Retired infantry officer. Conservative by nature and politics; Happily married and father and grandfather of eight. Loves V8 powered Range Rovers, Golden Retrievers, good books and technology and think there should be open season on Greenies.
Born in the mid forties and overdue for servicing but most parts still work.
And he breaks down! I don’t know about you but I would like to think that someone chosen to head up a coronial inquest could face the problems without breaking into tears and walking away.
The pic with the
article has Greg Cavanagh being consoled by deputy Helen Roberts.
It was all too much for him so he eventually returned and promptly adjourned the inquiry.
They need help not tears. The mother of the lad that sniffed in front of Greg and caused such abject misery, Ms Goodwin, wipes a tear from her eyes and says;
… [my] son had been sniffing a “long, long time”.
“We can’t stop nothing,” she said. “When they sniff, they don’t listen to mother, father, family.”
So stop him sniffing, ban petrol in the community, lock him up, try discipline – try anything but don’t just sit there and cry.
DUCK and quail hunting have been
banned in Queensland in a move welcomed by animal welfare groups.
Environment Minister Desley Boyle today announced a permanent ban, saying she was contacted 700 times in the past year on duck hunting and only 15 of those were in favour of the practice.
There’s the formulae guys, it doesn’t take long to organize 700 letters/emails on any subject and you too can enjoy the power of governing by protest.
Ministers falling on their swords all over Queensland so let’s introduce a measure to pick up a few animal rights votes and take everyones attention off the resignations.
Government by protest…way to go.
The Irish Republican Army were terrorists who murdered people and there was nothing heroic about their struggle, Prime Minister
John Howard said today.
The IRA yesterday announced its militants had been instructed to abandon their weapons, “end the armed campaign” and pursue their aims through the political process, from 4pm (0100 AEST on Friday).
I’ll believe them when they add….and all our weapons will be dumped centrally and destroyed publically.
Federal Labor and the ACTU have lost an
interim legal bid to have government advertisements promoting industrial relations reform taken off air.
Bit rough, isn’t it..not being allowed to stop the other side put their point of view? How disappointing it must be that the government will be able to counter their emotive lies and exaggerations.
The Australian
reports the Federal Government could not deport asylum seekers unless it proved their country of origin was safe, the Federal Court has ruled.
The ruling means more than 1000 asylum seekers facing deportation might be able to stay in Australia.
The decision by justices Murray Wilcox, Rodney Madgwick and Bruce Lander means temporary protection visa (TPV) holders will no longer be forced to prove their refugee status when their three-year visa expires and they could instead be issued with a permanent visa.
Why does the writer presume it means they might be able to stay in Australia. I would have thought the government would appeal to a get the decision reversed so they can deport asylum seekers as they see fit.
Remember…we decide who stays, not Murray, Rodney and Bruce.
“There’s a few thousand in that position of not yet having been granted the permanent visa.”
Refugee lawyer David Manne doubted there would be a flood of other cases but said it gave hope to hundreds of people seeking permanent residency in Australia.
It also gives hope to dozens of lawyers who have private school bills due and one year old BMWs to update.
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Kim Beasley tries to make political mileage from the police shooting in London.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says there is no need to give Australian police shoot to kill powers as part of a counter-terrorism strategy.
The London incident was most unfortunate but shouldn’t cloud our perspective. If the police have a terrorist in sight with a clear intention of exploding himself I would expect them to shoot to kill. Only fools brought up on Hollywood movies where the police shoot to wound a perpetrator believe this would stop a terrorist. The suicidal terrorist, if left conscience, will still detonate his explosive message.
I guess, if Kim is ever in the situation close to a terrorist about to detonate himself, he will demand the police read him his rights, consult with the UN and the ALP before doing anything aggressive.
This
article from News.com highlights another group of terrorists severely damaging Australia’s interests
POLICE are negotiating with a group of environmental activists who have blocked Newcastle’s coal port with their flagship in a bid to highlight Australia’s role in global warming.
Negotiating!!!
At what stage are the Navy allowed to force free access to a major port?
I am now located at the beautiful seaside town of Albany, WA. Home of my fathers and currently home of my Mother and two sisters. I finished my high school here before enlisting in the Army and I am back here do my bit in settling the family home. Weeks of sorting out the life of my 85 year old mother as she is now resident in a retirement home. It is typical of her that she postpones retirement until her 86th year as her days still include lessons in the Hebrew language, writing stories and poems (she is published) and doing Grandmother things like writing to her many descendents.
Like many of her age, she has had a fall and took some hours to get to the phone and she locks the house up like Fort Knox…a very dangerous combination making the retirement home move very welcome to her family.
A lifetime of memories. A receipt for the rates paid for the family farm in 1946…a letter from Mum’s youngest bother from Borneo dated 1944 where he was helping to sort out the Japs at the tender age of 19. He asks…is that Navy chap still visiting? He was and stayed for more than 50 years before the ravages of WW2 service took our father from us. A report card from Pemberton primary dated 1953 pointing out that Kevin James had more potential than substance and a telegram I sent in 1978 saying twins born, all well, innings closed. As the twins were our 4th and 5th and the eldest was yet to turn six I clearly found substance somewhere along the track.
The trip over in the Discovery was not new to me. I have travelled Sydney/Perth and Brisbane/Perth more times than I care to remember but each time I do the trip I find something to break the monotony. New nickel mines at Ravenswood….petrol at $1.52 per litre…that’s enough
I am now setting up in my BIL’s computer shop. Poor bastard can’t refuse me – he’s married to my youngest sister.
Later today I’ll start posting again.
I’m reseiving strange comments and although they are, on the whole complimentary, I suspect the motives of the writers.
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Unlike online casino poker spams, they don’t leave links so what do they hope to achieve?
Monash Uni students and staff are going on strike to protest the government’s plan to make student unionism voluntary.
… Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins said voluntary student unionism would jeopardise thousands of jobs and the viability of extra-curricular activities at Australian universities.
Is the VC saying that union fees pay the salaries of thousands of workers? If so, therein lies a very good reason to review the whole situation.
Association spokeswoman Danya Bryx said they expected thousands of students to boycott classes this week and join rallies.
She said some staff had also cancelled classes all week and others were holding VSU discussion classes instead.
It’s all about power, folks – the power to control millions of dollars of student funds.
My children have a total of five degrees from UQ and I’m well aware of Student Union fees. No fees…no results…no degree…help Dad…mumble…bitch…moan.
And then one child borrowed the Union car to drive home…a Suburu Forester…better than mine at the time but then I wasn’t enjoying the largesse associated with controlling funds unfairly extracted from 20, 000 odd students struggling to get through Uni.
Keep yelling, keep striking, makes no matter.
Things are changing…move on
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