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ROGUE: Thornley is going to a "Better Place"
Evan Thornley continues to make news in Victorian politics for all the wrong reasons. Today’s latest installment in the Thornley drama: he’s officially resigned, wants massive taxpayer hand-outs to be given to his new company, the name of which he mentioned cryptically to his Labor colleagues when resigning and also has plans to help one of his mates to take up his Parliamentary vacancy.
BOTCHED: How the Steve Tully made a complete shambles of the 2006 state election count
Steve Tully’s incompetence could have cost Labor moderate Henry Barlow his seat in Victoria’s upper house. Is he presiding over a nest of Greens party vipers who stole the election? Or is he just a bungling oaf who is not up to the job?
SPRUNG: Fairfax stops illegal kickbacks to real estate agents following investigation
The Age was busted earlier in the year for bribing real estate agents with secret lavish overseas trips. Word is next year’s junkets have been cancelled…
TECH-NO: Blazing fight over school iPod wear
UK teachers are unhappy that one of the country’s biggest department stores is selling a school blazer with built-in iPod controls. Teachers don’t like it, parents aren’t impressed and the target market don’t seem overwhelmed either. Sherri, 15, told the Sun:…
SECRETS: Could the ACT’s early scan count of pre-poll votes leak before the close of the poll?
The counting of Australian Capital Territory votes is being fully computerised. And they’re scanning pre-poll votes prior to the close of the poll so they can announce quickly after the close of the polls. Could the results leak?
VEX Webster definition
VEX (definition) by Webster 1913 …
Vex (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vexing.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to…
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