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!
Durban update
I can’t yet make sense of what is actually happening in Durban, but China, it seems, wants the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol for the developed countries, and wants them legally bound to deeper cuts in the order of 45% [...]
This post brought to you by the letters N, B, and N
When I found out that Schloss Merkel was located in the NBN trial site in Brunswick, Victoria, it wasn’t a hard decision to sign up.
Never been better off…
Possum’s latest post is, rightly, receiving a lot of attention. In the utilitarian economic equivalent of that American soldier in 2003 yelling at Iraqis to thank him for their freedom, he outlines the tremendous position we’re in with reference to [...]
Climate clippings 57
WMO on the 2011 climate Via Climate Progress we have the WMO’s Provisional Statement on the Status of the Global Climate and press release. This graph is interesting: 2011 is shaping as the 10th highest on record and are higher [...]
#LocktheGate, Bob Brown and Bob Katter
Some of the seemingly surprising alliances crystallised by the Lock The Gate campaign against the impacts of Coal Seam Gas exploration on land use and communities were on display in today’s media, as Lock The Gate President (and long time [...]
Quick link: OECD on inequality in Australia
The OECD has released a new report on inequality, encompassing Australia. Matt Cowgill summarises the findings at We Are All Dead: From the mid-1980s to the late-2000s, the incomes of the top decile of Australian households grew by an average [...]
Quick link: Polls show ALP can win with Gillard
At The Drum, Andrew Catsaras has crunched the polling numbers, noting that “since July, the trend has been with the ALP”, and that: the ALP can win the next election – and, yes, with Julia Gillard as leader. … Go [...]
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by my ‘Keep Calm’ poster parody. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
How to conduct the debate on same sex marriage
It’s inevitable that the debate on same sex marriage, which has reached a new level since the passage in Queensland last week of the Civil Partnerships Bill and the decisions of the ALP National Conference on the weekend, will be [...]
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