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So, is there a crazier bitch going around than Tamsin Dingley?

There've been six in Australia's history: 1914 - Joseph Cook/Andrew Fisher 1951 - Robert Menzies/Ben Chifley 1974 - Gough Whitlam/Billy Snedden 1975 - Malcolm Fraser/Gough Whitlam 1983 - Malcolm Fraser/Bob Hawke 1987 - Bob Hawke/John Howard So no, there's been a couple since that had...

The prevalence of smoking tobacco in Australia is lower than in most other countries, developed and not, so it's not like it shows it to have any notable effect. Instead, Australia's no smoking campaign is amongst the most effective in the world. That's how to combat smoking, not through some...

I first came to see him (and love him) as Gramps in Charlie the Wonder Dog. He just had this natural warmth and likeability to him that leaves me sad that he's died.

You get six, they are: Scott Brownless, David Mann, Michael Buckland, Giorgia Rossi, Lizzy Watt, Melissa Brooks. A great story going around I heard from election day: Mel Brooks (to two students): ...and yeah, you should definitely vote for me. Honi Soit said that I had the best...

Oh, fuck off. He's gone with this shitty populist issue so that if you're at all against it then you're for people smoking and dying of cancer. The way to stop people from smoking is through education, and we're seeing the results of that (that smoking rates are down and continue to fall)...

Turnbull's budget reply is despicable. No real named point of difference aside the private health rebate scaling back/cigarette tax increase. So, basically, Turnbull's defending those who are middle class or higher from taking a tiny hit for themselves (unless they decide to, gasp, return to...

Yeah, the NUS OBs were from South Australia and Victoria - their presence was really unnecessary, especially given Buckland's not exactly the most impressive of dudes. That's really shit news about Falk. Were Lizzy and Mel 6th and 7th, or did Tom Lee and Peter Seith pip either of them too?

The Unity campaign was ridiculous. Having their two NUS National OBs, David Wilkins and Jimmy Mentor, come in and campaign for them was so over the top. I think Buckland's a nice enough guy and think both he and Falk have their pros and cons, but the total fuckwitted way that Unity campaigned is...

I liked that there were some surprises with this year's election results (Brownless shitting it in where Watt was, last I heard, not 100% guaranteed). Last night I heard Brownless/Mann/Rossi were up, any news on how long to confirm either the two women's positions or the one male position...

For the record, I was dropped on my head as a two week old. Lentern, I think you're okay, you clearly know shit. However, too often you display the same personality as your idols like Stephen Smith (ie. none) and therefore make your posts a little boring, especially when they last five...

Given the only other "Yes" option is "Yes, exactly as it is now" though, it's not really their fault. EDIT: Sorry, there's a "Yes, but should be lower". No options for higher taxes?!? Clearly there's someone lacking creativity/knowledge.

Watching the Channel Nine news was pretty wacky last night. First there was this story, which occurred downstairs from where I work (the cinemaz). Immediately followed by a story about a siege at a house in Riverstone, about a block from where I live (Oxford St). Later in the broadcast came a...

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Wha? Howard's whole schtick was "I'm a true blue fair dinkum Aussie bloke", what with his tracksuits, his fondness for cricket (and any other sporting event of the moment) and whole war on the intellectualist elite. I'm more and more convinced you just analyse things as you wish they were rather...

I've seen 223 of them. I can't be bothered copying and pasting all those I've seen, though.

When the revolution comes and you flee the country so as to escape being first against the wall in the crackdown against dumb bitches, I hope every first world nation has become suitably xenophobic and authoritarian to leave you floating off the coast and you end up gangrenous and meet a grisly...

That's an utter joke, though. There's no way Tebbutt will be the Premier, let alone being the most likely case for it. The only way Rees will be removed (which honestly, I don't see happening) is if the Right decide they don't want a Left Premier. If that's the case, there's no way someone even...

The Government is actually creating its own public company? I'd begun to think I'd never see the day in my lifetime, that it was a thing of the past for the Fishers and Chifleys of this world, but never the Rudds or Keatings. This is good, obviously. It's an essential service which will be...