Ok, so I’m sick to death of the front page news consisting of every excruciating detail in the lives of two celebrities that (wait for it) break up before the wedding (shock horror!). One’s some cricketer I think, the other’s a girl named Lara Bimbo.. erm.. Bingle. So I have a joke for you..
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Tags: Australia, Bimbo, Bingle, celebrity, engagement, Lara Bingle, toilet, trash
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Wow, I almost can’t believe it: the newspapers are starting to be (somewhat) critical of the Australian property market!
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Tags: Australia, bubble, crash, interest rates, property, real estate, Sydney
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Some random future ideas on government doing solar (following on, as promised in my earlier blog about South Australia’s solar plans). Part 1 of a set of ideas for Australia’s future.
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Tags: Australia, cars, electric, energy, green, transport
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Violence at the Australian Open. Sounds spookily similar to a few years ago huh?
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Tags: Australia, AustralianOpen, multiculturalism, Sport, Tennis, violence
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The South Australian premier has announced solar panels on government roofs from July 2010. Sounds like a good first step.
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Tags: Australia, Environment, green, politics, solar, South Australia
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A month or so back I did a bit of a different day in the office: a day of native vegetation planting and weed removal out at Homebush, Sydney (the old Olympic site).
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Tags: Australia, conservation, CVA, Environment, Frogs, Homebush, planting, regeneration, Sydney, tree hugging, volunteering
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I awoke in a daze erm.. haze. Sydney had a touch of a mad max, post nuclear apocalyptic feel to it (pictures!).
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Tags: Australia, dust, interesting, pictures, Sydney, weather
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