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Pot Calling the Kettle Black

January 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Ms Julia Gillard (millionairesss prime minister of Ostralia), when asked just prior to signing additional loan documentation to continue borrowings in the order of abour $100 million a day, said the European nations deserved to be suffering credit downgrades; she said they had it coming because they avoided making tough financial decisions. Sarkozy (who has [...]

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Tags: australia · economy · europe · money · politics

Trailer Trash Queensland Style

December 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Both the Australian federal government and Queensland state government have proven they are unable and incapable of implementing affordable housing as the numer of homeless Australian continues to grow. The Salvation Army indicated that it will need to feed 2.2 million Australians at Christmas … all in an environment of massive earnings from royalties for [...]

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Tags: australia · housing · politics · queensland

Anna, Blight on Queensland …

November 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

The Queensland Labor government is doing everything it can to help CSG establish itself in Queensland, and with all those chemicals entering the water supply and foods having to be sourced further afield from contaminated places like China, it looks like we are in even more trouble as a report suggests Queensland has the fewest hospital [...]

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Tags: health · politics · queensland

Qld Government Spinning the Job Numbers

August 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Spin-King Andrew Fraser (Qld Labor government – Aug 8th)) claims ’Jobs growth continues despite tough conditions; recorded over two-thirds of the nation’s jobs growth in July, taking another step towards the Bligh Government’s 100,000 jobs target, ABS employment data revealed today; Fraser said momentum had been maintained in tough times with 2,200 of Australia’s 3,000 jobs being created in [...]

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Tags: employment · politics · queensland · spin

Minister of Reconstruction Anna Blight says others not a patch on the ‘Smart State’

August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Premier Anna Bligh has welcomed the biggest breakthrough in vaccine delivery since the invention of the syringe in 1853; a $15million investment in Vaxxas Pty Ltd was announced today at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. ‘a new product designed to delivery – vaccines – without breaking the skin like a needle’ said the [...]

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Tags: health · politics · queensland