Mardi Gras, (Mardi-Tuesday, Gras-Fat), fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, Ash Wednesday being the first day of Lent - 46 days from Eas...

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  Ever sat back and wondered who on earth buys those late night products; everlasting youth, a cream to cure baldness, something to scrub the de...

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  21 years old. That is so young. He played football and was a member of the bush fire brigade from a country family on Kangaroo Island.
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    When you go to Parliament you don’t leave your soul or your heart at the door, or at least you shouldn’t if people are to have any rel...

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    Have you ever been accosted at a bus stop by a junky who wants $5 for food? Can you afford it? Yes. Does he look like he needs a good ...

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  When I was young, just before I entered parliament, the comment about Canberra was that it "looks like Chatswood, votes like Cessnock." Howeve...

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  He sidled up next to me as I paid the bill. He was short and fit looking, about 55 with balding cropped grey hair; a dark green "I am making a...

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  Now, with the passing of Christmas and the majority of the floods the cogs of ritual are finally grinding forward. The kids are being bundled ...

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  No one can prepare themselves for what has happened in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley this week. Not for one moment do I propose that an eve...

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  It would be remiss if the Shadow Minister for Water did not talk about water in one of the nation’s biggest floods in history. A flood area ap...

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