Tony Abbott, the Man Who Stopped the Votes

'ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering; there is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in.' leonard cohen

Kim Jong Un visit confirmed for Moscow in May It appears North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make Moscow the venue for his first foreign visit in May.

Vale to Tom Uren, a great Australian Socialist. So much, so well done, so true.

Dear Editor As a secular, atheist, free speaking and free thinking Australian I am appalled by the continual destruction of human life and human meaning by the Great Religions, whether they be Baptists, Bath'ists, Bejesusus or BeJews Bemohammedans or Buddhists. To me, they are all an equal blight of cancer upon human societies and human intelligence and are only propelled through thousands of years by the powers of property ownership and buggery, which is all they are all basically interested in. Good riddance to bad rubbish. As for laws about free speech, well, I think if you have the courage to think it, then you have the courage to state it, and woe be to anyone who stands against that in the 21st century.

Seoul seeks proactive means to curb 'anti-state' groups The Justice Ministry will seek to devise proactive means for curbing "anti-state" and "pro-enemy" activities, such as those that support North Korea, it said Wednesday.

Teachers get suspended jail terms for security law breach (Yonhap News) Four teachers received suspended jail terms Friday after a Seoul court found them guilty of engaging in pro-North Korea activities.