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  • Australia’s troublesome PM

    Why ScoMo should resign Here is a copy of the article from The Monthly A national disaster On the PM’s catastrophically inept response to Australia’s unprecedented bushfires Prime Minister Scott Morrison during an operational update at HMAS Albatross in Nowra. © Lukas Coch / POOL / AAP Image Scott Morrison campaigned for the leadership of…

  • NZ – Otago Central Rail Trail

    1st day Clyde to Omakau We cycle the 152 kms rail trail in NZ over 4 days. We have booked the trip through Bike It Now who organised accommodation, provide Trek mountain bikes with very big tyres and arranged for our bags to be transferred each day. The bags get there before us! We start…

  • The ABC has removed the following entire article by its economics correspondent (and former Lateline host) Emma Alberici

    There’s no case for a corporate tax cut when one in five of Australia’s top companies don’t pay it By chief economics correspondent Emma Alberici Updated February 14, 2018 11:53:51 Photo: Qantas is about to clock its 10th year tax free, while its CEO Alan Joyce takes home a $24.6 million salary. (AAP: Joel Carrett)…

  • It makes me sad and ashamed to be an Australian

    I will never ever vote for governments that treat people like political footballs – or votes for their re-election chances. The following article from Crikey shows our mistreatment of people – worse than how we treat animals Yet another damning Nauru report waved away by Immigration Bernard Keane Crikey politics editor Leave it the Department…