Tim's Bits and Pieces

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Merry Christmas all!!! :-)

It's kind of strange in Tassie, they often seem to think of themselves as kind of a distinct nation from the mainland. For example in QLD or NSW it's the federal and state governments while in Tasmania it's the Australian and Tasmanian governments. I'm sure intellectually at least the majority of them do realise that they are actually part of Australia, but it doesn't seem to have fully sunk into their collective sub-conscious yet. For example I'm sure the majority of them think of themselves as Tasmanians, while I think of myself as an Australian not a Queenslander or a New South Welshman.

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This is well worth a read. It makes the claim that the main representatives of the so-called "Stolen Generation" where actual fact abandoned by their families and than taken in by orphanages, [white] foster families and the like. If these claims are true, and I have no reason to doubt them, it puts the Labour governments plans to issue an apology in a different light.

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Just a quick note too let you know I'm back. I've been away in Tasmania for about a month now, which should explain the lack of posts :-). I'll do a write-up on my holidays in the next couple of days.

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This is just stupid. What on earth was the matter with the official in this story. Since when can worms be psychologically traumatised? This official should be fired for blatant stupidity, worms love faeces, they should be as happy as a pig in mud [happy as a worm in poo?].