It's been just over half a year, and the first (well, that I've seen) academic journal paper on the Cronulla riots has been published in British journal Race & Class a few days ago ( Read more... )

Recommended (even though it is semi-legal ugh) http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19660880-7583,00.html

The state of justice in the Developed World really is in a shambles (well, US, Britain and Australian anyway -- but you probably already knew who I was talking about). The US Supreme Court has now overturned Bush's military commissions and ruled that the processes to try inmates of Guantanamo Bay prison flatly contradict the Geneva Convention, as ( Read more... )

ok, last minute procrastination before my second-last exam

what's everyone doing this weekend? comment below:

Fellow Austrayyans,

http://www.smh.com.au/news/aussie-update/howards-socceroo-heartbreak/2006/06/27/1151174165303.html

then

http://network.news.com.au/image/0,10114,5175106,00.jpg

Our Dearest Leader is such a sport slut.

Now we're out of the World Cup (and already taking aim at the ref), can we please...

a) stop harassing those poor inner west ( Read more... )

News Flash:

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ugh just powdering my luggage sweetie. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/white-powder-scare-at-airport/2006/06/25/1151174060116.html *sniff sniff* what do you mean it's fake? i paid a hell of a lot of money for that

EDIT: Sorry, but what a fucking joke.

Well I haven't had time to take it all in yet but I'm trying OK. I'm just so relieved that we've finally won the world and Harry Kewell has saved us all from that evil, brutal, insidious Croatian invasion. It's headlines like this that really put Iraq, Aboriginal poverty and East Timor into perspective. At least we know now we're safe from bigger ( Read more... )

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As we were talking outside, it was cold… you were shivering, yet warmed, by the subject matter MY WIFE is in the next room, we’ve been having troubles you know… Please don’t tell her or anyone, but I need to talk to somebody.

You said, wouldn’t it be a shame if I knew how great I was. 5 mins before I died, I’d be filled with such regret before I ( Read more... )