Possum needs a job!
If anyone wants to employ “one economist possum, slightly used, occasionally abused, good with numbers and other stuff. Intermittently snarky but always well humoured”, please see Possum’s post at Pollytics. I’d be very sad to see Possum become a less [...]
Quick link: Grog’s Gamut on the events of the day
If you haven’t been reading Grog’s Gamut, you really should be. Today, he’s posted a comprehensive review of the events of an eventful day – the health debate, water policy announcements, and the Rooty Hill Galaxy/Sky fiasco. Read it here.
Tim Dunlop blogging
Those who have been around the Australian blogosphere for a few years will remember Tim Dunlop’s writing at Blogocracy and Road to Surfdom and will be pleased to know Tim has a new blog – B Sides.
The Labor leadership legitimacy post we had to have
There is no doubt that the removal last week of a first term Prime Minister, elected through a largely personal campaign (and I defy anyone to assert that the Kevin07 branding paled into insignificance beside Labor’s party image), caused some [...]
Rudd's chances, the Gillard bounce and the blogosphere conversation
As an update to my link post yesterday, I thought it worthwhile drawing folks’ attention to Possum’s latest installment of pseph-y goodness. Of interest, aside from quantifying the increase in Labor’s primary vote under Gillard, is the fact that he’s [...]
New Matilda to fold: What comes next?
Crikey is reporting that New Matilda, which launched in August 2004, is to cease publishing on June 25. Editor Marni Cordell sums up the website’s achievements, and discusses its financial plight, in an editorial published this morning: The online media [...]
Oh no! We forgot our birthday! LP turns 5!
Yikes! Our fifth blogiversary was last Tuesday. That’s a long time in internet years. 7095 posts, 309041 comments and counting since March 16, 2005; thanks to all my lovely fellow LP bloggers, commenters and readers!
To the beat of a different drum
With a fair bit of ado, the ABC launched its new opinion website, The Drum, on Monday. It’s edited by Jonathan Green, formerly of Crikey, to whom congratulations are due, as they are to Sophie Black who’s had a very [...]
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