Snapshots of certain fragilities in the German economy
As the Germans struggled with GM and the USA to save Opel with, it seems, a successful deal with Canadian car parts maker Magna International done at the death, another tragedy has beset the German economy – the world’s largest [...]
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!
"Harmonisation"? Or callous restriction?
My co-blogger at Hoyden About Town, lauredhel, has written a post about the proposed national disabled parking scheme (to have a uniform standard between the states): CALL TO ACTIVISM – Many people with disabilities to be excluded from accessible parking [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Death, taxes and the Henry Review
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/death_and_taxes.jpg" The latest issue of the Centre for Policy Development‘s online mag, Insight, is out, and ‘Taxation for Our Times’ focuses on the Henry Review. I make no claims to any expertise in the technical aspects of taxation policy, [...]
GM bankruptcy watch
If Mike Rann is really “not worried about possible effects on the Holden car plant at Elizabeth in Adelaide” if General Motors goes into bankruptcy in the United States, he’s either developed a sudden case of free-market purity, he is [...]
Swine flu here – so what should we do?
Well, it seems that swine flu has arrived for-real in Australia, with over 100 cases around the country, many of whom have caught the virus here. Children seem to be most susceptible. But most of the cases to date seem [...]
Balance! I'll give you balance…
Because of a deliberate campaign by the right-wing senator Eric Abetz, the ABC has gone out of its way to boost the Liberal voting and conservative element in the studio audience for the political discussion program Q & A. ABC [...]
Meanwhile on the CPRS
For those interested in the political machinations surrounding the passage of the CPRS, the coalition partyrooms have decided they want to defer consideration of the scheme until after Copenhagen – however, they will offer “bipartisan support” for the range of [...]
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