Tuesday, October 7, 2008
I want to talk about a man today. A man whose awful fate has almost been forgotten in the headlines of a current court case. His name is Patrick Plumbe. I should say his name was Patrick Plumbe because he is dead.
He apparently died in a car accident when his car crashed into a tree not far from his home in Glenrowan back in 2005 and caught fire. Only two days after he got married. That was the original story. Even though his car was travelling at only 30 kilometers an hour and there were no skid marks. 
Monday, October 6, 2008
This is so crazy. This is so bizarre. This is so disgusting. And this is so wrong I hardly know where to start. A man who photographs naked children for a living in the name of art is given permission by a primary school principal to wander around the school yard, incognito, to pick out possible models for his camera. What was the headmaster Sue Knight thinking?
Friday, October 3, 2008
Six months I launched a campaign to have a law overturned. A law which thousands of people think is a bad law. A piece of legislation called an Extended Supervision Order. On the surface it sounds good for the community. Sounds like it is protecting the community. Extending the supervision of serial rapists and recidivist paedophiles after they leave jail. It’s not good. It’s bad. It actually helps sex offenders hide their identities after they are released back into society.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
This is going to be difficult and I want to stress that everybody deserves a fair trial and is innocent until proven guilty. I want to stress that for starters.
But. I believe I speak for thousands of people when I ask the question today: How can a young man, driving on L plates, allegedly doing 150 kilometers per hour, with a blood alcohol reading of .165 – more than three times the legal limit – be walking around our streets a free man? While the crushed and lifeless body of a student allegedly killed by his car lies in the morgue.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
As if you didn’t know, in tough economic times, the rent gougers are back in force. And it’s perfect weather for them. More people are renting. Vacancy levels are at their lowest in years. And for hundreds of desperate people their weekends go like this: Scour the newspapers and the Internet. Pick out five possibilities that aren’t really in the area of your choice but beggars can’t be choosers. Look at the tope end of your price range –because anything lower is bound to be virtually uninhabitable.
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