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Australia PM Gillard sorry for 'shameful' decades of enforced Fosters
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beau-jolly
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I woke up this am listening to the story. Bloody amazing! One woman's story: She was locked up when pregnant and her baby taken away at birth. She was 17 1/2, living with the baby's father and planning to get married with her parent's concent. It appears her crime was being pregnant before 18. She was kept sedated for months and released when she was 18. After 25 years she was reunited with her son. She is still married to the father. How could this happen in the 1960s in a civilised country like Austrai... oh hang on.Posted 3 months ago # -
Here's one part of British/Australian history I have never understood.
All of the criminals and unsavouries we had on this over-crowded little island with a generally miserable climate, we sent over to the spacious warm country. I think we got that the wrong way round.
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberNA. hahahaha!
MD. I have a friend or 2 in Brisbane. Strikes me that it is either on fire or under water. Can't see the attraction myself. And don't get me started on skin cancer. Mind you its not all bad. They do have shite wine and deadly spiders too.Posted 2 months ago # -
Midnight Dreary
offlineMemberNo-one's died from a spider bite in years, although there are admittedly lots of them and they're not great to look at.
Snakes, they're the buggers. Had one in our house last week, the snake catcher came round but couldn't find it. Not really sure how hard he looked. Only charged us half the fee, for not finding it. I thought "I could not find a snake for a lot cheaper than that, mate", but I didn't say anything in case it leapt out before he went.
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