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Best. #qanda Ever. Thanks David, Jackie, Barry, Miriam an John! 5:34 AM May 28th via web
There's nothing more 'unAustralian' than the term 'Unaustralian.' #qanda 5:22 AM May 28th via web
#qanda Abbott translations #1 - Tony is concerned for Thomson's wellbeing = school bully blames victim's parents for sending him 2 school. 5:04 AM May 28th via web
@CompetitiveAust 1) Wrong. 2) learn abot tense. #qanda 5:01 AM May 28th via web in reply to CompetitiveAust
@rhysam This just in: Mark Neeld of the Melbourne Demons "has the board's full support." So, dead man walking then? 11:03 PM May 26th via web in reply to rhysam
BBC News - Earliest music instruments found bbc.in/KG0sbf Interesting find, so music pre-dates civilization by at least 30,000 years. 5:21 PM May 26th via Tweet Button
#thedrum How can this be credible? For 60 grand I'd say I slept with Craig Thomson! 1:16 AM May 24th via web
#thedrum She did say ignore it Kerry, that was the story. 1:31 AM May 23rd via web
thedrum She did say ignore it Kerry, that was the story. 1:31 AM May 23rd via web
@BBCKarenAllen There are some people the world is better off without. Mr. #Terreblanche 'White Earth' is one. Few will shed a tear. 6:31 AM May 22nd via web in reply to BBCKarenAllen
@sheepRdangerous Ok, night, check back in a year, see which of us is right.;-) 5:56 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous Don't believe race is relevant, countries with austerity policies will fail, those that stimulate will win, basic economics 5:55 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous I'm in Melbourne and we've been wondering why Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane are going off like frogs in a sock! 5:48 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous Good luck with that, LMFAO. 5:47 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous We seem to be doing OK inventing our own drama, despite being the strongest economy in the OECD. 5:43 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous Iceland - basket case, Ireland - basket case. Next Greece, then Portygal, Spain, France. The will wreck the EU this way. 5:40 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous Well then you're talking racism, I'm talking economics. Not sure it translates. 5:38 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous It won't work in Ireland or Iceland or anywhere else, just watch them all fail. 5:35 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous UK 1st to start austerity program, 1st back into recession. It doesn't work, you need growth to get out of debt, end of. 5:33 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous
@sheepRdangerous We can't really blame Europe, so we blame the parliament. The one we elected. And whinge about it as much as the Greeks do. 5:23 AM May 22nd via web in reply to sheepRdangerous