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It’s not asking too much…
That’s the title of the Salvation Army’s latest National Economic and Social Impact Survey. Epithets such as “disturbing” and “alarming” are being used. In the light of our unwillingness to pay more tax, you might add “obscene”. One child in [...]
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Ford goes – and how much does it matter?
To the surprise of almost noone, Ford has announced that it’s planning to shut down Australian production in 2016. Ford has been the weakest of the local manufacturers for some time. Nick Gruen – who worked with Hawke government industry [...]
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Oklahoma tornado and climate change
The Courier Mail had quite a good piece. If you want pics the BBC has a gallery or enter Oklahoma tornado at Google images. There are some videos collected here. The Courier Mail has a large photo gallery. Climate Progress [...]
What is Abbott up to?
Max Gillies Smith thought the Abbott budget reply a series of stumbles. These include the promise that peoples “fortnightly budgets will be under less pressure as electricity prices fall and gas prices fall and the carbon tax no longer cascades [...]
Trolling coal: jobs, climate and the Iron Lady
The pre-recorded televised tributes have ended. The street parties are over. In Britain, the outrage that swelled in some quarters over the Baroness Margaret Thatcher’s faux state funeral has died away, leaving in its wake the dull, tedious thrumming of [...]
Climate clippings 74
The weekend was a bit ordinary for me, but as supercoach Wayne Bennett says, if you can’t say anything nice say nothing. That’s how he addressed his troops after the thrashing they got in the previous week. This week they [...]
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Culture
- Towards a sociological concept of neo-liberalism I
April 12, 2013 (22 responses) - Margaret Thatcher and neo-liberal sovereignty
April 11, 2013 (72 responses) - Envisioning realistic Utopias, realised utopias, Erik Olin Wright and Crooked Timber
April 7, 2013 (10 responses)
Miscellaneous
- Weekly Whimsy
May 22, 2013 (6 responses) - Saturday Salon
May 18, 2013 (36 responses) - Saturday Salon
May 11, 2013 (75 responses)
Policy
- It’s not asking too much…
May 24, 2013 (12 responses) - Ford goes – and how much does it matter?
May 23, 2013 (44 responses) - What is Abbott up to?
May 21, 2013 (59 responses)
Politics
- It’s not asking too much…
May 24, 2013 (12 responses) - Ford goes – and how much does it matter?
May 23, 2013 (44 responses) - What is Abbott up to?
May 21, 2013 (59 responses)
Politics of the Election
- What is Abbott up to?
May 21, 2013 (59 responses) - Raising the GST
May 20, 2013 (28 responses) - Abbott budget reply open thread
May 16, 2013 (46 responses)
Polls
- Campbell Newman’s austerity and privatisation agendas are toxic in Brisbane
April 11, 2013 (16 responses) - Why we have Labor leadership spills and stoushes; and how to avoid them
March 20, 2013 (85 responses) - Does Labor need a primary vote in the low 40s to win?
March 16, 2013 (33 responses)
Process
- How low will they go?
April 19, 2013 (81 responses) - Tweedledee, Tweedledum: all electoral systems were not created equal
April 15, 2013 (38 responses) - Australian misses actual story on Simon Sheikh and ACT Greens leaked email
April 8, 2013 (14 responses)
Sociology
- The best place in the world to be a mother
May 16, 2013 (11 responses) - Feminism and the terrifying dependency of children
May 9, 2013 (97 responses) - Sexualising Keynes: Not just about Niall Ferguson
May 7, 2013 (12 responses)