Australia Oz in the News
Daily Dose- We didn’t start the fire! News topics in OZ
Even Though Australia seems and idyllic place most of the time, there is still plenty of unpleasantness to go around. Here are a few of the more recent big issues in the news.
Australians to Evacuate from Fiji
Australian Navy on way to Fiji
Controversy over Muslim Leader’s Sermon
More on Sermon
Australian Terror Suspect held in States
Climate Change
Flag Burner
Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Date: November 2nd, 2006 |
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Crikey! Poor Steve!
Before his untimely death that rocked Australia as a nation, Steve and his wife Terri Irwin set up an organisation called Wildlife Warriors to help wildlife in Australia and overseas. As in all of the press here today- Terri and their daughter Bindi Irwin are continuing the conservation work and their zoo.
If you are looking for a way to pay tribute to the passing of a crazy nutter- who loved his animals and did indeed bring their conservation to the public eye…you can make an online donation to their organisation via www.wildlifewarriors.org. Alternatively, call 1800 334 350 (international +61 7 5436 2026) or email donations@wildlifewarriors.org.
Date: October 23rd, 2006 |
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Old, fat, asthmatic, addicted? Your country still needs you
Wow.
SYDNEY - Australia is so desperate for soldiers that the middle-aged are now being recruited.
“Why can’t we have people who might be well into their 50s, where there’s a whole variety of tasks that might be undertaken that don’t involve flying planes or marching 20 kilometres with a backpack?” Defence Minister Brendan Nelson told The Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday.
“We can get 10 years’ service from this individual,” he said.
Earlier this year Nelson announced a relaxation of recruitment rules so that the overweight, asthmatics and former drug addicts could join up.
Old, fat, asthmatic, addicted? Your country still needs you
Date: May 12th, 2006 |
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Police crack down on eating drivers
Don’t plan on multi-tasking if you’re driving through NT!
TERRITORY police intend to get tough on drivers using mobile phones, eating, drinking or even adjusting radios and mirrors while behind the wheel.
They will also be looking for inattentive motorists smoking, applying make-up, with pets on their laps, reading, texting and dialing numbers on a hands-free or mounted phone.
Full article: Police crack down on eating drivers
Date: May 4th, 2006 |
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For the Birds
Political correctness is taking over Australia…or, at least, American companies in Australia…
An aquatic theme park in Australia has renamed a species of penguins on exhibit lest the birds’ real name, fairy penguins, cause offense to people in the local gay community, reports the Sunday Mail. See For the Birds
Date: May 2nd, 2006 |
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Daily Dose! America is at War with Vegemite!
“In Australia the slogan is that Vegemite puts a rose in every cheek; but today America has slapped the cheek of every Australian.”
Weekend reports from Australian and New Zealand media said some people had been searched or asked by US Customs and Border Protection agents if they were carrying Vegemite
The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.
The great Aussie icon - faithfully carried around the world by travellers from downunder - contains folate, which under a technicality, America allows to be added only to breads and cereals.
Date: October 23rd, 2006 |
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Plea to smoke after paid sex
I just have to laugh and shake my head at this one….
BROTHELS should be exempt from Australia’s tough anti-smoking laws because it is a tradition for prostitutes and their customers to enjoy a cigarette together after having sex, an industry lobby group said yesterday. Plea to smoke after paid sex
Date: May 31st, 2006 |
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Rescuers free Australian gold miners
Hurray!
Rescuers have freed two Australian gold miners who had been trapped underground for two weeks after a cave-in that killed a co-worker, the mine’s manager said Tuesday.
Todd Russell, 35, and Brant Webb, 37, had been trapped in a steel cage since April 25, when a small earthquake triggered a rock fall in the Tasmanian gold mine where they worked. Rescuers had been working for more than a week to free them.
Rescuers free Australian gold miners
Date: May 9th, 2006 |
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Mine Antarctica, says Joyce
CONTROVERSIAL Queensland Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce has said Australia should mine Antarctica before another country gets in first.
He said if Australia did not start exploiting the mineral wealth of Antarctica soon, then other countries would extract minerals from the pristine frozen continent.
Uh, yeah, ’cause that isn’t going to piss off anyone else…
Read Mine Antarctica, says Joyce
Date: May 3rd, 2006 |
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Australia considers testing immigrants
In a move that’s sure to anger people on both sides of the immigration issue in Australia…especially since they single out Muslims in particular…
Australia’s conservative government has said it is considering testing immigrants’ English skills and their understanding of Australian cultural values before allowing them to become citizens.
Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Robb said the exam would help immigrants fit into Australian society and improve their job prospects.
Australia considers testing immigrants
Date: April 29th, 2006 |
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