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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sometimes-youve-just-got-to-stick-it-to-the-bloody-ref/ We are taught early in life that we should not question authority. We must listen to our parents, our teachers and our uniformed sporting officials or face the awful consequences. A little later on, we learn about a thing called the legal system. We learn that it has courts and that if you’re not happy with a court’s ruling, you can go to a higher court, and maybe even a higher one after that. Not long afterwards, most of us end up owning a T-shirt emblazoned with the anarchy symbol, or the suave silhouette of Che Guevara. We then spend the rest of our lives jaywalking, texting while driving, putting tax returns in late and downloading whatever we can get our grubby little hands on. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sometimes-youve-just-got-to-stick-it-to-the-bloody-ref/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sometimes-youve-just-got-to-stick-it-to-the-bloody-ref/#item8581 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/would-you-kill-for-a-job/ Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/would-you-kill-for-a-job/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/would-you-kill-for-a-job/#item7737 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/ As is the rite of passage for all conservative politicians, Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich has found himself embroiled in a sex scandal. Wife number two claims Newt asked for an “open marriage”. She, shockingly enough, now considers him too much of a jerk for office. In even more yawn-worthy news, fellow hopeful, Rick Santorum, has pounced on naughty Newt and determined that those extramarital hijinks raise questions about moral character. Moral character. You know, the most fundamental of leadership qualities. Because, you might be the smartest, the wisest, the most hard-working of all politicians, but one sexual snafu and it can all end in a finger-snap. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/#item7594 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/beware-the-pro-lifers-doing-hard-labor-on-abortion/ Labor for Life may sound like a North Korean punishment but it is, in fact, a fringe group that apparently departs quite radically from Labor policy. They want to see an ‘end’ to abortion, a position which is closer to that of the Australian Christian Lobby (the ACL has endorsed them in a newsletter) than those of the Liberal or Labor Party. On their Facebook site, they take what could be a sly dig at Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s view that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare” with links to a poster that reads: “Anti-abolitionists of the 19th Century said they just wanted to keep slavery ‘safe, legal and rare’.” penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/beware-the-pro-lifers-doing-hard-labor-on-abortion/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/beware-the-pro-lifers-doing-hard-labor-on-abortion/#item7590 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/alls-not-fair-in-war/ In the film Balibo, five journalists paint an Australian flag and the word ‘Australia’ on the wall of their ‘safe’ house. They are then coldly executed by the invading Indonesians. They believed – naively, in retrospect - that their very Australianness and their civilian status as journalists would save them. Their brutal slaying outrages us, offends our sense of fairness – and shows that the concept of fairness is an odd sort of idea to have in the midst of carnage. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/alls-not-fair-in-war/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/alls-not-fair-in-war/#item7539 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-and-children-first-or-every-man-for-himself/ When a boat goes down, should women and children be able to jump to the front of the lifeboat queue? The death toll from the Costa Concordia tragedy has reached five, and more stories are emerging about the chaos inside the luxury cruise liner as it started to go down. Melbourne mother Michelle Barraclough told the Herald Sun that she had to fight hysterical adults to hold on to her 12-year-old daughter, and that the men were the worst. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-and-children-first-or-every-man-for-himself/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-and-children-first-or-every-man-for-himself/#item7538 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ethics-of-feeding-off-the-fat-of-the-land/ Wildlife harvesting advocate Professor Mike Archer AM has been geeing up the anti-vegetarian ork armies with an article putting the boot in for ‘hypocrisy’ over mice. The pesky little critters erupt into sizable plagues in grain growing areas every few years and Archer thereby accused vegetarians of having the “worst possible” diet in terms of suffering and sustainability. What not to do when it comes to a sustainable diet During the robust online debate following his article, Archer produced the following visionary statement on Australia’s food production future: “In fact (sorry to sound insensitive), but we should not be consuming Australia unsustainably as we are now to feed 50 million people overseas in addition to the rapidly expanding Australian population. It’s a great short-term strategy to make more money and feel we done [sic] our bit to feed the starving millions overseas, but it makes us contributors to the exacerbating global problem of overpopulation rather than part of the solution. If we could just manage Australia sustainably, that would be the beginning of a rational approach to land-use and set a good example for the rest of the world.” penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ethics-of-feeding-off-the-fat-of-the-land/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ethics-of-feeding-off-the-fat-of-the-land/#item7506 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-bang-up-for-your-bucks/ The family of the 14 year old Australian boy detained in Bali has allegedly sought a TV deal through the boy’s Australian agent. This news has not been received favourably by Indonesian authorities, and both Nine and Seven are strongly denying any such deal. But as Punch contributor Steve Williams suggests, deals have been done before and probably will be again… Dear Mr Big Fat TV Executive, May I be the first to congratulate you on your rumoured signing of the latest Australian arrested overseas to become the new face of Your Network, even though no one has ever seen the person’s face. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-bang-up-for-your-bucks/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-bang-up-for-your-bucks/#item7087 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/friday-dilemma-how-to-reward-a-melb-cup-angel/ By now, you’re sick of the Cup, we’re sick of the Cup. But here’s a doozy of a dilemma regarding the luckiest and most ungrateful punter in Australia. On Tuesday, a friend of The Punch’s went to the TAB to put on his bets. Before leaving, he asked his workmates if he could put any bets on for them. One guy in his 60s gave our friend $6 for a “mystery box trifecta”. That’s when the TAB computer randomly selects three horses and if they run the placings any which way, the bet wins. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/friday-dilemma-how-to-reward-a-melb-cup-angel/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/friday-dilemma-how-to-reward-a-melb-cup-angel/#item7074 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-2-compulsory-organ-donation/ If people didn’t donate their tissue and organs to others, the following people wouldn’t have contributed nearly as much to the Australia we know: Kevin Rudd, Derryn Hinch, Kerry Packer, Jimmy Little, Fiona Coote… We’d be a lot poorer for it. But Australia is already a poorer country than it could be. There are plenty of sick people who need organ transplants but can’t get them. Australia has one of the lowest rates of organ donation in the developed world. There are some 1,566 Australians on the waiting list for a transplant right now and every week an Aussie dies waiting for a kidney transplant. The way to ease this crippling shortage is breathtakingly obvious. When you die, your organs should automatically go to someone who needs them. End of story. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-2-compulsory-organ-donation/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/festival-of-obvious-ideas-2-compulsory-organ-donation/#item6931 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed the cash. There are plenty of dirty, smelly, difficult, revolting jobs out there that usually get left to immigrants, to the uneducated, to the desperate. Slaughtering animals is something most people would turn their noses up at, but someone has to do it.