Rated • 1 review • politics • smh.com.au
From the page: "Federal Labor is under increased pressure to endorse same-sex marriage after the party's Tasmanian state conference passed a motion supporting it, gay rights activists say.
The Tasmanian motion passed today calls on the federal government to remove discrimination against gay and lesbian couples by changing the Marriage Act to include same-sex couples."
Rated • 1 review • outdoors • smh.com.au
Rated • 1 review • doctors • theage.com.au
Vale Chris O'Brien
Rated • 1 review • religion • theage.com.au
From the page: What I see is a world slowly tearing itself apart for the sake of one faith or another. A world where an extreme faction of Islam wishes to put me and mine to the sword for my unbelief, and to shackle half the world for the crime of being born female. A world where an extreme faction of Christianity wants to throw away science for the sake of millenniums-old superstitions, and is prepared to kill in the name of life. A world where an extreme faction of Hinduism wishes to religiously purify India. A world where people are unashamedly trying to fulfil the biblical conditions for Armageddon."
Rated • 1 review • health • theage.com.au
From the page: "No longer are Beverly Hillites driving around in Bentleys with frozen faces stretched as tight as the Glad Wrap you placed over the bowl of last night's leftover casserole.
The once affluent men and women of Beverly Hills are finding life tough in the current financial climate and apparently one of the first luxuries to be sliced from the budget is Botox."
Rated • 1 review • business • news.com.au
Karma's a bitch..
Rated • 1 review • babies • essentialbaby.com.au
From the page: "As a society, we have certainly come a long way and I know with time, gay relationships will be as acceptable and mainstream as the female right to vote. It doesnâ€t mean the path will be trouble-free and this is what would be most upsetting to me, as a parent to watch my child struggle through life, on the periphery.
However what would be far greater an injustice would be a child who could not realise who he or she truly was and live a lie for fear of what the reality may mean for everyone around them. A choreographed existence that pleased society but created an unbearable inner turmoil is something none of us would wish on our own flesh and blood. Surely the torment of living with a secret and feeling like they couldnâ€t confide in their own parents would be a considerably worse fate for your child than being open about their sexuality?"
Rated • 1 review • sociology • theage.com.au
From the page: "ON THE face of it, kindness doesn't sound like a radical idea, just as Philip Wollen, at first glance, does not look like a radical. Wollen is a former merchant banker. He was a vice-president of Citibank when he was 34, and a general manager at Citicorp. Australian Business Magazine named him one of the top 40 headhunted executives in Australia. But about 1990 â€" he is not exactly sure of the year â€" Wollen decided to give away 90 per cent of his capital, a process he describes as "reverse tithing"."
