Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
How low can you go?
The East Anglia email hacking affair has reached a new low. A Guardian report tells us that two of the scientists involved have received death threats, which are being investigated by the FBI and the British police. Unfortunately it doesn’t [...]
Climate clippings 3
It’s been almost a year since Climate clippings 2. Shall I say that intentions are good now, as they always have been. I have included a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. It doesn’t [...]
The Victorian government hates cancer
In a massive shock, the Victorian government dislikes cancer. And, amazingly enough, they fund cancer hospitals. Who woulda thunk it! But just in case you didn’t know, the Victorian government’s just started a TV advertising campaign, complete with Delta Goodrem [...]
Perspectives on the "Danish text" leak
You’ve probably heard by now about the leak of the “Danish text” to The Guardian. In essence, it appears that a small group of developed nations, including Australia, have been quietly working on a proposed draft agreement for the Copenhagen [...]
Travellers' tip – how to read a Brisbane Busway information board
The holiday season is almost upon us, and many readers’ holiday plans may well include a visit to my adopted home town of Brisbane. My own plans entail a visit to my original home town of Melbourne, but I digress. [...]
PNG's LNG
Think the mining boom has made a big difference to the Australian economy? Well, it’s nothing compared to what appears likely to do for Papua New Guinea, where a consortium of companies have just agreed to proceed on a project [...]
Tony Abbott and the politics of denialism
Tony Abbott appears to have taken that gospel saying about being “cunning as a serpent” to heart, if not the bit about being “gentle as a dove”. The problem with the media cycle these days for the political obfuscator is [...]
The climate crisis, politics and our years of magical thinking
I’ve had a stab, in a guest post over at Overland, at looking at how the tendencies we’ve always had to succumbing to magical thinking make climate change a very difficult challenge for politics – particularly when we need to [...]
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