FORMER New South Wales Opposition Leader John Brogden was rushed to hospital last night after an apparent suicide attempt. He was unconcience and is now in ICU in Sydney. The Australian and News.com are carrying the story. He was found lying on the floor of the bathroom in his office last night and it is [...]

US air strikes kill al-Qaeda suspects. Operating on the Syrian border the US forces have killed 47 al-Qaeda terrorists Around 50 militants associated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda frontman in Iraq, were in a safe house in the border town of Husaybah at the time, the military said without giving details of casualties. They [...]

A report from News.com suggests the scene is set for a clash tonight. Wait for the ABC and SBS to give all sorts of weird tree hugging hippies oxygen as they quote them on the news. SYDNEY Opera House has been locked down for the first time, with thousands of protesters expected to converge today [...]

Some years back, Oh…. OK, 33 years ago, I was a young Sergeant on leave in Bangkok riding in a cab between dens of iniquity when a US Army MP vehicle drove by. Being of an exuberant disposition at the time I gave them the finger, with a smile. The MP’s grinned and waved back [...]

Received this email from a reader. I have checked out previously with a Mac user but nothing is obvious. Does anyone else have trouble reading my right hand column? Your site’s right -hand column is still a total jumble for me. I have no trouble with any other of scores of sites I visit. Has [...]

MP seeks Gippsland wind farm moratorium The Liberal Member for McMillan, Russell Broadbent, has called for a two year moratorium on wind farms in South Gippsland, in eastern Victoria. Mr Broadbent has asked Environment Minister Ian Campbell to ban new wind farms until more is known about their impact on birds. Mr Broadbent says wind [...]

The annual Running of the Bulls at San Sebastian de los Reyes just north of Madrid ends in drama when a bottleneck of young thrill seekers develops and is split open by several 600 kg bulls. A RUNNING of the bulls in a Spanish town outside the capital today left 63 people injured after the [...]

The ALP are making some positive moves for a change. Beasley is veering to the centre according to Dennis Shanahan in todays Oz Labor’s pragmatic new approach will build on policy proposals from frontbenchers to move Labor away from the Left and towards the Centre on key issues. Good move Kim. Keep it up and [...]

My old sloppy journalist mate Luke McIlveen reports Court rules soldier be compensated for fall A DRUNK army officer who injured himself falling out of a barracks window should be compensated like any soldier wounded in the line of duty, the High Court ruled yesterday. Luke, the guy is or was a drunk army warrant [...]

Barnaby Joyce has become a headline himself – just use his christian name and every one knows who and what. The press are having a field day. In the absence of a viable opposition they have to find doom and gloom for the government where they can. Barnaby Joyce and his confused stance on politics [...]