Month: February 2014
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 19, 2014
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Hear No More of Her Schapelle Corby, celebrity jailbird by Australian media acclaim and blessed (though that’s hardly the word) with a scrofulous family, has finally been freed on parole. That’s a good outcome, far too long delayed but welcome nonetheless. The excessive jail […]
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Clumsy Confections on all Sides
Nick Feik, editor of the online newspaper PoliticsOz, wrote this in his editorial note today (Feb. 17): TERRITORIAL TENSIONS The Indonesian government had only just finished protesting to Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty over the Abbott government’s border protection policies when its foreign minister Marty Natalegawa was again fronting the media to object to Australian conduct. […]
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb 5, 2014
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences New ROLE for Netball Netballers have always been vaguely worrying. Their skill at stopping dead when they get the ball – since unlike basketball you can’t run with it – is a complete mystery to people (such as your diarist) whose own sport is […]