TWO Australian sailors accused of attacking a California man after a drunken argument about sport will stand trial in March. The article says it was all about the differences between Grid Iron and Aussie Rules but reading further I see something ominous in this statement; The men also argued about politics in the Middle East. [...]

A 14-YEAR-old British girl has been arrested after protesting against whaling outside the Japanese embassy in London, inspired by the work of Greenpeace in the Southern Ocean. One video clip which showed a whale being blown up, had “hit me hard”, she said. The video pushed her to stage the hour-long protest because she felt [...]

THE Australian Government has flown its first surveillance mission as forces step up around the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic. The flight, by an extended range Airbus, together with the appearance of a Japanese fishing boat said to be shadowing Sea Shepherd, raise spying over the “scientific” whaling program to a new level. Didn’t [...]

POLICE spraying fans with pepper spray in the middle of Australia’s showcase tennis tournament is bad for the nation’s image, Deputy PM Julia Gillard says. Wrong – Thugs threatening police and throwing missiles is bad for our image. The fact that the Police stopped potential rioters with pepper spray sends a message to would-be trouble [...]

Of course they do. It’s a part of the overall PR scheme to get coverage; first harass the Japanese until they make an error of judgment, or, as happened in this case, illegally board the vessel and force the Japanese to defend themselves. Two activists boarded the vessel with a view to handing the Captain [...]

SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) – The new Australian government will scrap a landmark deal to sell uranium to India for its nuclear energy program, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday. The deal was struck by former premier John Howard last August, shortly before his conservative government was ousted in elections by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labor [...]

INTERNET users have been promised faster, cheaper downloads with Brisbane company Pipe Networks set to break the duopoly that controls Australia’s links to global broadband networks. Pipe Networks yesterday confirmed it would build a $200 million undersea cable connecting Sydney to Guam, an island broadband hub with links to Asia, Hawaii and the US mainland. [...]

If you haven’t already heard Tim Blair has been diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis is positive but that doesn’t matter – difficult times for poor Tim with operations, hospital stays, stress of worrying will it all go well or not, the stress obvious on the faces of visiting loved ones not to mention the thousands [...]

Labrador shoots its owner dead on hunting trip AN overexcited dog has accidentally shot and killed its owner on a goose-hunting trip in Texas. Perry Price, 46, had just shot a goose and went back to his pick-up truck to let his dog out to go find it in the brush. He leaned over the [...]

Wayne Swan has two bob each-way “The good news is that Australia is well placed to absorb a slowing in the world economy which may be caused by a more protracted US slowdown,” Mr Swan said. “The truth is that the fundamentals in the Australian economy are strong. Well, that’s good. he has acknowledged that [...]