TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT. 1832: Captain Charles Boycott, the Irish estate manager who caused boycotts, was born. He earned a reputation for unfairness that drove peasant tenant-farmers in his charge to organise against him in an 1879 act of civil disobedience. Hence the derivation of the word, 'boycott'. OTHER EVENTS. |
Ablekuma West Legislator Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has told Radio XYZ she finds nothing wrong with ladies wearing miniskirts to church. She told XYZ Breakfast Show Host Moro Awudu that: “Some people may find it offensive [but] frankly, to be quite honest with you, I don’t”. |
Sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick says the lack of women in Parliament has a direct impact on major issues affecting women. |
Australia has no plans to change its flag, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public appetite for removing the British Union Jack from the national symbol.It follows an announcement by neighbouring New Zealand -- whose flag ... |
Australia has no plans to change its flag, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public appetite for removing the British Union Jack from the national symbol. |
A SENIOR Malaysian air force official has claimed missing Flight MH370 showed up on radar for about 70 minutes longer than first thought. |
Australia has no plans to change its flag, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public appetite for removing the British Union Jack from the national symbol. |
Australia has no plans to change its flag, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public appetite for removing the British Union Jack from the national symbol. |
Australia has no plans to change its flag, foreign minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public appetite for removing the British Union Jack from the national symbol. |
A push to change New Zealand's national flag appears to have failed to trigger a similar move in Australia, with political figures from both major parties dismissing the idea of changing Australia's flag design. |