Andrew Bolt sued under Victorian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act
Right-wing Herald Sun columnist has been sued under Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance act: HERALD Sun columnist Andrew Bolt is being sued under the Racial Vilification Act by a group of Aborigines led by 73-year-old activist Pat Eatock over two [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Palin For America!
If you follow American politics at all, you’ll undoubtedly have heard of Christine O’Donnell’s win in the Republican primary for the Delaware Senate seat.
You may have even seen this video from the mid 1990s discussing O’Donnell’s youthful obsession with, um, “purity”:
How to manufacture (anti-Green) News
There was a fascinating snippet in Crikey earlier this week about how the (anti-Green) news gets made at News: An example of how they will try happened earlier this week. On Monday, The Australian put together a story about Greg [...]
Silly arguments against Rob Oakeshott becoming Speaker
At least one from this Catallaxy post: He is actively and publicly seeking the position, in contravention to precedent and the history of the Office. Candidates for the Speaker are supposed to be reluctant and dragged to the chair. Good-oh, [...]
Measures of Australia’s Progress 2010
This year’s report has just been released by the ABS, covering statistical indicator changes over the last 10 years. I thought a roundtable for general discussion of any of the measured indicators and their various strengths and limitations might be useful.
New climate change paradigms
Now the shape of the Parliament and government is clear, people have started to think about what it might mean for the prospects for progress on climate change mitigation, what form that progress might take, and what those concerned about [...]
Demolition Man
(Insert cartoon of Malcolm Turnbull, lit match in hand, sitting on a giant stack of dynamite) It’s the Shadow Cabinet appointment that’s drawn the most discussion thus far, so here’s a thread for it. IMHO, Abbott has just handed Turnbull [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Li Wei of Beijing and his l33t photoshoppingtrick photography skills. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
The Abbott shadow ministry
… is here.
Simon Crean and the Arts portfolio
Some skepticism has been expressed about Simon Crean taking on the Arts portfolio, in addition to his responsibilities for Regional Australia and Regional Development. There might actually be more synergy here than meets the eye – particularly if we think [...]
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