The emperor has no clothes. In fact, the emperor is butt-naked, disrobed by a cattle farmer from Burrell Creek - a place so small, its distinguishing features include a house, a community hall and a phone box … population not stipulated.

Defence’s Smith has major decisions to make on rape and other abuse, injustice in Defence

from Civil Liberties Australia

A small British company has produced the first "petrol from air" using a revolutionary technology that promises to solve the energy crisis as well as helping to curb global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

from Crikey ….

Alan Jones' new porkies test: fact-checker for shock jock

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Carbon tax contributes to emissions drop

And it came to pass after this, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.

To the risk of being ridiculed and making an idiot of myself I am going to ponder about poverty in Australia... I will start here to say that I saw poverty and sickness in Africa beyond the imaginable. Actually, my indigenous cook was paid far more than I was (I was getting peanuts), though it was ridiculously low moneys, but she had six kids to look after and I had none....

So I will keep my crooked analysis of the subject on Australian median poverty in a somewhat "ruthless" calculated manner... Which is very rotten of me as there are real needs out there...

The federal opposition has called for a police investigation into Prime Minister Julia Gillard's role in establishing a union association her former boyfriend used to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Our nation might be rich but rampant consumerism is not making us any happier

The government has blocked the disclosure of a set of confidential letters written by Prince Charles to ministers.