"For things to stay as they are, things will have to change."
The magnificent former athlete, now senator Nova Perris has disturbingly done as Gillard and Thomson have done before her and addressed parliament about a tawdry affair. She has not said that the leaked emails which allege corruption are fabrications. She says she has not seen them. But she says they are not consistent with her views then and now, which suggests she has taken a very nuanced legal view. Unlike Thomson and Gillard she suggests a motive for the alleged fabrication and provides a believable account as to what has happened. Any person capable of fabricating emails with that detail must be disturbingly close to her, personally. It is telling that those supporting her have not given similar support to Sydney University poet Barry Spurr, but from the viewpoint of the NT News, their source must have presented them with sufficient verifiable facts to let them proceed over Nova, while Matilda have clearly failed to obtain sufficient facts to impugn Spurr.

Raising Jihadis in Lakemba as a channel 7 recording shows four children aged from six to thirteen parading as soldiers of the caliphate. The children promise to die fighting to end democracy in Australia. The event was organised by the Muslim Youth Project in Lakemba and suggests that that organisation and those involved should answer questions as to why they should be allowed to exist as a corporation, or be free. Senator Leyenjohn on 7:30 report says that the new anti terrorism laws will mean that people can be charged and arrested who might not under current legislation. Which sounds like the point.

An inquiry into a partisan weather bureau account has been called for by a National Party MP. One interesting study would be reporting of forecasts and record of actual temperatures, which rarely is other than cooler than those forecast. A hundred years ago and more, higher temperatures were being recorded. Yet the weather bureau claims that 2013 was the hottest on record without being able to substantiate it. Locally, it wasn't.

A danger Victoria could vote ALP with polls showing ALP will win. It is undeserved, without them ever addressing their apparent corruption or presenting a coherent set of policies. The danger is they could be elected with no agenda other than to be corrupt. Even today, they cost Victorians a lot of money from a desalination plant that was never needed.

Aid worker arrogantly demands to be treated different to public safety needs over Ebola. Many thanks to the aid worker sacrificing their time and money to make a difference in Africa, but they have been quarantined for a reason and should respect that.

"For things to stay as they are, things will have to change." Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, who in The Leopard had Count Tancredi say that .. and Malcolm Turnbull brilliantly quotes it in parliament today.

MLB World Series update
Scoring 3 to 2, Giants take the series after San Francisco did what it does best by going against trend. Bumgarner became player of the series by keeping Kansas City Royals shut down on a one run deficit, after winning two other games. It is the third time Giants have won in five years.