Archive for: NSW

A conversation with Arfur

A conversation with Arfur

Tweet For no apparent reason, the shock resignation of Richard Torbay today has reminded Ross Jones of a conversation he heard recently at his local. THIS NEWS CYCLE thing is doing my head in. Carr’s retractions, Turnbull’s NBN absurdities,...

 

Austerity on the East Coast

Austerity on the East Coast

Tweet Gee takes a look at recent moves involving public sector workers on the East Coast of Australia. read more »

 

How the MSM flog stories from blogs

How the MSM flog stories from blogs

Tweet Bloggers stealing their stories from the mainstream media? If Sandi Keane‘s experiences are any guide, the opposite is more likely to be true. MAINSTREAM MEDIA constantly spin the line that online journalists are plagiarists, who...

 

Barry O’Farrell’s broken promises and budget blowouts

Barry O’Farrell’s broken promises and budget blowouts

Tweet After the NSW Coalition Government this week delivered it’s second budget deficit in as many years, Peter Wicks considers NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s performance so far. Barry O’Farrell – setting up shop. YOU WON’T...

 

What everyone missed in the Lee Rhiannon controversy

What everyone missed in the Lee Rhiannon controversy

Tweet NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon was pilloried in the press for helping pen a press release In February criticising her own party — but why has it become news now, in May? Blunt Shovels reports. Senator Lee Rhiannon THE recent leak...

 

Asbestos victims lose compensation in NSW

Asbestos victims lose compensation in NSW

Tweet The NSW Government has ruled that asbestos victims’ families will get nothing if the sufferer dies before their compensation case is concluded in court. Peter Wicks reports. Bernie Banton, Greg Smith and Tony Abbott: only one of them...

 

End automatic national selection for NSW cricket players

End automatic national selection for NSW cricket players

TweetThe days when new NSW cricket players got a bonus baggy green cap in the same paper bag as their new blue one should be a thing of the past after today’s Bellerive fiasco, says Shaun Newman. Surely Cricket Australia can no longer be...

 

Labour Day: family, freedom and a fair-go

Labour Day: family, freedom and a fair-go

Tweet  Labour Day / May Day is a public holiday held on different dates in different Australian states. It has its origins in the eight hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for...

 
 
 
 

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