How not to read polls; and other same sex marriage news
Melbourne Greens MP Adam Bandt will tonight introduce a motion into federal parliament: noting that a growing number of countries allow same-sex couples to marry and calling on parliamentarians to guage their constituents’ views on the issue. The Fairfax papers [...]
Coalition to preference Greens last in Victorian lower house seats
The Coalition intends to give The Greens their last preference in all Victorian lower house seats, a change from their normal policy of preferencing Labor last. This significantly reduces The Greens’ chances in seats (at least 2, perhaps up to [...]
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.
Climate clippings 4
These posts include a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. They don’t preclude treating any of these topics at more length in a separate post. They can also serve as an open thread so [...]
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!
Nature’s changing moods at Uluru
The dominant image of Uluru is a large orange rock in a clear sky and bright sunlight, as in this aerial view:
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Kevin, don’t give up your day job: The continuing smear against The Greens
Kevin Andrews has a piece at The Drum today on what he claims to be the ideological origins and sins of The Greens. In typical fashion, Andrews’ views are the subject of a ‘news story’ by Christian Kerr in The [...]
Quick link: Parish on why offshore processing is now a dead duck
As a follow up to discussion yesterday about the implications of the High Court decision on asylum seekers, Ken Parish explains why it means that offshore processing is now, for all intents and purposes, a dead duck.
Laura Norder’s Victorian visitation, complete with dodgy stats
After a welcome absence in 2006, Laura Norder has taken up residence in Victoria for the election campaign. And the conservatives have her front and center, as their campaign ads show. Their key claim – Victorians are living in fear [...]
Climate clippings 3
It’s been almost a year since Climate clippings 2. Shall I say that intentions are good now, as they always have been. I have included a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. It doesn’t [...]
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