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Sep. 6th, 2008 12:14 pmSlept round the dial. Good-oh. *stretches and yawns* Let's see what's going on out there in Australia.
Things not to do: don't abuse airport staff, verbally or physically. Your hassles probably aren't their fault. Also, they may have the power to make your life hell.
It must be the sunspot cycle: the press are regurgitating 90s stories about the Death of Feminism and the Man Shortage. Adele Horin cracks me up: "The man shortage is a vastly overrated problem. From where I sit there seems to be an excess of men. In parliaments, in businesses, in universities, in my own home. I can't get away from them."
Australia's federal government ends discrimination against same-sex couples.
Bowel screen program hits fund crisis, despite saving hundreds of lives. (I myself do one of these simple tests every year, even though I'm a little young, because God only knows what's going on in there. It's not the ones being mailed to older Aussies - you just pick it up at the chemist's.)
Study shows young Aussies not apathetic: "They are strongly engaged with political issues and social causes such as the environment, poverty, health and an Australian republic. However, they feel alienated and marginalised by old, formal, institutionalised politics."
ETA: NSW Food Authority Register of penalty notices. A handy list of eateries busted for uncleanliness and other HORRORS.
Things not to do: don't abuse airport staff, verbally or physically. Your hassles probably aren't their fault. Also, they may have the power to make your life hell.
It must be the sunspot cycle: the press are regurgitating 90s stories about the Death of Feminism and the Man Shortage. Adele Horin cracks me up: "The man shortage is a vastly overrated problem. From where I sit there seems to be an excess of men. In parliaments, in businesses, in universities, in my own home. I can't get away from them."
Australia's federal government ends discrimination against same-sex couples.
Bowel screen program hits fund crisis, despite saving hundreds of lives. (I myself do one of these simple tests every year, even though I'm a little young, because God only knows what's going on in there. It's not the ones being mailed to older Aussies - you just pick it up at the chemist's.)
Study shows young Aussies not apathetic: "They are strongly engaged with political issues and social causes such as the environment, poverty, health and an Australian republic. However, they feel alienated and marginalised by old, formal, institutionalised politics."
ETA: NSW Food Authority Register of penalty notices. A handy list of eateries busted for uncleanliness and other HORRORS.
