things your government has been doing
UGH, AUSPOL. Why must you be the blurst? Anyway, to keep you up to date on reasons to hate our federal government, here’s a summary of some things over the last week. Don’t worry, there’s more....
View ArticleLetters to NA, the Prime Ministerial Edition
Dear No Award, The Governor-General is avoiding me and I just caught Malcolm Fraser measuring the curtain rods in the Lodge. Is this a sign from the universe that I should totally go ahead and borrow...
View ArticleThe NSW Parliament welcomes the Sydney Opera House seal; recommends a...
Yesterday, Tuesday 14 October, the NSW Parliament took time out from being massively corrupt to welcome the Sydney Harbour Seal to Sydney Harbour. And also to recommend a criminal lawyer in case it,...
View ArticleAn audio history of Gough Whitlam
It’s Time At least he asked permission, unlike some prime ministers. Gough – The Whitlams I’ve got a song about a man called Gough. From Little Things Big Things Grow – Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly The...
View ArticleLinkspam with you in the comfort of a lounge room in suburbia
The Vine counts down ways women ruin everything. With bonus puppies! Peta Credlin has become a lightning-rod for discontent driven by fear We at No Award are quite intrigued by the fact that, when...
View ArticleSomething something lyrics linkspam
What lies beneath: Sydney gets the southern hemisphere’s first body farm Australia We Need To Talk About Fairy Bread – Please note that Stephanie has chosen to take “you can’t gentrify fairy bread” as...
View Articlethings i can do because they’re not specified in my lease
in uni, a friend’s lease specified ‘no ironing on the carpet.’ things that aren’t specified ‘not to do’ in my lease: install a door from the garage into the house via a tunnel data retention install a...
View ArticlePro-environment media Liz was banned from consuming as a child
Now, I love my parents dearly, and they gave me a strong grounding in the humanities and encouraged my intellectual curiosity and desire to read e v e r y t h i n g. But they were also quite strict,...
View Articlethat couple that can’t get divorced
Hey we dunno if you quokkas noticed, but the USA Supreme Court (abbreviated hilariously to SCOTUS) legalised marriage equality across their entire country. Good work, SCOTUS! Many people are having...
View Articlewind farms, ian, and you
Hello, No Award. Today we’d like to talk to you about a very serious topic. That topic is: wind farms. Have some background reading from First Dog on the Moon: Dr Onthemoon’s self diagnosis windfarm...
View Article5 Seconds of Linkspam
That awkward moment when you’re looking for lobsters and find volcanoes. “That’s what happened between me and Clark” – Revising Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal Loretta Young has been excoriated for...
View Articlesecret linkspam
Super important Fatberg update: Wet wipes cause massive issues for regional drainage systems. Mr Raff said body corporate and property owners were footing bills of between $800-$1000 for the...
View Articlethis week in: what has your government done to you
The politician Steph aspires to be, Penny Wong (queer, Malaysian-Chinese, left, yells in public) cuts Joe Hockey so decisively. The Coalition party room voted not to allow a conscience vote on same-sex...
View Articlenew pm who dis
Blah blah no Tony blah blah. In all practical terms, this isn’t much of a change. Turnbull may believe in climate change and marriage equality, but there’s no sign he’s actually going to pursue any...
View Articleplaces one might misplace an Australian PM
Australians are always losing their Prime Ministers. Into the Bass Strait, in the Liberal Party Party Room, in the audience of a Keating! performance. To assist the nation, No Award has compiled a list...
View ArticleInternational Aid, Voluntourism, and You
Hello, Friends! Just a quick little thing today about International Aid, Voluntourism, and You, where You is defined as an Australian of comparative affluence. Come on a journey with me, Australia....
View Articlemariah improving the lodge and some auspol shenanigans
Ms Mariah Carey has been dating a man who is beneath her for some time now. (Not for the first time! Probs not for the last! Spoilers: most men are unworthy of Mariah.) Last week No Award encountered...
View Articleare you from linkspam or Mars?
We’ve been sitting on this post for a few weeks, so some of these links are, uhhh, vintage! Liz is a candidate for the 2016 NAFF race, which sends the successful candidate to Contact 2016, the one-off...
View Articlethis week in: what has your government done to you
It’s a week, so probably something. Labor questions PM Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to tackling discrimination against women. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to tackling discrimination...
View Articlethis week in: what has your government done to you (mardi gras ed)
Here is Monday! As is traditional, we are blearily facing the start of another week (unless you’re in Perth, and therefore celebrating a public holiday), and tonight when you check twitter you will, if...
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