As I've already indicated elsewhere, I'm supporting The Greens in the March 24 state election. The state of the major parties is so bad that neither the ALP nor the Libs/Nats deserve to govern. The best we can do is hope for a hung parliament, with a Iemma minority government held to accountability by third parties and quality independents. The Greens have the best third-party credentials in my opinion, and a more sound choice than the unknown (and often unskilled) quantity of independent candidates in many cases.

As I noted a few weeks ago, John Winston Howard has defended the rights of people to say ridiculous things.

Not one, but two grisly tales reported today by Australian Associated Press:

Firstly, A 37-year-old woman has been charged with stealing a piece of Peter Brock's crashed car containing his racing number "05" while collecting the racing legend's body for the coroner.