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To freedom …

The Australian Human Rights Commission is a 100% taxpayer-funded organisation. One of its tasks is to advocate on behalf of Australians’ human rights. On its web page it mentions “discrimination” a bit and of course it mentions “freedom of speech”.

You can gain a quick and dirty notion of its priorities by comparing how often. “Discrimination” is mentioned 12,200 times, “freedom of speech” just 423 times.

And that may not be the oddest thing about their priorities …

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What could be The Most Important Human Rights Issue of all? Fortunately the public can’t be trusted to get that right. They should get Get Up onto the job, get some healthy bias in there.

They have though, created a whole new tax payer funded verb …

We all want to freedom. My word we do …

Millie at Mordi …

Week two of the Big Band Sunset Festival at Mordialloc coming up.

Mojo will be performing at 7. Millie will be the star of the show performing some big soul numbers.

No need to wait until that late … there will be big band entertainment from 3.30.

BYO wine, glass, camp chair or rug.

It’s free.

More than enough …

Danger …

From my Gippsland correspondent, the news is a few days old but may shed light on a hurried resignation …

A public school teacher was arrested today at Tullamarine International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Nicola Roxon said she believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. She did not identify the man, who has been charged by the AFP with carrying weapons of math instruction.

‘Al-Gebra is a problem for us’, the Attorney General said. ‘They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.’ They use secret code names like “X” and “Y” and refer to themselves as “unknowns” but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.
As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, “There are 3 sides to every triangle.”

When asked to comment on the arrest, Prime Minister Gillard said, “If Darwin had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes.” Government aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the Prime Minister. It is believed that a Nobel Prize will follow.

Where is the health inspector … ?

Nothing shonky here, folks, move right along.

Mr Sheldon, secretary of the Transport Workers Union and Labor’s national vice-president, recently had this to say about the scandal-plagued NSW Right faction of the ALP …

“Like cockroaches, B-grade politicians are able to thrive on the corruption and detritus that lies under the dishwasher,”

“Our crisis is more than just a crisis of trust brought on by the corrupt behaviour of property scammers and lobbyists,”

“It’s a crisis of belief brought on by a lack of moral and political purpose.”

Now, friends in high places, or under the dishwasher can be very valuable. A gift from a close personal friend could earn a well placed guy a $1oom, say. And a gift from a close personal friend wouldn’t need to be declared on the parliamentary register of pecuniary interests.

Eddy and co own a resort at Perisher, in peak season apartments at the Stables can cost as much as $2690 for a weekend.

Senator Conroy, on his first full day as the Gillard government’s Senate leader, admits he and his family enjoyed free hospitality at Perisher, not declared because it was a personal gift, which must make him a good friend.

There are a few good friends around, I notice former senator Arbib gets a mention. Tony Burke, minister for sustainability stayed a couple of times. And of course Mr MacDonald was a very, very good friend and honoured guest.

Mr Shorten denies being a friend, apparently skiing is among the things he can’t do.

For Mark Dreyfus …

Julia gets her Roxoff …

It’s now a race against time for Nicola … what sort of dent can she make in our freedom of speech with so little time left to do it.

Julia tells us that she knew of Nicola’s plan to depart a year ago. It must have been shortly after telling Julia the news that she was promoted to Attorney General, makes sense.

And farewell Senator Chris Evans, with three years of his term unserved (yet another Parole Board error?). Famous for dismantling the Pacific solution and boasting …

“The Rudd government pledged to dismantle the Pacific Solution. It has been done and there is no intention to return to that shameful period.”

He will be replaced in the portfolio for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research by Chris Bowen, fresh from his half arsed attempt to return us to “that shameful period.”

But some good news for the government … the celebrity minister for pink batts announces that the computer hand-out has been ‘’delivered on time and within budget’’. The importance of this project can be judged by his own words just 12 months ago …

“If the Opposition had their way, thousands of kids would miss out on new technology and the computers they do have would never be replaced or upgraded,” Mr Garrett said.

“In contrast, the Australian Government believes every kid in every school should have the best possible education … “

Can’t understand why they’ve scrapped it really.

Mojo at Mordialloc …

The outstanding Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra will be performing the first of the Big Band Sunset concerts this Saturday night.

You will find them on the banks of the Mordialloc Creek by the roundabout on Nepean Highway. The main feature starts at 7 pm although there will be free music all afternoon.

This week the band are backing The King, well-known Elvis tribute artist Mark Andrew.

It will be fabulous, hope to see you there.

Julia loves Craig …

Jules announced the election date yesterday, an extraordinarily early release. Graham Richardson thought it a pretty dumb move because it enabled the Liberal Party to plan its timetable with precision. He was moved to say …

I just can’t follow why this Labor government and this Prime Minister does what it does. It is a mystery to me and to millions of Australians as well.

Among the reasons bandied about as to why, were a couple that made sense, it makes it harder for a challenge from Mr. Rudd and it provides an excuse for deferring any by elections until September. Hence the government can’t be brought down if one of the people it relies on should be hauled off to jail.

Today one of those people was arrested and it seems will soon be facing 149 cases of fraud. His lawyer stressed that only a small proportion of the alleged offences involved paying for prostitutes with other people’s money.

So, remarkable timing from our Julia … does she have contacts in the NSW Police or perhaps Channel 7?

Light at the end of the tunnel …

If we can believe the prime minister, the federal election will be held on September 14th.

She couldn’t stuff that up, could she?

Just when is Yom Kippur, day of atonement, holiest day of the Jewish year? Hope they’re not offended.

Christine Milne, meanwhile, suggests that it will be an opportunity for the electorate to endorse the Green influence on this nation’s direction. Bearing in mind that the main criticism the Greens have of the government is that they didn’t spend enough of the taxpayer’s hard-earned money, let’s endorse them all the way to oblivion.