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PM Julia Gillard seems to be playing a strange waiting game down under now that she has refused to introduce fruit machine legislation until 2016 (to placate a independent in her coalition government after relinquishing the speakers chair to a member of the opposition/independent last year. When is a coalition promise a promise . . . → Read More: Walking a tight rope Mort send me this amusing political take on the Aussie Greens Movement Who is this about 1 min 26 secs in to the vid at Ok found it – Sara Blasko . . . → Read More: Ship Project – who is she?
The Sydney Opera House has produced a star-studded interpretation of Nick Cave’s ‘The Ship Song’. Featured on the track are Martha Wainwright, The Temper Trap and Neil Finn of Crowded House, as well as local acts Sarah Blasko , Angus and Julia Stone, Daniel Johns, The Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra and . . . → Read More: Truly inspiring Website: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com The Ship Song Project – Sydney Opera House reinterprets Nick Cave’s iconic song. Performed by Neil Finn, Kev Carmody and The Australian Ballet, Sarah Blasko, John Bell, Angus and Julia Stone, Paul Kelly and Bangarra Dance Theatre, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Opera Australia, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan and The Sydney Symphony, . . . → Read More: Truly inspiring Mort sent me this Crikey piece: Pity the Murdoch’s, innocents lost in a world of knaves and fools Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes: They didn’t know, you see. No one told them. Not that they were kept in the dark, mind, but they weren’t kept informed, either. They weren’t willfully blind, but they do regret that things "weren’t known". They were as surprised and upset as the rest of us. And their lawyers kept making them do things they wished they didn’t. But they were very sorry. None of it was anything to do with them, but they were definitely very sorry. Rupert and James Murdoch, strangers in their own company, mystified to discover that someone – they’re not quite sure who – had been doing terrible things and covering it up. The performances differed, of course. Rupert played the doddery old man, Charles Foster Kane on the blasted heath. His family and entourage looked, rightly, worried whenever he opened his mouth. His incessant banging of the table and his bizarre introductory non sequitur, declaring how humbled he was – a line doubtless hours in rehearsal – seemed liked the actions of a confused nursing home resident. At one stage, he even declared he couldn’t remember his own words uttered mere days before. Australian PM Julia Gillard has vowed to push on with plans for a carbon tax, despite Labor’s approval rating hitting a new low. The latest poll showed Labor’s approval was just 27%, the lowest for nearly 40 years and 60% would prefer former PM Kevin Rudd in the top job again. Ms Gillard told . . . → Read More: Polls bloody polls A few years ago Mort wrote about the Archibald, it’s an annual exhibition held at the NSW gallery in Sydney. Generally there are about a 100 portraits on display, but there are many more that don’t make it. The packers; the people who unload and display the works have a vote amongst themselves. I . . . → Read More: Archbald |
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