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If you lived in Australia...
... it's true you would nearly be in the 'sweaty season' right now. Summer. Deadly spiders could nibble you in your sleep, and you could wake up with a cuddly snake in your bed. Or a kanguru licking your feet
But at least you have an honest leader! Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...#ixzz2DASd3wvb Julia Gillard's former boyfriend and one time Australian Workers Union boss Bruce Wilson has broken his silence on the 17-year-old union slush fund saga declaring the Prime Minister has "absolutely nothing to answer for" and "did no wrong" So please pray for this beautiful, integritiful lady - she will save you! |
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palo, palo, palo......maaate get some of these Never, not yesterday, not today, not tomorrow or next millenium...... You couldn't pay me enough to even think of doing that
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palo..mate...buddy Summer's here Time for fun We've just had a week of summer weather and too welcome it, it felt like the whole country was thunderstorm after thunderstorm day after day. I'd just spent a week in Darwin , the humidity there is something too be experienced.... shirt is wet almost constantly I'd heard of a condition , 'Mango Madness', where people go a bit silly because of the humidity up there Quote:
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Beautiful pics Thunderstorms like that are rare here. We get about one a year, I think. At the moment, snow is dumping on us, and it's -14C, so if you want to chill out... Quote:
I don't understand why anyone lives in Darwin, except for work. Every time I read about it, the difficult climate is mentioned - do we have any Darwiners who can explain it? Mango madness: the news.au article is hard to understand. I mean, I understand all the words and sentences, but why do they say that facial injuries are numerous in Darwin because of heat and lack of rain, 'and only Greenland is worse'? Ok, maybe I didn't understand it and am just too dumb; but does it seem scientific to compare NT with Greenland? |
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I've been reading some Australian novelists: Kenneth Cook. His book Wake in Fright portrays some parts of Australia and its culture as pretty brutal - the schoolteacher in a remote town ends up losing all his money in a gambling game; his punishment is to drive around the outback with a bunch of drunks assassinating kangaroos.
And Nevil Shute. Though technically Shute was English, but he emigrated to Australia in the late 40s when Clement Atlee had the cheek to ask him to pay tax on his earnings. Some of his Australian-set novels are stunning; On the Beach is deservedly famous, but Requiem for a Wren is heartbreakingly good. I think I'm reading about Australia because I've realised I'm never going to get there.
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The problem that Australia is facing is somewhat like Norway -- huge wealth from extractive industries (oil in Norway, coal and ore in Oz, mostly) distorts everything else. You can see the impact of the mining wealth on overall price levels in a comparison of cost of living between NZ and Oz. NZ is much cheaper, and its still a very productive economy, but there's no river of money from one commodity warping everything else. Natural resources wealth really is a "mixed blessing" -- because it kills competitiveness in every other sector. The mining tax would have addressed that somewhat, but Rinehart and her cronies managed to sink it . . . too bad. |
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