Whatever is going on …. everyone in the office has just received text messages from Victoria Police warning them of extreme weather and high fire risk. The police urge us to listen to the ABC! Wait till certain parties at the Herald Sun hear of this: law enforcement officers driving innocent citizens to the hands [...]
Tag Archives: bushfires
Ledger bushfire link confirmed
February 25, 2009 – 10:03 am
It was only a matter of time before Heath Ledger and bushfires found some point of conflation. We await confirmation that Heath’s ability to dig so brilliantly deeply into character was a hitherto unseen manifestation of the Aussie spirit. As The Australian reports:
Before leaving for the US, Kim Ledger said a win could bring a [...]
Aussie, aussie, aussie … fire, fire, fire
February 19, 2009 – 10:10 pm
Can’t we find a way to be Australian, even proudly so, without subscribing to all that rot?
Tough questions in the fire coverage
February 11, 2009 – 10:13 am
Pictures just aired on Sky (so you’ll see them again later!) showing tearful reunions of anxious couples in the bushfire areas, people running to each other in tears having presumably spent the past few days lost in all sorts of ghastly speculations and wonderings. And then as they meet, they are surrounded by film crews. [...]
Crikey editorial 09.02.09
February 9, 2009 – 3:29 pm
The sight of the Prime Minister offering hugs and more lasting measures of practical Commonwealth comfort to the victims of the Victorian bushfires, has been a telling counterpoint to the ugly posturings of last week. The bitter Parliamentary cock fight over stimulus and the rights or wrongs of various packages was a piece of purely political theatre that all [...]
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