Let the speculations begin!
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
NSW
New South Wales
Quickhit: Nile is at it again
Nile holds the balance of power in the NSW Upper House – and has introduced some private member’s bills. Fun times ahead!
Polling place accessibility and the NSW state election
I get the impression that the NSW election sees a slight improvement over the Federal election in polling place accessibility information. How does your electorate look? How many fully wheelchair accessible polling places, how many assisted access, and how close are they to you? What information is missing from the descriptions?
Who knew Wilde foresaw the 2011 NSW election?
The ALP, is, of course, the “unspeakable”, but they’ve had to become virtual cartoons before the LibNats have been able to look like this time they are finally going to get Labor out of government.
Quick hit: NSW Coalition drops active anti-ethics classes policy
The NSW Coalition has said they will not attempt to reverse the introduction of ethics classes in Special Religious Education time this year. Classes begin this term.
Answering hand-waving with hand-waving: Donnelly, rape, and Lady Gaga
Both tigtog and I have little more than an eyeroll in response to Harradine-mentored Catholic-right NSW Labor MP Greg Donnelly’s remarks in Parliament. While Parliament tried to debate a motion about International Women’s Day, Mr Donnelly chose to take the… Read More ›
Blow for non-binary folks – Norrie’s ‘ungendered’ status withdrawn
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has withdrawn the birth certificate they had granted to Norrie May-Welby, stating “Sex Not Specified”. It says it cancelled Norrie’s “recognised details certificate” after… Read More ›
Made You Look! Magazine from Don’t DIS my ABILITY
The New South Wales “Don’t DIS my ABILITY” campaign has just released the latest edition of Made You Look magazine, and it’s a great read. As far as I can tell, it’s only available in PDF, or in hardcopy if… Read More ›
CFK Childcare collapsing: How many women will lose jobs?
Another for-profit childcare corporation, CFK Childcare Centres Limited, has joined Eddy Groves’ ABC Learning in collapse. CFK has (had?) 43 childcare centres across New South Wales. 4000 children and 500 staff join the 1200 staff and 120 000 children whose… Read More ›
Plucked from the wire: blogs are dead, dancing boobies, detention debt, NSW health, and Oz net use
Blogging is dead, long live multimedia-sharing and Twitter Wired says blogs are dead. Blah blah linkbait, blah blah everyone’s on Twitter these days, blah blah. Read it if you can be bothered. Most amusing moment: the author complains that blogs… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 