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[Darth Vader]

I'm fully aware that we aren't being taxed (directly )to pay for NZ earthquake relief. My point is the guy is playing partisan politics with natural disasters whilst people suffer. Speaks volumes for his character in my book.

As opposed to using a natural disaster to hide the announcement for a new carbon tax that was promised wouldn't exist... equally

you score big for that one scooby!

[Darth Vader]

Bill Shorten continues to rub his hands together. He knows he is one or two centimetres taller than Hawke but he hasn't realised he is only half as bright. His job is now to get the Gillard-stabbing procedure going because an election is looming and people don't realy like Abbott so this is the chance to go to the people and catch everyone with their pants down.

[redandblack]

An election is looming in 2014.

[scoob]

I'm fully aware that we aren't being taxed (directly )to pay for NZ earthquake relief. My point is the guy is playing partisan politics with natural disasters whilst people suffer. Speaks volumes for his character in my book.

As opposed to using a natural disaster to hide the announcement for a new carbon tax that was promised wouldn't exist... equally

Nonsense, it's getting plenty of publicity. It wouldn't matter when it was announced, it's a major topic that will be discussed in detail for months or more.

Gillard has hardly been quiet about it, she's hitting the airwaves as much as she can.

It's even being discussed on SAFooty;)

Yeah nonsense It didn't happen - I must have been dreaming she announced it last week.

[redandblack]

She did, but lots of things happened in the world last week.

Lots will happen this week and next week.

It's been the main political talking point all week, so time to put your conspiracy theory back in the bias basket.

[scoob]

She did, but lots of things happened in the world last week.

Lots will happen this week and next week.

It's been the main political talking point all week, so time to put your conspiracy theory back in the bias basket.

Think you may have well and truly filled the bias basket already mate

[redandblack]

I don't pretend I'm not biased, but that doesn't rule out informed debate.

[redandblack]

The decline of the ABC continues.

Lovely headline yesterday:

"Abbott finds sympathetic audience in Adelaide"

As pointed out by Adelaide Now, it's good that an audience invited by Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was sympathetic

[Leaping Lindner]

The decline of the ABC continues.

Lovely headline yesterday:

"Abbott finds sympathetic audience in Adelaide"

As pointed out by Adelaide Now, it's good that an audience invited by Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was sympathetic

Sympathetic !!(??) Two examples...

"We like what are saying and agree with you 100%."

"Interesting talk. Keep at it.One day you'll get some ideas of your own that don't just involve attacking the Government"

[mick]

The decline of the ABC continues.

Lovely headline yesterday:

"Abbott finds sympathetic audience in Adelaide"

As pointed out by Adelaide Now, it's good that an audience invited by Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was sympathetic

He'd be in deep shit if they were not sympathetic

[Psyber]

The decline of the ABC continues.
Lovely headline yesterday: "Abbott finds sympathetic audience in Adelaide"
As pointed out by Adelaide Now, it's good that an audience invited by Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was sympathetic

Yes, I binned my invitation, so presumably the attendees were innately more fond of Tony Abbott than I am...

[Darth Vader]

Nearly half of Australians are anti-Muslim: study

Updated 2 hours 0 minutes ago

· Related Link: University of Western Sydney: Challenging Racism

A decade-long national study has found that nearly 50 per cent of Australians identify themselves as having anti-Muslim attitudes.

Researchers from universities across the country polled thousands of people about their attitudes to different cultures and whether they had experienced racism.

The research found around one in 10 Australians identified themselves as prejudiced against other cultures.

About one-quarter of those surveyed said they had anti-Semitic or anti-Asian attitudes, while a slightly larger number were prejudiced against Aborigines.

Anti-Muslim sentiment was even higher, at 48.6 per cent.

Lead researcher Professor Kevin Dunn from the University of Western Sydney says recent political rhetoric has not helped.

"If you continue to speak about a group as a problem, whether that be asylum seekers or Muslims, that will [be] cast within the public mind," he said.

New South Wales was the state most intolerant of Muslims, with just over 54 per cent of people expressing prejudice.

The president of the Council of International Students, Robert Atcheson, says the survey is another blow to Australia's already-damaged reputation.

"If you're an international student that's looking at coming to Australia, or Canada or UK or the US, that could definitely sway their decision to go somewhere else," he said.

Tags: community-and-society, discrimination, islam, australia, nsw

[redandblack]

An article about Rupert Murdoch by Bob Ellis.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/44796.html

Despite Ellis's political leanings, it seems most agree with him.

The parts about Fox News are instructive

[vics01]

Australian government at work
You will love this one, I haven't stopped laughing For those of you who have never travelled to the country , cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings, in dug-out places in the roads adjacent to highways (sometimes across highways), to prevent cattle from crossing over that area.For some reason the cattle will not step on the "guards," probably because they fear getting their feet caught between the rails.

