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  • Crush-worthy political pundits

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    Reading Twitter during last night’s delivery of the Australian federal budget I couldn’t help but notice how many of us crush on political journalists. For my money you can’t go past the über delicious George Megalogenis but I saw much… Read More ›

  • D’oh

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    I tried out a new admin plugin yesterday, hoping that it would allow me to reopen comments on some older posts. It didn’t, but it did manage to close comments on several new posts. Those new posts have now had… Read More ›

  • #ausbudget 2010

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    My favourite tweet of the night goes to @annabelcrabb: Government Keeps Promise! Delivers Boring Budget, Exactly As Threatened

  • I see a great need

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    You tell ’em, Eleanor!

  • Listen up, Labor

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    Listen closely Labor Party, cos I’m only gonna say this once. Oh wait, no I’m not! I’m gonna say this OVER AND OVER. And Australians who agree with me, please do so also. Don’t you fucking dare put us in… Read More ›

  • Obligatory Tony Abbott Said What Now? Thread II

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    inspired by Pavlov’s Cat’s dissection of his explanation to schoolkids that global warming couldn’t be any sort of problem because it was hotter back ”at the time of Julius Caesar and Jesus of Nazareth” (actually it wasn’t).

  • Quickhit: Workers saying goodbye to selfish bosses

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    So, does any reader work for a company which has prioritised normalising promotion/pay structures for employees who made sacrifices during the GFC? Or are you one of the many being overlooked while restoring company profits for the benefit of shareholders takes priority? Or does your company actually seem to be managing the balancing act for both employees and shareholders?

  • In good news…

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    #firstworldproblems

  • Reconciling abortion with my motherhood

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    At some point during my own pregnancy I knew I would confront my pro-choice politics, not because I had had an abortion in the past but because I could have, and because I believe so strongly in my right to… Read More ›

  • Lost in Meatspace

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    I haz no home internets 😦 My broadband cable services are down entirely – internet (and thus our VOIP home phone), and, even worse for one particular reason, cable telly. Since our outside aerial fell down last year, we can’t… Read More ›