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REMEMBER THIS WOMAN? 27 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
You might have seen this photograph of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard before. But you might not know the story behind it. Julia Gillard, by Sophie Deane. Museum of Australian Democracy colle...
ABBOTT’S INTERNET: WORST. DEAL. EVER? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:43 am
Has Labor’s election campaign finally hit a nerve? “Abbott’s Internet” – a spoof advertisement for a broadband plan that sends up likely connection costs and speeds under the Coalition’s national bro...
SO RUBY WAX WENT TO BYRON BAY… 27 Aug 2013 | 04:44 am
Day 1. I was asked to launch my book Sane New World (a plug in the first line) in Byron Bay. I’d missed the main event by a month but Jeni Caffin – Fairy Queen of the Writer’s Festival – let me come...
CORINNE GRANT CAN’T CHANGE A LIGHT BULB 27 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
I don’t want to show off or anything but by the end of today, I’m going to have a toilet that flushes properly for the first time in five years. Yep, that’s how posh I am. It’s not that I’m slack at ...
ABC VOTE COMPASS. TRIED IT YET? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:57 am
Policies or leaders? Gut feelings or excel spreadsheets? Spinning around three times, blindfolded and marking a box, any box, or voting for no-one and paying a $20 fine for the privilege? Yep, twenty...
CRINGE: YOUR FEET IN HIGH HEELS 26 Aug 2013 | 05:29 am
We all know that wearing high-heeled shoes is not good for our feet – it can be a kind of torture – but new technology is giving orthopedic researchers an insight into just how damaging it really is. ...
WHICH WAY ON SYRIA? 26 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
There are no adequate words to describe the horrific images that have come out of Syria of corpses – babies, children – lying row upon row in white shrouds, victims of a suspected chemical attack. On...
A 2013 ELECTION ANTHEM. GOT ONE? 26 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Yesterday’s Liberal launch featured what could possibly be the least inspiring theme song ever unveiled in local political history. ‘We believe in hope,’ drones an anonymous voice, ‘we believe in rew...
AND HEEEEEERE’S TONY! 25 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
Here’s the thing. Campaign launches are plain silly. They all look the same, with the party’s colours and slogans serving as a backdrop. They all kick the boot in to the other side, accusing them of....
TONY ABBOTT. ONE. LAST. PUNCH. 24 Aug 2013 | 07:21 am
Well, this just about takes the biscuit. Tony Abbott says that it is Julia Gillard and her “crude political headbanging” who has lowered the tone of debate in this country. ”Both sides are guilty bu...
