Taxes Funding Private Education

Seeded on Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:23 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Why should private schools receive any government assistance?

education, public-schools, private-schools, government-funding

Taser stun gun Oxford Street

Seeded on Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:09 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

In extraordinary footage of the incident, revealed by The Sun-Herald in June, Sergeant Timothy Devitt is seen twice firing his Taser at Ali Alkan's back, as the 38-year-old walks along the road about 2.30am on March 29.

taser, world-news

Google phone in Blade Runner name row

Seeded on Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:08 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of author Philip K. Dick who wrote the novel that inspired the Blade Runner movie, said in an interview that she was "shocked and dismayed" by reports that the company had named its new smartphone Nexus One.

entertainment, blade-runner, google-phone

Senate votes down ETS | New Liberal leader Tony Abbott says party can win election|Penny Wong

Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 9:31 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Government's emissions trading scheme has been rejected for a second time in the Senate today, giving Labor a trigger for a double dissolution election.

global-warming, politics, climate-change, ets

A four-day week is back in the news

Seeded on Fri Mar 6, 2009 8:56 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

I'd like to see most businesses move to a four day week. I've never understood why people expect each other to work at least 5 days out of 7.

business, work-week, working-hours

CityRail puts brakes on iPhone timetable app - Articles - Mobiles & Handhelds

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 7:02 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

I don't believe CityRail should have any right to apply copyright to train timetables.

technology, iphone, railcorp, cityrail

Latest police weapon: a secret search | smh.com.au

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 8:54 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

NSW Police now have the power to search a persons home without their knowledge. I find it strange that this has gotten through, setting up a remote camera is not rocket science. I'd bet that the first time this new power is used by the police they'll be discovered.

politics

Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost

Seeded on Mon Mar 2, 2009 6:03 PM EST (Science Daily)

I'm suprised that autonomous robots haven't already been tested extensively on the moon. It makes sense to use robots not only for building human bases but also for testing the robots for deep space missions.

science, moon, astronomy

Solar Panels Get Cheap, But Will the Trend Last? - Research says Silicon Solar Panels like First Solar Uses May Not Hold Up to Scale - Popular Mechanics

Seeded on Sun Mar 1, 2009 4:49 PM EST (popularmechanics.com)

Solar power may really take off if it gets much cheaper than $1 per Watt. I'd like to see the solar industry progress the way the computer industry has in the last decade or so.

science