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Women like me hinder Domestic Violence getting a higher profile. It is shameful to admit, I don’t have data to back it up, but my gut tells me it is so. Yes, obviously the white ribbon campaigns matter, hell, any campaign which raises the issue of domestic violence matters.

Ok we all know that Sydney is the centre of the Universe; just ask every major paper and the TV Stations. This week has been particularly bad for those that are not fortunate enough to live in the most important city in the country – yes, note use of sarcasm font there – with all the news being [...]

I read today a story in the courier mail online news. Titled - "As Tony Abbott puts the Budget together, he is being haunted by statements of campaigns past" MALCOLM FARR NATIONAL POLITICAL EDITOR NEWS.COM.AU APRIL 18, 2014 10:37AM

We need your help! The NBN as we 'expected' it died this week. Sadly it did so with a whimper, worse, it has had very little media exposure at all.

Queensland, unlike other states in this country does not have an upper house such as a Senate, this is called a ‘Unicameral Legislature’, again, a terminology I have found in recent times, is unknown by many in this state. The Australian Labor Party actually abolished our ‘Queensland Legislative [...]

OK I am calling it! The pay rises for Queensland Government politicians is bullshit! I understand that politicians need a decent pay. What I don’t understand after watching the news & reading papers around the traps how over recent years we keep hearing these comparisons to “commensurate remu [...]

Alrighty, I am all for free speech. Hell, even ripe speech, you should hear me when a neighbour turns his chain saw or dreaded leaf-blower on early Sunday morning, my speech will be flowing very freely. As an aside, the neighbour has red hair too, just saying...

One person I have met & had her famous ‘BBQ’ is Kath. Both an enjoyable & educational afternoon for me & I thank Kath for her hospitality. We will most definitely be partaking of it again.

Pretty cool win in the last few days. Our social media crowd-sourced submission to the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, actually got mentioned in the Senate hearings on the 12th of March, to Mr Ziggy Switkowski himself.