35.

I had my nineteenth lesson at Parramatta yesterday, another good one.

We looked at Sanshin No Kata and Koshi Sanpo against two attackers. Then some escapes from wrist grabs.




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" Asylum seekers wearing life jackets jumped into the sea and children were thrown in with them -John Howard "

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34. 8th Kyu

I had my eighteenth lesson at Parramatta yesterday, yet another good one.

More variations from Sanshin No Kata. Then some from Koshi Sanpo and a little sword stuff.

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' I would like to quote my right hand man in answering this question: Max Moore-Wilton said "I have no recollection of being aware that there was no evidence. I was certainly aware that a report had been provided to the Task Force that children had been thrown overboard. I have no recollection of being told that there was no evidence of children being thrown overboard, although I note in the reports that some of the defence personnel had raised that issue, and as I think the task force report indicated or the chronology, which I have never seen, indicated that this did not necessarily mean that children had not been thrown overboard." -John Howard 15/2/2002 '

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33.

Had my thirteenth private lesson today, good fun again.

We did variations from Sanshin No Kata .

Then some more some basic sword work.



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Sure you can trust the government!
The price of water is going up and a charge if you pay by credit card. Largely to pay for a water desalination plant, that may never produce a drop. And they have imposed permanent water restrictions on us. Screwed three ways!


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32.

My seventeenth lesson at Parramatta yesterday, another good one. Haven't had a bad one yet.

More variations from Sanshin No Kata. Then a couple of sword techniques.



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". . . we will ask the Auditor-General to draw up new guidelines on what is an appropriate use of taxpayers' money in this area. There is clearly a massive difference between necessary Government information for the community and blatant Government electoral propaganda. Propaganda should be paid for by political parties."
John Howard, Press Release, "Auditor-General to examine Government Advertising", 5 September 1995

The Howard Government never asked the Auditor-general to examine Government Advertising and they completely ignored the advertising guidelines recommended by the Auditor-General in 1998.
In the lead up to the 2004 election the government planed to spend at least $120 million on government advertising.

"In relation to future government advertising, we will explain government policies where it is necessary. We make absolutely no apology for that . . . The truth of the matter is that all governments . . . from time to time have advertised and explained the features of new policies."
John Howard, Question Without Notice, Hansard, 22 June 2004

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31.

Had my twelfth private lesson today, I enjoyed it as usual.

We worked on Sanshin No Kata and Koshi Sanpo paying attention to postures and then some flowing practice.

After that we went on to some basic sword work.


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You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight saving time.

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30.

My sixteenth lesson at Parramatta on Thursday, yet another good one.

We practiced closer variations of from Sanshin No Kata. Then some more work on defence against five strikes.



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"Iraq continues to work on developing nuclear weapons-uranium has been sought from Africa that has no civil nuclear application in Iraq; . . ."
John Howard, Ministerial Statement, before the war in Iraq, 4 February 2003

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29.

I had my eleventh private lesson today, once again it was good.

We mainly worked on Sanshin No Kata paying attention to angling and distancing.


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Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.

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