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After being voted in on a strong platform to address climate change, global warming or what ever you want to call it, the Australian Government has consistently and willfully wound back their position and caved into the coal and energy intensive industries.
The mandate they were given was not enough it seems.
Shooters, Govt continue hunting bill talks
The Shooters Party says its had fresh discussions with senior members of the New South Wales Government over hunting in national parks, but says it will not strike a compromised deal.
Fairfax newspapers are reporting the new Environment Minister John Robertson has proposed hunting be allowed in 13 national [...]
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Heads up new TV set buyers. Does the salesperson you’re talking to have a little badge on their jacket that says they’re trained for the job? Otherwise maybe they should be wearing L-Plates.
In the nightmare that is the Digital Switch (beginning in Mildura in the first half of 2010), the government is going to [...]
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from 12th October, 2009
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft’s (AFACT) investigations into Australian movie piracy led it to focus on two file-sharing clients and four Australian ISPs, the Federal Court heard today.
Neil Gane, AFACT’s executive director, who is facing ongoing questions from iiNet’s general counsel, Richard Cobden, today said that its investigations, conducted [...]
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Not happy with merely using his clout to influence Italy’s media, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is taking his press strategy to the next level: establishing a taskforce with the explicit aim of trying to shape news coverage of Italy by foreign journalists.
The Guardian reports that the new body, announced by tourism minister Michela [...]
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Malcolm announces this morning…………
“I HAVE A PLAN”
The media was caught off guard somewhat when Malcolm Turnbull called a short notice press conference. Speculation was rife that he might be about to call a leadership spill.
Instead, he announces his great plan to reduce the massive Labour debt.
But the media weren’t happy at [...]
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Toshiba has used the revolutionary chip inside the PlayStation 3 to develop a super TV set that is almost 150 times more powerful than today’s HDTVs and can store up to three terabytes of recordings.
The Toshiba Cell Regza 55-inch LCD TV, which is the first to use the ultrafast “Cell” chip found in the [...]
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He was the emerald-coloured superhero destined to save NSW’s ailing film industry.
Now The Green Lantern looks set to take his ring and go elsewhere. Filming for the big-budget Hollywood project was scheduled to start at Fox Studios early next year. But industry executives say the rising value of the Australian dollar – which has [...]
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Rivers and Life: Yangtze - Oct 06, ABC1 6.05pm
Don’t miss this documentary airing tonight on the ABC.
The statistics surrounding the extraordinary engineering project attempting to tame the world’s most-used waterway are dizzying. The Three Gorges Dam is China’s largest project since the Great Wall and can be seen from space. The project has displaced [...]
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Oh dear, what a bad blogger I am. It’s wedding season and I am afraid this sort of stuff gets rather neglected.
When is ‘wedding season’ you may ask?
Well, in my experience September to February with the peak points being in September/October, December and February.
I guess this is something prospective engaged folks should [...]
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Travellers using a worldsim global sim card have access to voicemail from virtually anywhere in the world. Voicemail can be accessed for free by logging into your account and playing it. If you need to access voicemail from your phone the rates are same as if calling from zone 1
The online access is great. [...]
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Malcom has gone after this dummy spit.
Source – ABC News – Turnbull stares down rebels as discontent grows
The gist of the article shows all, this has nothing to do with national interest but is all to do with being elected.
The liberals and nationals have again shown their irrelevance in todays environment.
Love [...]
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