UK Labour MP unseated for breaching laws about truth in political speech
Legislative reform to ensure truth in political advertising has long been a policy priority of The Greens, and is one subject of the agreement on Parliamentary Reform made between the country Independents and the Gillard government in September. The usual [...]
Mark Arbib’s same sex marriage push
Federal Minister Senator Mark Arbib’s view that the Labor party should change its policy opposing the recognition of same sex marriage, and that the 2012 Federal Conference should be brought forward to allow a revision of the policy so as [...]
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.
Binna Burra interlude
Last weekend my wife, Margot, and I spent a pleasant two days with a group organised by an old teacher friend of hers, staying at Groom’s Cottage at Binna Burra on the eastern end of the Lamington National Park. Groom’s [...]
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
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Fear of Flying
Roundtable for the predictable media frenzy following the Qantas engine disintegration and grounding of its Airbus-380 fleet. Sort the wheat of informed speculation from the chaff of fearmongering.
Hendo didn’t like ‘I, Spry’
What about you?
It’s quiet…
…too quiet – I’m not sure where the rest of the LP authors have racked off to this week, but we haven’t been doing much in the way of setting you up with discussion starters, have we? Sorry about that. [...]
Silencing the back bench: guest post by John Davidson
Barry Cohen had a depressing article on the decline of question time in yesterday’s Australian. His line is that question time should return to being “the forum for a backbencher to make a reputation” instead of allowing QT to be [...]
US Midterms
So the Democrats have lost the House, but it looks like they’ll retain the Senate.
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