| Remarkable life of truckie made good
They were announced as musician Lee Kernaghan was awarded another of the country's highest honours. He was named Australian of the Year at a ceremony in front of Parliament House in Canberra. The country music star said he was both proud and humbled. "In all my dreams, I could never have imagined that I'd receive anaward like this," said the 43-year-old Queenslander, who accepted the award yesterday from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Kernaghan, who wore his trademark black Akubra, black jeans and blue shirt, told the crowd of well-wishers the honour was the greatest of his life. But he reserved a special message for the bush audience he called family. "The message is you are a magnificent bunch and we know you're not through it all yet," Kernaghan said. "But we salute you for your resilience, your resourcefulness, and just being a great Australian.
Mandella and Harty have some real talent
Lewis or the Feb. 10 San Vicente at seven furlongs. Mandella is keen on both horses. He said the CashCall showed that the lightly raced Into Mischief "likes to compete." "In his second start (a second in the Hollywood Prevue), he got off a little bad, and we tried to just sit and be patient with him," Mandella said. "But he almost seemed confused by it. So I suggested that Victor (Espinoza) let him run out of the gate and then take hold of him, so he at least kind of understood what we were trying to do. He ran like he did in his first race, where Victor just waited at the quarter pole with those horses, then it looked like he broke out the gate again. "… After seeing that, I think all options are open. You couldn't expect one to do much more in three races than he's done." Mandella, whose best finish with six previous starters was fifth in 1994, hasn't completely ruled out Dixie Chatter making the Derby.
First, fairy cakes – then welding, kids
Since it came to power, the Labour government has introduced 2,685 pieces of legislation every year. And each has been either ill-conceived, draconian, bonkers, bitter, dangerous, counter-productive, childish, wrong, thoughtless, selfish, or designed primarily to make life a bit more miserable for everyone except six people in the BBC, 14 on The Guardian and Al Gore. Still, with such a torrent of new rules and regulations pouring onto the statute books every day, it was statistically inevitable that one day they’d accidentally do something sensible. And last week that day arrived. They decided that everyone who’s capable of reaching the takeaway shop without being shot in the face is eating far too much Trex and that the way to get them eating fair-trade lettuce and organic tofu instead is to make cooking a part of the school curriculum for children aged 11-14.
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