You don’t often hear people challenging someone’s claim to be Italian. Or Swedish, or American. Generally you accept what they say even if they don’t have an accent, or [...more]

Under fire … Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo: Reuters About 35,000 people have turned out in Manchester to demonstrate against government budget [...more]

Watch out Peter Garrett: another bald, outspoken rock star has his sights set on Parliament House. And he’s determined to bring Julia Gillard’s government – [...more]

ON LINE  opinion  – Australia's e-journal of social and political debate Carbon tax and other dirty language By Nicki Roller Posted Friday, 30 September 2011 Pro [...more]

Issue: 2271 dated: 1 October 2011 News online only posted: 11.30am Sun 2 Oct 2011 | updated: 1.09pm Sun 2 Oct 2011 Protest against Tory conference in [...more]