Monthly Archives: September 2003

I’ll be in one from tomorrow: New Zullind to be precise – until October 12. I won’t be posting until I’m back but I’m sure I’ll find the opportunity to comment from time to time.

Nigeria has just launched it’s first satellite – from a missile base in Russia. The Washington Post reports Nigerian space agency spokesman, Solomon Olaniyi, saying that the government plans to use the $13 million satellite to monitor water resources, soil … Continue reading →

Out go Richard Alston and Wilson Tuckey – they’ll be hoping there’s no ambassadorial vacancy in Chad. Vanstone to Immigration, Ruddock to Attorney-General, Abbott picks up Health, Patterson gets Family and Community Services, Daryl Williams goes to Communications and De-anne … Continue reading →

Molly, our elderly neighbour has just popped over. She lives a few houses down the river and is one of the few residents left who can remember the days when Undercliffe was a bold Chifleyite housing solution to the overcrowded … Continue reading →

Dennis Shanahan ran a piece, in Saturday’s tree edition of the Australian – no online link – covering a speech that Wayne Swan gave to the Blaxland FEC on Friday night. Much of it was predictable stuff: “if we get … Continue reading →

The latest US poll has Clark 6 points behind Bush, but comfortably in front of the other pretenders among both registered voters and Dem voters. The Guardian has a pretty reasonable overview of the week, giving Clark a pass in … Continue reading →