Irwin cleared over croc incident Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will take no action against Steve Irwin over his feeding of a crocodile while holding his one-month-old son. The incident on January 2 at the Crocodile Hunter's Australia Zoo at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast sparked widespread outrage and criticism. A spokeswoman for Industrial Relations Minister Gordon Nuttall said Workplace Health and Safety officers have conducted interviews and sought legal advice over the inc...
Figures involving the state of Ecstasy use have just been released. I have included an article below. The Police are wasting their time trying to penalise the user… they are achieving absolutely nothing at all. As an ecstasy user, do you think I am happy that usage has increased? Of course not. I simply don’t trust other people as much as I trust myself, and I fear for our next generation, people simply dont know enough about Ecstasy The methods need to be looked at most urgently B...
It seems as though this man can do no right! Steve has made a documentary on Antarctic life... It has been claimed that he was cavorting with the Antartic wildlife in an innapropriate fashion.... Apparently he touched some penguins and whales - which brings a $1 million fine, and a 2 year jail sentance - Crikey!!! Steve Irwin provides an invaluable service to the global community - he is trying to teach the world about paying respect to our environment - I hardly beleive that he should ...
Somehow the US Supreme Courts have the disposition that they are the Worlds ultimate authority. They have decided it is within their rights to allow compensation for events that happened years ago... We all know American's enjoy wearing their litigation hats, even though they know that particular style is not popular in the rest of the world. Govenrment's will be forced to pay out on past grievences... Maria Altmann, an Austrian immigrant to the US was the victor in a landmark case...
When I was 10 I was very socially conscious of my environment – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 21 Jump Street, and the Chicago Bulls. It was certainly apparent that Australia was immersed in American culture, now I am certain. I love my country so much, it’s almost a problem. You can only imagine the shame I feel when I read about the stolen generation of Aboriginals, or the complete extinction of the race in Tasmania. The shady business dealings of big Australian oil/gas companies, with th...
I have been very loathe to check the news over the past few days. After the political assassination of Ahmed Yassin that took place earlier this week. I fear the retribution that will take place on behalf of this 'Terrorist' leader. I will be honest with you here - When I see a report of a bus blowing up in Israel, I think to myself - 'how unfortunate, civilians have died for nothing, and more are going to die because of Israeli retribution, hopefully Israel and the US can nut out a pl...
News reports just in state the Australian embassy in Jakarta has just been evacuated after a bomb went of in close proximity. It is not known whether the Australian embassy was the target, however, intelligence sources from both the US and Australia have been warning of an upcoming attack. Reports state 3 people have died in the attack - all Indonesians, however, a statement of intention has been made with this bomb blast, and as an Australian citizen, I am a little worried, as a wor...
We all know big Russel Crowe is tough, but now he is going and pulling Mike Tyson’s on us!!! As reported in this article , Russel’s body guard has spotted Russel having one to many beverages, and kindly informed him that it is time to go back to his wife and child! I don’t know what it is about super-stars and their egos, but a simple request like that does not warrant a gnawing attack on one of the ‘plebs’ Superstars like Russel Crowe revel in the bad boy image; it gets him parts i...
It’s a sad day for the world community. It seems as though no matter how interested anyone is in progression, there is always some staunch conservative individual or organisation willing to stall. I am talking about the Californian Supreme Courts decision to annul almost 4000 same sex marriages. This decision has come at a provocative time in Australia, as out Gay and Lesbian community prepare for weekend rallies in the capital cities of Australia. The court said the city illegally iss...
The war on drugs has, and will continue on for a very long time to come; solutions have been suggested and discarded commonly, although, I have actually come across a viable point of discussion. The best form of cure is prevention; this is a saying as old as time itself. Doctors have adopted this philosophy when it comes to diseases like Rubella, Measles, Hepatitis and such. Kids are simply given an appropriate jab and injected with a vaccination that will protect them from these terrible ...
"If people are smoking but not kicking each other, and not making a problem, why on earth would an officer go and ask 'Is that cannabis?'" Portuguese police spokesman Isabel Canelas confirms that soccer fans attending the European championships will be allowed to smoke marijuana throughout the tournament. BAM!!!
Interesting choice of Role Models you have over there in the USA... I was reading Shadesofgreys article on Pat Tilman , and no disrespect to this particular individual - but he is no role model for dying, or joining the army... He was merely a tool in a play between great evils... It was unfortunate he had to die, but dont glorify him because he could have been playing football... It doesn't make him any different from any other soldier that dies. Is that the kind of message you want to s...
When people take advantage of other people it makes me sick. Australia, as you are all aware, or if you aren’t you should be – is an immensely proud sporting nation, and I would be so bold to state that per capita, we are the best sporting nation. Obviously local sports are taken seriously and when something happens, it is plastered all over the local Media. Sports stars here are treated like kings, I am not saying that is right or wrong, that’s just how it is. A few weeks ago there w...
This weekend has been rather depressing. Some of you may not know the left wing ‘Zealot’ that many consider me to be. I cannot stand conservatives, and I am staunchly against most of the USA’s policies… It’s funny, if you will look at my first blogs, quite a bit of fire and spice amongst them. Admittedly, I was a narrow minded fool, and I took all Americans for ignorant/arrogant warmongering conservatives, merely because of the fact that I have never had a day to day interaction with the...
The best analogy I can think of when it comes to religion – no matter whether it is Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Pagan is that it is like a knife – when the knife is used to cut sandwiches, the knife is a good thing, but when that very same knife is used to stab someone in the stomach, it is a bad thing – a very bad thing. The problem with religion is that anyone can wield the knife, and it is up to them to make sandwiches or stab people in the stomach. As a non-religious person, I have...