South Australians and Welshmen may not agree, but Victorians have staked their claim on Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
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South Australians and Welshmen may not agree, but Victorians have staked their claim on Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The government is talking about increasing the price of cigarettes, alcohol and junk food to discourage their consumption as part of a healthy living campaign.
Taxes on cigarattes and alcohol are already very high. It’s hard to see price discouraging their use.
A cynic might suggest it’s just another tax grab.
Daylight saving time started in South Australia today, three weeks earlier than usual, as part of a “trial”.
That means the government wants it to happen and we have no choice in the matter.
Mount Gambier is effectively in Victoria, which is on Eastern Standard Time, so daylight saving here doesn’t have much impact.
But in places like Ceduna and Kalgoorlie, where I have lived previously, it’s terrible. City politicians don’t think about that.
Is America the only country in the world where sex is an election issue?
There has been no email inviting me to the Prime Minister’s 2020 vision summit.
Announcements are being made about the participants, so it looks like my application was rejected.
As a 41-year-old married white male from a mining town in a Liberal electorate I probably stood a worse chance than the 8-1 numerical odds.
The available evidence suggests that sexual abuse and violence is rife in Aboriginal communities.
The Federal Government is right to take decisive action. My concern is that action so far has been limited to Central Australia.
What will be done about the problems elsewhere?
