Year: 2010

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.

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…

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… Read More ›

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.