Saturday Salon – The Truth is Out There! edition
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Another report on Black Saturday bushfires
A scientific report commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Wilderness Society and the Victorian National Parks Association has found that prescribed fuel reduction burns did not significantly slow the spread of bushfire in the catastrophic conditions of Black Saturday. [...]
A two term strategy?
You could be forgiven for thinking that there is no such thing as Australian federal politics any more. Nothing budges in the polls. As Possum reminds us: Remember when a party getting 55% in a poll created headlines of impending [...]
What if the paywall works?
At New Matilda, Jason Wilson takes on the prevailing wisdom about the News Limited paywall plans: The notion that News Corp’s proposed paywall “won’t work” is in danger of becoming common sense. The problem with this is that, on the [...]
(Almost) a year after the end of the world
I think I’ve observed before that commemorations of anniversaries now appear to be anticipated days, or even weeks or months before the day in question falls. Whether or not this is a function of the desire to get in early [...]
Problems, symptoms, and causes
Bicycles are great. Bicycles are wonderful. More people should ride bicycles to work. Fewer cars on the road would be great. And, in general, making our suburbs more accessible to transport modes other than cars is a Good Thing. But [...]
Guest post: Barakula state forest to be converted into a national park
Guest poster Peter Lear says no. Peter Lear studied Forestry at University of Queensland (UQ) and The Australian National University (ANU) graduating from the ANU with a Bachelor of Science (Forestry). He then worked for the Queensland Department of Forestry [...]
The end of student politics as we know it?
Some twenty Federal Labor MPs are reportedly unhappy at moves to reduce MPs’ printing allowances and more tightly regulate the use of their printing equipment, stationery and subscriptions. Media coverage has focused on the misuse of parliamentary printing entitlements for [...]
removal of Howard-era punitive treatment of refugees relies on coin-toss Fielding
So reports Andrew Bartlett: Debate on the Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill will continue today. Senator Xenophon has stated he supports the Bill, as do Labor and the Greens. The Coalition Senators will oppose it – assuming none of [...]
Four Corners on clean coal
There’s not a lot new or surprising in the Four Corners report on “clean coal” last night. We’ve talked about FutureGen and the US House report into its demise before. One thing that did strike me, however, is the rhetoric [...]
The Liberals' two hour strategy
By Mark Bahnisch on September 11, 2009
In discussing Joe Hockey’s latest musings on the need for tens of billions of dollars of spending cuts yesterday, I wondered whether the Libs had conceded the next election, and were trying to position themselves for the one after. I [...]
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