Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon (Halloween edition)
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
What can save the majestic rainforests of West Kalimantan?
One of the most depressing articles I’ve read in a while is Borneo’s majestic rainforest is being killed by the timber mafia recently in The Guardian. This comes on top TV programs on of what seem like futile attempts to [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by a meerkat with a camera.
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Quick link: The coming food crisis
SocProf at The Global Sociology Blog has written a fascinating post about the coming food crisis. The link with financial speculation is both interesting and disturbing.
Bligh to abolish optional preferential voting in Queensland?
It’s being reported this morning that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has asked Attorney-General Cameron Dick to examine whether compulsory preferential voting should be reintroduced in Queensland, ostensibly because of the growing rate of the informal vote. As Possum remarks: I’m [...]
Are the Humanities dying? III Links post
As a sequel to my two posts on the topic of the current state of the Humanities in Australia, it’s appropriate to link to a couple of responses from Ken Parish at Troppo and Skepticlawyer. On a related note, Andrew [...]
An alternative telco plan
Peter Martin reports on the Coalition’s proposed amendments to the NBN legislation currently before the parliament. It’s a fairly transparent attempt to kill the financial viability of the NBN by effectively forcing the copper network to keep operating. The amendments [...]
Quick link: Grog on the political story the media missed
I have nothing to add to Grog’s excellent post on how the press gallery failed to discern that there had been a contest for the Deputy Leadership of The Greens three weeks ago, except to wonder whether an examination of [...]
Partisanship and good governance
A little bit of a research snippet from The Economist: Political scientists disagree over the causes of the parties’ decline. But a more pressing question is its effects. The decline of partisanship could signal a less tribal, more educated electorate. [...]
John Quiggin on international social democracy: A response
John Quiggin has written an excellent post for Crooked Timber, looking at how social democracy can be extended beyond the borders of the nation state. I’m pleased to see Quiggin making a number of points I’ve argued for a long [...]
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