By Robert Merkel on November 9, 2009
Tonight’s Four Corners has a piece on the Coalition’s views on climate change. The blurb makes clear that much of the party rank and file are denialists. That’s not news. However, they’re also promising some kind of meta-analysis of public [...]
Posted in Climate change, Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Polls | Tagged Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, four corners, Liberal Party, Liberal party leadership, liberals, Polls, Senators, TV |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 7, 2009
Simon Jackman has the good oil on what Bob Brown and Steve Fielding are putting on the table as Senate deliberations on Kevin Rudd’s fiscal stimulus continue. Both are emphasising the unemployed and job creation (with Brown arguing for green [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Australian Greens, benefits, Bob Brown, Family First, fiscal stimulus, global financial crisis, Henry review, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, minor party, Rudd government, Senate, Senate Committee, Senate passage, Senators, social inequality, social policy, Steve Fielding, stimulus package, The Greens, unemployed, unemployment, welfare policy |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 5, 2009
Thanks to commenter Bird of paradox on a previous thread for drawing my attention to the creation of a Facebook group “Come on Turnbull, don’t take away my $950 bucks !”. As of this morning, it was the largest political [...]
Posted in Activism, Economics, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Activism, Australian Greens, Australian politics, Bob Brown, Come on Turnbull, crowdsourcing, don't take away my $950 bucks !, economic policy, facebook, Family First, global financial crisis, internet, Kevin Rudd, lobbying, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon, Politics, Senate, Senators, Sociology, Steve Fielding, stimulus package |
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