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1pointsWestern Australia has upgraded its racial discrimination laws and today in Kalgoorlie an Aboriginal girl is the first person to be charged under the new laws. Once dubbed the most racist town in Australia, this is hardly going to help the town's ima…
What the world papers are saying about Israel
1pointsThe Times have done a round-up of international editorials about the Israel-Hezbollah war. While I have always has sympaathy for Israel, I am becoming less and lesss comfortable with the images I'm seeing out of Qana.
Get ready for the rate rise
1pointsRates are on the up again. Get ready for a notice from your bank about increased interest rates in the next few days because they are all reveiwing them. How would you feel if you'd locked into a 40-year-home loan right now.
Container city
1pointsCONVERTING a Bunbury CBD carpark into a refurbished sea container city for low cost housing is one option being considered to ease the city's acute housing shortage. The sea container option, already used for student villages in Europe, feature a…
New Zealand drinkers get hit with red cards
1pointsInspired by the yellow and red penalty cards flashed by football referees, some New Zealand bars are using color-coded cards to help curb excess drinking.
Workers receive writs in industrial dispute
1pointsThe 107 Perth construction workers who have received writs from the secretive Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will have their first federal court appearance in Perth on August 29. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy U…
No new mining policy ludicrous:PM
1pointsPrime Minister John Howard reckons Labor's policy of no new uranium mines is funny. He claims Labor's fine with the current mines and sees them as good, but any future uraniam mines it regards as "nast, bad and never-to-be touched.&a…
Corby gives nod to final appeal
1pointsSCHAPELLE Corby's legal team is ready to pitch a final appeal bid to the Indonesian Supreme Court against her drug smuggling conviction and 20-year prison sentence. Her lawyers Erwin Siregar and Haposan Sihombing visited her at Bali's Kerobokan Pris…
WA's boom creating two Australian economies
1points``There are two economies in Australia at the moment,'' said Paul Ritchie, spokesman at Australian Business Ltd., a Sydney- based group that represents 28,000 companies. ``Another interest rate rise this year will cripple the New South Wales econom…
The $3 million dream machine?
1pointsThis is a custom-built Ferrari P 4/5 created for car collector James Glickenhaus. Valued at over US$3 million, the vehicle was inspired by the P4 racer of the 1960s. Essentially, the P4/5 is a rebodied Ferrari Enzo, with a Pininfarina-designed and…
No one loves the tax man ...
1pointsNot only is Prime Minister John Howard contesting next election, the Australian tax system is officially too complex, according to a new report. Costello now has to live up to the fact that he may he never be PM and he ain't that flash in the old t…
The Questionable Timing of the Pakistan Blast
0pointsFLASHBACK: Just one week ago, Pakistan was threatening to pull out of Bush's War on Terror and today they have more reason than ever to stay put.
Murdering the terrorists; washing our hands
0pointsThe Australian Government has not spoken out against the capital punishment of the Bali Bombers. Why not? They make a lot of noise about it when an Australian faces the death penalty.
Wayne Smith the BindiIrwin.Com guy Innocent.
0pointsI also own a number of media and celebrity domains such as EricaPacker.Com and WendiMurdoch.Com which all go to the same open discussion forum.
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