Digging in the Dirt

Yesterday Rio Tinto (who I always thought was a Brasilian footballer) announced that it was cutting 14,000 jobs worldwide, with the number to be slashed in Australia yet to be determined.
And the unemployment rate in Australia is now 4.4% – as 15,600 jobs were lost in November. John Edwards of HSBC says:
This is not a [...]

‘World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education’ continues

Posted by Kevin Rennie
The second video from Black Tracks of the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference: Education 2008 being held in Melbourne this week is now online. Please click here for other posts about the conference.

Christmas Carol Competition!

It has come to my attention, that I have been accused, somewhat obliquely I might add, of not quite getting into “the Christmas spirit.” To countenance this speculation, and to demonstrate that I am perfectly capable of “having a good time” (if it’s absolutely necessary), I am today getting into the swing of things [...]