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December 20, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Oddly, the ACMA finds that tearing an interviewee to shreds because they’ve got nary a leg to stand on isn’t bias, it’s journalism. (The Age) Leave a comment
December 14, 2012
Overdue | Predictable Ashby case really starting to bite the Coalition in the arse. (ABC) Leave a comment
December 13, 2012
Overdue | Pol. Sci. Pirate Party finally registers (AEC) Leave a comment
December 12, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Ashby’s case against slipper thrown out for being obviously a political and personal attack, and an abuse of the court system. (The Age) Leave a comment
November 28, 2012
Overdue UN human rights committee votes unanimously to ban female genital mutilation. Leave a comment
November 27, 2012
Overdue Labor MPs agitating for Palestine support (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Catholic Church taken to International Criminal Court Leave a comment
November 20, 2012
Overdue Federal government to finally plug hole in federal anti-discrimination law.   (The Age) Leave a comment
Meta-journalism | Obvious | Overdue And to the Catholic Church I have to say this: you certainly did fuck an awful lot of kids, and at some point, this is going to make you wildly unpopular with the powerful anti-kid-fucking lobby. Leave a comment
Overdue Some (but not much) federal government money set aside to fight human trafficking. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
November 19, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Overwhelming support for voluntary euthanasia. (ABC) Leave a comment
November 14, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Even Abbott thinks that priests should be required to report abuse they learn about through confession. (The Hun) Leave a comment
November 12, 2012
Overdue Increasing pressure for royal commission into child abuse in the church (ABC) Leave a comment
November 9, 2012
Overdue | Technology ‘Net filter squashed, ACL still providing lulz. Leave a comment
October 30, 2012
Overdue Farrell hands top spot to Wong after pressure from PM (and probably others) (ABC) Leave a comment
October 24, 2012
lulz | Overdue Abbott getting to be known internationally as effectively “that sexist guy”. (The Age) Leave a comment
October 18, 2012
lulz | Overdue Jones forced to fact-check, or else. (Crikey) Leave a comment
October 17, 2012
Human Rights | Obvious | Overdue The crime David Hicks was convicted of gets overturned. So… that means, after formal appeals, no conviction. Which means the condition that he not sue for human rights abuses goes out the window, too. Man, sucks to be DFAT right now. Leave a comment
Obvious | Overdue For everyone who says “Abbott doesn’t hate women, he has daughters”, Macquarie Dictionary has some ‘splaining that might help you understand misogyny. (SBS) Leave a comment
October 9, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Coalition senator: the Coalition is slipping further to the right. (The Age) Leave a comment
September 18, 2012
Overdue The Catholic Church finally gets it right; the end is nigh (Washington Post) Leave a comment
September 11, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Guy responsible for working out how to stop the boats finally admits that the boats can’t be stopped at our end, because they’re running from, not to. (ABC) Leave a comment
September 10, 2012
Overdue Turnbull applies a little marriage equality pressure to the Libs (The Australian) Leave a comment
September 6, 2012
Bravo | Overdue Gillard pulls out of ACL conference after Jim Wallace takes the offensive blatant lies too far. (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue | Pot - Kettle Meanwhile, Turnbull takes a very delicate swing at his party’s politicking. (ABC) Leave a comment
August 29, 2012
Huzzah | Overdue Publicly funded dental. That is all. (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Indonesia’s violent suppression of dissent (and Australia’s connection to such) get some long-overdue attention (ABC) Leave a comment
August 23, 2012
Overdue Refugee intake increased (human rights abuses to continue) (ABC) Leave a comment
August 21, 2012
Overdue Remember that time Tony Abbott wanted to get thrown out of parliament? This wasn’t it. (ABC) Leave a comment
August 16, 2012
