Unemployment insurance
It seems that the ACTU is considering a push for a nationwide unemployment insurance scheme, as part of an increase in superannuation contributions to 12%: The internal ACTU report, prepared for today’s meeting of the ACTU executive, argues for superannuation [...]
Did the East Anglia hackers score an own goal?
Have a look here and make up your own mind. I thought we needed a new thread on the great East Anglia hacking affair as the earlier one was getting rather long, so here’s one where the boot may well [...]
Climate clippings 2
In this post I have included a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. It doesn’t preclude treating any of these topics in a separate post. It can also serve as an open thread. The [...]
Kevin Rudd two years on; Open thread
Today marks the second anniversary of the election of the Rudd government. No doubt thousands of words will be written to commemorate it. This is your opportunity to add even more!
Road to Nowhere II
You really have to feel a bit sorry for Malcolm Turnbull. Any chance he had of representing himself as leading a party enlightened on the policy response to climate change is gone completely, no matter what happens in tomorrow’s party [...]
Is your pooch better than my pussy cat?
An ex-police officer told me that when she was in the force a colleague attended a house which contained the decomposing remains of an elderly woman. The deceased had two pets: a dog and a cat. According to the former cop [...]
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!
Rudd and Queenslandism
I’ve commented before on the tendency to anticipate the anniversary of events, and everyone in the Oz media has been doing just that ahead of the milestone of two years since the election of the Rudd government, which falls on [...]
The East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) hacking scandal
This is the BBC’s report of the great hacking scandal, whereby hackers breached the security of East Anglia University and stole a vast amount of private email communication. You will note that an East Anglia representative said: “Because of the [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
On Movember, Tim Soutphommasane and civics
A while back I wrote – in rather skeptical vein – about Tim Soutphommasane’s claim that progressives should be reclaiming patriotism. Guy Rundle has now reviewed Soutphommasane’s book, Reclaiming Patriotism: nation building for Australian progressives, for Crikey (of which more [...]
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