Deckchairs, Titanic
As noted on a previous thread, there’s been movement at the Opposition station. Julie Bishop goes to foreign affairs, Joe Hockey gets Treasury, and Helen Coonan finance. Just by the by, Malcolm Turnbull’s profuse praise of Bishop on the teev [...]
Germany's nuclear dilemma
I first heard about Sweden changing tack on nuclear energy on Deutsche Welle (via Newsradio) in the context of the implications for Germany. I find what goes on in European politics a bit of a jungle, so I thought I’d [...]
Vigilantes on the net and the law
Just a quick link to a very well thought out post by Legal Eagle at Skepticlawyer on the online publication of the identity of an alleged arsonist arrested in connection with the Victorian bushfires and the lifting of a suppression [...]
What's eating Gilbert Grape?
It may be a Sunday night thing, but there’s an obvious segue from the title of Don Arthur’s latest post. For 90s movie aficionados anyway! Over at Troppo, Don looks at the perennial stoushes over journos v. bloggers from a [...]
Talent much?
With all due respect to Andrew Elder, and I have a fair bit for him, the total decline of the Liberal Party is all too obvious from his latest post reflecting on possible replacements for Julie Bishop as Shadow Treasurer [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Fire disaster appeal reminder
Just a reminder that we’re running a joint donations challenge with John Quiggin to assist victims of the Victorian bushfires. The rate of donations has fallen off, and we’ve got a way to go to reach the goal of $10000 [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Bushfire Housing
Someone has developed a not-for-profit website to facilitate temporary housing for victims of the fires. I haven’t had time to check it out myself, but it’s via a trustworthy IRL source. He says: A friend of mine has been involved [...]
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