tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:41:23 +0000Tales &amp; disturbances from tropical North Queensland, Australia.................................. .................................................................&quot;CairnsBlog is highly defamatory and offensive&quot; - Mayor Kevin Byrnehttp://www.cairnsblog.net/CairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)Blogger2086125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-5934974877232467096Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:56:00 +00002009-07-10T10:00:00.538+10:00Cairns veteran protester and Peace by Peace activist Bryan Law, is on a family holiday. He took his partner Margaret and son Joesph on a journey southward.However, deciding to camp alongside 17,000 military troops from the USA and Australia, armed and running around the coastline of Rockhamption and Yapoon for three weeks, wouldn't be everyone's idea of a picnic. This is no ordinary family when http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/arLoL2QDV8M/from-front-line.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/arLoL2QDV8M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/from-front-line.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-9064760022175277228Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:08:00 +00002009-07-10T10:07:23.865+10:00"Cairns' favourite online news source comes of age," exclaims the Cairns Post headline.And the creative journalism doesn't end there. Oh no."Kids - they grow up so fast! One minute they're learning how to walk, and the next they're smashing their own records for daily page hits," the nameless article states.In a deliberate decision, the Cairns Post has redesigned the front end of their website. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/CB0S1w65UZ8/cairns-dot-com-dot-au-gets-muck-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/CB0S1w65UZ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/cairns-dot-com-dot-au-gets-muck-over.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-5360623940633788387Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:37:00 +00002009-07-09T21:41:35.247+10:00A great Kiwi advert for the new 2 degrees mobile network, set up by former All Black Bill Osborne.Ya gotta love the accent, you know ya do!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/Mx7QbGK0o4M/2-degrees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/Mx7QbGK0o4M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/2-degrees.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-8109106379408631163Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:31:00 +00002009-07-09T21:33:11.987+10:00The AAP reports that New South Wales police have begun a week of refusing to issue on-the-spot fines for traffic infringements and other offences after wage negotiations with the State Government broke down.Hat Tip KiwiBloghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/IdKMif5naMQ/bring-on-north-qld-strikes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/IdKMif5naMQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/bring-on-north-qld-strikes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-4177614539062176476Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:14:00 +00002009-07-09T09:29:09.794+10:00Anna Bligh has admitted that she's purchased www.queensland-the-dumb-state.com, among a heap of other web names.Yesterday in fire-fighting mode in Parliament, the State Labor government said it was to protect them from cybersquatters.It was former Premier Beattie's idea to call Queensland a "Smart State", a move bound to attract ridicule.A quick domain check, and the following are available, as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/OEitm9R3e5Q/we-really-are-dumb-state.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/OEitm9R3e5Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/we-really-are-dumb-state.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6951901505715312324Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:27:00 +00002009-07-08T07:59:43.810+10:00Deadman's Creek has become an environmental disaster for the Cairns Regional Council. It was once a beautiful waterway, with many North Queensland wildlife amongst its eco-system. Not any longer.In the last few weeks, Council allowed the developers on the adjoining land to excavate this natural protected waterway, and pave it with rocks like a parking lot. They were hoodwinked by GlenCorp that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/_zMpqg1VZCQ/deadmans-regional-council.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/_zMpqg1VZCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/deadmans-regional-council.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-835435327997171435Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:06:00 +00002009-07-07T08:19:34.903+10:00The Mayor has never seen the $17,000 Henry report, so we're told. I have it on good authority that she indeed has seen the report and been made fully aware of its contents.However the fiasco the engulfed the Cairns Regional Council from late April for over two months, is about to deliver its second head on a platter.The $130,000 pa Corporate Communications Manager, Kerie Hull, has enjoyed the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/EN84brSGVIk/three-weeks-paid-leave-nice-for-some.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)20<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/EN84brSGVIk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/three-weeks-paid-leave-nice-for-some.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-5233839386874691846Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:49:00 +00002009-07-07T08:00:02.689+10:00A blockade of Rockhamton Army Depot successfully delayed supplying Talisman Saber with arms.The gates of Australian Army at Rockhampton Airport were blocked yesterday by a group of Christian anti-war activists. The depot is presently deploying US and Australian military personnel to the Talisman Saber exercise, taking place at nearby Shoalwater Bay. There was Melbourne activists Rev. Simon Moyle http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/ninwPi3MB9I/rockhamton-army-depot-blocked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/ninwPi3MB9I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/rockhamton-army-depot-blocked.