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Am I reading this right? The Telegraph is publishing a balanced, reasoned, article to deflate the hype and populism surrounding illegal immigrant and refugees (who are NOT illegal, it should be noted). On this one I give them massive kudos. The more prestigious papers such as The Australian...

Re: Refugees leach over half a billion dollars of tax payer money in the last 24 mont It's part of Australia's humanitarian aid programme (which is already dick all). What's the problem? "Since 1990, about 190,000 refugee visas have been granted." In the meantime, we've accepted a couple of...

Greens want stimulus spending cut back now economy is recovering, to remove the need for any tax increases or services cuts in future. Rein in stimulus spending, Rudd told | The Australian Greens are also in talks with a Liberal senator to vote with them on the ETS, thus providing another...

Re: doctrine analysis: which religion is more batshit loony?Islam, Christianity, Juda Expect a poll where almost everyone chooses Islam, James. If nothing else, accept that Australia has a Judeo-Christian heritage; between the Old and the New Testament, Judaism and Christianity are going to be...

I think Bob Hawke paraded it more as agnosticism, but even he probably wasn't the first atheist or agnostic we've had. Gough Whitlam was atheist or agnostic. Hellen Clarke and Bob Key are both atheist or agnostic (current and former PM of New Zealand). I highly doubt we'll have an atheist or...

It was funny. Fuck off you American hacks and grow a sense of humour. God dammit yanks annoy me.

Don't be a douchebag. Every leftie I've spoken to so far is pretty much just as surprised and uncomfortable with this as you are. I think he should turn it down. It should go to a peacekeeper in Darfur who spends his life fighting exploitation of children as soldiers for fucks sake. Townie's...

What do you expect? It's illegal to have sex outside marriage in that country, but it's perfectly legally to marry and fuck a 7 year old child.

Oh wonderful, wonderful! Why don't you explain to us all how having a sustained artificially low interest rate does in fact, beyond all comprehension, lower inflation, increase the worth of the dollar, and encourage people to save and pay off debt? :rolleyes:

Grin and bear it, mate. I'm not going to be terribly polite to you when you're implying I'm naive and incorrect: 1) Inflation becomes a big risk. 2) It causes bubbles. Frankly I thought the interest rate was dropped too low. I don't mind, though, since it's being raised rapidly. Stevens has...

Fair point about the slate being wiped clean. I don't think it's wiped entirely clean, but I certainly may be exaggerating the Coalition's fate if a shrewd leader emerges or Rudd makes a super-blunder. On another note, economists seem pretty shit at predicting Australia's path. The median...

Dropping immediately from a high, inflation-lowering interest rate to the lowest interest rate Australia has ever had is a strong emergency stimulus level. Can you please explain to me why that's not obvious to you? Here's an example in case you still don't get it. My mother has a modest...

lol?

According to Dr. Economou, of Australia's fairly large number of past early elections, about 80% actually worked out in the incumbent government's favour. So much for conventional wisdom. On that note, the Coalition would lose another 20 House seats if an election were held now. That's so bad...

Um... a) Monkeys have eyes similar to ours. b) Many, many other animals (including ones we diverged from a long time ago evolutionarily) have eyes similar to, but more complex and powerful than ours... including many species of monkey. Our eyes, like our physical strength and our sense of...

The Nationals are openly contemplating ending the Coalition, The Liberals are openly criticising and plotting against their party leader, and most delusional of all, half of the Coalition thinks that the voters will reward them at an election for denying the existence of climate change and being...

Costello just quit parliament, forcing a by-election. That's two by-elections now. One because Rudd appointed Brendan Nelson as an ambassador for Australia, one because Costello decided to jump off a sinking ship.

What the fuck are you on about?

Yep, it rallied strongly today. In a funny way, too: it rallied because the American stock exchange rallied because Australia's interest rate increased. Australian share market up 1.5pc at open | The Australian Australian sharemarket rises after RBA rates call strengthens Wall Street | The...

Australia's interest rate increase has caused the world's stock markets to rise. Stocks, Commodities Climb as Australia Raises Interest Rates - Bloomberg.com