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Australians smash Kiwis again - at the Handout Olympics

Adam Creighton compares bloated Australia to New Zealand, which has just delivered a Budget forecasting a surplus next year:The culmination of almost two decades of mainly populist budgets, the Abbott government will spend $6200 a person on cash welf...

TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN BEER

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this… The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing The fifth would pay $1 The si...

Solar Roadways idea.....clever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU http://singularityhub.com/2014/05/22/following-the-solar-brick-road-to-clean-energy-and-smart-roadways/ Hexagonal paving squares...Sometimes big ideas come from unexpected places. A proposal to power the ent...

118 dead in terrorist attack in Nigeria

and all we get is a quick flash on the nightly news.if this had of happened in the USA or Britian it would be all over the news for weeks why is that? boston marathon bombing, how many died? was 2 if I recall correctlly.

Does Tony Abbot own any Ties that aren't Blue ?

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George Christensen Opinion

Liberal MP George Christensen tells budget complainers to live like impoverished Asians for perspective Unhappy about cuts to health, education or pensions in the Abbott government's budget? You should get some perspective and visit Asia before you c...

A chip off the old block ?

Is Prince Charles becoming an exact facsimile of his old man, by being smitten with the notorious 'foot-in-mouth' disease ? In a private conversation - not public - he likened Vladimir Putin to Hitler. The whole episode was brought to the attention o...