Knowingly spreading HIV

This subject is one which I find so completely abhorrent, and yet I feel it necessary for it to be aired.
What kind of person, knowing that they are HIV positive, delberately and systematically goes about trying to infect as many others as possible with the virus.
Personally I have known a number of friends who have [...]

Education Revolution

(This is a guest post by Tracie of FNQ)
Ok everyone I am starting to feel slightly less relaxed and comfortable about some aspects of the Govt’s  ‘Education Revolution’, notably what seems like unseemly haste on the part of our Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, to introduce reforms to our education system, based on the New [...]

One Laptop Per Child

I see that the One Laptop per Child organisation is launching its initiative in Sydney this weekend, where the children that benefit are in our own backyard (Oceania).
joni

Thanksgiving Caption Competition

Thanksgiving is an american thing. Americans celebrate it tomorrow with a nice meal. George Bush is planning to have a turkey.

Mi Mi Mi Midweek Mayhem…

Sorry about the stutter.
Welcome to midweek mayhem, the place where we get to talk about anything and everything – now with a new and improved responsible drinking policy.
A new OECD report has been issued today, with some good news – Australia is tipped to avoid recession and be one of the few developed nations to [...]

Without the hot air: the energy numbers

Posted by Kevin Rennie
Thanks to openDemocracy, I found and downloaded Numbers, not adjectives, the first part of David MacKay’s book Sustainable Energy – without the hot air.
If the rest is as interesting and readable as Chapter 1 Motivations, it could prove to be a real gem. His take on the debate about renewables versus [...]