NEWS

RIP Tom Uren http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-26/tom-uren-former-whitlam-minister-dead/6046340

RIP Selinas at the Coogee Bay Hotel http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/end-of-an-era-as-coogee-bay-hotels-selinas-closes-its-doors-for-complete-makeover/story-fngr8h22-1227189672064

RIP King Abdullah of the House of Saud http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/saudi-arabia-king-abdullah-buried-in-unmarked-grave/6043918 http://m.smh.com.au/national/flags-at-halfmast-to-mark-death-of-saudi-arabias-king-abdullah-20150124-12xg8o.html

RIP Artemios "Demis" Ventouris Roussos (Greek: Αρτέμιος "Ντέμης" Βεντούρης Ρούσσος)

RIP Eric John Fitzgibbon

RIP The Dead of Auschwitz Liberated by the Russians exactly 70 years ago today

RIP Winston Churchill - 50 years ago this week

Word of the week - skite - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/skite

F.U. (Follow Up)

U.A.E. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

Bali 9 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/bali-nine-islands-governor-says-executions-should-not-take-place-there

Celebrities will help, right? - http://www.news.com.au/national/bali-nine-andrew-chan-and-myuran-sukumarans-celebrity-supporters-call-for-mercy/story-fncynjr2-1227195257379?from=public_rss

Argentine Prosecutor https://news.vice.com/article/days-before-dying-prosecutor-accusing-argentinas-president-of-cover-up-told-us-his-proof-is-strong?utm_source=vicenewsfb http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-25/argentine-prosecutor-shot-point-blank-in-forehead-say-officials/6044870

David Hicks http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-25/australia-apology-only-if-us-quash-david-hickss-conviction/6044676

Death Penalty - Oklahoma http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/oklahoma-executions-by-lethal-injection-to-be-reviewed/6044178

Death Penalty - Japan http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/calls-for-reform-on-japans-death-penalty/6043256

Raif Badawi http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/saudi-to-again-postpone-flogging-of-blogger-amnesty/6037710

Dick Dogerson http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/22/roger-rogerson-and-glen-mcnamara-trial-date-set-over-jamie-gao

Greg Hunt remembers his portfolio http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/government-issues-ban-on-dredge-spoil-dumping-on-barrier-reef/6044462

Metadata http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/22/politicians-criticise-secrecy-at-any-cost-attempts-to-uncover-journalists-sources

Join the ALP http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/22/are-you-angry-about-what-the-abbott-government-is-doing-to-australia-then-join-the-labor-party

PMs of Oz.

Number 9: James Henry Scullin

Crime and Punishment

Chapter 10 - part 2 chap 3

Bananaland

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/queensland-election-20153rally-against-lnp-held-in-brisbane/6044302

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/no-guarantees-on-projects-if-electorates-snub-lnp-newman/6044122

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/24/campbell-newman-tells-reporters-to-google-evidence-of-bikie-donations?CMP=soc_567

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/25/queensland-election-jacqui-lambie-call-oust-lnp

Omar from Logan http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/terror-suspect-omah-succarieh-denied-bail/6043538

Ray Stevens http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/22/ray-stevenss-dance-might-just-trump-the-abbott-stare-and-keating-warble

The Feds

Women win every category of Australian of the Year awards. Rosie Batty overall winner.

Dishonourable Australians http://mobile.news.com.au/national/alan-bond-eddie-obeid-brian-burke-and-the-other-men-stripped-of-their-australia-day-honours/story-fncynjr2-1227195397859?from=public_rss

58 Manus protestors go to gaol http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/23/arrested-manus-protesters-face-jail-conditions-until-refugee-status-decided

World's worst salesman http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/talkback-caller-tells-tony-abbott-he-is-worlds-worst-salesman/6034782

World

Greek election

Herd immunity http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/17/too-rich-sick-disneyland-measles-outbreak-reflects-anti-vaccination-trend

Weather

Hot. Wet. Hot. Wet.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/warmer-drier-climate-locked-in-for-melbourne-says-csirobureau-of-meteorology-report-20150126-12yfrf.html

General Interest

50 years since the Freedom Ride http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jan/23/freedom-ride-to-be-re-enacted-by-university-students-for-50th-anniversary

Tasmanian DPP http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/tasmanian-dpp-tim-ellis-sacked/6041184

Tasmanian defamation laws http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/23/companies-suing-critics-thats-the-real-enemy-of-free-speech

SA Native Title Claim granted - 2/3rds of Eyre Peninsula granted to blackfellas http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/22/long-running-eyre-peninsula-native-title-claim-upheld-in-australias-federal-court

West Australian PM ... I will step down IF elected http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/wa-premier-barnett-to-step-down-if-his-government-is-re-elected/6036438

SPORT

Failed sponsor of the week - Ansett Airlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansett_Australia#Sport

Cricket http://m.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/michael-clarke-on-a-collision-course-with-cricket-australia-as-his-teammates-move-on-20150126-12y7wd.html

Football

Women's National (One Day) Cricket League

Woodchopping- 50k for less than 13 seconds work http://www.latrobe.tas.gov.au/page.aspx?c=9557

Bowls