Listening to those on the other side, it's very clear: this government is like an old house with a termite problem; it's being destroyed from the inside out, eaten away every second of every day, and there is only so long you can keep pretending that everything is okay before you just have to knock it down and start over.
Read MoreThe seventeenth of October marks the fifth anniversary of the devastating Blue Mountains bushfires, which destroyed 200 homes in Mount Victoria, Winmalee, Springwood and Yellow Rock.
Read MoreThere are some members in this place who will remember the petrol queues of the seventies when, because of a world shortage, petrol was in very short supply in Australia.
Read MoreAs I drive the 35 minutes from my home to my office, there are three places that I know my mobile phone will drop out and, depending on the weather, another couple where it might.
Read MoreThe deaths of two young people, two other lives under threat and harm done to many others at this weekend's Defqon festival at the base of the Blue Mountains highlight that our current approach to drug policy is not enough.
Read MoreThere are reports out of Palestine that dozens of human rights activists —Bedouin, Palestinian and Israeli—are currently camped out at the Bedouin village of Khan al-Amar.
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