Well, after Rudd bowed out of the race due to realising that he had lost support of the party, Gillard has become Australia's first female Prime Minister, and Australia's first unmarried Prime Minister, plus our first foreign born PM since 1915. My overall thoughts? Well, with Gillard at the helm, I truly think that Labor has a shot at regaining ( Read more... )

 A few minutes ago Rudd announced that a leadership spill has happened and there will be a vote on it at 9.00 tomorrow morning, a ballot between him and Gillard. This is incredibly frustrating. The spill has been brought by labor right losing its faith in Rudd's leadership and backing Julia Gillard, who interestingly is a member of Labor left. I ( Read more... )

Rudd has been going poorly. Since backing down on the ETS, people have been questioning who exactly this man is, and why he is breaking so many promises. Abbott clearly isn't winning the debate, Rudd is losing it. Here are some policy backdowns and other problems this government has had since being elected:

• Cancelling Fuelwatch and Grocerywatch. ( Read more... )

Slipknot's bassist, Paul Gray, was found dead in a hotel room in Iowa. He was 38.

No foul play has been suspected, there will be an autopsy to determine cause of death.

A big loss. No doubt the other members of Slipknot will be hit hard by this. They are a close knit group of people and they clearly love each other dearly like family.

www.variety.com/article/VR1118019212.html

Saban re-acquires rights to 'Rangers'
Company nabs franchise back from Disney
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
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The Power Rangers have come home.

Haim Saban's newly formed Saban Brands company has re-acquired from Disney the rights to the "Power Rangers" franchise that built ( Read more... )

Imagine this heavenly voice as a potential PM-

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How do I start a Facebook group for this?

I just finished watching the budget speech and the 7.30 report analysis of said budget. It seems that the catchphrase for the budget this year was "return to surplus in 3 years", which is what treasury analysis says will happen. Here are some of the numbers we will be looking at:

• A projected deficit this year of $40bn
• A predicted $1bn surplus in 3 ( Read more... )

Today I ordered a hard copy of the Henry Tax Review. I'll be posting here sections of the review and my thoughts on what the review recommends. As well as the review, I'll be getting a copy of the government's response to the review, so I'll be including some of that as well. Should be an interesting read. 

Power Rangers last year aired its final season, RPM, giving us 17 years of Power Rangers goodness (the 17th season wasn't going to happen at all, but Bandai Europe made it happen... thank fuck). PR is currently showing reversioned MMPR, to varied reviews, but for all intents and purposes, PR is asleep if not dead. So here's a quick retrospective, ( Read more... )

 After a bit of work and application filling out, I'm going to Vietnam. To do what? Well, I'll be doing volunteer work at a marine park. I'll be there for 4 months, from August to December. Should be awesome!