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There was another artilce in the Age the other day about the issue of accidental fatherhood. This issue makes me so mad! I think men who take no responsibility for contraception and then complain about being stuck paying child support are stupid. I’ve written before that men need to take responsibility for contraception in heterosexual relationships.

It’s really very simple. Enjoy sex but be realistic. Never trust a woman who say you don’t need to use a condom because she is on the pill. She may be telling the truth, but then she may be lying, drunk or manipulative. Maybe she is taking antibiotics, which reduces the effectiveness of the pill. May be she forgot to take it on the day you got together. You can’t know.

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Thank you Mr Swan and Mr Rudd - you have ended the enforced taxpayer subsidy that supports the social parasites of the private health insurance industry. As I wrote last year, the Medicare Levy Surcharge was part of the Liberal government’s crude agenda against the sustainability of the public health system and the needs of the majority of the population. Finally the extra tax or bribe is being altered, and many people lile myself will not be forced to subsidise an industry that should not exist or pay a penalty to the government.

I hope the Labor government will also address some of the other tax traps that make single and/or childless people pay for things that breeders should pay for themselves. I’m not the only one that thinks that middle class breeder welfare has become a monster. The childfree are sick of subsidising your smug selfishness.

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I’ve written before about the media conscious staging of F1 GP race press conferences, where some of the drivers undo the tops of their race overalls and put on a clean new jacket with cardboard insertions that make the sponsor logos flatter and more obvious to the cameras.

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A few days ago I finally ate at Red Rice, a Vietnamese restaurant with a modern twist on Brunswick St. I’m glad I did - the meal was sensational - and I feel bad that it had taken me so long to try it, because I had accidently denied myself their wonderful food!

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