When he’s not channelling Peter Costello, Tony Abbott channels Noel Pearson
One of the strange things about watching Tony Abbott on Q&A the other night is that he doesn’t actually appear to be a quick thinker. Any sort of question sees him raise his eyes to heaven in search of inspiration. [...]
Coalition claims to have economic policy
Apparently, there’s more to it than reciting “debt and deficit” like a mantra. Yesterday, in his address to the National Press Club, when he could wean himself off talking about talking to “real Australians” at Rooty Hill and similar places, [...]
Broadband: our future in a ditch
The recent Background Briefing program on broadband started with this image: Di Martin: But as Phil Dobbie discovered for himself the other day, the poor old copper wires, laid more than a century ago, are on their last legs. Phil [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy thread is brought to you by the annual Perseid meteor show. Sure, a regular astronomical event is actually cold hard astrophysics rather than an exercise in intellectual dalliance, but it’s sure purty.
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Quicklink: The Australian Election 2010 Infographic
Some inconvenient facts to dispel right wing misinformation
Tony Abbott likes government debt
You have to be suspicious when big policies are released this late in a campaign. As such, the Liberal Party’s infrastructure policy has the distinct whiff of rodent about it.
CPD post: Dunlop on environmental leadership
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
CPD post: Eltham on avoiding the issues
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Tony Abbott on climate change
Remember when Nick Minchin started frothing at the mouth on Four Corners over the left wing conspiracy that is climate science? At the time the Coalition’s official position was to negotiate amendments with the Labor Party on the ETS, and [...]
CPD post: Doggett on the Coalition’s health policy
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
CPD post: McAuley asks if Coalition economic policy is a Nauru solution
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
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