Guest post by Dr_Tad: The coming war on welfare
Tad Tietze writes: Today this tweet showed up in my feed: BernardKeane If Tony Abbott really wants to learn from the Tories he should start with their attack on middle-class welfare http://bit.ly/9vL8os It links to the fallout of a decision [...]
The NBN train has left the station
Recently Laura Tingle wrote that the NBN train had left the station and should achieve critical mass before the next election. Tingle did say that the Gillard Government should provide us with information on what productivity improvements might flow from [...]
Coal, autism and more of the same
Just noted this all over the Fairfax press. The article – Autism coal link study stalled by government – is written as a straight science piece, but it’s a pretty poor example of the genre. The journalist appears to have [...]
Craig Emerson and climate change protectionism
Sky News’s Australian Agenda (which, on first glance, appears to be The Australian Op-Ed page – Live and even more Right Wing!) had an interview with Craig Emerson in which he discussed the trade implications of climate change. Nicholas Stern [...]
Lazy Sunday! Late edition – Monday
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!
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly look at media spin tactics: let’s dissect the PR that aims to blow one’s own horn, bury one’s errors, resurrect the shambling zombie corpses of well-flogged deceased equines, and ooh look A Big Distracting Thing.
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
The weekend in sport
Yep, it really is a big weekend in Australian sport this weekend. Truly-rooly. The replay of the AFL grand final is, perhaps, a bit of an anachronism. The AFL clearly knows a lot about anachronism; the pre-match entertainment for the [...]
Asylum seeker limbo damaging, whether in detention or not
Election quick-fix ends after election: HUNDREDS of Afghans seeking asylum in Australia face an increased chance of being sent home after the Gillard government lifted its controversial freeze on processing their applications. Announcing the end of the freeze, new Immigration [...]
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