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You are The Hermit Prudence, Caution, Deliberation. The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events. The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire Continue reading →

Well, Julia Gillard’s reshuffle didn’t remove Stephen Conroy from his position as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. It’s my understanding that she wanted to keep things as stable as possible until the next federal election (which, I’m hearing, could be as early as August), and I get that. So what this means Continue reading →

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Well, this is all over the news in Australia, of course, but I know that some of the people who follow this blog aren’t Australian, and, anyway, I sometimes write about Australian politics here, so I’m going to do that. We have a new Prime Minister, and it’s a woman, Julia Gillard. She was Deputy Continue reading →

The federal government is hiding controversial plans to force ISPs to store internet activity of all Australian internet users – regardless of whether they have been suspected of wrongdoing – for law-enforcement agencies to access. [...] Political opponents and other critics of the scheme have described the draft policy as “alarming” and accused the government Continue reading →