The unions aren’t going to have access to worksites….yeah right! The unions are making noises of being upset at ALP IR Policy but I can bet they have been told to make a noise and then when the ALP is in power all will OK. Those earning over $100,000 will be allowed to stay on [...]

Dozens of agendas merge as the proposed Gunn Pulp Mill debate rages. The Greens who fight against any development, bad for the environment or not, have found a green Barrister to say a decision siting the mill in the Bell Bay industrial area would be invalid – whatever that means. The Greens will be against [...]

I find this report in the Australian a bit strange Confirmation that there would be no change to union right-of-entry rules comes as ABC Radio’s PM program claimed last night that workers earning more than $100,000 a year would be excluded from the minimum conditions contained in awards under Labor’s policy. Following similar speculation last [...]

Letters to the editor or why some people should be disenfranchised JOHN Howard seems to be entirely serene in regard to the practice of the Exclusive Brethren and its religious brainwashing of young children. And yet this educational practice is no different from brainwashing in Islamic schools. How is it that Howard regards the Brethren [...]

Arguably the drought has broken – I know because I was intimately involved. As I lay sleeping in my tent at Carnarvon Gorge I heard an express train come up the valley. After gaining full consciousness the train became a gale that heralded a wet arse. With 20 plus Grade 10 boys high up a [...]

Received this email from Defence Media NAVY FINDS NO EVIDENCE THAT WRECK IS THAT OF HMAS SYDNEY II The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has concluded its investigation of the area located near Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia that was claimed to be the site of the wreck of the RAN’s World War II cruiser, [...]

Picture: HMAS Sydney This report from the West Australian The 66-year search for the wreck of HMAS Sydney on which 645 Australians lost their lives is almost certainly over. A group of West Australians using just a grappling hook and an underwater camera last weekend found what they are sure is the Sydney, which sank [...]

PM’s letter to Iraq is an election stunt says Kevin Rudd in an election stunt type of statement PRIME Minister John Howard’s threat to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq is motivated by the looming federal election, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd says And Kevin’s statement isn’t? Right. Meanwhile…..a story covered by Brisbane’s Sunday Mail records another [...]

Correct response. It happened in my time as well. I have been involved in excessive consumption of alcohol for a number of reasons – some reasonable some not. Sometimes to bury a ghost, other times in the spirit of the moment. The difference? We never had YouTube and the stupid inclination to brag about it, [...]