Overdue Renewed calls for inquiry into lies that sent the ADF to Iraq, including Malcom Fraser (continuing to be legendary) (ABC) Leave a comment
August 13, 2012
Bravo | Overdue Dems add marriage equality to official plaform (Gay Star News) Leave a comment
August 12, 2012
Overdue Catholic church joins the 20th century, reluctantly. Maybe. (The Telegraph) Leave a comment
August 7, 2012
Overdue … and voters seem to have started noticing. (ABC) Leave a comment
July 30, 2012
Overdue Polls show people noticing the world didn’t end with the carbon tax Leave a comment
July 20, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Human rights commissioner suggests that maybe we should allow refugees some human rights (ABC) Leave a comment
Overdue Solar thermal set to replace aging coal plant (ABC) Leave a comment
July 18, 2012
Obvious | Overdue CANdo finally get attention, like it wanted. Not in the way it wanted. (The Age) Leave a comment
July 13, 2012
Overdue Gardasil vaccinations extended to boys, finally. (Also: Dear stupid ‘scientist’: 90% of people in a risk group not getting cancer is because it’s the risk group, not the cancer group) Leave a comment
July 12, 2012
Overdue Someone pointed out the Sex Party have sensible policies. I can only imagine they’re looking for a new job, now. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
July 11, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Not everyone in Labor thinks vilifying the people who have positions most Labor voters agree with is a good idea. (ABC) Leave a comment
July 10, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Contraception saves lives. A fuckload, seriously. (New York Times) Leave a comment
July 5, 2012
Overdue Clergy who failed at mandatory reporting could be staring down the barrel soon (The Age) Leave a comment
June 29, 2012
Overdue Burnside calls bullshit on politics over refugees, offers obvious, simple solution (The Age) Leave a comment
June 28, 2012
Overdue What’s missing from debate (and bickering) over refugees. (The Conversation) Leave a comment
June 21, 2012
Overdue Media ownership laws might be revisited, too late (The Age) Leave a comment
June 20, 2012
Bravo | Overdue Free theocrats in schools turns out to be unconstitutional.. Who knew? (The Age) Leave a comment
June 19, 2012
Overdue We won, Mick. (ABC News) One comment
June 15, 2012
Overdue Alan Jones smacked by regulator for being a filthy liar (The Age) Leave a comment
June 13, 2012
Obvious | Overdue Politics of “No” starts to bite back in the US (The Rachel Maddow Show) Leave a comment
June 12, 2012
Overdue NT coroners finally get their shit together and admit that being a Seventh Day Adventist is less likely to make you eat a baby than being a dingo. (The Australian) Leave a comment
June 8, 2012
Overdue Scare campaign about wind power not working (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
March 29, 2012
Overdue News Ltd stops getting out of jail free for publishing bigoted readers’ comments. (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
March 20, 2012
Bravo | Overdue R18+ games legislation passes Lower House (IGEA) Leave a comment
March 9, 2012
Bravo | Overdue Abbot gets served at Peoples Forum One comment
February 15, 2012
Overdue R18+ rating bill introduced to parliament (Some Pollie) Leave a comment
February 1, 2012
Overdue Abbott full of shit, eh? (Grog) Leave a comment
January 16, 2012
Overdue | Science UK government officially bans creationism from science classes (The Guardian) Leave a comment
December 9, 2011
Bravo | Overdue Victorial Council of Churches: Those ACL douchebags don’t speak for us, or most Christians for that matter. Douchebags. (slightly paraphrased/pdf warning) (VCC) Leave a comment
December 5, 2011
Overdue Liberal senator calls for the Liberals to sack up on marriage equality (The Age) Leave a comment
November 29, 2011
Bravo | Overdue Julian Assange’s Walkley Award acceptance speech transcript (Scribd) Leave a comment
November 2, 2011
Bravo | Overdue Tony Windsor declares war on fracking (It’s as dirty as it sounds, but not in the way you’re thinking) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
November 1, 2011
Overdue ACT citizens to have equal rights as rest of country… except NT (Auntie) Leave a comment
October 14, 2011
Overdue Australia finally treating refugees like people? (Australian) Leave a comment
October 12, 2011
Overdue VSU gets crammed back in its hole (Bendigo Advertiser) Leave a comment
October 6, 2011
Issues | Overdue Why #Occupy ? (#Occupy) Leave a comment
