May 13, 2008

Shortly before midnight on May 13, Victoria Police intercepted a car on Clarendon Street in South Melbourne, Australia. A search revealed drugs and firearms in the vehicle and police took two people into custody while the third fled on foot.
Police called for assistance to search for the man, who ran along York Street to a [...]

May 4, 2008

Primitive Love: Jayne Mansfield in something completely different
In Primitive Love, Jayne Mansfield, sex bomb, plays Jayne Mansfield the noted cultural anthropologist. Yep. If you think the premise is odd, you’re right, and the movie made from it is a genuine curiosity.
Looking her usual glamorous self, Jayne Mansfield checks into a hotel where she is to [...]

April 8, 2008

A boy has died in Australia has died after being bit on the leg by a shark. The boy, who was sixteen years old was with friend at the time of the attack. The friend claimed that he believed the victim was joking when he was being attacked by a shark. “”I thought he was [...]

March 16, 2008

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton starting from pole wins the FIA Formula-1 2008 ING Australian Grand Prix on the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne.
Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW Sauber. Nico Rosberg scoring his first Formula One podium in third and a long-awaited for Williams team.
A thrilling race ended with only seven drivers met [...]

March 13, 2008

Former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard has criticized the Rudd Labor government for apologizing to the Stolen Generations in parliament last month. Mr Howard was prime minister before the election last year.
Mr Howard’s successor, opposition leader and leader of the Liberal party, Brendan Nelson supported the apology, making a speech of his own in parliament. [...]

Family First Senator Steve Fielding arrived at Parliament today, dressed as a beer bottle to raise awareness of a bill he intends to move in the Senate today. Senator Fielding will introduce a bill to establish a nationwide refund scheme for bottles and cans.
A similar scheme has operated in South Australia since 1977.
Family First wants [...]

March 12, 2008

Javant Patel, wanted for manslaughter, grievous bodily harm and fraud in Australia, was arrested by FBI officers in Oregon and is scheduled to face an extradition hearing on April 10.
According to an affidavit filed by US government prosecutors, Patel, previously restricted from performing surgery in the US due to “professional misconduct”, lied about his professional [...]

February 28, 2008

by Steve Farrell
first published Feb. 21, 2003 in NewsMax.com
Every now and then a book comes along that is a must-read for its frank, fearless, no-nonsense approach to uncomfortable political questions, questions the mainstream media would rather you and I never ask – questions not only about the left, mind you, but about the left’s comrade [...]

February 26, 2008

In the New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government’s plans to privatize the electricity industry.
The MPs included Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride.
Mr Gibson was reported as saying, “I’m a member of the [...]

February 24, 2008

Discontent with parliament having to sit on a Friday without question time, the Australian opposition parties (comprising the Liberal/National coalition) vowed to continue disrupting Friday sittings until the government bows to its demands. The vow follows a sitting on Friday where the House of Representatives descended into chaos. The opposition says it is protesting against [...]