It Would Be Funny If It Didn't Matter

Peter Remfrey, secretary of the NSW Police Association, hadn't even got around to putting Matt Brown's details into his mobile phone before he received the 5.30am text message on Thursday that the new police minister he'd spent all the previous afternoon schmoozing had resigned - or been sacked, more precisely.

Pins And Needles

INFORMATION overload is leading to memory problems, with Australians struggling to remember phone numbers, birthdays and bank-account details, a survey has found.