Last year, Kevin Rudd received and was reading a report that there were over 10,000 cattle guards in NSW & Queensland. Graziers had protested his proposed changes in grazing policies, so he ordered the Minister to fire half of the cattle guards immediately!!

Before the Minister could respond and presumably try to straighten him out, Minister for Employment Julia Gillard, intervened with a request that before any cattle guards were fired, they be given six months of retraining.

And now she is running the country.

Passed on to you without further comment....

[redandblack]

No comment required.

I presume you're taking the piss, otherwise how do you believe such crap?

Source?

[southee]

Australian government at work
You will love this one, I haven't stopped laughing For those of you who have never travelled to the country , cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings, in dug-out places in the roads adjacent to highways (sometimes across highways), to prevent cattle from crossing over that area.For some reason the cattle will not step on the "guards," probably because they fear getting their feet caught between the rails.

Last year, Kevin Rudd received and was reading a report that there were over 10,000 cattle guards in NSW & Queensland. Graziers had protested his proposed changes in grazing policies, so he ordered the Minister to fire half of the cattle guards immediately!!

Before the Minister could respond and presumably try to straighten him out, Minister for Employment Julia Gillard, intervened with a request that before any cattle guards were fired, they be given six months of retraining.

And now she is running the country.

Passed on to you without further comment....

Would not suprise me

[redandblack]

You're smarter than that, southee.

Not sure yet about vics01

[redandblack]

Now I am.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-rudd-c ... hoax.shtml

Once again the anti-Labor posters have fallen for a hoax.

First Monsieur Fillon, now the cattle guards. One reading of this was all it took to see it was nonsense, so how about lifting your game, boys

PS: vics01, perhaps you've never been to the country, because they're called cattle GRIDS here

[Psyber]

This is only indirectly related to Politics - the politics of cutting health costs by allowing direct retailing of medication through supermarkets..
Beware of over the counter and supermarket pharmaceuticals, despite the TV adverts saying how good and safe they are for your kiddies...
[In this case the best known brand is Nurofen.]
http://www.medconnect.com.au/tabid/84/c ... fault.aspx

Doctors Issue Ibuprofen Toxicity Warning: Sunday, March 20, 2011 - Danny Rose, AAP Medical Writer

Doctors have warned of a potentially fatal condition linked to a common pain killer which can be triggered, in rare cases, by even a standard dose.
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) can lead to dangerously low levels of potassium in the blood, causing abnormal heart rhythms and the breakdown of muscle as well as fatigue and paralysis.
Researchers at hospitals in Perth and Sydney reviewed the cases of four patients who presented to the emergency department with these symptoms, and who were found to be routine users of pain killers containing ibuprofen.

One of the patients developed the life-threatening condition despite not exceeding the recommended daily dose of the pain killer.

"Excessive ingestion of ibuprofen, in combination with codeine or alone, can result in ibuprofen toxicity, including RTA," Dr Jennifer Ng, an endocrinology registrar from Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, said. "Four previously published case reports have described similar clinical presentations occurring with ibuprofen use of 4.8g to 28g per day.
"However, one of our patients developed RTA at a dose below the maximum recommended."

One of the four new patients, a 45-year-old woman with severe toothache, was taking up to 50 tablets (14.4g) per day.
However, another patient, a 40-year-old man with back pain, was taking fewer than 10 tablets per day.

The patients were admitted to hospital and recovered after being treated with a potassium supplement, the longest taking three weeks.
"These cases remind practitioners about potential complications of unmonitored use of over-the-counter analgesics, including those with potential for misuse due to their codeine content," Dr Ng said.

The research is published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

[dedja]

Only in Queensland ... http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/nati ... 6026441328

Campbell Newman has launched an audacious bid to become premier from outside Parliament but he could have just months to win over Queenslanders.
The Lord Mayor yesterday ended days of speculation and announced he would seek both preselection for a state seat and the leadership, the Courier-Mail reported.

Embattled leader John-Paul Langbroek and his deputy, Lawrence Springborg, quit their positions after the majority of MPs backed Cr Newman's bid.

An interim team of Callide MP Jeff Seeney and Clayfield's Tim Nicholls was last night installed to act in the positions of leader and deputy leader during sittings of Parliament.

However, Cr Newman will be the leader-in-waiting for all other occasions, potentially creating confusion about who is actually in charge.
In a sign of discontent among MPs, senior MP Fiona Simpson challenged for the leadership last night and is believed to have received up to 13 votes. The bizarre circumstances surrounding the Liberal Nationals have heightened chances of an early election.