Social capital, social networking and the Brisbane floods
My colleague in several incarnations, Dr John Harrison, has a neat post on social capital and the SEQ floods at jmaced: The good thing is that communities with high levels of social capital recover from adverse circumstances faster than those [...]
Why process is important: Another perspective on parliamentary and donations reform
One of the most interesting aspects of the agreement between The Greens and the ALP is the way in which it promises to put flesh on the bones of parliamentary reform. A number of clauses envisage combined committees of parliamentarians [...]
Fire disaster appeal
A number of commenters on a previous post raised the good idea of a dedicated fire disaster donations appeal thread. As I reminded folks on that thread, I posted a link on Tuesday to John Quiggin’s appeal. His thread is [...]
More fire updates…
While the temperature down here in Melbourne has been considerably more hospitable – in fact, it’s been quite chilly – some gusty winds have continued to fan the bushfires that haven’t been controlled yet. Healesville, the home of one of [...]
Fires and flood
If you want up to date news coverage of the Victorian bushfires, or the Queensland floods, the ABC has excellent coverage. The short version: 35 people are confirmed to have died, with that number to rise, from the fire that’s [...]
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