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I wonder if Abbott had any quibbles with the accuracy of the last one?

Tony Abbott has approved a 500-woman trial of the RU486 pill. It's testing as to whether it has any side effects, it seems. http://smh.com.au/news/national/abbott-approved-abortion-pill-tests/2005/12/07/1133829664187.html

Too progressive for the bluecollar workers? I think that his promise to save the old growth forests was blown up out of proportion to the rest of everything. Also, Medicare Gold could have been seen as just pie in the sky - where would he get the money from to do this? It's not unusual...

I gather that an email is going around, something about 'reclaiming the Shire'. http://smh.com.au/news/national/bad-blood-boils-in-the-cronulla-stomp/2005/12/07/1133829664172.html The bloke who was arrested last Sunday was released on bail, with the proviso that he doesn't go to the beach...

Why would you say that Labor's responses to VSU and WorkChoices go against the party's basic platform?

It's good that Labor is trying to get back to its roots in the workplace reform debate, but I fear it may be a case of too little, too late. Thing is, it's hard for an opposition party to be seen as anything but reactionary - if the govt says anything, the media will usually go to the...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17492558%255E1702,00.html ** Brawl erupts on beach December 07, 2005 A BRAWL erupted at North Cronulla beach today when a gang of youths turned on a media crew with one man being arrested. Police said a fight between two...

I seem to remember watching a doco that reckoned that monogamy in humans occurs in cycles of seven years normally, but after that long, you're so used to living with them anyway that you've become interdependant on each other. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

Yes, it is. Also, "Jihad Jack" Thomas was the Australian terrorist that I mentioned before.

Potential Rebuttal: 1. If we were to wait until we got our own country perfect, we wouldn't be able to help anyone else at all - all of us live in an imperfect world. While we chase the little things in our own countries, we are ignoring the much more weighty things in other countries. 2...

What they did is disgusting - but I feel that we should thank goodness for small mercies... At least the lifesavers aren't dead. A few weeks ago, not 10 minutes drive away from where this happened, an old bloke was bashed and left in his house. It was set on fire, and he died...

Well, it could be argued that fostering over-reliance on foreign aid is a bad thing, and that countries should instead try to find their own niche in the global market, in order to foster a healthy international trade. One thing that will be brought up by the con side is human rights...

I gather that if you buy from a company that doesn't support Macs, you are expected to know how to set it up yourself, get it running ok, etc. If you can do that, you should be fine. :)

Once the sewerage has been tertiary treated (looks just like other water) in the plant, why would you bother sending it out to the ocean again, if you were wanting to harness it? Currently it is sent out, (although some model villages in Rouse Hill use recycled water for non-drinking uses)...

I reckon it always seems like other people are thinking about/talking about/having sex more often than oneself is - this has been the experience of other people I know too. Sex isn't a priority right now for you, and that's ok - maybe you're so caught up in other things (study, work, mates...

Generator, as long as we seem to be considering realism/optimism/chauvinism etc. would you say that the law tries to uphold and protect the ideal in this circumstance? (that would be, no-one should have to go through rape, and that no-one should be unjustly accused of being a rapist) Serius...

Does anyone know of any "If you like Sailor Moon, you might like these anime" lists? Doesn't have to be Sailor Moon, can be any famous anime.

It would be safer to say 'no', I believe.

Hey, that was fun! :P Currently there is a 'what is your religion' thread in the Hobbies subforum, but there is no specific place on BoS for religion, other than the HSC and VCE courses, of course.

Soha, you come off as having the attitude 'coz he's Michael Jackson let's let him say whatever he wants'... An apology is just two words, and can solve so many problems.