Monthly Archives: March 2010
Government education needed on why people use people-smugglers, says Refugee Action Collective
The Refugee Action Collective says the Rudd Government needs to educate people about why asylum seekers are coming to Australia. This follows a report in Brisbane’s Sunday Mail yesterday saying that asylum seekers had been transferred to Brisbane from Christmas … Continue reading
Pope faces same accusations as Jesus, says New York Archbishop
The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, has likened Pope Benedict to Jesus, saying he is facing some of the same accusations, reports the Associated Press. Nowhere in the four Gospels accepted by most Christian Churches is Jesus accused of … Continue reading
Facebook blamed for syphilis rise in UK, but it’s a beat-up
The Murdoch press in the UK last week falsely claimed that a National Health Service official had blamed Facebook for a rise in syphillis. While the official did say that some people with syphillis had used social networking sites (pdf … Continue reading
Facebook blamed for syphilis rise in UK, but it’s a beat-up
The Murdoch press in the UK last week falsely claimed that a National Health Service official had blamed Facebook for a rise in syphillis. While the official did say that some people with syphillis had used social networking sites (pdf … Continue reading
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Two Day Queensland Population Summit
The Bligh Government will tomorrow be hosting a two day summit to deal with population growth in South East Queensland. Simon Baltais of the Queensland Conservation Council has criticised the summit as being focused on managing population growth as opposed … Continue reading
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Revelry and raunchiness
A rare diary recording debauchery and sin on an eighteenth-century emigration ship from Great Britain has finally come back to Australia. The Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia 1838-39 was a diary kept by James Bell on his … Continue reading
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Don’t wash your hands
A recent American study shows that hand-sanitiser may be better at stopping the spread of colds than washing hands with soap and water. The research found that hand-santisers containing ethanol and organic acids were more effective at removing and keeping … Continue reading
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New Rail
Plenty of Brisbane residents have made comments on the City Council’s plan to introduce new rail tunnels and another CBD train station at either Gardens Point, Riverside or under a shopping centre in the city. A tunnel will provide a … Continue reading
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Shiver me Timbers
A decorative timber awning in Brisbane city has been removed after one piece of wood broke off and fell a number of storeys down onto the pavement. No one was hurt by the incident, but the ten-year old wooden feature … Continue reading
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Disputed Island… Gone!
India and Bangladesh have less to argue about today as a disputed island in the Bay of Bengal disappears beneath rising seas. Named either New Moore Island by India or South Talpatti Island by Bangladesh, both India and Bangladesh claim … Continue reading
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