Supermarkets and prices
One of the things that has me most bemused about the Coalition this year is their continued opposition to and belittling of any initiative to make the retail grocery market more transparent – whether it’s web based price comparison or [...]
Lazy Sunday (Octopus themed art edition)
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! I spent Friday night on an art gallery opening crawl – at two [...]
A very bohemian New Years' Eve
As discussed in this post, that was the name of the event I went to on Monday night at Bar Alto at the Powerhouse. I’ve just seen some very spiffy photos of the night posted on Facebook by my friend [...]
The AHA are crying in their beers
Last night, if you were out and about in Sydney, you may have just heard at various pubs (under the constant dissonance of doof doof music and pokies) members of the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) crying in the beers. The [...]
For “News” this sounds extremely like an op-ed
From The Bulletin: Don’t expect an outbreak of peace and love in the streets of Sydney from this one. At least the NSW Government has stood up to the right ogres (the AHA lobby) but for the wrong reasons. Someone [...]
Eat less red meat, drink more red wine…
…or drink no wine at all, especially if you’re a woman with any breast cancer risk factors. That seems to be the gist of the latest health advice in relation to cancer and heart disease. Meat: The World Cancer Research [...]
AHA starting to lose the battle against small bars
While the nation wonders how it is going to survive another four weeks of election campaigning, Sydneysiders are focusing on more important issues such as Clover Moore’s Small Bar bill. As previously discussed on LP, the aim of the bill [...]
Sexism saves animals?
Sophie says: “If you are going to take your clothes off for something, it better be a good cause”. I think most blokes will think Sophie getting naked is enough of a good cause in itself. The above quote comes [...]
Anathema on lazy cafes
Ugly, ain’t they? When I am paying damn good money for something hot and wet, in a cafe which has 15 different ways that one can have one’s coffee, you better believe that I expect you to make up a [...]
Being fat is a feminist issue
Let’s get this straight; Beth Ditto is a deadset legend for not buying the bull that to be a successful singing chick (meant in a reclaiming the language kind of way), you have to be skinnier than a model [...]
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