By Kim on July 26, 2010
Ever since the Penrith by-election, we’ve been hearing endlessly about Western Sydney as the epicentre of the Australian political nation. The population “debate” proclaims that we need to “pause” as outer suburban areas groan under population pressure and failing infrastructure. [...]
Posted in Australiana, Brisbane, federal election 2010, Immigration, Policy, Politics, Sociology, Sydney, Urbanism | Tagged Bob Carr, Brisbane, Don Arthur, fear of crime, Federal Election 2010, growth, infrastructure, Lindsay, outer suburbs, Policy, population, Sociology, Sydney, Urbanism |
By Kim on July 10, 2010
Paul Norton has already written at length on Bob Carr’s interpretation of Mark Aarons’ supposed revelations of some leading ALP left figures holding dual membership in the Communist Party of Australia (a claim, it’s important to note, that is flatly [...]
Posted in Culture, History, Politics | Tagged ALP, Angela Shanahan, anti-communism, Arthur Gietzelt, Bob Carr, communism, Culture Wars, Democratic Club, DLP, History, ideology, Julia Gillard, Labor, Lionel Murphy, Mark Aarons, NCC, paul norton, progressive politics, Rex Connor, Socialist Forum, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on April 16, 2010
Peter Black from Electronic Frontiers Australia asked me to contribute to a series of posts the EFA is publishing to draw attention to its current fundraising campaign. Please consider donating to the EFA in order to fund its continued work [...]
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Blogging, Ethics, Government, History, Life, Policy, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged ALP, biopolitics, Bob Carr, Capitalism, censorship, civil liberties, efa, electronic frontiers australia, expertise, Francis Fukuyama, freedom, governance, governmentality, ideology, internet filter, labor party, labourism, left, mark latham, michel foucault, neo-liberalism, New Labour, personal freedom, Policy, political communication, rationality, risk society, social democracy, socialism, Sociology, state labor governments, statism, stephen conroy, ulrich beck |
By dk.au on November 26, 2008
As Mark mentioned, the CPD hosted the third ‘Common Ground’ forum, this one on climate change. It was an ecumenical gathering with plenty of shiny suits (Slater Gordon lawyers sponsored), hipster urban types, young professionals, and plenty of the interested [...]
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Environment, Markets, Policy, Politics | Tagged andrew bartlett, Bob Carr, Centre for Policy Development, Climate change, Common Ground, CPD, fiona wain, Pru Goward, public forum, steve hatfield-dodds |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 17, 2008
Just a quick plug for an event being held under the auspices of the Centre for Policy Development on Wednesday 26th November at the Customs House in Sydney: Ahead of the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate change, Notices, Sydney | Tagged andrew bartlett, Bob Carr, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Centre for Policy Development, Climate change, Common Ground, CPD, emissions trading, Pru Goward, white paper |
By dk.au on October 13, 2008
Oh dear. Anyone who’s still getting their ‘news’ from SMH needs their head examined: Subsidy for bulbs wasted: THE flawed scheme to cut greenhouse gas abatements by giving away lightbulbs has squandered an estimated $60 million of NSW taxpayers’ money, [...]
Posted in By-elections, Climate change, Developing world, Howardia, International, Markets, NSW Government | Tagged Bob Carr, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Clean Development Mechanism, emissions trading, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme, John Howard, kyoto protocol, NSW GGAS, NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme, Yvo De Boer |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 14, 2008
Occasional guest poster at LP, Marcus Westbury, is on Q&A tonight – ABC1 at 9.30pm. Let’s hope he can get a word in between the pompous comedy stylings of Greg Sheridan, and the litterateur/Macquarie Bank shill Bob Carr. Germaine Greer [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Feminism, Film, TV, Video etc, Indigenous, Media, Policy, Race | Tagged ABC television, Bob Carr, Germaine Greer, Greg Sheridan, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous policy, Leigh Sales, Marcus Westbury, NT intervention, Q&A, Qanda, Tony Jones, Writings |
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