Monthly Archives: December 2016

Treaty, recognition and the Australian constitution

Today, the South Australian minister for aboriginal or indigenous affairs announced that a committee would be set up to draw up a treaty between the forty aboriginal nations of SA and the state govt. This is a great day in … Continue reading

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Gay hate crimes at Bondi

Just today ABC TV investigative journalist and Lateline presenter Emma Albarici reported from the Glebe Coroner’s court on the re-opening of the investigation of Scott Johnson’s death at North Head. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-12/was-scott-johnson’s-death-suicide-or-a-gay-hate-crime/8110386 In a previous segment on the 7.30 news commentary, … Continue reading

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Colorado and legal marijuana

An interesting doco on SBS has just informed me that the US state of Colorado had recently legalised the use, both medicinal and recreational, of marijuana. Since doing so, it has spawned a series of industries and activities. Let’s deal … Continue reading

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Shakespeare’s Skull

SBS TV ran a doco on whether Shakespeare’s skull had been removed from his tomb in an English country church. The group investigating the issue used all manner of laser equipment to scan and re-construct both the contents of the … Continue reading

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Horse Trading

Today in Australia’s Federal Parliament, another piece of legislation was passed by the LN parties aided by the Green party, which was offered an amount of money towards land improvement. It seems to be that this type of “horse trading” … Continue reading

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