I ALWAYS said Morri was a one-off, a unique mind in this great game. Morri thinks Munster are boring and to an extent he’s right. They’re so predictable, aren’t they, with their army of brilliant fans and their relentless victories and their spanking new stadium in Limerick and their Doug Howlett and – yawn – [...]

The Central Information Commission has asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to disclose information relating to an unaided school affiliated to it.
However, it held that unaided schools do not fall under the purview of the RTI Act but since they were affiliated to the public body, information relating to them — in possession of [...]

The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable.
The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, or CAIRS, is an electronic list of nearly every access to information request filed to federal departments and agencies.
Originally created in 1989, [...]

Fairfax Media understands Chriscos adviser, investment bank UBS, has circulated an information memorandum to potential investors or buyers including Australian private equity funds. Chrisco, which also operates in Australia and Canada, is majority owned by founder Richard Bradley.
Launched in New Zealand 15 years ago, Chrisco expanded to Australia in 1997 and Canada in 2003. It [...]

The figure is contained in a survey of the countrys elite players conducted by the Australian Cricketers Association, and raises the possibility that some players could choose not to renew Cricket Australia contracts and instead maximise their earnings in the Indian Premier League.
Asked whether they would consider early retirement from international cricket to play in [...]

Southland police area commander Inspector Tony ONeill said Invercargill had a problem with morons, rather than a boy racers, and Senior Sergeant Kerrin Price, of the Southland Strategic Traffic Unit, had referred to Dee St as a moron strip.
These comments last week followed a weekend during which 65 infringement notices were issued to the boy [...]

Dr Fergus Bruce Aitcheson faces charges of professional misconduct at a New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. He wants to continue as a general practitioner.
The tribunal heard in undisputed evidence from senior hospital staff that in 2005 Dr Aitcheson, then a physician at Gisborne Hospital, prescribed the pain relief drug pethidine for clinical procedures when [...]

Transpower put out a statement today on behalf of the industry saying contingency planning was under way for measures that could be put in place this winter, if severe drought conditions continued and the hydro lakes remained low.
The hydro lakes currently are very low for this time of year, Transpower said.
But they were still higher [...]

Mahu Wairau, 42, had earlier admitted the January 21 burglary of Lorneville Superliquor and the January 22 burglary of Southern Fish Supply.
He had also admitted unlawfully possessing a sawn-off shotgun, threatening to kill, resisting police, driving while disqualified and refusing to permit a blood specimen to be taken at Invercargill on January 22, and driving [...]

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine the political
scientist Robert Manne, so urbane and measured in mien, physically
giving anyone a one-fingered salute. However, when it comes to the
printed page, that’s another matter.
The inspiration or intention behind this collection of 20 essays
might not have been to niggle the rusted-on supporters of the
Howard Government and conservative media [...]