Banana wars
Everyone knows that Kiwis constantly try to subvert our Australian way of life. They did it, for example by sending us Jo Bjelke-Petersen back in 1913 and then again with Russell Crowe. Now they are sneaking Philippine bananas in via [...]
Hugh White – maritime denial for the 21st century
Hugh White, former adviser to Hawke and Beazley on defence matters and now an academic at ANU, has written his own analysis of Australia’s military requirements – a sort of alternative Defence White Paper, which unlike the official version has [...]
Is the existing copper network at its speed limit?
In this lengthy discussion of the “National Broadband Network”, it was generally assumed that the existing copper network had essentially reached its speed limit, and that it could never provide the kind of internet performance that Australians will want in [...]
Senate climate policy committee open thread
The Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy, previous post here, is now starting to post submissions on its site. So far 75 submissions are up on their site. Many of them are one-pagers, or even just one paragraph. I haven’t [...]
Mark Scott and the future of Australian media
The ABC’s managing director, Mark Scott, has proved a much more interesting pick than many anticipated at the time of his appointment. Over at Woolly Days, Derek Barry summarises a speech Scott made in giving the Latrobe University annual media [...]
Labor research on a Costello leadership switch
I’ve made the point a number of times over the years that leaks of internal polling are usually accurate, and also made very deliberately for strategic reasons. It’s always worth remembering that contrary to some perceptions, every staffer and her [...]
Wilkins ice bridge shatters
It had been long expected. It happened on Sunday, 5 April 2009. Where is it, what happened and what significance does it have? The first is easy. The Wilkins ice shelf is between three islands off the west coast of [...]
Distant Suns VI: Broken Angels
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/morgan.jpg" align=left The latest entry in an occasional series on speculative fiction – Distant Suns. A little while ago, I was having a friendly disagreement on Facebook about the merits of Bruce Sterling‘s science fiction, touching on his expertise [...]
Lazy SundayMonday!
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!
Easter is all about the food – Simnel cake
The best thing about Easter, aside from having a long, long weekend, is the food. Hot cross buns, Easter eggs, and simnel cake. According to Larousse Gastronomique: The British simnel cake is now traditional at Easter although it was originally [...]
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