Occupy London: radical or conservative?
For almost two months now, the Occupy London camp has remained firmly entrenched outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, having been banned from the private grounds of Paternoster Square, where the London Stock Exchange is located. After winning its philosophical “huddled masses” [...]
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics: blowing one’s own horn, burying one’s errors, resurrecting the shambling zombie corpses of well-flogged deceased equines, and ooh look! A Big Distracting Thing!
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!
Same sex marriage, the ALP Conference and Tony Abbott
The ALP National conference yesterday amended the federal platform to support marriage equality being enshrined in statute, but on another motion, allowed members and Senators a conscience vote. This despite the force of the claim by Senator John Faulkner: It [...]
Durban Climate talks roundtable
To begin at the beginning, the UN convened a Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, commonly known as the Earth Summit. This spawned the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994. [...]
Privacy and you
Especially relevant given the infamous “Privacy is for Paedos” line spun by an ex-editor of the News of the World at the UK media inquiry.
Climate clippings 56
Energy from biomass A new report suggests that we should be able to feed a growing population, conserve the environment and produce 20% of world energy needs from biomass by making “the best use of agricultural residues, energy crops and [...]
Draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan
One can only marvel at a “Plain English Summary” of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan that’s virtually as long as the plan itself. But both, along with a great deal of supporting material, is now available from the Authority. As you’ve [...]
Reminder: LP Commenting Guidelines
By LP Administrator on December 1, 2011
This is the monthly reminder post about the LP comments policy. Comments are subject to moderation. Our blog, our discretion. No public discussion will be entered into regarding moderation decisions. Queries may be emailed to us.
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