Cheap broadband
One of the impacts of the NBN broadband strategy (previous discussion here and follow the links from there) is that the Telstra infrastructure is replaced with the NBN infrastructure. The Coalition’s model saw future infrastructure as contestable, with more than [...]
Tony Windsor says Treasury costings show Coalition black hole
Tony Windsor has just revealed to Tony Jones on Lateline that Treasury has found that the costings of Labor’s campaign promises were broadly in line with the ALP’s statements, but that there is a “black hole”, to use Windsor’s words, [...]
Kristina Keneally’s speech on same-sex adoption
[Via Nicholas Gruen] Anyone who wants to automatically equate Catholicism with homophobia really should read Kristina Keneally’s fine speech to the New South Wales parliament, explaining why she is casting her vote in favour of a bill allowing same sex [...]
Is Wilkie key to the end game?
Over at Club Troppo, James Farrell thinks that Andrew Wilkie may be the key to the resolution of the negotiations over who will form government. I’m not so sure. I suspect Wilkie will end up supporting neither side. Whether or [...]
Why process is important: Another perspective on parliamentary and donations reform
One of the most interesting aspects of the agreement between The Greens and the ALP is the way in which it promises to put flesh on the bones of parliamentary reform. A number of clauses envisage combined committees of parliamentarians [...]
Quick link: “value-adding” for assessing teachers
In the discussion of the obviously silly results from MySchool a few months ago, mention was made of a Grattan Institute report advocating the use of “value-added” measures. In a nutshell, value-added measures attempt to measure the progress (as measured [...]
Quicklink: Obama ends Operation Iraqi Freedom
Obama declares that combat In Iraq is over
Agreement between The Greens and the ALP released
Agreement has been reached between The Greens and the ALP on the conditions for The Greens’ support of a Labor minority government. The agreement can be read here. Much of the document concerns process – both in terms of liaison [...]
The battle of the budget bottom line
The three rural Independents are meeting this morning with Treasury Secretary Ken Henry to discuss the state of the economy. Yesterday, in her address to the National Press Club [see previous LP discussion here], Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Silent Star Wars. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Reducing the informal vote: guest post by John Davidson
The informal vote for the house of reps was 5.64% in this election with state figures ranging from 4.19 in Tasmania to 6.89 in NSW. Some of these informal votes would be due to the “pox on both your houses [...]
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