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• Credit where credit is due, says judge to child rapist

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-29 • ( 4 )

  You know, I don’t even blog most of the instances I come across of “it’s not sex, it’s rape”, because there’s so bloody many of them. This one cheesed me the fuck off tonight. [Child sexual abuse warning.] Police decry… Read More ›

• Inaccurate contraceptive info from National Prescribing Service

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-28 • ( 9 )

  One of the key pieces of information we need when choosing contraception is accurate data on effectiveness. What is the likelihood that your birth control will stop you getting pregnant? We are presented with pretty charts by family planning counsellors,… Read More ›

• Tom Calma: Indigenous Advisory Body to have Full Gender Equality at All Levels

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-27 • ( 5 )

  Tom Calma, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, announced today at the National Press Club the proposed formation of a new national advisory body to bring the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to the Minister,… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Pride, the Last Deadly Sin

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-27 • ( 9 )

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• Inaccessible toilets in large venues? AFDO is looking for your input.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-26 • ( 6 )

  From Leah Hobson of the AFDO [Australian Federation of Disability Organisations] : AFDO needs your help. We’re keen to give Bill Shorten [Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services] examples of large venues which don’t do accessible toilets very well…. Read More ›

• Northern Territory Aboriginal people seek refugee status with UN

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-26 • ( 4 )

  ABC Online: “Aboriginal people seek refugee status” A group of Aboriginal people has asked the United Nations to register them as refugees, saying the Northern Territory intervention has made them outcasts in their own country Richard Downs, a spokesperson for… Read More ›

• Caption contest

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-25 • ( 7 )

  This picture of baby baboons from Zooborns is just begging for a caption competition. Same situation as for Thursday Cheezburger – post a link to your captioned picture, and wait for image magic to make it appear. You can use… Read More ›

• Crikey! Where Are All The Women? Poll time.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-24 • ( 35 )

  Crikey is opening a new blog just for women! Should they paint it:(surveys) Please feel welcome to add your suggestions for banner imagery in your comments. Or mock up your own banner, and share.

• On swallowing shit

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-23 • ( 25 )

  I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking about Melissa’s post “The Terrible Bargain We Have Regretfully Struck“, turning it over in my mind. The subsequent spinoff threads are mostly about relationships and fatness and such, so I’m going to place… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-22 • ( 31 )

  Today’s Asian small-clawed otter was born at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo in April. Via the Florida Alligator, via The Daily Otter. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything… Read More ›