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By Mark Bahnisch on August 3, 2009
From today’s Crikey email: Anna Bligh certainly wasn’t exaggerating when she observed that Queensland Labor had a bad week. Nor has this week started off well for her, with a Galaxy Poll showing her approval rating plunging to 33%, just [...]
Posted in Crime, Economics, Federal Elections, Politics, Queensland, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Anna Bligh, Australian Greens, CMC, corruption, Crikey, Cronyism, ETU, fitzgerald enquiry, Galaxy poll, government business relations, John Hewson, Liberal National Party, LNP, lobbyists, Paul Keating, police culture, Poll Bludger, Polls, privatisation, psephology, public assets, Queensland election 2009, queensland government, Queensland Labor, Queensland politics, The Greens, Tony Fitzgerald, William Bowe |
By Mark Bahnisch on July 27, 2009
From today’s Crikey: There has been a certain feeling in the air of deja vu over the past fortnight in Queensland. The jailing of a former Minister, allegations that government was far too close to business, a government sinking rapidly [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Brisbane, Crime, Media, Politics, Queensland, Sociology | Tagged Anna Bligh, anniversary, Armed Robbery Squad, Bligh government, civil liberties, CJC, CMC, corruption, Courier-Mail, Crime, Fitzgerald Inquiry, Gordon Nuttall, Griffith University, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, malfeasance, Media, police culture, political culture, Queensland police, Queensland politics, Quentin Dempster, Terry O'Gorman, Tony Fitzgerald, transparency |
By tigtog on April 20, 2009
As I’m sure most of you know, last week the Obama administration released some memos written by staff in the Justice Department during the Bush administration, memos written for the CIA to provide legal cover for the use of harsh [...]
Posted in Crime, Ethics, Law, Politics, Terrorism, USA | Tagged bush torture memos, cia, corruption, immunity, justice department, Obama, rule of law, torture |
By Kim on December 2, 2008
On Lateline tonight, the point was made that other police agencies failed to share information with Queensland Police before the Fitzgerald Inquiry because it was demonstrated that such intelligence was leaked or sold to suspects. Can it be too difficult [...]
Posted in Crime, Politics, Victoria | Tagged Bracks, Bracks government, corruption, Fitzgerald Inquiry, independent commission, intelligence, Labor, leaks, police agencies, police association, police union, Queensland police, Victoria police |
By Brian on August 8, 2008
We’ll be seeing plenty of China on our TV screens in the next little while, as long they don’t give us too many long shots. No matter how spectacular the Olympic opening ceremony, if we can see it, I think [...]
Posted in China, Climate change, Developing world, Environment | Tagged acid rain, beijing olympics, China, corruption, deforestation, economic parity, Environment, famine, health risks, industrialisation, Olympic games, pollution, profligate consumption, social unrest |
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