Showing posts with label New South Wales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New South Wales. Show all posts
10 September 2010

There is Silly, then There is Stupid, and then There is Matt Nicholls...

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This post needs to be premised with a disclaimer of sorts. It is based on facts currently available to me. I reserve the right to amend this...
24 July 2010

Mobile Speed Cameras -- Cynical Revenue Raising...

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How stupid does the New South Wales government think the citizens of this fine state are? I have nothing against reducing the road toll, I h...
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05 July 2010

Photos from the Bus...

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I recently went Beyond the Line. It sounds much more dramatic than it really is. The Beyond the Line program is a program that introduces pr...
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Bingara -- Beyond the Line...

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Just a few happy snappies from my time in Bingara . If you want to look it up you can, a simple Google search will do the trick. However ,...
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05 August 2009

Will Meets His Uncle...

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Will's mum is behind the camera on this shot. This is most of the Baitons. My sister was at work. With everyone busy it is a real logist...
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29 July 2009

Internet Filters and Pornography...

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Not everything is as easy as installing a filter, this includes blocking pornography on the internet. The New South Wales Department of Educ...
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16 June 2009

NSW Schools and Bilingual Education

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When something sounds too good to be true then it really is, don't you think? The NSW government has indicated that it is going to fund ...
05 March 2009

Secret Warrants and Secret Searches

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The NSW Police Force have hit the jackpot on this one. A change to the law is going to allow police to apply for a secret warrant, conduct a...
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12 December 2008

Islamic Schools -- A Victory for Common Sense?

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The NSW Land and Environment Court has approved a development application to build an Islamic School in the Sydney suburb of Bass Hill. The ...
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01 November 2008

Stupid is as Stupid Does 3

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It goes without saying that stupidity can happen anywhere and this is a case in point. Marcus Einfeld (photo courtesy of Sahlan Hayes / SMH)...
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29 September 2008

The NSW Police Force

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It seems that having a criminal conviction is no bar to getting into the NSW Police Force. A Freedom of Information request has uncovered th...
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Racism in Australia

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I am an Australian and I am a proud Australian. The results of the recent study, Challenging Racism: The Anti-Racism Research Project , does...
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14 September 2008

Me in 1984

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I think the only difference is that I have more hair in 1984 than I do now. I have the shorts somewhere at home in Australia. Maybe one day ...
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20 August 2008

Monopoly World Version -- Sydney Rules!

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Monopoly was one of the board games that I really enjoyed playing as a kid. It is probably because I was born into a family of competitive s...
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16 July 2008

Dying In Jail

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I wonder what it is like to have spent 56 years in prison? I wonder this from the outside and have no intention of ever wanting to find out ...
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13 July 2008

World's Oldest Blogger -- Now In Blogger Heaven

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I would love to still be alive and blogging at 108! Although I have gotta say that blogging will probably be technology of the past. Innovat...
09 July 2008

Sharks in Lakes

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Nothing like a shark story to scare the masses. A report out of New South Wales says that a seven-metre great white shark was netted and rel...
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07 July 2008

World Youth Day -- Transport Strike Update

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The government is taking the threat of strike action seriously. So it should considering the traffic problems that it would create. However,...

World Youth Day -- A Transportation Nightmare

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The World Youth Day was always going to be a challenge in terms of transportation as it was going to require the closure of roads and the im...
01 July 2008

"Causing Annoyance" -- World Youth Day

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It seems that New South Wales is bending over backwards to accommodate those running the World Youth Day festivities later this month. Altho...
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