By Kim on March 31, 2009
As I’ve been implying, coverage of the preliminaries of the G20 summit has been distorted through the lens of domestic politics – of the most trivial kind. ABC tv news, tonight, for instance, was obsessed by whether Kevin Rudd’s decision [...]
Posted in China, Economics, Europe, International, Markets, Media, Poverty, Sociology, USA | Tagged abc, Amartya Sen, America, Angela Merkel, barack obama, China, David Miliband, Economics, G20, GFC, global financial crisis, gordon brown, ideology, income inequality, Kevin Rudd, Keynesianism, London, news, social market, Sociology, sub prime mortgage, summit |
By Kim on March 31, 2009
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/youtube_kevin-rudd-chairman-mao-2.jpg" align=left In the wake of the Joel Fitzgibbon brouhaha, the “investigative journalists” of the press are now hot on the heels of any vague link between an ALP figure and China, working themselves up into an illogical lather [...]
Posted in China, Developing world, Economics, Ethics, International, Media, Politics | Tagged ALP, China, Coalition, defence, GFC, Helen Liu, Joel Fitzgibbon, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Media, Nielsen, Polls, Rudd government, Senate |
By Robert Merkel on March 31, 2009
Russell Skelton has an extended look at the government welfare response to the Victorian bushfires, which has, in the main, been swift, generous, and effective, and reports musings about whether some of the same methods can be applied to those [...]
Posted in Policy, Poverty | Tagged deserving poor, ray cleary, russell skelton, welfare |
By Robert Merkel on March 31, 2009
The death spiral of the American-owned automotive industry continues, with Barack Obama threatening to turn off the cash tap to Chrysler and General Motors if they don’t get their restructuring act together. Chrysler has been given 30 days to complete [...]
Posted in Economics, USA | Tagged bankruptcy, barack obama, chrysler, general motors, holden |
By Kim on March 30, 2009
The Joel Fitzgibbon saga rolls on, with the Opposition getting a bee in their bonnet about the evils of Communist China and Labor’s supposed connections with all manner of Chinese folk. The government fires back that they’re playing the “yellow [...]
Posted in Polls | Tagged ALP, China, Coalition, defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nielsen, Polls, Rudd government, Senate |
By Brian on March 30, 2009
An amazing thing happened last week. Swire Shipping the company responsible for the oil spill on the Queensland Sunshine Coast (earlier post here) has written to Premier Bligh apologising for the mess. Even more amazing was this bit: Swire also [...]
Posted in Disasters, Environment | Tagged ammonium nitrate, cyclone hamish, cyclones, Great Barrier Reef, oil spill, Pacific Venturer, Sunshine Coast |
By Robert Merkel on March 30, 2009
Two critiques of the CPRS today. First, Barry Brook and Tim Kelly have sent a submission to the Senate inquiry, discussing the problems they see with the CPRS. Most should be no shock to LP readers – Brook points out [...]
Posted in Climate change, Developing world, Energy, Environment, Markets, Trade | Tagged barry brook, carbon pollution reduction scheme, carbon tax, cprs, emissions trading, Guy Pearse, tim kelly |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 29, 2009
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!
Posted in Life |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 29, 2009
It’s been absolutely ages since I saw any live music. I’d planned to remedy that tonight by going to see Way Out West – a jazz act influenced by African and Vietnamese music at Jazzworx at Bowen Hills – but [...]
Posted in Brisbane, Culture, Film, TV, Video etc, Life, Music | Tagged Bowen Hills, fusion, gig review, gigs, jazz, Jazzworx, Music, Video, Way Out West |
By Idiot/Savant on March 29, 2009
A couple of years ago I wanted to trace the government’s decision-making process on how forestry and agriculture would be included in its then-planned (and now “suspended”) Emissions Trading Scheme. So I wrote to the Minister and asked. Within a [...]
Posted in International, Policy, Politics | Tagged foi, freedom of information, New Zealand |
By Kim on March 28, 2009
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Saturday Salon |
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