Dobell

"I reckon ye ain't usin 'Dobell's' Rithmetic here?"

Cressy Bret Harte 1869

The threat of a criminal probe against Mr. Thomson, who represents the New South Wales coastal area of Dobell, comes at a difficult time for the Labor party, which has a narrow grip on power through the support of independent lawmakers and the minority Greens Party.

Australian Police Drop Labor MP Probe James Glynn 2011

Macgregor Card took the title of his debut poetry collection Duties of an English Foreign Secretary (winner of the 2009 Fence Modern Poets Series) from an essay written in 1852 by the Spasmodic poet Sydney Dobell (above).

Turning Poetic Nostalgia Inside Out « PubliCola 2010

Signs of unease within government over the scandal emerged on Wednesday when Andrew Wilkie, one of three independent lawmakers that the government depends on to remain in power expressed concern over the allegations against Mr. Thomson and voted in support of a motion by the opposition to force the Labor member for the New South Wales constituency of Dobell to testify in parliament.

Pressure Mounts in Australia for Lawmaker Inquiry James Glynn 2011

Brandon Dobell , an analyst who tracks brokerages for William Blair & Co., summed up Grubb's struggles as "a convergence of ill-timed decisions, a very difficult commercial real-estate environment and the challenges of competing with some very large and specialized players."

As Grubb Struggles, Its Chief Weighs Options Kris Hudson 2011

The prime minister has chosen to stand by Mr. Thomson, expressing confidence in the representative for the small New South Wales coastal constituency of Dobell.

Investors Weigh Australian Political Stability Andrew Critchlow 2011

The decision by Victoria police to open the inquiry of Mr. Thomson, who represents the New South Wales coastal area of Dobell, will come as an embarrassment to the government, which has a narrow grip on power through the support of independent lawmakers and the minority Greens Party.

Australian Police Probe Lawmaker's Expenses Gavn Lower 2011

An editing change to "British farmers, facing ruin, pay cost of supermarket price wars" News led to our inadvertently implying that Waitrose was the company that threatened Suffolk fruit farmer Henry Dobell with legal action.

For the record 2011

Campaigning Friday in the key swing electorates of Robertson and Dobell on Sydney's northern fringe where current Labor members of Parliament hold their seats by margins of just 0.1 and 3.9 percentage points, respectively

Opposition Bloc Leads in Australia 2010

Dobell, a prolific writer, was one of a group of poets dubbed the Spasmodic School (other members included Alexander Smith, Gerald Massey and Ebenezer Jones).

Poem of the week: Wind by Sydney Dobell 2010