There's an amazing office complex between the apartment and work called The Water Garden. I've walked and ridden past it on the bus a few times now so today I decided to explore. It was so pretty! There are several

Neat! Filing this one away for future kitchen renovation reference...

Ooh, something I forgot to add about my Grocery Store Experience the other night: They had special free sanitizing wipes at the front door for you to wipe down the handle of your shopping cart so you didn't pick up

So I saw this cute little interview with the Sock Victim on Miss Fee's site. (She got the idea from here and here.) The idea is that the knitter asks their non-knitting partner some questions about their hobby. I sent

That's the knitting shop I found on my first day, and I knew they were having a sock knitting night. I'd brought my long-neglected Rhiannons along. There were five ladies sitting on the sofas in the back, happily stitching away.

RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY BILL On 17 June, 2008, 8,000 teachers had their protest march re-routed down North Terrace instead of taking the time-honoured route of protest down King William Street. On that day I announced I would be asking the

This bill proposes that fines be waived for the personal cultivation and use of marijuana for people suffering designated medical conditions. ....like the vote for women, it is an idea whose time has come and, eventually, such legislation will pass.

It is important that we look beyond marine life as being just for the taking; as merely a resource for us to exploit. Ecosystems are exactly that; they are systems. That means that there are component parts and they are

As a former Broken Hill girl, I am one of the many thousands of Broken Hill people who at Christmas time would be involved in the exodus of 600 kilometres—I remember from my primary school geography it was 320 miles—to

In short, it will force councils trying to avoid scrutiny to be more open and will cost almost nothing to implement. It is a sensible move ensuring local government accountability and promoting community involvement.

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Hon. R.P. WORTLEY move: That the report of the committee on natural resource management on Kangaroo Island be noted.

This bill makes the best of a bad situation, so I will support it. The sensitive restoration of Marble Hill should mean that one of our finest buildings will be preserved for future generations to enjoy, but they will have

The Hon. SANDRA KANCK: Houses are being constructed by the Canberra Investment Corporation at Aldinga in what is known as the 'Sunday' development abutting the Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park, with a small buffer of about 10 metres width.

The Hon. SANDRA KANCK Desalination is a technological fix—and, by fix, I do not mean a solution. If South Australia is to address its water problems, the first thing we must do is stop growing our population.

George W. Bush accuses Wall St of getting drunk Reportedly asked guests not to record his comments In-depth: The race for the White House

BREWING giant faces up to $2 million in fines for a worker's death after his head became caught between a pressurised door.

NINETY billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas in the Arctic circle are waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, according to the government-run US Geological Survey.

INVESTORS need to be vigilant against a dodgy share purchasers, says Woodside Petroleum.

THE Beaconsfield rockfall that killed miner Larry Knight happened in the blink of an eye, survivor Todd Russell has told an inquest.

SAN DIEGO'S city attorney has filed a lawsuit against Bank of America and its Countrywide unit to prevent the mortgage lenders from foreclosing on homes in the city, which he aims to make a "foreclosure sanctuary."