ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says a proposal to legalise hunting in New South Wales national parks would put lives at risk. It is legal if you have the correct license, but you can’t hunt “any time” you have to request, and then they shut off the park, or areas where it is a risk. A private members bill before the NSW Parliament would allow people to shoot feral animals in national parks and legalise private game reserves. The bill was put forward by the Shooters Party which says allowing people to hunt in the parks would help reduce pests such as pigs, foxes and rabbits. Mr...

The Federal Opposition says the Government’s plan to help unemployed people obtain new skills is failing. The Government says that since April last year more than 94,000 job-seekers have been referred to the program. But fewer than 6,000 people have actually gained employment. Yes. Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash says the figures show the Government is more interested in announcing positive news, rather than developing programs that work. “The figures speak for themselves. There is a consistent pattern with the Rudd Labor Government – they promise the people of Australia one...

There is evidence foxes in Tasmania are moving south. Fox scats have been found near Cygnet south of Hobart. The Primary Industries Minister David Llewellyn told parliament two scats had tested positive for fox DNA this week. He says further tests would be carried out and there will be more detection work in the area. Mr LLewellyn says it is the furthest south that evidence of foxes has been found. He told parliament this latest find should dispel any doubt about the presence of foxes in Tasmania. “Ihave taken this matter absolutely seriously from the very start, and there’s been a...

A MAN charged over an alleged terrorist plot to kill Australian soldiers has delivered an angry outburst in court. Wissam Mahmoud Fattal refused to stand for magistrate Peter Reardon when he appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today. Also appearing today were Abdirahman Ahmed, Yacqub Khayre. The three men were charged overnight with conspiring with four men and other unknown people to prepare an armed attack on Holsworthy base in southwestern Sydney. None of the men applied for bail although the court heard they were expected to do so in the near future. As he was led from the court,...

This is the video: http://player.video.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/#1205393558 The attacker is jailed for only 2 years. What utter crap.

The South Australian Government will expand a program to help disenchanted young people get back into school or apprenticeships. The program matches children who drop out of school with a mentor to motivate them to study or undertake an apprenticeship. The Innovative Community Action Network program has been running for four years with an 80 per cent success rate. Stop; there’s some issues here. I’ll point them out: People on government benefiets get more help than people not on the benefiets People on government benefiets get to see a job center once every fortnight While people...

Federal Opposition backbencher Wilson Tuckey has again emailed all his colleagues attacking his leader Malcolm Turnbull over emissions trading. An opinion poll today shows the Liberal leader has recorded his worst performance in a Newspoll as the alternative prime minister, dropping three points to 16 per cent. But the poll also shows 45 per cent of people support Australia waiting to introduce an emissions trading scheme until after the Copenhagen climate change talks, whereas 41 per cent say it should bring in the scheme now. Mr Tuckey says there is a message in that for Mr Turnbull, who has...

A new survey shows that motorists are increasingly taking out their frustration on parking officers. Where did they get this survey? The New South Wales union survey found that 250, or a quarter of all officers, were being subjected to some form of physical abuse as they went about their job. I don’t want a fine, so don’t fine me. The United Services Union says they want increased protection and issuing them with batons and capsicum spray is only one of a range of strategies being considered. While you’re at it, give them guns, and body armor, and possibly hearing protection,...

A Melbourne mother has blamed her 14-year-old daughter’s suicide on the internet and the tragic case has highlighted the problem of cyber bullying among young people. In Australia, one of the first comprehensive studies of cyber bullying shows about 10 per cent of teenagers and children have experienced some form of sustained bullying using technology. It is a behaviour that can have tragic consequences. No shit. Speaking on Melbourne radio, mother Karen Rae is in no doubt that cyber bullying was responsible for the death of her 14-year-old daughter. My heart goes out to you, it must...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Labor’s policy of opposing nuclear power generation in Australia is clear. The Labor Party’s decision to scrap its limit on the number of uranium mines has seen several new mining operations open up. What are we doing with all the excess Uranium then, Mr. Krudd? Opposition energy and resources spokesman Ian Macfarlane has called for the uranium to be used to generate electricity domestically. But Mr Rudd says that is not something the Government is considering. Kiyoto Protocol, man. What a waste of taxpayers money, asshole. “Can I say our policy...