Chewing
on the PM:
By Jessica Champion
Recently a pet chew toy has been released
called ‘Droolia Julia’, the toy being a caricature of Prime Minister Julia
Gillard with over-exagerated features such as the nose, breast and buttocks. The
toy has been under speculation whether it is offensive or not and if its just
another way that shows Australia isn’t ready for a female leader.
The Adelaide pet store “P&K Pets” has
been overloaded with orders and the occasional complaint not long after it put
the toy on its shelves. Employee Kyle who works there has told multiple news
companies that he has received many orders and keep getting more from all sorts
of places. “We’ve had orders from everywhere ~ Queensland, Victoria, WA, even
the Northern Territory.” Though the toy has been popular, Kyle says that he has
also received many complaints, in store and over the phone. Some employees have
said that some customers have been quite abusive towards them about the toy
saying that they are “sexist” and ‘they wouldn’t do it to a man’.
Though many people have had a “good laugh”
over it, others have called it a “sick memento” and “extremely offensive”. Could
it be showing that we as a country are not ready for female leadership, that
deep down we are still a male dominated and sexist society?
Sources:
Space Station scope detects evidence of dark matter
Dark matter is an unknown thing which holds the galaxy together. Scientists have gathered more clues to what it is. A massive science instrument that is spinning the globe aboard the International Space Station may have provided its first glimpse of what may be dark matter. It makes up 25% of the universe. Scientists have known it exists due to its gravitational pull on galaxies and light. So far, equipment has been unable to detect what this matter is.
But recent information from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the most sensitive particle physics spectrometer, says it detected “evidence of a new physics phenomena”
New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder tried to fight back as four men attacked him in a Christchurch bar.
"His shirt was ripped off and they were kicking him and punching him while was down”
Ryder was lying in a bush shaking, vomiting and covered in blood in the carpark of a McDonalds. An eyewitness who only wanted to be called Adam said that the brawl broke out behind him. According to Adam “it looked pretty unprovoked”. Four caucasian men believed to be in their late 20’s started punching the cricketer in the bars outside courtyard and pushed him out into the street. Ryder managed to stand up but was knocked back down almost instantly. A witness said he wasn't sure if they were friends but they said they “damn knew who he was”. The four men ran off when police sirens were heard. No further evidence has been released yet.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/test-cricketer-jesse-ryder-has-fractured-skull-after-late-night-attack-20130328-2gva7.html
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