There's no doubt the man is ambitious and methinks Bill Shorten does speaks too much.
They must be giving thanks at British American Tobacco to Attorney General Nicola Roxon.
Australia ranks number one out of all countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials according to a report today by the international organisation the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Richard Farmer's chunky bits include: US orange juice with a special new ingredient (fungicide), Mitt Romney's "no surprises here" victory in New Hampshire and gloomy news for job seekers.
Politicians pay rises ... Tasmanian apple industry ... Climate change ...
Australians certainly did not go on an early pre-Christmas shopping spree.
The survival of Julia Gillard as Labor leader until the next election is rated by the Crikey Leadership Indicator at 50% as the year comes towards its end.
Blaming obesity on the free market is the purpose of research from a University of Michigan academic to be published later this month in the journal Critical Public Health. Roberto De Vogli, associate professor in the U-M School of Public Health believes obesity can be seen as one of the unintended side effects of free market policies.
In Richard Farmer's Chunky Bits: there may not be a solution on asylum seekers, public employment keeps steadily growing, start guarding the Maillol, a patriotic Christmas and more ...
The sagging public confidence about economic conditions that the pollsters are reporting is unlikely to be improved when workers get their next statement from superannuation funds.
