Tony Abbott now regularly getting more than half the coverage of the PM, who copped another bad couple of polls in the last couple of days
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What would L Ron Hubbard do? Roll up for religion at $195 a pop
The Parliament of the World’s Religions was held at the Melbourne Convention Centre this week, but the chance to enter paradise and share in the joy, peace, love and crystals came with a hefty price tag.
Abbott meets the Dalai Lama. Hilarity ensues
Yesterday Opposition leader Tony Abbott met with the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama thanked Australia for accepting Tibetan refugees, Abbott said “I’d discourage him from sending them on leaky boats”.
Unlike Bush, Obama gives Dalai Lama the cold shoulder
They used to be BFFs, but worried about upsetting China, US President Obama has now put off meeting with exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, drawing criticism from both sides of politics. Even Dubbya didn’t risk that kind of bad karma.
Why I fist-bumped the Dalai Lama
The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, Myron Lowery recently met the Dalai Lama. The traditional greeting is to bow your head with your hands in prayer — but Lowery opted instead for a “fist-bump” and an enthusiastic “Well, hello … Dalai!” He explains why.
Libs in a twist over China
The Coalition just can’t decide what their stand is on China/Australia relations. The only thing they can agree on: all the diplomatic problems are thanks to PM Kevin Rudd, writes Lenore Taylor.
MPs to India: an unofficial parliamentary delegation to visit the Dalai Lama
What does one give a simple Buddhist monk for his 74th birthday? The Federal Member for Fremantle Melissa Parke writes on her recent travels to India.
Who will be Tibet’s next Dalai Lama?
As the current Dalai Lama grows older, the question of just how the next Tibetan Buddhist leader will be chosen is growing more complicated.
The Dalai Lama’s Tibet: now that was hell on earth
The Dalai Lama and the system he represents made life intolerable for millions of Tibetans over hundreds of years, writes Greg Barns.
