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...compulsory paid maternity leave, over this Government's dead body, frankly, it just won't happen under this Government.

Then Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott in July 2002

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Motion for NSW Parliament on OneWebDay - needs your comments today

Tomorrow is OneWebDay . In addition to hosting a small event at Parliament House, I have drafted a Notice of Motion that I hope to have passed by the Legislative Council this week.

If you have any comments or suggestions I will incorporate them - but you have to get back to me by COB today. See below:Notice of Motion: One Web Day

That this house:

(a) Notes that Tuesday 22 September is OneWebDay

(b) Notes that OneWebDay is a voluntary network of organisations, citizens and consumers who are committed to universal and equal access to the Internet. The theme of the 2009 OneWebDay is One Web. For All.

Obama keeping the momentum online, could it be replicated in NSW?

 75 days until inauguration starts Obama's website. It is the first evidence of Obama's determination to involve all who want to be involved in his administration.

The first blog says "Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama Administration will reflect an essential lesson from the success of the Obama campaign: that people united around a common purpose can achieve great things

Where do we put all the dead bodies?

How we bury our dead is a very personal and very important part of moving through the life journey that all of us are on. The Minister for Lands, Tony Kelly has released a discussion paper titled "Sustainable Burials in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Area". The paper discusses the need to examine new ways of supporting culturally and religiously appropriate burials in the context of reduced land resources.