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Abbott laid out his plans for all to see

Posted: 01 Dec 09 | No-one has ever said Abbott lacked the courage of his convictions. And those convictions were laid out in 200 pages of political manifesto on July 28 this year. |

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Abbott wins by standing for something

Posted: 01 Dec 09 | The Liberal Party room has decided it wants a leader who stands for something rather than a cuddly teddy bear who can’t take a position |

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Turnbull to die for honour

Posted: 01 Dec 09 | MALCOLM TURNBULL will offer himself as Australia's first political martyr to the cause of climate change. |

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Ascetic warrior ready for battle

Posted: 27 Nov 09 | Tony Abbott, long known as the Mad Monk, transmogrified into a vision of the Grim Reaper as he swung through Malcolm Turnbull's office yesterday afternoon. Those who have met him on a rugby field or a boxing ring know there is much of the ascetic warrior in the Abbott. |

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The lawyer who under-charged...and other fairytales

Posted: 23 Nov 09 | Heard the one about the lawyer who charged like a perfectly reasonable, unmolested, even-tempered bull? Me neither. |

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Raunch culture and the growth of the 'designer vagina'

Posted: 20 Nov 09 | BRITNEY Spears' singing prowess may be deeply suspect but she can thrust her genitals at a camera with aplomb. |

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Twilight girls learn to give up all for love

Posted: 19 Nov 09 | When I was growing up, my literary heroine was Josephine March from Little Women. Jo was a lanky tomboy with no interest in frocks or gentlemen. While her sisters flirted and fretted about their noses, Jo scribbled in the attic, dreaming of becoming a writer. |

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Uncouth Poms beat us at our own game

Posted: 12 Nov 09 | The English have become yobs, and the Australians, snobs. |

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God is good, but just be sure not to take Him too literally

Posted: 10 Nov 09 | One reason why Christian faith has declined in the West is because of the reliance placed on a literal reading of the testaments. Such an approach has tangled the Christian faith in a confusion of contradictions. |

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Bringing poll dancing to the polls

Posted: 09 Nov 09 | In something of an "F" you to conservative politics, the Australian Sex Party's leader Fiona Patten announced her candidacy for the seat of Higgins. |

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Ladies Day: alcohol poisioning, sunburn and regret

Posted: 05 Nov 09 | As a feminist, I struggle with the Spring Racing Carnival. |

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Jackson and Safron, as similar as black and white

Posted: 29 Oct 09 | Michael Jackson and John Safran are peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, ebony and ivory on the keyboard in perfect harmony. Seriously. |

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Celebrity atheists expose their hypocrisy

Posted: 26 Oct 09 | A flurry of books bashing religion are making best-seller lists and grabbing a lot of attention. |

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BBC goes PC potty over Humpty Dumpty

Posted: 20 Oct 09 | The BBC has tweaked children's nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty, to ensure it has a happy ending. |

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Real men not afraid to take a stand

Posted: 19 Oct 09 | 'Great gig, eh?'' the drunk at the pub sprayed at me as we stood at the urinal on Saturday night. |

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A bloody mob of hypocrites

Posted: 19 Oct 09 | Eight nights ago Channel Nine's 60 Minutes ran a blood-curdling story about the herding and slaughter of dolphins near the Japanese fishing town of Taiji, describing what it called the ''Dante's inferno'' for dolphins. It was harrowing. It was also a classic case of Australians in glass houses. |

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Kids should not be taken on planes

Posted: 07 Oct 09 | I need to make a public apology. I am deeply sorry for travelling on planes with my children when they were babies and toddlers. I am ashamed. I am remorseful. I am scum. |

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Lessons from the death of a little girl

Posted: 07 Oct 09 | In sentencing the mother of Ebony - the seven-year-old girl from Hawks Nest who died of starvation - to life and her father to 12 years, Justice Robert Hulme of the NSW Supreme Court got one thing right. Their crime was reprehensible. No lesser sentence would have done. Nothing excuses her parents' inaction. |

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Forgiving fans in a league of their own

Posted: 02 Oct 09 | As a member of the National Rugby League board for the past five seasons, I am only too familiar with off-field incidents. Each in isolation brought shame to the game and those who love it. Collectively it seemed to reach almost epidemic proportions. |

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Should gyms intervene if someone has an eating disorder?

Posted: 29 Sep 09 | don't go to the gym as regularly as I should, but each time I do, Amy is there too. While I'm trying to wake up on the treadmill, Amy is coming out of the early morning aerobics class, after an hour-long workout. While others head to the showers, Amy heads to the bicycles. |

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