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Thursday, 04 December 2008

Labor stops pub punch-ups, Nationals start one  Comments

Andrew Fraser, beer

3/12/2008 4:36:00 PM. It’s the ultimate irony – on the same night the Labor party was voting to stop pub punch-ups, Nationals MP Andrew Fraser was shoving a female colleague on the floor of parliament, fresh from Christmas drinks.

I’ve never seen a bouncer who wasn’t positively gleeful at getting to enforce some stupid rule or imagined regulation. Tim Brunero

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What is the fixie phenomenon?  Comments

Fixed-wheel bike

2/12/2008 2:01:00 PM. What is the fixation with fixies? What are fixies? And are they cool or just bloody dangerous?Tim Brunero takes a look.

You'd have to think sometime, somewhere someone is going to do themselves a mischief. Tim Brunero

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Who Obama called first  Comments

Barack Obama | AP

1/12/2008 11:19:00 AM. You've just become the 44th President of the United States so who do you call first? Tim Brunero has the answer.

Would you believe me if I told you it was us? Tim Brunero

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Cycle rage for a reason  Comments

Critical Mass

29/11/2008 1:02:00 PM. People will no doubt get all upset by this afternoon's bike protest which will block the Harbour Bridge. But Tim Brunero has a simple answer: 'Now you know how we feel.'

Cyclists have long been the poor cousins to car drivers. Tim Brunero

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There's no ignoring Generation Y  Comments

Young workers | Getty

29/11/2008 1:00:00 PM. A survey out last week pinned hopes of Australia avoiding any looming recession on a Christmas splurge by Generation Y. Rhys Sain explains some of the reasons it's time our elders start respecting their youth.

For us, working is just an inconvenient by-product of financing our next holiday, purchase, degree or social event. Rhys Sain

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Atheists take on the fundos  Comments

Atheist billboard

27/11/2008 11:37:00 AM. Long quiet out of 'respect' to the religious types, atheists are now rising up and taking the fight to their god-fearing counterparts. Tim Brunero takes a look at the new movement sweeping the globe.

Obama’s mother was a card-carrying atheist and many say he is too. Tim Brunero

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Hillsong: Exorcism in the suburbs  Comments

Exorcism equipment | Getty

26/11/2008 12:08:00 PM. Exorcisms in you street? It's more likely than you'd think. Tim Brunero has been handed the demon eviction guide used at Mercy Ministries and it's there in black and white.

The whole time I was there, all I heard was that I'm demonic... Former Mercy Ministries resident

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Kevin's first year report card  Comments

Kevin Rudd first year

24/11/2008 7:37:00 PM. Is our Kev the country's most professional politician ever - or just a nerd who can't make a decision? On the anniversary of his first year in power Tim Brunero finds out.

Most spectacularly of all he told off China, in China, in Chinese. Tim Brunero

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The 'Australian Idol' journey: a guaranteed road to ruin  Comments

Australian Idol finallists Wes Carr and Luke Dickens

21/11/2008 3:33:00 PM. As Australian Idol comes to a close this weekend, Jesse Perez takes a look at the underbelly of the entertainment beast - and its chew em' up spit em' out mentality.

In the context of the program, with the luxury of image, promotion and competition, it’s exciting and dazzling. Outside the studio, it’s cold and embarrassing. Jesse Perez

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Private child-care fails our kids  Comments

CFK Collapse

21/11/2008 1:00:00 PM. Another day, another child-care conglomerate goes belly up - surely there's a better way, says Tim Brunero.

Surely we can have more of a say in what they say is the most subsidised sector in Australia. Tim Brunero

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Car industry's future depends on turnaround not cheques  Comments

Car manufacturers | Getty

21/11/2008 10:02:00 AM. Alan Jones looks at the future of the car industry in the wake of an opinion piece by former U.S presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Get rid of the planes, the executive dining rooms, all the symbols that breed resentment amongst the hundreds of thousands who'll also be sacrificing to keep the companies afloat. Mitt Romney former Governor of Massachusetts

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Where's that inflation genie?  Comments

Genie lamp | Getty

3/12/2008 1:00:00 PM. We haven't heard an awful lot about the inflation genie recently, but the fallout from talking about it may yet be felt, argues Alan Jones.

Why we have a preference for doom and gloom, I've got no idea. Alan Jones

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E-tag scam reveals government malaise  Comments

Toll | Getty

2/12/2008 1:27:00 PM. The massive E-tag rort being foisted on the people of New South Wales is indicative of the rank incompetence of the Rees government, according to Alan Jones.

Another day, another rort. Alan Jones

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No place for John Ribot  Comments

John Ribot | Getty

1/12/2008 2:00:00 PM. John Ribot almost killed rugby league, so it's ludicrous that he's being considered for a position on the ARL board, according to Alan Jones.

Everything that Ribot promised for the game all those years ago has come to nothing. Alan Jones

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India on war footing after horror attack  Comments

India attacks | AAP

29/11/2008 1:01:00 PM. The terrorists in Mumbai wanted to prove that they can strike hard at any time, anywhere, according to Alan Jones.

[They're saying] no matter what your security and what protection you think you have in place, we can still hit you. Alan Jones

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ABC meltdown must trigger complete childcare rethink  Comments

ABC Learning | AAP

27/11/2008 11:19:00 AM. The collapse of ABC Learning should serve as a wake-up call to the government that things need to drastically change in the world of childcare, according to Alan Jones.

Whoever allowed this Woolworths-like domination of child care? Alan Jones

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Julia Gillard's first mistake  Comments

Julia Gillard | AAP

26/11/2008 12:00:00 PM. Julia Gillard hasn't put a foot wrong since becoming deputy PM and picking up two key portfolios - but she may be in some trouble with her new IR legislation, according to Alan Jones.

You don't stand the system on its head to deal with a minority. Alan Jones

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