“The British Council is making its entire art collection available to view on the internet.” BBC article and the collection itself.
Monthly Archives: October 2005
“Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has warned that public holidays such as Melbourne Cup Day are no longer guaranteed under the Howard Government’s workplace reforms.” (Age)
Generally I find Howard’s reforms too depressing to comment on but I couldn’t let this pass.
Bush: God told me to invade Iraq (Independent)
Ig Nobles time.
More on the end of defence of provocation:
“Mr Hulls said people who killed in circumstances where they lost self-control
Australian music specials on Triple J.
“The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true.
The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible.
“We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision,” they say in The Gift of Scripture.
The document is timely, coming as it does amid the rise of the religious Right, in particular in the US.”
Times
I’m off to see Knight of the Burning Pestle at the Barbican tonight, woo!
In other news, Melbourne has been reduced to second ‘best place to live‘.
Spamusement is ‘Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!’.
I liked She cant possibly be enjoying this!.
“Provocation as a defence to murder will be abolished in Victoria and a new offence of defensive homicide introduced under a bill to go before state parliament tomorrow.
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“Victoria’s homicide laws have not kept pace with changing social values,” Mr Hulls said.
“The law regarding provocation was developed from times past when it was acceptable, especially for men, to have a violent response to an alleged breach of a person’s honour.
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Under the changes, the law will now take into account situations where a person kills in response to long-term family violence.”
(Age)