Archive for the ‘Politicians and Prudes’ Category
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Have we entered the Twilight Zone? The Queensland Government have announced they will ban skateboarding and rollerblading at night, while the NSW Government wants energy drinks like V and Red Bull taken off the market.
Queensland
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According to Queensland Transport Minister Rachel Nolan, Queensland ...
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Update 2/06/09: Kyle was kind enough to point out in the comments section that this is available for a short time on iView. Watch it here.
Update 10:47PM: A little short on the details, but definitely worth your time. Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, in the words of Patrick Bateman, was a ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Well at least according to Whirlpool. Or if you believe ZDNet he's still the minister but has scrapped the filter. Visit Overclockers though and you'll see it's already in action. Heck, I'm just glad we're finally getting net licenses.
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
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Liberal MP Steve Irons wants a board game that he says encourages alcohol abuse banned from sale in Australia. The game in question, Pass-out, has players travel around the game board taking drinks and reciting tongue twisters. It's been around in board game form ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
If it wasn't such a serious issue (and one that has been around for well over a year in Labor land), Senator Conroy's game of dodge-the-question in parliament today would be comedy gold.
Conroy not only fails to answer a single question put forth by Senator Cory Bernardi (good questions, at ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
BP and Shell service stations will drop pornographic Category 1 magazines from their stores after a successful campaign to have them removed by Kids Free 2 B Kids and Australian Women's Forum. According to Refused-Classification.com, Kids Free 2 B Kids issued a press release in September accusing the petrol giants of ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Nothing unexpected here: The Australian Christian Lobby has called for bipartisan support of ISP filtering, saying that in the interests of children this issue should be placed above party politics and the impact on speed is a small price to pay. ACL says Australia is taking a huge step forward with ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
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Here's a ripper: Moral guardian group and soldiers in the battle against filth, Salt Shakers, are going bonkers over a new book from Labor backbencher Graham Perrett. Why? Salt Shakers believe leaders of the nation should not be encouraging reading that ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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Our PM is a little confused with what the party plan is. He wants turbocharged education and high speed broadband for our kids. Here's what he's been running around saying today:
"Mr Murdoch is right, a 21st century ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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I'm not going to waste much breath on Barnaby Joyce, but he's concerned pornography available in petrol stations and corner stores is encouraging paedophilia. I know. I know. Another ripper from the Barnaby School of No Evidence.
Senator Julian McGauran also ...
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