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You can now find me here. See you on the other side.
My bewildering rate of travel throughout Europe continues this evening with a flight out to Madrid for the weekend. Given the current state of the climate in London and indeed throughout most of mainland Europe, at present we have something of a preoccupation with travelling south to (slightly) warmer climes. Read more »
Australia's ongoing, "individual responsibility"-based war against plastic bags is set to potentially receive some stronger backing from the new Rudd Labor Government. Read more »
When I returned to Australia briefly over the Christmas period, I was a little nervous about getting back behind the wheel after a six month hiatus. Fortunately for myself and other nearby road users, driving is of course rather like "riding a bike". One never really forgets. Read more »
Over the course of the next week, this blog will be relocating and "changing". Details to follow, but updates will be scarce until then.
Welfare payments are a contentious issue in this country; when policy questions about welfare are asked publicly, people tend to be quite passionate in response. Read more »
The saga that has unfolded in the media over Australia's controversial victory in the Second Test at the SCG has been nothing short of phenomenal. The danger of saying anything at all about all the drama that has unfolded is that so much has already been said in the media, with so much parochial conviction, that is hard to conceive of one's own opinion counting for a jot. Read more »
As Galen English observes in The Australian, Federal Labor's policy on national ISP-level internet filtering was not really on the table for concerted public discussion during the election campaign. Read more »
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