Desperate, dateless and disendorsed in Wyong
For a moment I’d thought Warnie had moved states and was standing for the Libs in Indifference 2007 but no. It was Brenton Pavier, the now ex-Liberal candidate for Wyong, in trouble for inappropriate text messaging. Incidentally, Pavier had hit [...]
Developmental impact of the sexualisation of girls
Well, the Australia Institute may have ruffled a few corporate feathers with the examples that it chose to use in its report last year on the sexualisation of children, but it seems that they have strong support for their over-all [...]
Debnam Blogs!
Thatâs right, itâs a REAL LIVE BLOG this time, conveniently hosted by the Daily Telegraph. Iâm not sure whether itâs an ongoing arrangement, but unlike his previous efforts to âblogâ? the Get Back In Front Bogan Whistlestop Tour, Debnamâs Tele [...]
Tunnel chaos and angst a day late for Debnam
The operators of the Lane Cove Tunnel, Connector Motorways, have announced today that the controversial road will open on Sunday, March 25; co-incidentally, the very day after the NSW State Election takes place. The tunnel is not due to open [...]
Are lava lamps banned too?
Everybody and their dog seems to think that the Liberals’ latest piece of environmental policy – banning incandescent lightbulbs is a great idea. Everybody from the opposition to the Queensland Greens seem to be endorsing the plan, even if Labor [...]
Shutdown
Having dropped the kids off at school, a friend and her toddler and I were sitting at an outdoor cafe in Oxford Street when we noticed that the street had gone completely quiet. No traffic. “It must be Cheney”, I [...]
The War on … Asteroids! (Redux)
There were stormy scenes in Parliament yesterday during debate on the Howard Governmentâs latest anti-Asteroid legislation – the National Security â Defence Against Extra-Terrestrial and Other Threats Bill, 2007. During his speech introducing the Bill, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson had [...]
(in)consequential
Feministing links to the story that San Antonio scientists are working on a vaccine to prevent chlamydia. Ann writes: Not only is chlamydia one of the most common STDs, it’s one that primarily affects women — men can transmit it [...]
Summer time, and the livin's easy
Herr Bähnisch the younger and I went out to dinner tonight at the fabulous Hotel Bravo on Brunswick St. For a belated birthday celebration. His, not mine. I’m the first of May, being a Labour Day kinda gal. Bravo is [...]
Climate change roundup: Angela saves the world
Last week here at LP we had the extraordinary performance of the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal knocking back a Queensland Conservation Council challenge to a new coal mine on the basis that the IPCC had quite the wrong idea [...]
Uncle Joe
Joe Hockey got the Workplace Relations WorkChoices Propaganda ministry gig because he was “avuncular”. I’m just stunned that no one has yet worked out that makes him “Uncle Joe”. There’d probably be a physical resemblance if Mr Hockey grew a [...]
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