govt still meeting with extremist Christian group, rabid anti-Islamic ‘thinker’

Repeating the mantra that members of parliament meet with Australian citizens “all the time”, it has emerged that the Government’s links to the extremist Christian sect the Exclusive Brethren remain as strong as ever. As mentioned previously (

trade your vote in for a new one

This is an interesting development in the US – an appellate court has ruled that it is legal to ‘swap’ votes, and also to facilitate the swapping of votes.

The idea emerged in the 2000 presidential election campaign – supporters…

use telstra and no-one gets hurt

This has to be a new low in corporate spin, even for Telstra.  Apparently if genuine competition is allowed in the Australian broadband market, we will be more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

Conveniently this directly links Telstra’s near-monopoly position…

a big week for the separation of powers

This week is turning into a big week for the notion of the separation of powers in Australia.  As you (should) know, the separation of power between the judiciary and the parliament/executive is one of the devices included in…