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-7232925664818394282Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:39:00 +00002009-07-07T07:48:03.616+10:00Cairns activist Bryan Law, along with wife Margaret Pestorius and son Joseph, and family friend Trisha (all Catholic nonviolent activists) have arrived in Rockhampton, Yeppoon, heading to Shoalwater Bay, for a four week holiday camp and anti-war programme, 1068 kms South of Cairns.Shoalwater Bay is land of the Darumbal people. 454,500 Hectares of military exercise area with mountains, swamps, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/4E2BGpqsQ9A/bryan-law-and-406-mhz-personel-location.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)13<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/4E2BGpqsQ9A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/bryan-law-and-406-mhz-personel-location.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-1054557327744563230Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:00 +00002009-07-07T07:33:29.585+10:00Google Maps was an Australian IT invention, just over two years ago.It's way more a map tool, but you can find a local plumber or chemist; Councillors can get driving directions to a friend's place at Trinity Park; check out a restaurant in Port Douglas on the weekend before making a booking with Street View.You can even view terrain and satellite data and travel using public transport in some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/i9B47_sI4cU/gmaps-shows-for-sale-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/i9B47_sI4cU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/gmaps-shows-for-sale-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6878485190452505986Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:00 +00002009-07-03T14:20:18.395+10:00Cairns Regional Councillor Alan Blake has just turned 58 (and so has Sno Bonneau, but we'll leave him for another day).I snapped this lovely photo whilst at lunch at Banana Leaf with Alan before the last election. The team at the CairnsBlog office thought we'd acknowledge this occasion, and would like to thank those readers that emailedA reader sent in this wee ditty, to honor the city's most http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/NJP2WswWQ1o/happy-birthday-mr-treasurer.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/NJP2WswWQ1o" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/happy-birthday-mr-treasurer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-7579457775444607222Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:33:00 +00002009-07-03T08:53:19.964+10:00Local finance commentator Mark Beath, who runs the ever-excited Kitchen Slut, writes on the downfall and destruction of Tom Hedley's Cairns construction empire.... "...anyone who has followed and understood some of the goings on in here on Hedley it's worthy of a book! So to begin somewhere if not the beginning .....1) The Courier-Mail and Business spectator reported the representative of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/GScWy--t-NE/go-tom-go-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)28<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/GScWy--t-NE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/go-tom-go-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6141603280260657665Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-07-03T09:47:56.079+10:00Charlie McKillop is back at ABC Far North, filling in occasionally for Fiona Sewell on the morning programme.The other morning she was having a natter to a lovely lady from Animal Welfare.Animal Welfare, who have been around since 1987, help those on low income to care for their pets. "In the current economic climate, the need for an organisation such as Animal Welfare has grown to encompass http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/anlZ1qnE1YQ/moments-with-charlie.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/anlZ1qnE1YQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/moments-with-charlie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-4214064746192951413Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +00002009-07-03T07:49:11.161+10:00This month's Media Mix drinks and fun will be at the new Salt House tonight at 6pm. Originally a forum for all those connected with media and the arts, it's now open to friends and a wider audience. The dynamic Mark Lindgren is the co-ordinator behind this Queensland Media Award winning social networking. Here's a line up of scallywags at June's event: Dale Shultz from the Commonwealth Bank and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/7HBH7OwV-kY/media-mix-at-salt-house.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/7HBH7OwV-kY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/media-mix-at-salt-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-3006655688390763812Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-07-03T07:34:11.190+10:00Just when you thought it could get worse, it did.Debbie Rowe is after her kids and says she'll fight all the way to get the two children she gave birth to for Michael Jackson."I am the biological mother to the children," Rowe said after nearly a week of silence.Rowe who says she's willing to undergo a DNA test to prove the case, also announced that she is seeking a restraining order on Jackson's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/bEV6_P99rFM/i-want-my-children-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/bEV6_P99rFM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/i-want-my-children-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-836264126405464396Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:55:00 +00002009-07-02T23:49:15.958+10:00 ABC Far North's former morning host, Pat Morrish couldn't cope with Ms Slocombe's pussy.Everyone wondered what the name was of the fury creature that Betty was obsessed with during the early 70's on Are you being Served? Mollie Sugden was Betty Slocombe and yesterday she passed away, aged 86."She was a lovely, lovely person and I never had any trouble with her. She was a great professional," herhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/qhc60tySjGw/mollie-sugden-pussy-lover-passes-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CairnsBlog)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/qhc60tySjGw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/mollie-sugden-pussy-lover-passes-away.