HowRudd

Of course the question over Internet censorship proposals by the new Australian government of Kevin Rudd , a policy that would more have been expected of former incumbent John Howard raises similarities between when Tony Blair came to power in Britain after such a long period of conservative rule. It’s taken the Australian Labor [...]

Australia To Filter Internet

Speaking of Australia I was interested to hear that despite a change of leadership down under the Labor government of Kevin Rudd (’alright Kev?’) still intends to filter the Internet for all Australians which has seen statements around the internet such as this from Duncan Riley of technical blog Techncrunch:
“The Australian Government has announced [...]

Sooooo 2007

A text message across the time zones from my partner’s young niece in Australia. Any chance for an Australian to feel superior as 2008 hit them at 1pm our time. Happy New Year Australia.

 
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Brown’s British Jobs

The controversy surrounding Gordon Brown’s sound bite slogan ‘British jobs for British workers’ is perhaps predictable. The Australians have a vaguely similar slogan that is encountered within Australia which is ‘Australian owned business’ (which could be accused of meaning very little as we need to define who qualifies as an Australian outside anybody who happens [...]

Australian Birth Rate Rises

In Australia the birth rate has risen to the highest level in 12 years. However women are having children later in life than in the past with the majority of births occurring in the 30 to 34 age range resulting in the highest birth-rate for women of this age in 43 years whilst women aged [...]