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by on September 28, 2009in Google News, News, The Age, national, property Does this model need to slim down? Fat chance The Age PROPERTY developer Andrew Rettig enlisted bikini babe Jodhi Meares as the ''lifestyle collaborator'' for South Yarra's Clara development , unusually located ..Read more:Does this model need to slim down? Fat chance – The AgeTagged as: clara, enlisted-bikini, jodhi, model, News, property, property developer, south,

by on September 16, 2009in News, property Office projects head home The Age Managing direct of CB Richard Ellis in South Yarra, Andrew Dawkins, said a property at 347 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, was being marketed with a permit for … and moreTagged as: camberwell, News, projects-head, property, richard, richard-ellis, south, south-yarra, table-border

It"s curious how a restaurant receives no reviews for years then suddenly gets two at once. The Penang Affair Malaysian restaurant on Brunswick St was reviewed briefly back in 2006 by Andrew at The Monkey Puzzle, then there was nothing until this year when Gluten Savvy and Gluten Schmooten reviewed it. They all give it a positive review, so I must remember to go again. I"ve not eaten there since before I started writing Fitzroyalty.

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It"s April, which besides all the pranks going on, it"s the start of the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.  What"s with putting International in every festival and show? The only thing I know about the Flower show is that I noticed the parking lot underneath was full and loads of people bustling around at 9AM this morning. As for the comedy......Read Full Article»

Gosh, those writers at The Age are getting creative with their headlines. Today"s op-ed piece by Sam Roggeveen is titled "How do you solve a problem like North Korea". Julie Andrews fans will of course know the reference to the song "How do you solve a problem like Maria" from The Sound of Music.

There was another humdinger yesterday too with "Czechs bounce PM as credit crisis deepens". I suspect that headline was in the pipeline well before election day....Read Full Article»

In this thread , I theorised about using the fires being used as a logic-bomb excuse to slash and burn state forest.

Fuck Andrew Bolt, Wilson Tuckey beat him to the punch. *facepalms*...Read Full Article»

For once, I think I might almost agree with Andrew Bolt. Melbourne is ruined.

Topically, we've got a train system that breaks whenever the mercury climbs above 30, something that is happening more and more. ...Read Full Article»

28 March 2008

Official statistics...Read Full Article»

Web mapping services provider Mapufacture looks like it has a promising future as location based content grows in popularity. Mapufacture"s GeoRSS standard is endorsed by Outside.In, which aggregates and syndicates geotagged content. It will become more important for bloggers to geotag their content to maximise its distribution and readership, and GeoRSS is a fantastic addition to location based blogs.

Having tested various WordPress mapping plugins, I think Mapufacture"s WordPress mapping plugin GeoPress is the most sophisticated in terms of functionality and also the most useful and straightforward to implement. GeoPress allows bloggers to geotag posts, publish maps of posts and distribute geotagged content via GeoRSS enabled RSS and Atom feeds....Read Full Article»

We live in a society that is soft on violent crime. We excuse aggressive behaviour and do not allow people to adequately protect themselves, their families and their property from assault without fear of being prosecuted for their defensive response.

In a recent case a Sydney man used a whip to defend his property, his family and party guests from violent gatecrashers. He has been warned that he may be charged with the use of excessive force in defending himself. This is nonsense. There should be no such thing as a charge of excessive force for self defence. The right to defend yourself, your family and your property from within the boundaries of your property should be absolute....Read Full Article»