Ken Henry on tax reform
Peter Martin noted an interesting speech by the man himself on an important but largely forgotten part of the government’s agenda, the Henry Tax Review. Henry’s speech lays out a set of “lessons” on tax reforms: The case for reform [...]
Simons and Condon on the future of journalism; Brisbane event
We’ve been discussing issues about the future of the media and of journalism here at LP over a sustained period of time, and many will be aware of Margaret Simons’ work and commentary on these issues. She, along with Queensland [...]
The secret non-war
Media Watch had an interesting segment on the extreme difficulty media organizations have faced getting any substantive information about the activities of Australian forces in Afghanistan. It seems abundantly clear that the Defence Department is attempting – and largely succeeding [...]
Temperature update: more warming coming up
Just back in May it seemed as though it would never stop raining. At our place we had 460mm (over 18 inches) in three days, most of it in about 27 hours. That’s 40% of the yearly average. But if [...]
Catch and release
The political theatre over the CPRS continues, with Malcolm Turnbull receiving “approval to negotiate” with the government over their proposed amendments. If you care, you can read them here. In a nutshell, pay everyone even remotely affected by the CPRS [...]
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!
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Victoria gets on the coal truck to escape the Pacific Peso
A proposal to export to dry and export brown coal from Victoria’s Latrobe valley (discussed in this earlier LP post) is still up for consideration, along with a variety of other proposals to turn the stuff into everything from diesel [...]
Of media empires and public broadcasters
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has created quite the stir with his A. N. Smith Memorial Lecture in Melbourne last night. Scott took a pot shot at Rupert Murdoch, characterising him as a “frantic emperor”. Decline and fall of old [...]
Penny Wong the climate science sceptic
Dr Richard Denniss from The Australia Institute writing in today’s Crikey [reproduced with permission]: Like most parliamentarians, Penny Wong, the Minister for Climate Change, is a climate sceptic. Of course she prefers to use that term to describe those who [...]
"Ghosts go along with us to the end…"
By Mark Bahnisch on October 20, 2009
So, what happens if the Opposition, and their media echo chambers, tried every Howardian trick in the book, and nothing worked? Possum explains the significance of the latest polling numbers: With the phone poll average in the sidebar now showing [...]
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