How green was my budget?
If you judged by press releases, you’d reckon this was the greenest budget ever. And it is indeed good in parts, though not nearly as good as you might think. The first thing to note is that the CPRS targets [...]
Was there something on tonight?
I understand that there was some kind of budgetty thing on tonight. If you’ve got a lot of time on your hands, here’s the Budget papers. So what goodies from Unkie Wayne did I miss while I was out enjoying [...]
Dissent and Narcissism
The latest victim-card doing the rounds in RWDB-land is that of the dissenter. Those on the conservative side of politics have lately found that feeling marginalised and oppressed isn’t as much fun as it sounds, and they want to tell [...]
The battle for Fremantle
There will be a by-election on 16 May for the seat of Fremantle, traditionally a very safe Labor seat, on the same day as the daylight saving referendum. With no Liberal candidate, it will be a race between Fremantle Mayor [...]
Budget night: It's coming!
It always appears when a Federal or State budget night is – to use the MSM’s current fave word du jour – looming. I saw it as I was coming out of the turnstiles at Parliament station. The poster for [...]
How good is the good news on methane?
A few weeks ago news came though that “the climate threat posed by methane trapped at the bottom of the world’s oceans is not as bad as first thought.” We all breathed a little easier. The CSIRO and other scientists [...]
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!
Bouquet and brickbat – paid parental leave
Bouquet: The Federal Treasurer has made a commitment to paid parental leave. $544 per week ( the minimum wage) for 18 weeks for primary caregivers whose income is lower than $150,000. It’s about time. But there’s the rub: Brickbat: The [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
The end of jumps racing in Australia?
Jumps racing – the horse-racing equivalent of the hurdles, is already banned in most Australian states on animal welfare grounds. Now Victoria has suspended jumps racing after a spate of accidents resulting in horses being put down, as reported in [...]
As long as we beat New Zealand
As long as we beat New Zealand. It’s on again tonight at Lang Park Suncorp Stadium. Australia will take on New Zealand in a one-off test match in the greatest game of all – Rugby League. Rugby League is simply [...]
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