The politics of falling unemployment during an economic crisis
Today’s unemployment figures (and the associated release of retail sales figures showing a tick up on the previous month’s) are intriguing from the political angle. Rob’s dealt with some of the questions raised in the post below this one, but [...]
Recession update
Last November, we had a fascinating discussion about the then-impending recession’s effects on the LP readership community. Six months on, the macroscale picture in Australia is not great, but not as calamitous as it might have been either. Despite a [...]
The Pearce Review – the Liberals' CPRS Report
With all eyes on the Liberals’ response to the New(TM) CPRS, it’s worth noting that Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design Andrew “climate change is the cause celebre that lefties siezed on after the fall of communism” [...]
Keelty resigns
AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty’s resignation leaves me in complete agreement with Peter Faris, for once: Law commentator and former head of the National Crime Authority Peter Faris QC has told ABC 2 News Breakfast there is no doubt his decision [...]
TED; Aimee Mullins and her twelve pairs of legs
I’d been meaning to blog on this for such a long time. I sort of put it off, because… well, for all sorts of reasons. But I’ve been reminded of Aimee Mullins’ talk by the recent (and well deserved … [...]
Corporatism, Rudd style
Lots could be said about the politics of the CPRS backdown, and no doubt lots of people are saying lots. Good for The Greens? An issue for a double dissolution? Issue management a la KRudd? Greg Combet positioning himself as [...]
The Clade
Clade: Pronunciation: \?kl?d\ : Function: noun : Etymology: Greek klados : a group of biological taxa (as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor. Many of you are familiar with Chris Clarke, US environmental writer and all-round awesum [...]
End of the Tamil Tigers?
An informative post by Nilan Fernando discusses the imminent end of one of the longer, nastier wars in Asia – the Sri Lankan army’s victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam: Now, after two years of intense fighting, the [...]
Carbon Trust – has the government earned it?
One of the more interesting parts of the CPRS announcement was a collection of measures designed to address one of the louder criticisms from the various green groups (and notably by dk.au, I personally think it’s a peripheral issue). In [...]
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