I have provide a link on the right hand menu bar to an article by Tim Priest and carried in the January 2004 edition of Quadrant Magazine title “The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia” It’s a longish article but you owe to yourself to read it…..and be concerned. via comments at Tim Blair
Reports from the Cronulla frontline
The press is full of comments today as the battle of the beaches continues. Amusingly Scott Poynting, of the University of Western Sydney, blames a contestant from Dancing with the Stars, a second rate TV show. “There’s nothing unique about the insecurities of Anglo-Saxon people, particularly in insular cities that have been targeted by the
Cronulla Flashpoint
What price Multiculturism at Cronulla now? I wasn’t impressed with the rioters at Cronulla but the problem is clearly deeper that the media would have us believe. In all my years in Australia I have never heard of or witnessed such a mass display of anger and frustration and think the message to be taken
Wierdo Innocent
Michael Jackson has been found innocent but I still wouldn’t recommend any parent let their kids anywhere near him.
Joy riding again
The young Melbourne teenager who was convicted recently of stealing a tram is now being questioned about the theft of a school bus. He’s 15 now and in two years will be able to get his licence and won’t have any further need to ‘take‘ public transport. If he’s not in gaol.
Corby Circus low act
How sad that someone in this country can stoop as low as sending a threatening parcel to the Indonesian Embassy. The lower end of the Corby Circus need to chill down a bit before irrepairable damage is done to the already fragile Australian/Indonesian relationship. Check here to see how far we have fallen. UPDATE: Arabnews
Aussie dumps on Oz
Robert Goodfellow is a Wollongong-based Indonesian specialist presently teaching at the Mount Eliza Program of Melbourne Business School. He might be an Indonesian specialist but I’m not sure he’s an Australian specialist Robert gets an article published in the Jakarta Post as an editorial where he explains why Australians are so up in arms about
Schapelle: The washup
The Jakarta Post’s take on the Schapelle Corbys sentence here Long term commentator at Tim Dunlop’s site, Aussie Bob, has opened his own blog. His profile could be summarised as “I hate Howard and Downer with such a passion that my life’s writings are all aimed at blaming them for everything I perceive as wrong
Schapelle will be doin’ time
Bill Nicholson writes to the Editor of the Courier Mail saying everyone he talks to thinks Schapelle Corby is innocent and adds; …If she is found gulity, the sentence will be seen as an obvious miscarrige of justice and will be deeply resented by almost all Australians. I’m glad Bill included the rider ‘almost’ as





