That Channel 10 program Big Brother, which notoriously ran overtime again and again as well as having the dumbest premise of any teev show, is finally ending next week.
Television bosses now have an opportunity to fill around 120 hours of air time with decent viewing.
When last I looked the Herald Sun poll was running at 87% agreement with the proposition that television would be better off without Big Brother.
Oi Nick, mate, you're Ten's chairman - make sure that something decent is purchased for that vacant space.
Ten's pitching to the lowest common denominator is enough to bore the pelt off a dingo.
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Big Brother dies - hurrah, hooray!
Monday, 14 July 2008
Is this the future of the Murray Darling Basin?
Satellite image from Environmental GraffitiThis is an image taken from space of the Great Sandy Desert.
Drainage is limited to short ephemeral creeks and rivers, which only flow after heavy rainfalls. The bioregion comprises two ancient inactive river basins that are divided by a low watershed. The watershed is a lateritic surface that forms the Anketell Range in the west and Southwest Tableland in the east. North of the watershed Sturt Creek (now only visible from satellite imagery) once flowed across the desert to Mandora on the 80 Mile Beach. The southern basin contains Percival Lakes which represent a river system from the past (Beard, 1990). Calcrete and evaporite outcrops are associated with palaeodrainage systems that traverse the desert.
The headwaters of the Rudall and Cotton Rivers are in the northern limits of the bioregion in Western Australia. The Rudall River is a significant wetland/ecological refuge, which contains major permanent waterholes and soaks. The Rudall River flows approximately 120km into Lake Dora (30, 000ha) in the Western Australian sector of the bioregion.
In the northwest of the bioregion is Dragon Tree Soak, a 5ha swamp regarded as a relict of the riverine vegetation found along the palaeo-river in the wetter climates of the early to mid Holocene. The soak is a fresh water spring that supplies freshwater to the marsh and peatland.
Lake Amadeus is a massive saline lake in the Northern Territory, which has no significant surface inflow. The main inflow of water is via groundwater seepage.
The headwaters of the Rudall and Cotton Rivers are in the northern limits of the bioregion in Western Australia. The Rudall River is a significant wetland/ecological refuge, which contains major permanent waterholes and soaks. The Rudall River flows approximately 120km into Lake Dora (30, 000ha) in the Western Australian sector of the bioregion.
In the northwest of the bioregion is Dragon Tree Soak, a 5ha swamp regarded as a relict of the riverine vegetation found along the palaeo-river in the wetter climates of the early to mid Holocene. The soak is a fresh water spring that supplies freshwater to the marsh and peatland.
Lake Amadeus is a massive saline lake in the Northern Territory, which has no significant surface inflow. The main inflow of water is via groundwater seepage.
Are we looking at a window into the future showing us all what will become of the southern half of the Murray Darling Basin?
It is now a minute past midnight and it looks as if we have missed the chance to save the Murray Darling.
Tony Abbott: when the political ambition is the joke
According to The Manly Daily the Libs Tony Abbott has not abandoned all hope of becoming Prime Minister of Oz one day.
"WARRINGAH MP Tony Abbott is writing a manifesto outlining his plan for Australia under his leadership.The Oppostion frontbencher has revealed a radical proposal for a vastly stronger Federal Government at the expense of the states.And in so doing so has reignited leadership speculation."
Someone's having a lend of us, right?
A quick surf of Open Australia gives a few choice examples of how The Mad Monk can disrupt the business of Parliament.
Questions without Notice: Workplace Relations (26 Mar 2007)
Anthony Abbott: Mr Speaker, I said that she was a liar and I withdraw that.
Matters of Public Importance: Health Care (13 Jun 2007)
Anthony Abbott: At the close of my contribution to the MPI discussion I referred to two opposition staffers as scum. I should not have done that. I apologise. But they are notorious dirt diggers and I wonder why Saint Kevin has employed them.
Questions without Notice: Mental Health Services (27 Mar 2007)
Mr Speaker, don’t let Dr Death wreck Medicare like he did the health services in Queensland.
Questions to the Speaker: Question Time (29 Mar 2006)
You big bellowing cow.
As for his communications skills generally.
Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
0 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Anthony Abbott speaks.
Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 215 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
While Google Trends shows that Australia and the rest of the world are more interested in cane toads.
Tone's the blue line and cane toads are the red.
"WARRINGAH MP Tony Abbott is writing a manifesto outlining his plan for Australia under his leadership.The Oppostion frontbencher has revealed a radical proposal for a vastly stronger Federal Government at the expense of the states.And in so doing so has reignited leadership speculation."
Someone's having a lend of us, right?
A quick surf of Open Australia gives a few choice examples of how The Mad Monk can disrupt the business of Parliament.
Questions without Notice: Workplace Relations (26 Mar 2007)
Anthony Abbott: Mr Speaker, I said that she was a liar and I withdraw that.
Matters of Public Importance: Health Care (13 Jun 2007)
Anthony Abbott: At the close of my contribution to the MPI discussion I referred to two opposition staffers as scum. I should not have done that. I apologise. But they are notorious dirt diggers and I wonder why Saint Kevin has employed them.
Questions without Notice: Mental Health Services (27 Mar 2007)
Mr Speaker, don’t let Dr Death wreck Medicare like he did the health services in Queensland.
Questions to the Speaker: Question Time (29 Mar 2006)
You big bellowing cow.
As for his communications skills generally.
Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
0 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Anthony Abbott speaks.
Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 215 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
While Google Trends shows that Australia and the rest of the world are more interested in cane toads.
Tone's the blue line and cane toads are the red.
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