downunder update

I have a friend who spends at least an hour each day “clicking” for charity. She says it feeds some children, somewhere.  Apparently, if you click on a button some percentage of a cent will be forwarded to something, some group, some organisation  (some church?)  which feeds children.
Now I don’t know about you, but I  [...]

Australia showed disturbing signs yesterday of moving into the 21st century.
Australia’s 25th governor-general is Quentin Bryce, prominent lawyer, academic and womens’ activist. Her appointment ends 107 years of male dominated tradition.
The state of Queensland has historically been noted as no country for women, old or young. Especially under former Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
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Daniel Mannix
When Dan Mannix died, the bell ringer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral struck the passing bell, 99 tolls at one minute intervals.
An estimated 200,000 people filed past the coffin of the longtime Archbishop of Melbourne who died in 1963, just four months short of his centenary. It was rumoured that he deliberately died young [...]