Four Propositions about #QandA
So Q and A is back for a third season on the ABC. Four things were struck me after sitting through most of the (tedious) first episode 1. It’s the Jerry Springer show for people with degrees (and twitter accounts) [...]
On Line Opinion and the advertising and “free speech” controversy
A lot of people will have seen discussion on the Saturday Salon thread of an apparent advertiser boycott of On Line Opinion, and consequently of blogs (including this one) which have been bundled together as a package for the purpose [...]
What accounts for Labor’s 32% primary in Newspoll?
The first Newspoll of the new year is out, and it’s not pretty reading for Labor supporters. The ALP is on a primary vote of 32%, with The Greens on 14% and the Coalition on 44%, resolving into a two [...]
Garnaut update paper 1 – costs and benefits
Academic economists will undoubtedly spend some time on the more technical aspects of the first update paper of the Garnaut review and the accompanying commissioned technical report. The discussion comes down to two main points: how do you value the [...]
Egypt, events and ideology
Like tigtog, I’m not inclined to offer too much substantive commentary on the revolutionary events in Egypt (and across several other countries) as I don’t think that the value of analysis by Australians who aren’t intimately familiar with Egyptian society [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Quick link: Arts and creative industries
The Australia Council has commissioned some fascinating research on the relationship between the “arts” and “creative industries”. It’s a topic Mark, and others, have written on at length here at LP. One quote from the report I did particularly enjoy [...]
Climate clippings 14
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 [...]
Filling in the gaps in the Drake equation
NASA has released some intriguing findings from the Kepler planetfinding space observatory: The findings increase the number of planet candidates identified by Kepler to-date to 1,235. Of these, 68 are approximately Earth-size; 288 are super-Earth-size; 662 are Neptune-size; 165 are [...]
Disaster Humour
Little wonder Bob Katter yesterday complained of media terrorizing residents with fear mongering.
Enter duckhand.
Quick link: Garnaut climate change review – update paper 1
The first public document from Ross Garnaut’s updating of his original review – addressing the question of “Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change action’’, is out tonight at 6pm. The public lecture introducing the update is booked out, [...]
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