Posted on April 25, 2009 by christopbrooks
Today I spent part of my Rudd-money on a camera. My old one got dropped in the water, so I bought a water-proof one this time. Me and Jeff tried it out a bit before I went to bed last night.
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by christopbrooks
Hinch is talking to Simon on his show Drive today, regarding the economic stimulus package. Drive airs 4pm to 6pm on 3AW.
UPDATE: Simon says he’ll be on about 5:35pm
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by christopbrooks
This is from an article Paul Toms wrote the other day, thinking about what we should do with out economic stimulus handouts:
I have been involved in a number of conversations as well as reading peoples ideas online and I often find myself thinking “Yes, I SHOULD do that,” but soon feel the grey cloud of [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by christopbrooks
Simon has a piece in today’s Age about the economic stimulus payments that started this week:
Character might seem like a tedious or moralistic question to ask at a time of seeming crisis, but it is precisely at times of crisis that personal and national character is most revealing. Most of the stories defining Australia’s national [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by christopbrooks
Tomorrow the payments for Kevin Rudd’s economic stimulus plan will start coming out. Manna Gum and the Seeds Network are trying to get people talking about what they’re going to do with their payments. Join the conversation at the Manna from Kevin blog.
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