This is the face of eight year old Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Schu who was found raped and murdered in a Perth toilet earlier this year. It must be heartbreaking for her older brother who had let her out of his sight only for her to go to the toilet and when she failed to reappear had tried … More Such a sad little story this…

Supporters of Bindi Irwin have been complaining about those of us who fear for her wellbeing by complaining aout her returning so soon to a full workload. The suggestion is that she has a psychological survival kit that is kicking in to help her deal with both her own and her *mothers* grief. Maybe they’re … More Seems I'm not alone.

You can understand it with visitors to Australia, they might not know that of the worlds ten most dangerous snakes… all ten live here. But I have to admit it… a local who is so stupid as to pick up a Death Adder thinking it’s a lizard defies belief. Let’s face it… surely even the … More A Darwin Awards Candidate?

There are a total of twelve Australians in prison in Indonesia who will be eligible to serve out their sentences here in Oz. There are also fifty-seven Indonesians here in Australia who might be able to go home. One of the Australians is convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, however… she at least is currently insisting … More Schapelle Corby votes to stay.

Warnings today from Treasurer Peter Costello that the drought that’s devastating large areas of Australia is set to worsen this year bringing with it further deterioration in the earning power of our farmers. In fact he is predicting that without rain soon Australian farming is set to enter a severe recession. Coupled with this is … More Drought kills in many ways

Yet more on Bindi Irwin. Following on from my concern that the Awards night exposure might have been a bit much comes news she’s going to do a major show on ABC telling us all how she feels about her life without her father. This is *way* over the top… I think there’ll be a … More Bindi Irwin again – No I'm *not* obsessed!

Black groups are up in arms because Angelina Jolie has been chosen to play the part of Daniel Pearls wife, Mariane. Their complaint is that Marianne is ‘mixed race’ and Angelina is white. Well lets see now. For starters Mariane is not complaining at all and is quite pleased Angelina is playing her. Secondly… she … More Jolie Green Giant

Oh ma gawd… it looks like it’s gonna be a bad year. Already just a few k’s from us a couple of houses went up in smoke… drove past them today when picking up one of the eldest daughters friends… too close to them for comfort.. and not that far from us really. Now I … More I hate bushfire season.

The wife had a mammogram the other week and she sent me off to pick her results in advance of a weekend visit to the doctors… so off I went. I meandered around Westmead Hospital visiting around 10 departments before I rang the wife to find out exactly where it was she’d gone. She reminded … More What a morning!

So, up to three quarters of a million Iraqis have died since the Americans invaded their country in 2003. Since the idea was to liberate them… one can only imagine the joy with which they met their deaths. The US military is of course disputing the figures, because they include ‘natural deaths and deaths from … More Death is freedom…