition leader Don Brash. Picture is the entire NZ Infantry Regiment on a parade called to see who’s turn it was to defend New Zealand. Our Kiwi cousins are feeling out of the defence loop and well they [...]

This is your money, Taxpayers. While good men with good intentions try and help the aborigines, ATSIC stifles the debate with red herrings. You thought ATSIC was there to help our indigenous brothers. Wrong. They are there to help themselves. Clark, an accused rapist and thug receives $85,000 of taxpayers money for legal costs in [...]