I won't add my condemn to your condemn XLV
Well, it’s May and we haven’t condemned, so it must be long past time to condemn again. Here’s a 45th open condemnation thread. What’s been worthy of condemnation this month so far? Which evil political, cultural, social, musical, religious, and [...]
Government responds to Gov 2.0 Report
The Rudd Government has responded to the Gov 2.0 Report it commissioned from a taskforce headed by Nicholas Gruen, who blogs at Club Troppo. I haven’t had a chance yet to have a look at the response, but Stilgherrian has, [...]
Labor MPs question Bligh's privatisation push
In the wake of a disastrous Labour Day march for Deputy Premier Paul Lucas, it’s intriguing to see Keppel MP Paul Hoolihan question the need for asset sales in light of the resurgence of the resources boom. It’s even more [...]
Gordon Brown keeps the faith
LBJ used to tell a story about an old Southern Senator who, depressed by the repetitive politics of race baiting and populism, yearns to return to his state one last time to give a “good old Democratic speech”. Today, Gordon [...]
The two faces of the big end of town
It’s been floating around the ether for a while, but if you haven’t read it, it’s very much worth your time checking out the Grattan Institute’s report on the effects of a carbon price on major Australian industries. One of [...]
Liberals lead in Newspoll on 2PP: 51-49
I can’t make much of the numbers the ABC had on Lateline just then for the 2PP in Newspoll as they were Labor 46 and Coalition 51, which of course, doesn’t add up. Still, if it is the case that [...]
May Day, Paul Lucas, Australian Labor and class politics
In Queensland today, we celebrated Labour Day as a public holiday. In the wake of the privatisation imbroglio perpetrated by the Bligh government, expectations were that solidarity between Labor and labour wouldn’t be at the forefront of the Brisbane May [...]
The Mining industry and the Super tax
I get really annoyed when journos and biz types refer to mining companies as “miners”. Miners are not companies, but workers; the workers who actually generate the windfall profits a portion of which the Rudd government is planning to redirect [...]
Spotlight the Spin
A weekly look at stories various PR people tried to bury in the tail end of the news cycle before this last weekend. Also, what stories are the headpieces stuffed with straw spinning for us first thing this week, and what particular advantage do they hope to gain thereby?
Coal seam gas prospects: economic bonanza or future industrial wasteland?
Coal Seam Gas (CSG) (together with open cut coal mining) is “the single biggest environmental issue in Queensland’s history”. Mining threatens to turn the Darling Downs, one of Australia’s prime food bowls, into an “industrial wasteland”. Thus spake Drew Hutton, [...]
Who are the golden geese?
By Kim on May 5, 2010
A couple of interesting pieces appeared today about the self-serving claims of the mining industry about the Resources Super Profits Tax, dutifully echoed by journos and opposition pollies, and it would now appear, Anna Bligh. Bernard Keane:
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