Along with what seems like half of Sydney, I figure I should add my entry about the ever enjoyable; Rocks Coffee festival.
Once more, it was time again for the Rocks Coffee
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Today I received a regular magazine I receive as a supporter of Oxfam in Australia. Recently the magazine has been focussing more and more on Africa and regions of Australia where my interests lie in Asia and the Mekong delta. This issue though had a really positive sounding article about the how a new way of growing rice, System of Rice Intensification, is being used in Cambodia.
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Christopher Chan recently blogged about an article in the Sydney Morning Herald that the Australian High Court ruled that the a scathing restaurant review by food critic, Matthew Evans, is defamatory of the proprietors of the restaurant he reviewed :
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