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“I don’t oppose Islam as a country, but I do feel that their laws should not be welcome here in Australia,” she said, apparently oblivious to the fact that Islam is a religion, not a country. In any case, Ms Banister doesn’t have a problem with Jewish Kosher food. “Jews aren’t under Haram, they have their own religion which follows ...

ETHICS Committee chair Peter Dowling has stepped aside over a sexting scandal. Overnight it was reported that a state MP had been exposed as a serial sexter, sending images to his secret mistress including a picture of his penis plonked in a glass of red wine. In addition, Ethics Committee chairman and Redlands LNP MP Peter Dowling has confirmed he ...

I can’t believe this is our third goddamn federal election where one of the main talking points is how to stop asylum seekers coming to Australia by boats, which they are perfectly entitled to do.  The.  Third.  Goddamn.  Time.

How to campaign entirely on sound bytes and slogans, without even the faintest idea of what your policies actually are :/

Jacques Reymond is a French restaurant situated in a stately Victorian mansion in Prahran, Victoria.  The establishment has been a part of Melbourne’s fine dining circuit for twenty years and is much loved and highly decorated, having held the prestigious Three Chef’s Hats rating for a number of years.  Jen and I dined here for the first time this year ...

The Manchester United vs A-League All Stars game didn’t quite live up to its billing on the pitch.  Firstly, three of the A-League’s biggest marquee players (Del Piero, Heskey, Ono) all declined to play in the game.  Secondly, the rest of the best of Australian A-League talent was in Asia playing international matches against Japan and China for the Socceroos.  ...

For my birthday weekend, Jen bought me tickets to the inaugural Penny Arcade Expo in Australia which ran for 3 days in Melbourne.  It was the brainchild of Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, co-creators of the hugely popular online comic strip Penny Arcade, who wanted to create a version of E3 that was always accessible to the general public (E3 ...

I caught up with a bunch of friends on Sunday. For breakfast, I reunited with my ol’ university flatmate Kolitha.  He lives in Papa New Guinea nowadays but his work occasionally brings him through Brisbane.  I caught up with him and his special lady for breakfast.  It was a good revisiting old memories (I can’t believe uni was ten years ...

I’d buy one.

This would be cool as hell. Have a good weekend everyone!