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-5626486298321315539Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:27:00 +00002009-07-02T19:26:24.432+10:00Just a month ago Air New Zealand launched its Nothing to Hide TV advert. Now they've rolled out a new safety instruction at the beginning of flights to make you sit up and pay attention.Every time I fly somewhere, I bury myself in a newspaper, book or the laptop, avoiding the same old lecture about putting the tray table away and something about a face-mask dropping, and throwing babies and old http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/d50LBAMAGFk/nude-zealand.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/d50LBAMAGFk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/07/nude-zealand.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-5969792423999527978Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:02:00 +00002009-06-30T22:21:02.273+10:00Andrew Webster EditorThe Cairns PostI'm sorry we couldn't talk earlier today. I'll be set up with proper communication at Yeppoon by Thursday. Meanwhile I feel I must communicate formally with you.I have the strongest objection to your newspaper’s description of me today as a “serial pest”, and I’m asking for redress.First, the description is wrong. I am a nonviolent political activist in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/7AvijDrdHWQ/open-letter-to-cairns-post-eaditor.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)38<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/7AvijDrdHWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/open-letter-to-cairns-post-eaditor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6161434846331406931Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:31:00 +00002009-06-27T07:31:00.548+10:00Hat Tip: Wil Wheatonhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/GhwI7UXEBiE/what-happens-if-you-feed-dog-chocolate.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/GhwI7UXEBiE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/what-happens-if-you-feed-dog-chocolate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-2290735934826559668Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:00 +00002009-06-27T01:58:08.756+10:00Tomorrow, the US warship USS Essex will arrive in Cairns for a week.In its own breathless way, the Cairns Post describes the USS Essex as “the biggest warship ever to berth at Cairns Port”. Wow!In the military news, USS Essex is described as an Amphibious Assault Ship, lead ship in the US Navy’s only forward deployed Amphibious Ready Group, and serves as the flagship for Combines Task Force 76, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/4vOc09rJNdc/in-navy.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)56<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/4vOc09rJNdc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/in-navy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-2166286398061609872Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:27:00 +00002009-06-27T00:28:50.132+10:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/2k8vayXcGT0/tribute-to-alison.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/2k8vayXcGT0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/tribute-to-alison.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-6724046406561337651Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:29:00 +00002009-06-26T09:48:31.692+10:00Last week's mention at the Cairns Magistrates Court for Yacht Club protester Bryan Law, is set to take an interesting turn.Bryan Law was given a 37-page 'Brief of Evidence', containing seven witness statements, two search warrants, along with a Police evidence bag containing a 1972 VHS video tape; 3 CDs; and three eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/h3CbmYl8ffI/bryan-law-to-subpoena-cairns-mp-desley.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/h3CbmYl8ffI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/bryan-law-to-subpoena-cairns-mp-desley.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-2371684379641134673Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-06-26T09:27:56.972+10:00John Elliot, Malcom Turnbull, Kerie Hull, Cr Alan Blake and even Noel Briggs, have all had a shit of a month.They've all been harbouring secrets. Big secrets.As Federal Parliament rises for a six week holiday - as if they need it - opposition leader Turnbull retreats for a welcome break from grilling about his connection with Treasury bureaucrat Godwin Grech.The unfolding story surrounding the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/FapqUrFWxDM/up-grech-without-paddle.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/FapqUrFWxDM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/up-grech-without-paddle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-9037932420527513877Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:54:00 +00002009-06-26T08:34:52.517+10:00 According to the celebrity website TMZ, Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack in the last hour.He suffered a cardiac arrest and when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse."They never got a pulse back," Jackson's family said.He has three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.Jackson had 13 number one hits during his http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/bMI26JV22Fo/michael-jackson-dead.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/bMI26JV22Fo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/michael-jackson-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-4861417225237295740Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-06-26T06:45:18.305+10:00Farrah Fawcett died last evening of cancer at the age of 62.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~3/voLtax20lVs/farrah-fawcett-1947-2009.htmlCairnsBlog@gmail.com (Michael P Moore)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CairnsBlognet/~4/voLtax20lVs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/06/farrah-fawcett-1947-2009.html