Allison Pearson is outraged that her 12 year old daughter knows all about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, because this will apparently ruin the youthful romantic yearnings that all teenage girls should have by right, yet paradoxically this very lack… Read More ›
law & order
The law locks up the man who steals the goose from the common, but leaves the greater criminal loose who steals the common from the goose – Australian convict saying
Two Unusual Tales
From the section of the paper actually called Unusual Tales. Court overturns father’s grounding of 12-year-old [link] “At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries. “I started an appeal of the decision… Read More ›
The torture-murder of the toddler twins in Queensland
Helen on the Balcony says all that needs to be said.
Shorter Senator Guy Barnett:
You’ll have that baby and like it, missy. Image credit: bewareofthegod.com ABC Online quotes him as saying the following yesterday: * that he moved the motion (to cut Medicare funding for abortions past 21 weeks gestation) as a matter of… Read More ›
AP: That’ll be $2.50 a word for copy-paste, thanks
The blogosphere is starting to buzz. What’s the buzz? AP has kicked up about bloggers posting short, linked excerpts without paying. Out-law.com says that the Associated Press issued Rogers Cadenhead (of the Drudge Retort) a series of takedown notices under… Read More ›
Update: Child rapists jailed
Two years ago, nine men and boys raped a ten year old girl in the town of Aurukun. My previous posts on the subject: “Naughty little girl”, explains rape apologist Crown Prosecutor in gang rape of ten year old girl… Read More ›
Why the inverted commas?
From the Independent Online’s Crime and Courts section: Man held for ‘rape’ June 09 2008 at 12:10PM A 25-year-old man was arrested for “rape” on Monday in Katlehong, East Rand police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Mega Ndobe said the man allegedly… Read More ›
Everyday Codebreaking: Aptamil advertising
Another look at advertising by artificial baby milk companies. I’m going to take a look at the visual imagery in the ad used to present their product as not just “as good as breastmilk”, but subtly or not-so-subtly better. First… Read More ›
Graeme Reeves “Butcher of Bega” update
[image source] As the three-month-old 12-detective Strike Force Tarella continues to investigate and accumulate evidence on a multitude of cases, retired Federal Court judge Deirdre O’Connor has completed a review into the employment of abusive doctor Graeme Reeves. Reeves is… Read More ›
Retired police superintendent’s view on the politicisation of complaints against Henson’s work
image source – Daily Telegraph gallery Alan Leek points out in a letter to the SMH that he has a unique viewpoint on this case with a history of being both a police officer and an art exhibitor. Because that… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 