Would you give an entry visa to this man?
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If you were told that this man was planning to visit Australia, would you let him in?
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Which national government deregistered 19 political parties over Christmas?
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"On 22 December 2006, the delegate of the Australian Electoral Commission wrote to the following political parties to advise them they would be deregistered on 27 December 2006, as required by Schedule 3 of the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006..."
- Media release, Australian Electoral Commission, 22.12.06
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Great moments in Google content development
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There was great anticipation and excitement in Sydney on Australia Day with the news that Google Inc. had chartered an aeroplane to photograph the city for an update of Google Earth. Many parties, giant signs, marriage proposals etc were arranged for the morning. The plane turned up after everyone had gone home.
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/google-botch-
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Youtube du Jour: Kevin Rudd
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With any luck, he'll be our Prime Minister by the time Australia Day comes around again:
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Amazing coincidence besets Liberal Party
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In an astonishing set of coincidences, political advertisements placed in three Tasmanian newspapers early in 2006 condemning the Greens on behalf of the Exclusive Brethren were recorded as being paid for out of Liberal Party electoral accounts.
Three separate and entirely unrelated "administrative bungles" at the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Advocate and Devonport Examiner caused sales records to give the totally and utterly absurd impression that the Liberal Party was colluding with the Brethren.
Howard's reshuffle and the Cultural Revolution
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Never mind the personnel changes announced this morning in John Howard's ministerial reshuffle (though I'll get to those shortly). The thing that struck me on first reading through the press release was the changes in vocabulary.
Use and abuse of the flag
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ELLEN FANNING: Prime Minister, part of what was chilling yesterday was seeing a lot of people in between the violence doing things that you'd see at the cricket, singing "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi", wrapping themselves in the Australian flag. What do you say to people who use the Australian flag in that way?
PRIME MINISTER: Look, I would never condemn people for being proud of the Australian flag. I don't care – I would never condemn people for being proud....
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An ODI just like the good old days
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New Zealand all out 218 in 47.4 overs.
Australia 224/8 in 48.4 overs.
Almost an identical scenario to all those games in the B and H World Series Cup back in the early 1980s. One team gets around 215-220 runs in the first innings and the team batting second just gets over the line with a handful of balls to spare. Usually accompanied by Bill Lawry wetting himself.
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Roo-bish
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Just about everything I have to say about Tuesday night's Twenty20 international at the SCG was said one year ago after the Australia v South Africa game.
Just a few additional observations:
If the game was a sell-out, and the official attendance was 35628, then that's about 11000 members who didn't turn up!
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Twenty21 revisited
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If we didn't know before, we do now. Australia's 5-0 drubbing of England in 2006-07 is the first such triumph since 1920-21. But which was the bigger achievement?
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