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James Packer and David Gyngell go the biff

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/james-packer-nine-ceo-david-gyngell-in-street-brawl/story-fnki1jcy-1226905548828 Is this what "being an Aussie" means ? That good mates can punch each other out in public and remain besties ? I wonder if they c...

Outrage at Halal Chicken Pizzas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2622052/Pizza-Express-reveal-chicken-use-halal-dont-tell-customers-unless-ask-staff.html It's an abomination. Chicken on Pizzas ? ? ? *bleurgh*

the sheep house

Now they are considering a higher fuel tax!

Oh joy... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-08/jamie-briggs-signals-government-will-raise-fuel-taxes-in-budget/5438056

Fursday

CCE Student Midwives Looking for Follow Through Women

I am a student midwife at ACU in Melbourne. As part of our studies, we are to recruit 20 women prior to 35 weeks of pregnancy to share a Continuity of Care Experience. This is a great learning experience for us to be allowed the privilege of supporti...

The Soggy Cornflakes Thread

Something A Bit More Positive

Every child at Majella Catholic Primary School received two pairs of shiny new shoes yesterday, thanks to the efforts of teenager Sean Levy. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/23282636/generous-sean-really-is-a-soul-man/

Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

An eBay ad offering the sale of a sperm whale carcass from the western Newfoundland community of Cape St. George was pulled Monday afternoon after the online auction site learned the town was trying to sell a marine mammal. http://www.cbc.ca/news/can...

Budget Sweetener

THE Abbott government will provide a $2 billion loan to speed up construction of Sydney's WestConnex road project. The concessional loan, to be included in next week's federal budget, will fund the second stage of the motorway linking Parramatta with...

We just don't realize how lucky we are... to quote Mike Quigley

This is such a good in depth interview with Mike Quigley I just had to share About the man who designed the NBN He was a 12 year old 10 pound "pom". Be warned, it's goes for almost an hour. well worth it though, recorded in 2012.

Budget 2014: Motorists to pay more with Coalition poised to reintroduce indexation of fuel excise

Budget 2014: Motorists to pay more with Coalition poised to reintroduce indexation of fuel exciseBy Latika Bourke and Emma GriffithsUpdated 48 minutes agoPHOTO: The fuel excise has been frozen since 2001 at 38 cents a litre and the Abbott Government ...