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!
Climate clippings 53
GLOBAL warming is unusual A common response to AGW warmists is that climate has always changed and always will. It’s natural and humans have nothing to do with it. Now via Climate Progress we learn from a study by Svante [...]
Pay rises and plain packages legislation
As with many things that one generally approves of, there’s a tendency to expend less energy writing on them than one does about those things which get one obstreperated, which is why LP has not yet posted on either of the two following pieces of legislation initiated by the Gillard government:
Andrew Fraser’s Civil Unions bill being considered by parliamentary committee
The Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee of the Queensland Parliament is holding public hearings today on a bill introduced by Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser to enshrine civil unions in state law. The text of the Civil Partnerships [...]
Robert Manne, the Finkelstein Media Inquiry and blog comments
The Media Inquiry, conducted by Justice Ray Finkelstein, started public hearings on Monday. Evidence so far has focused on the role of the Press Council as a regulator, the possibility of publicly funded support for independent journalism, the parameters of [...]
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by a money face mash! Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
The carbon price legislation: Process, policy, politics
Today, at around lunchtime, the Cleaner Energy Future bills passed the Senate. This is a very notable step for Australia, and although the policy is in many ways imperfect, something to be wholeheartedly welcomed. It’s also a very significant political [...]
The tide turns for Labor?
In a rather tortuous (or tortured) metaphor on 7 30 last night, Chris Uhlmann proclaimed: The political runes might just be turning Labor’s way. I don’t think runes turn, so it might be better to stick with that tide metaphor. [...]
Norton’s Five (Descriptive) Laws of Social Movement Gatherings
Many LP contributors and readers will have come across the principles of Open Space Technology (OST) at social movement gatherings. These principles are: 1. Whoever turns up are the right people. 2. It starts when it’s meant to. 3. You [...]
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics: the first question is always cui bono? The second question is what’s really going on?
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