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Are you happy now?

media /18 March, 2014

Celebrate the International Day of Happiness on March 20th with an Act of Happiness The quest for happiness is one that everyone strives for—and that everyone can achieve—regardless of where we live or how we define it. Recognizing the importance of happiness as part of the human condition and the key to a more inclusive, Continue Reading →

250,000 students ditch the car

media /17 March, 2014

Excitement is building as more than 250,000 students from across Australia ditch the car and ride, skate, scoot or walk to school for National Ride2School Day on Wednesday 19 March.   Thousands of Australian school communities are encouraging parents, students and staff to leave the car at home and join in the fun by actively Continue Reading →

Abbott and Newman must be doing something right

DokterW /17 March, 2014

I think it was 2009, maybe even 2010, but as always, it was a sunny day in Brisbane. The missus and I were driving on Coronation Drive, heading into the CBD. To my left I noticed a small group of people holding some signs — maybe six or eight people. Trying to get everyone’s attention. Continue Reading →

Mindless Media ignores March in March

Geoff Ebbs /17 March, 2014

Thousands of Queenslander marched from Queens Park in Brisbane yesterday to protest against the extremism of the Abbot Government despite the heat, and the rail closures across Brisbane’s South. The March was part of a nationwide movement that brought thousands onto the street. Despite the large numbers, the march was completely ignored in the mainstream Continue Reading →

Criticising march in March achieves nothing

Geoff Ebbs /17 March, 2014

Writing in the Guardian last week, Simon Copland’s piece March in March does not offer credible alternatives has attracted howls of derision from left and right alike. Copland has set out to crticise the left for not building an alternative but has failed to outline how that alternative might emerge. Some of his critics point out that this is Continue Reading →

Your new disability parking permit has … expired

Wan Kerr /14 March, 2014

  After waiting five weeks for their Disability Parking Permit to arrive, an astute reader noticed with dismay that its expiry date had already passed – 28 February 2014! The Queensland Department of Transport, which administers the national scheme in this state, cannot find any evidence of the rogue permits, and advises readers affected by Continue Reading →