darragh murray

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The thrilling conclusion to the some-what controversial second cricket test between Australia and India left me somewhat satisfied - the fact that I had spent my entire Sunday on the couch in front of the television was of little consequence considering the outcome of the match.
If you haven’t heard by now, at one [...]

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The New Age

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Well, it seems like 11 years of suffocating conservatism is finally at an end. And thank Allah for that. A few collegues of mine commented that this is the first change of government since many of us 20-something came into voting age. And what a relief it will be - finally we can move forward [...]

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Retiring Liberal MP Jackie Kelly states that the Libs distribution of pamphlets which would indicate that the ALP are hand-in-hand with extremist religious fundamentalism was a ‘chaser style prank’ (the Chaser being a group of political and social satirists from Australia who routinely target Australian politicians).
This has to be one of the more ridiculous [...]

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The Denial Twist

Monday, November 19th, 2007

I think it is somewhat amusing that controversial ‘historian’ David Irving can be banned from Australia for denying the holocaust, but conservative pundit Andrew Bolt is allowed to live here despite his ludicrous claims of an Stolen Generation myth.

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The people of Australia have been inundated with political campaigning over the last few months, and no doubt many people are sick of the constant mud-slinging and negativity that seems to go hand in hand with a federal election campaign – “It’s not about electing the best leader, but about keeping the worse one out” [...]

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The Armenian Genocide, Radiohead

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Years ago in an undergraduate history class I undertook a study into one of the many dark patches of the 20th Century, and wrote a small essay regarding the ‘denial of the Armenian genocide’ with a particular focus on Turkey. I was amazed that such a mass relocation and slaughter of an ethnic group could [...]

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