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Dear Australian News Media: enough with the soap opera
Our Prime Minister announces the protection of the Malabar headlands in Sydney as a National Park, World Heritage listing of Australian historical sites, and the introduction of MySuper from 2013 – and all you can ask about is Liberal talking points regarding Downer, Rudd and leaks? Shame on you.
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Gillard needs to give the public what it wants
Campaign with ruthless positivity: barely acknowledge the mewlings of the Opposition, except with a look of amused contempt…
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It’s nearly carnival time!
As Chally reminds us over at the Down Under Feminists’ Carnival blog, now is the time to get those submissions in! The next carnival (featuring posts published before the end of 31st July) goes up next week…
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Otterday, and Open Thread
Today’s otter comes via National Geographic. An otter species thought to be wiped out from Borneo, Lutra sumatrana (the hairy-nosed otter), has been captured on film in Sabah. One of the world’s most endangered otters, the last time a hairy-nosed otter was spotted in Borneo was as roadkill in 1997. The conservation camera traps have [...]
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Abbott-watch redux
I’m sick to the back teeth of the MSM coverage of this campaign descending into trivial gossip about Labor rifts and rivalries.
I want to know what bloody Abbott is up to, and highlight just how awful its implications (no doubt) will be.
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Tony Abbott – the man your PM should be (Old Spice) parody
If you haven’t seen the Old Spice ad that this is parodying spend some time here. Then watch this.
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Reading the policies: the Coalition’s parental leave consultation document
My attitude to the vast bulk of elections, including the 2010 Federal election, is “I don’t like any of this, please get me out of here”. I usually intend to make an informed decision based on policies and then have trouble even following the news coverage. So, in the spirit of public acts helping enforce [...]
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Friendly Campaigning
In the “a picture says a thousand words” department, this photo was scanned from last week’s SMH:
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