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Bathurst has the largest number of pubs per capita, and considerably cooler students to fill these pubs every night of the week. And how many pubs in wagga made the 100 most dangerous pubs in NSW list? Any? Clearly the wagga students just don't go hard enough.... And I personally love our golf...

Why so bitter and twisted about us mere print journalists, Matt? We are people with feelings too, you know...and if writing is so irrelevant in journalism these days, why are professional writing and newswriting both compulsary first year subjects? And don't forget, newspapers are actually...

Re: Rudd to say Sorry on February 12 Oh shit! You mean the f*in blacks might get money?! And dignity?!! Please, get out of the panic room. Rudd will apologise on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

The only connection modern Australia as a whole has to the British monarchy is the arrival of the First Fleet. Britain founded "Australia" as a place to send their excess convicts. Their respect for the country was minimal, most didn't know it existed. By no means did the British monarchy intend...

SAM ripped me off! its wierd, it seems like it was so accurate for everyone else...maybe the scaling in my subjects has changed dramatically... SAM = 93.55 specific school calculator (riverview) = 95.00 UAI - 91.70 i did aboriginal studies, english adv, modern history, 2 unit religion, 2...

I got ripped off by SAM.... SAM = 93.55 UAI = 91.70 Can't say I'm disappointed, but you know which one i'd prefer....

Just got back from byron, having discovered that yes you can be arrested for underage drinking in public...even in byron. I think i just got some neo-fascist cop on a massive power trip, because his partner was really calm about the whole thing while this guy stood and swore at me quite a while...

Ok, my first difference was exactly the same as above (nature marginalised/destroyed), but my second difference was how in BNW developments in science are used to control humanity, while in BR it is used to create slaves (replicants) to serve humanity... bad feeling i've f'd it, i had 35 mins to...

Don't you find that perspective a little overly cynical? Firstly, while inconsistencies in the general understanding exist, I think all can agree on a simple narrative that involves a number of high points and low points. To get caught up in the postmodern perspective is to lose the essential...

Taking Australian history as the history recorded in an empirical fashion since 1788, and being "proud" or Australian history as looking back over that history with a sense of patriotism, then yeah I think it is quite possible to be proud of our history. An essential feature of this debate...

Mine was a study of the national leaders of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's...a whole barrel of laughs. No really, it was actually fascinating, i'd recommend studying the workings of an organisation and choosing something that will interest both yourself and particularly the reader/marker -...

I read them in SMH a few days ago, i'll see if I can track down the article for you. They stuck distinctively in my mind, because they really did change my outlook on the whole issue. Unfortunately it may have been last week, so it could be out of the SMH 8 day free viewing in the archives...

While Howard still wants the flag raised and the anthem sung every morning in public schools, I think we can afford a sing-a-long song in children's books that spreads a rather peaceful message. But back to the issue. The only real problem I can see with this whole operation is the scrapping...

banco 55 is fairly correct in his interpretation of the military's role in the whole exercise, they are playing a purely logistical role. This isn't a hostile takeover. Just as the police are simply going in because there is next to no police presence in any of these communities, and without a...

ATSIC wasn't perfect, but to close it and not replace it with anything...at all...wasn't a spectacular move. Considering that the state of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders is comparable to that of a third world nation, maybe some sort of specific attention is a reasonable idea? Because...

Wouldn't such Aboriginal-specific issues possibly be the issue of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs? I think such a serious issue regarding so many Aboriginal people is probably something...

I am willing to accept that the welfare cycle is very destructive, and is a huge contributing factor to the current situation of a number of Aboriginal people around the country. Noel Pearson himself has made this clear repeatedly. So we cut off the flow of any funds into Aboriginal...

While I support the Federal intervention, to a limited and controlled degree, by no way do I support the notion that Aboriginal people would be better off in cities than in remote communities. A properly managed remote community is a far better context for Aboriginal people, especially the...

The three problems at the heart of the issue (apart from the very deep problems of unemployment, housing and welfare dependency) are alcohol, substance abuse and pornography. As much was outlined in Little Children Are Sacred (creepiest name ever, might I add). These three problems were brought...

As a very, very short term plan, for a select number of communities in the NT, Howard's plan is a neccessity. The situation in some places is that dire. Alcohol should be banned in all Aboriginal communities, alongside pornography and gambling. But this should be the responsibilty of the...