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This, Our Dark Night of the Soul.
My friend Paul Oosting has managed to put it into better words than I have, read on.. This seems to be our collective dark night of the soul. For many of us in Australia, post 2004 federal election period is somewhat ominous and depressing. Power has been consolidated and a new government has been installed.…
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New Google SMS
Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you’re looking to find.
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New at adrianwedd.com – Live Audio
With the impending sad demise of Auditory Spiral, one of the best techno radio programs in the history of the Earth, I’ve felt compelled to “transmit my tones” in other ways. I’m experimenting with streaming via shoutcast – you might need winamp or something else capable of playing this file and a bit of bandwidth…
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Sydney Police anti-riot unit launched
An anti-riot police unit was unveiled in Sydney today with 46 officers trained to respond to public disorder at a moment’s notice. The launch of the unit follows recommendations from the Coburn Report into the Redfern riots earlier this year, which suggested training NSW police officers to handle riots, protests and crowd control. NSW Police…
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Elwood bans the bag
Elwood Village in Melbourne’s south has become the first Victorian shopping centre to do away with plastic bags, with traders vowing to use only eco-friendly alternatives. EcoRecycle Victoria and the City of Port Phillip have each put up $5,000 to pay for calico, polypropylene and paper bags to replace plastic bags. Port Phillip Mayor Dick…
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Howard’s power to deregulate
Australia is bracing itself for a renewed round of conservative reform following Prime Minister John Howard’s fourth election victory, handing him power not enjoyed by any Government for more than two decades. The unexpected surge in support that defied earlier polling and increased his majority in the House of Representatives also appears likely to allow…
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NEWS.com.au | Your say: Election 2004
Some interesting comments on the election result from ordinary Australians. (And edited by News Corp)
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Howard won’t keep promises: Labor
A LABOR frontbencher today predicted Prime Minister John Howard would split his election policies into core and non-core promises and said the government was not straight with Australians. Mr Howard yesterday told reporters the government would fulfil all the promises it had made during the election campaign but opposition science spokesman Kim Carr questioned his…
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Greens blame greed, ignorance
VOTER ignorance, greed and apathy returned the Coalition to government, a South Australian Greens MP said today. Kris Hanna, a former state Labor backbencher who joined the Greens last year, today said he was disappointed with the majority of Australian voters. ‘(Labor Leader Mark) Latham did his best to offer an alternative but too many…
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Coalition policy disaster for Tassie’s old growth forests
The Wilderness Society, Australian Conservation Foundation and Greenpeace today slammed the Coalition’s policy announcement on Tasmania’s forests as a disaster that fails to fully protect forests or to provide a long term future for forest workers. “The Coalition’s forest policy is nothing more than a logging plan with a conservation figleaf” said Don Henry, Executive…
