I’d much prefer it if the news about the passing of the law making same-sex civil unions legal was getting half the press that the kangaroo cull is getting. I’m much more interested that at least one of the tiers… 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
Lazy journalism: cutting and pasting and blaming
The Australian has gotten very lazy indeed. In their opinion section they now have a feature they call “Cut & Paste” where all they do is quote disjointed segments from op-ed articles originally published elsewhere – I wonder whether they… Read More ›
Arsehats of the week
The people posting the image below in discussion forums in response to a new California Supreme Court ruling that laws barring same-sex couples from the institution of marriage are unconstitutional (specifically, that they violated the Californian Constitution’s guarantee of equality)…. Read More ›
Another for the ‘rape is not about sexual attraction’ file
Man, aged 18, charged with raping an 82 year old woman twice, allegedly attacking her as she was taking an early morning walk in a park. On Mother’s Day. He is most unlikely to have found her irresistably physically desirable:… Read More ›
Linkfest: Random Thursday Night Edition
Technollama writes about a legal threat sent to a knitter by BBC Worldwide. Her crime? Putting a free knitting pattern for an Adipose critter on the internet: “Doctor Who: Partners in Copyright Crime” [Hat tip to Clive] Bluemilk hits it… Read More ›
Asylum seekers, Australia’s retraumatisation policy, and healthcare ally work
This post will be submitted to The Angry Black Woman’s Carnival of Allies. As white people working on being allies people of colour, we can’t speak for or on behalf of POC. What we can do is speak out to… Read More ›
Friday Hoydens: The Suffragettes In Court [Guest post by baroquestar]
Today’s guest post is swiped, with permission, from baroquestar. Baroquestar is a 28 year old singing, studying, Australian museum geek with eclectic tastes in reading material. She is a solo mama to one beautiful daughter who likes dogs too, the… Read More ›
Rudd govt anti-same-sex-discrimination bill depends on the Senate balance of power
The Age: The Age believes Attorney-General Robert McClelland will announce today that he will introduce amendments to Parliament as early as next month to alter around 100 federal laws. The changes will not allow gay marriages or same-sex couples to… Read More ›
No, no, no, just no.
The Age: ‘Groomer’ jailed for sex with 12-year-old No. Rape isn’t sex. [cut for child rape triggers]
McCain prefers the injustice of the status quo to “more lawsuits”
Republican Senator John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits.
Senate Republicans killed the bill on Wednesday night on a 56-42 vote that denied the measure the 60 votes needed to advance it to full debate and a vote.
Hoyden About Town 