It would give people something to talk about on Twitter?
Years ago, many political scientists in the US used to critique their rather free flowing party system for not offering voters a definite programmatic contest. In post-war normative democratic theory, parties were seen as able to organise and coalesce a [...]
Tony Abbott's Ideas Summit
Business Spectator reports: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will hold an ideas forum on Friday in much the same vein as Kevin Rudd’s famed 2020 summit. But he insists it will be more than a glorified photo opportunity. The roundtable is [...]
What is truth?
The other day, I mentioned Clive Hamilton’s series of posts on climate change denialism at The Drum. In today’s edition, Hamilton comments: Indeed, those who study the climate itself rather than the bogus debate in the newspapers and the blogosphere [...]
Terrorism white paper – the paranoia continues
The counter-terrorism white paper has been released, after Kevin Rudd’s office apparently insisted on the addition of an “announceable” – subjecting arrivals from 10 foreign countries to collecting fingerprints and face scans, and the hardening of language about “jihadist” terrorism. [...]
Possum dissects risk and incompetence in the insulation affair
A number of commenters have drawn attention to a couple of very interesting posts from Possum on other threads about the Peter Garrett/pink batts imbroglio, so I thought it was worth setting up a dedicated thread. In his first post, [...]
Open South Australian election thread
This thread provides an opportunity for commenters to discuss the South Australian election, share links, make predictions, and so forth! Please note LP’s statement on electoral comment. Update: New thread – please direct comments here.
Open Tasmanian election thread
This thread provides an opportunity for commenters to discuss the Tasmanian election, share links, make predictions, and so forth! As a discussion starter, The Poll Bludger has posted a couple of interesting items on the campaign so far; a wrap [...]
Pink batts politics
As the opposition continues to increase the noise level of the Peter Garrett pursuit beyond any decibel levels Midnight Oil ever generated, it’s worth pausing to consider whether there’s a chance that their campaign might be counter-productive. Tony Abbott’s relish [...]
Where are the dung beetles when you need them?
A reference was made to a paper that has become a classic of a kind on a thread near here recently. Some things get chewed up into bits and buried so deep that you’d think we’d never hear from them [...]
Teach for Queensland
The Queensland government is pondering the introduction of the ‘Teach for Australia‘ model into state schools. The idea, trialled in Victoria and inspired by an American programme, is to fast track graduates with Bachelor’s degrees in any discipline into classrooms [...]
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