October 4, 2011
Overdue Electoral Commission investigating Victorian Liberals’ finances (The Age) Leave a comment
September 26, 2011
Overdue Rights for Saudi women no longer “fuck all”, now “one more than fuck all” (ABC) Leave a comment
September 19, 2011
Overdue UK’s Conservative-led government planning same-sex marriage (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
September 13, 2011
Meta-journalism | Overdue The sound of a thousand News Ltd journalists updating their resumes (ABC) Leave a comment
September 6, 2011
Bravo | Overdue “When … did this allegedly lucky country (… whose national anthem proudly proclaims that “for those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share”) become a nation of selfish, narrow-minded xenophobes?” (Courier Mail) Leave a comment
August 10, 2011
Overdue NSW AG supports R18+ rating for videogames (ABC) Leave a comment
August 5, 2011
Overdue The Coalition: filthy liars (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
July 29, 2011
Overdue So many problems with chaplains in public schools, and we’re only scratching the surface (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
July 21, 2011
Overdue Even Malcolm Farr thinks Monckton is a moron Leave a comment
July 1, 2011
Overdue Calls to Lifeline now free from mobiles (The Age) Leave a comment
June 24, 2011
Overdue Ai WeiWei released. (SMH) Leave a comment
June 21, 2011
Overdue Anna Bligh determined to lose every single vote in northern Queensland (Brisbane Times) Leave a comment
June 20, 2011
Overdue Qld ALP backs marriage equality. Yes, Queensland. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Overdue Unions back carbon price (The Age) Leave a comment
June 17, 2011
Overdue Abu Bakar Bashir jailed (The Age) Leave a comment
June 16, 2011
Overdue Apartment living on the rise (Financial Review) Leave a comment
June 15, 2011
Overdue (Accept) tits, or GTFO (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
June 10, 2011
Overdue Defence on track to remove gender requirements for roles, in favour of testing actual capability (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
June 1, 2011
Overdue ADSHEL turns the other cheek, goes gay. (ADSHEL) Leave a comment
May 18, 2011
Overdue Labor politician makes the case for same-sex partners to be able to raise children (Punch) Leave a comment
May 5, 2011
Overdue Human Rights Commissioner: The Opposition’s anti-equality bigotry feeds more bigotry (The Age) Leave a comment
May 2, 2011
Overdue Bin Laden: Dead (Al Jazeera) Leave a comment
April 28, 2011
Overdue SA Attorney-General supports R18+ for video games (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
Overdue Xenophon on Libs & Pokies: “Even in a cynical world like politics, this seems to be a new low” (The Punch) Leave a comment
April 27, 2011
Overdue Govt. closer to fixing school funding so rich schools don’t get more than they should (The Australian) Leave a comment
April 19, 2011
Overdue For all the bluster of going it alone on a carbon price, Europe has left Australia behind (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Banning the Burqa isn’t about principle; it’s politics through and through (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
April 6, 2011
Overdue Counter to the disinformation about carbon pricing (well, some of it; there’s just so much) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Overdue Enough with the fearmongering about Islam (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
March 30, 2011
Overdue Pauline Hanson gets Labor, the Greens and the Libs to agree on something: that she’s a blight on Australian politics (which is saying something) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
March 29, 2011
Overdue NBN legislation passed, despite transparent posturing from Coalition (The Australian) Leave a comment
March 28, 2011
Overdue Defamatory “journalist”, Andrew Bolt, in court again (ABC) One comment
March 23, 2011
Overdue Flood levy passes senate (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
March 11, 2011
Overdue Some long overdue common sense and explanation of carbon pricing (The Age) Leave a comment
March 9, 2011
Overdue Abbott’s “people’s revolt” looks uncomfortably similar to America’s extreme-Right Tea Party movement, which specialises in misinformation and personal attacks (The Mercury) Leave a comment
 
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