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Forces loyal to Syria’s Assad regime and its Jihadist opponents clash – in Australia

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 16, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Australia is a long distance from Syria and yet some Australians are taking the civil war there all too seriously……

THE AGE HACKING SCANDAL: The Age’s criminal defendants disrespect court with “no-show”

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 16, 2013 ⋅ 28 comments

Charged with crimes that could get them two years imprisonment, three arrogant Fairfax journos and a senior Greensparty operative and state government bureaucrat didn’t bother attending the Melbourne Magistrates Court for the first hearing Thursday.

Qantas will fly 1M+ Australians to Dubai this year – is it safe for women?

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 14, 2013 ⋅ 2 comments

Because Qantas and Emirates have done a deal that means Australians flying to Europe will stop – even if just in transit – in Dubai.

But as this Seven “Sunday Night” broadcast illustrates, it isn’t safe for women there. If …

UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger…

Victorian Parliament House overrun by vermin #springst

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 13, 2013 ⋅ 4 comments

The magnificent old Victorian Parliament House on Spring Street is undergoing renovations which have dislodged a mischief of mice and/or a pack of rats which the Legislative Council president Bruce Atkinson has said requires urgent action.…

Bernardi warns UKIP’s success shows how Libs could be outflanked #auspol

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 9, 2013 ⋅ 14 comments

SA Liberal powerbroker Cory Bernardi has joined the fight over what kind of Coalition government there’ll be, if elected in September. He’s argued that the success of the UK Independence party shows that a conservative government that isn’t truly conservative …

Comrades Bramston & Kenny proven right in ‘Cut & Paste’ while lesser mortals are shamed #ausmedia

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 8, 2013 ⋅ One comment

The PM’s bold attempted circuit-breaker public foreshadowing of the federal election date won much praise from the Canberra Press Gallery at the time.

The Australian’s Cut & Paste column today even-handedly reminds Fairfax and News Limited folk like Dennis Atkins …

Greensparty Senator Whish-Wilson attacks model Jennifer Hawkins after she refuses request for private meeting #auspol

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 7, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Jennifer Hawkins

Former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins has been viciously slagged by ex-merchant banker turned Tasmanian Greensparty Senator and leadership aspirant Peter Whish-Wilson

The Senator’s cruel attacks (in an official media release produced by his taxpayer-funded office) included describing the …

Woman eaten by vultures within 45 minutes of falling off a cliff, leaving behind only bones, clothes & shoes

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 7, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

A French woman has been eaten by vultures within 45 minutes of falling off a cliff, leaving behind only bones, clothes & shoes.

It’s worth noting the role of regulators in this unpleasantness:

■ The vultures are a protected species;…

Lib MPs urge Tony Abbott to drop extravagant parental leave tax & spend plan #auspol

By VEXNEWS ⋅ May 6, 2013 ⋅ One comment

The next big battle in Australian politics isn’t so much between the Labor government and the conservative opposition, it’s among the conservatives about what sort of government they are going to be.

NSW federal MP Alex Hawke is breaking cover …

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