To the beat of a different drum
With a fair bit of ado, the ABC launched its new opinion website, The Drum, on Monday. It’s edited by Jonathan Green, formerly of Crikey, to whom congratulations are due, as they are to Sophie Black who’s had a very [...]
Overland subscriberthon!
I’m a bit late to this party, because I was away on holidays last week, but I think I’ve just managed to squeeze in a plug for the Overland subscriberthon while it’s still going! There are all sorts of prizes [...]
Not-quite-Australians
Legal Eagle has picked up on the case of Andrew Moore: Andrew Moore was born in Scotland, but arrived in Australia at the age of 11. Over thirty years later, the Minister for Immigration revoked Moore’s visa on the basis [...]
Barry Brook's TCASE series
Just a quick pointer to anybody looking for discussions of low-carbon energy to have another look at Barry Brook’s Brave New Climate. Barry’s latest post, for instance, tackles an issue that has been widely made here on LP every time [...]
Simple climate action plan anyone?
This guest post is by John Davidson. John is a semi-retired chemical engineer who has spent most of his life in the construction and mining industries. John has now set up his own blog. Tony Abbot has opened up the [...]
Malcolm Turnbull tells truth
I’m sorry, there are more important things going on – there seems to be some optimism surrounding the prospects of a deal at Copenhagen, but it’s going to be a weak one – but for sheer entertainment value it’s worth [...]
Copenhagen open thread
The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, or more accurately the UNFCC Conference of Parties 15 (COP 15) will get under way about 11pm our time today. The conference has its own website which features a positive message from UN climate [...]
East Anglia update
We’ve now had two posts on the East Anglia University email hacking affair and the material continues to flow. This update is a sample of what I’ve seen of the more sensible material. Michael Le Page has a plain language [...]
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!
Tony Abbott and the God question
The first few days of Tony Abbott’s leadership have seen a concerted effort by the conservative commentariat to decry any criticism of his reactionary policies on women’s rights and social issues as ‘anti-Catholic’. A number of points need making about [...]
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