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90 Percent of Australia Will Have Broadband Faster Than First Class Post

August 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News

Tony Abbott has promised internet speeds faster than first class post for 97% of Australia in his new broadband policy.
This is the start of Ramadan. Saudi Arabian TV executives said, on reflection, this was a bad time to have scheduled MasterChef.
There’s a new superbug from India – Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureus. Doctors say pronunciation should only [...]

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BP blames Wikileaks for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · News

More jobs than expected were created in the US last month. A grocery store in Montana took on a janitor and a pizza outlet in Idaho is looking for a part time delivery driver.
Kevin Rudd has said he holds no resentment for being ousted. “Life’s too short” he said yesterday “Or at least it will [...]

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“Labor Spill Nothing To Do With Us” says BP

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · News

BP has been quick to rebuke rumours that they had anything to do with the leadership spill in the Labor party. claim it is nothing to do with them.
Kevin Rudd, desperate to hang on to his leadership, is reported to have said “look if you want a woman Prime Minister, I’m prepared to have the [...]

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Sting New Year Eve Concert Cancelled – To Keep People Awake Till Midnight

June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · News

The NSW budget has been balanced with a super pocket money tax. The government will take 40 per cent of anything given to rich kids by their parents. Some have complained that it’s just another tax on minors.
A New Year’s Eve concert with Sting has been scrapped because the NSW government wants people to stay [...]

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Israel to Deport All Foreign Activists, Using Fake Australian Passports

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · News

Google launches its Chrome operating system later this year. People will be able to get a copy from the secret Google van parked outside the front of their house.
Naked short selling is no longer permitted in Germany, except on certain beaches and in the parks.
May was the worst month for deaths in Afghanistan. Barry O’Farrell [...]

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Tony Abbott wants another debate, this time with no clothes on

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · News

Northern Territory’s croc population will be controlled through a crocodile management program. Critics have said its ridiculous to expect crocodiles to hold any sort of management position without eating staff members.
Reports show mums with children under 15 do 2.5 hours more paid and unpaid work than their husbands, but they’re not complaining. They don’t have [...]

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International Dress Up As a Woman Day

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · News

Today is International Womens Day. People all over the world are being urged to dress up as women, even Belinda Neal.
Belinda Neal has lost her seat on the Central Coast but today puts on her bikini to start shooting the new Tourism Australia campaign “don’t you know who the f**k we are”
Kevin Rudd has thanked [...]

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Rudd to run hospitals, but will keep surgeons on for the more tricky operations

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · News

Kevin Rudd plans for the federal governments to take over hospitals, although surgeons will still be used for some of the more tricky operations.
Macdonalds could soon be selling Weight Watrcher meals. Staff are being trained to upsell with “do you want another lettuce leaf with that?”
Tony Abbott was lost for six hours on a quad [...]

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How Do We Sleep When Our Roof Is Burning?

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · News

Peter Garrett has said he has no plans to record an adaption to the Midnight Oil hit “how do we sleep when our roof is burning”.
Malcolm Turnbull has denied speculation that he was driving the truck that nearly took out Tony Abbott on the Hume Highway yesterday. The fact it missed supports his argument.
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Google Search Bots Found Rifling Through Filing Cabinets in Beijing

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · News

The US has made allegations of Chinese government sponsored cyber attacks on US targets. In response Barack Obama has refused to accept Hu Jintao as a friend on Facebook.
A Google search bot has been arrested by Chinese authorities for stealing state secrets. It’s sharing a cell with Stern Hu.
BA cabin crews are to decide again [...]

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