7th March 2009

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While Barack Obama had an official Tumblr for his Inauguration, Anna Bligh is the first politician to have a presence on this popular new blogging network.
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FRIST!* Incumbent Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announces that she has joined the polaroid-taking, Gossip Girl-watching, ffffound-finding, Apple-hearting, self-portrait-taking, Katy Perry-following rebloggers posse on Tumblr.

* Deliberate typo.

12th January 2009

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Watching doco on SBS about the US Military base in Subic Bay

…specifically how the poverty stricken communities who live around the area have been “allegedly” poisoned by the waste left by the US Military. The doco also explores potential implications for joint US-Australian military exercises in QLD.

The devastating effect (including an increased rate of childhood cancers and birth defects) of the toxic waste is heartbreaking, and the willing inaction of both the Filipino and American governments leaves you with a seething anger.

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