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Guest Post by Mercurius Goldstein: There goes the neighbourhood
Mercurius’ bio is here. Yesterday in broad daylight, on her way home from the shops, my wife found her usual path blocked by a confused, agitated and heavily armed young man. He would not let her pass, and kept repeating [...]
New Farm Politics in the Pub: Media ownership
I went along to the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre‘s Politics in the Pub at the Powerhouse on Tuesday night where there was an interesting discussion about media ownership. Speakers were Arch Bevis, Labor Member for Brisbane, Drew Hutton, Queensland Greens [...]
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A Rosa Parks Moment
In a landmark decision, the High Court has today upheld the fundamental human right to vote, finding that the Howard Government had acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally in imposing a blanket ban denying prisoners the vote. Last year’s legislative changes brought [...]
The next six weeks
Malcolm Turnbull, as Minister for the Environment, has granted himself a six-week extension to further consider the Gunns pulp mill proposal. Six weeks eh? If some commentators are correct and John Howard goes straight from the last APEC meeting to [...]
Thomas Homer-Dixon in Brisbane
On Tuesday afternoon I attended Thomas Homer-Dixon’s public lecture at The Real University in Brisbane. This is a brief account of what he had to say. His basic thesis, outlined in his book The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and [...]
Striking an oblique blow against the patriarchy
Having just finished invigilating an exam at Bjelke-Petersen Memorial University of Suburban South-East Queensland, I am reminded of an anecdote told by a colleague who invigilated a mid-year exam at the same university. Said colleague observed a female student sitting [...]
Talking about climate change
On the weekend Lenore Taylor in her regular spot in the Australian Financial Review pointed out that there will be no less than seven international talkfests between now and the end of the year on climate change. The pinnacle of [...]
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