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Brenton

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About Me

My name is Brenton, I am 23 years old and I am currently working as an intern at Parliament House in Canberra as part of ANU's Australian National Internships Program. Originally from Bendigo in Central Victoria I spent most of the summer living and working down in Melbourne until mid Feb when I moved up to Canberra, ACT and enrolled at ANU. I completed my BA degree at LTU in 2007 where I majored in Politics and have been accepted to do honours once I finish my stint here. I am a passionate member of the Australian Labor Party and a fierce advocate for social justice issues. I also enjoy travelling, sport, particularly football - go Melbourne Victory. I also work casually on the wait-staff at the National Press Club here in Canberra too which is exciting as I havent worked in hospitality for many years. Anyway enough about me I want to hear from you!

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My Interests

THE WONDERFUL WORLD/ POLITICS/ TRAVEL/ SPORTS/ NATURE/ HISTORY/ SOCIETY & RELIGION

I'd like to meet:

The new Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, Former PM Paul Keating, Former US president Bill Clinton & Hillary, Former UN Sec Gen Koffi Annan, High court Justice Michael Kirby, Steve Waugh, Oliver Kahn plus many others, especially anyone who has a social conscience with an ambition to make a difference!
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Music:

Generally anything other than rap, techno & heavy metal.

Movies:

Bit of a movie buff... some of my favorites include.. Star Wars (Classic and Prequel), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Bourne Identity and its sequels, Rocky movies Alien Trilogy, Matrix V for Vendetta Kokoda Apocalypse Now plus many others

Television:

**LOST**, The West Wing, Chaser's War on Everything, Q & A - Adventures in democracy, 7.30 report, Lateline

Books:

Paul Keating - Engagement; Australia faces the Asia Pacific George Orwell - '1984' & 'Animal Farm' JRR Tolkein - 'Hobbit' & 'Lord of the Rings' Johnny Warren - 'Shiela's, Wog's & Poofters - The story of Australian football' plus many more.... * Currently reading 'Hillary Clinton - Her way' the biography.

Heroes:

Political - PM John Curtin, PM Paul Keating, Joshua Lyman (Assistant Chief of Staff in the fictional 'West Wing' Bartlett Whitehouse) Sporting - Stephen Waugh, Mark Viduka, Timmy Cahill, Shane Warne (the player not the tabloid). Life - My Grandparents

My Blog

Response to the Rudd Government Budget /Opposition’s Reply

To be continued....  
Posted by Brenton on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:19:00 PST

Blast from the Past - The Kennett-Peacock car phone scandal

So WA Liberal opposition leader Troy Buswell has admitted to sniffing the seat of a female office staff member......WTF !!?? With the ALP in government across all st...
Posted by Brenton on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:27:00 PST

The Clinton campaign - It aint over till its over !

HILLARY CLINTON  The Democratic candidate who represents REAL change "Every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to become&I would say tha...
Posted by Brenton on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST

Some thoughts on the Republican bid for the 2008 White House

Some thoughts on the Republican bid for the 2008 White House     McCain’s elevation to lead Republican candidate proves that Republican voters want to see a more liberal yet conserv...
Posted by Brenton on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

Liberal candidate Alex Hawke branch stacks his way into Parliament

BLIND FREDDY LETS EXTREMIST INTO THE BROAD CHURCH Young, relentless and power hungry are three terms that would accurately describe the new Liberal Party candidate for the federal seat of Mitchell in ...
Posted by Brenton on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:49:00 PST

Australia vs Uruguay - Friendly - June 2nd 2007

DEJA VU?  SOCCEROOS TAKE ON URUGUAY IN SYDNEY With the Asian Cup just over a month away the Socceroo's will play their only home match before the tournament begins this Saturday in Sydney. The pr...
Posted by Brenton on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:57:00 PST

Leading national newspapers guilty of selling out

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER'S REEK OF POLITICAL BIAS   Victoria's leading tabloid and self labelled number #1 newspaper The Herald Sun yesterday published a front page spread of Labor leader Kevin Rudd an...
Posted by Brenton on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:07:00 PST

Labor & the minor parties budget response

LABOR'S RIGHT OF REPLY TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET - Key Points - LISTED ARE SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS FROM TONIGHT'S FEDERAL BUDGET REPLY FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION KEVIN RUDD. * Pledge of $2.5 billio...
Posted by Brenton on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:06:00 PST

Preliminary response to the Federal Budget

HOWARD/ COSTELLO FEDERAL BUDGET 2007   Some initial thoughts on last night's budget announcements...   The most blatantly obvious fact to take out of the Coalition's 12th annual budget...
Posted by Brenton on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:20:00 PST

Double standards evident in the aftermath of sexist slur!

DOUBLE STANDARDS MR HOWARD! John Howard's right hand man and Liberal Party head kicker Senator Bill Heffernan labeled Labor's deputy leader and IR spokeswoman Julia Gillard as unsuitable for leadershi...
Posted by Brenton on Thu, 03 May 2007 05:35:00 PST