Injunction against asylum seeker deportations to Malaysia granted
In news just in, the High Court has granted an injunction against deportation of the asylum seekers who have recently arrived on Christmas Island until tomorrow, to enable argument in a case brought to assert that their deportation is illegal [...]
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!
Power shifts East?
Political and military power lags behind economic power, but the bill falls due. This could be the way the hegemon ends, not with a bang but with a Tea Party.
Cold weather cooking: Pea soup two ways. #2 – Pea and Ham
Well, there you go. Typical, isn’t it? I publish the first instalment, vegetarian pea soup, saying it’s perfectly suited to the freezing winter weather, and what happens? 20 – 22 degrees and blue skies in Melbourne for the best part [...]
More on renewables, and stuff
This week there were too many items on renewable energy to include in the Climate clippings post and they continue to roll in, so I’ve collected them in a separate post. Wind energy Wind energy leads green energy race in [...]
Melbourne Urbanist on the HSR Phase 1 study
Melbourne Urbanist’s Alan Davies has had a quick look at the phase 1 study of Australian high-speed rail
Climate clippings 38
Germany’s expensive switch to renewables Following the decision to phase out nuclear Germans are being told that achieving 35% renewables by 2020 will only cost 1c per kilowatt hour, or the price of a latte per month. Others calculate the [...]
Criminal justice by push-poll
The Baillieu government’s clumsy survey of criminal sentencing has received a chorus of criticism around the blogosphere.
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by a Mariachi band serenading a Beluga whale. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Robots now cheaper than Chinese labourers
It seems that the giant IT assembler Foxconn is seeking an alternative to paying its workers more – and the solution is more robots.
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