The polling trend
Although the new Newspoll (and presumably the Newspoll with the unpublished voting intention figures) shows a return to what has become normality with a 2PP of 56/44 in Labor’s favour, all the talk among the commentariat is of “the trend”. [...]
LP on Facebook and Twitter
As Phil observed recently, LP has joined the Twittersphere. We can be found here. We’ve also revamped our Facebook presence, supplementing and eventually replacing our group with an FB Page. As many of you will know, pages offer better functionality [...]
The future of the ABC and of journalism
I made some observations a little while ago about Mark Scott’s A. N. Smith memorial lecture, principally concerned with his intervention in the debate about News Limited’s paywall strategy. Much of what Scott said has been discussed in a frame [...]
Another apology
Both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull were unreserved, and eloquent, in their apology to the “Forgotten Australians”. The Forgotten Australians are the child migrants who were shipped out to various church-run institutions, deprived of connection with their extended families, and [...]
Climate clippings
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.
Tripodi tipped out in Rees reshuffle
It’s been a big weekend at the annual NSW State Labor conference, with embattled Premier Nathan Rees winning the right to choose a cabinet of his own making. A ministerial re-shuffle could be on the cards in New South Wales, [...]
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!
Brüno: "No big deal, whatever"
“The most famous Austrian since Hitler” When Brüno was released in Australian cinemas it was received less than enthusiastically by a member of the Melbourne queer press. The columnist wasn’t pleased with Sacha Baron Cohen’s turn as an Austrian gay [...]
Australian farmers to be exempt from CPRS
The Labor Government has conceded one of the non-negotiable points in discussions over the CPRS by exempting farming from the CPRS according to reports in the Murdoch press, The Age and elsewhere. Penny Wong as the special guest on Insiders [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Water bombers but no bunkers for the summer
As the first hot days of the southern summer dry out the Victorian bush, the state government has announced that it’s going to lease a fixed-wing water bomber aircraft – probably a modified 747 or DC-10 – as an additional [...]
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