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A voice of reason on a Fairfax site on Peter Roebuck

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The thoughtful Dick Gross has an interesting blog on the life and death of cricket commentator Peter Roebuck. Kudos to Fairfax for running this mild rebuke of the whitewashing of the circumstances of his death and the darkness that prompted …

MARN OF THE MOMENT: Ferguson shows Labor a way out of the abyss

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Old-school Labor minister Martin Ferguson has plenty to teach his party about how to take on and take down its foes in the Greens political party. Labor ignores him at their peril.

BLOW UP THE WOWSERS: Tony Abbott’s right on pokies

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Nick Mack is in fine form today, paying out on the rise of the neo-wowser.

Radio host Gus Worland tells his story of how Peter Roebuck hit on him

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About 14 minutes into this recording of the Sydney Triple M show, a host of the show Gus Worland tells the ugly story about how dirty old man Peter Roebuck hit on him one night when he was a young …

LNP leader Campbell Newman says no to uranium mining

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Supposedly bro-business LNP leader Campbell Newman says he won’t be dictated to by the business community over allowing uranium mining in Queensland:

“The parliamentary team are very, very clear that we have no plans to develop any sort of uranium …

John Howard equates WorkChoices with poo…

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The Australian reports on Barry Cohen’s new book of amusing political tales ‘Bringing the House Down’ where Cohen writes of then prime minister John Howard ringing Joe Hockey in January 2007 to offer him a new job as workplace relations …

‫ Lateline is rarely this interesting

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‫ A Lebanese politician who supports the Syrian regime uses their favoured technique for dispute resolution….…

A victim of Peter Roebuck’s secret life of sex violence speaks

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One of ABC/Fairfax cricket commentator Peter Roebuck’s victims has spoken out: “After he caned me, he wanted to have a look at the markings and that wasn’t something I approved of and that’s why I never had any contact with …

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