Free Corey Delaney!
Well, not really, but I hope the charges possibly laid against him are substantive ones and not just related to being an idiot. (It’s difficult to tell whether he has in fact been charged and if so, with what offence [...]
Kick that can: Revenge of the Son of Merit-pay redux, The Sequel (again)
Well, I knew the axe-grinders at The Australian couldn’t go long without kicking around the merit-pay for teachers can. But readers deserve better than the selective reporting of Justine Ferrari in today’s article which claims “overwhelming support” amongst teachers for [...]
My family and other animals
Family photographs usually capture a pleasant time (e.g. a child taking its first steps or siblings enjoying a fun activity during a holiday); although such images often give no real insight into the way a family conducts itself at other times. Think of those happy snaps that appear in the [...]
Australia's health system OK, by world standards
For a different perspective on Australia’s health system, some fascinating American research about death rates from conditions treatable with good-quality healthcare, such as complications from surgery, certain cancers, heart disease, and the like, across 14 developed countries. Over the fold, [...]
Of gallstones and equality
No doubt I’m not the first to comment on the fact that Therese Rein had her gallbladder surgery at the Mater Private Hospital. I’m certainly not casting stones, as I had my gallbladder removed at St Andrew’s Hospital in 2004. [...]
Best wishes
Although we’re hardly the best of blog friends, I was saddened to read that Tim Blair has cancer. Having been there myself, I wish him well. [Via tigtog and Tim Dunlop.]
Best. Cartoon. Evah.
From today’s Crikey. Reproduced with permission. <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/first-dog-on-the-moon.jpg" Ps: If you were seriously wondering what John Howard is getting up to in his retirement, check out this article from Jen Mills in New Matilda. The right wing “anglosphere” won’t let [...]
The year in prospect
New Matilda is back in 2008 with a very spiffy web redesign, and is striking out in some new directions under the new editorship of Marni Cordell. I’ll be contributing on a regular basis, and I’ve kicked off the year [...]
No plan?
I’m finding the comments of the chair of the NT Intervention Taskforce just a bit rich. Dr Gordon said she would ask Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, who meets the entire Territory Indigenous Intervention Taskforce for the first time on [...]
The 1-lakh car
The Tata Nano has received more publicity than any car launch I can recall. Still, it’s not surprising. A fully-functional car for the equivalent of about 3000 Australian dollars is big news. While a number of writers have pointed out [...]
Facebook is teh (right wing) evil, apparently
Tom Hodgkinson, writing in Teh Grauniad, doesn’t care for Facebook apparently. He recites the usual blah about how online interaction is somehow dichotomously opposed to (genuine?) real life interaction, a piece of bollocks for which I’ve never had any time: [...]
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