Andrew Leigh pollie-blogging
It must be an Andrew thing – the first prominent blogging politician was Andrew Bartlett, back when he was a Democrats Senator. Now, well known econo-blogger, Dr Andrew Leigh, has taken up the cudgels in his new guise as federal [...]
Reporting the new paradigm
The Australian claims that Labor suffered an “embarrassing defeat” yesterday in the House of Representatives. An amendment to standing orders, which enables members to speak to a motion to recommit a vote when a member has been unavoidably absent was [...]
Anglican Church on Wild Rivers
The Anglican Church yesterday issued its report into the Wild Rivers Act, as reported on ABC RN’s The World Today. The Anglican Dean of Brisbane, Dr Peter Catt, says the detailed economic and legal analysis of the Act proves Indigenous [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by a car named ‘Whimsy’.
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Labor’s tactics in the new Parliament
I was interested by an aspect of some of the coverage of the opening of Parliament on Lateline (not so much by Joe Hockey displaying the rather meagre results of his researches into John Curtin). It appeared to me that [...]
Tony Crook may join Climate Committee
It’s being reported that WA National Tony Crook, fresh from (we presume) voting against Nationals MP Bruce Scott for Deputy Speaker, is considering joining the government’s Climate Committee, as is Nick Xenophon. I think day one of the New Paradigm [...]
Peter Slipper elected Deputy Speaker
LNP Member for Fisher, Peter Slipper, has been elected Deputy Speaker by 78 votes to 71 in a secret ballot. Fisher, whose electorate is next door to former Coalition whip and Deputy Speaker contender Alex Somylay’s, was nominated by the [...]
Quick Link: Martin Robbins’ science news story template
This Guardian piece by Martin Robbins has been generating rueful laughs around university science faculties all day: This is a news website article about a scientific paper In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject [...]
43rd Parliament Roundtable
The 43rd Parliament opens today, and Harry Jenkins has been re-elected Speaker. After the formalities finish, and we know whether Labor’s Anna Burke or a Coalition member will be Deputy Speaker, the Parliament will get down to legislative business tomorrow. [...]
#Grogsgate and the right to privacy
I seem to be having a bit of a Stephen Conroy lovin’ feeling lately, because in addition to what I was saying on another post about some of the thoughts that arose from his appearance on Q&A last night, I [...]
The carbon price committee
One of the major commitments in the Labor-Greens agreement was for a cross-party committee to look for a way forward on a climate price. The details of the committee structure have now been sorted out, and it looks like it’s [...]
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