Little Australia and the population 'debate'
Bernard Keane has a good piece in this morning’s Crikey election special edition, reflecting on yesterday’s installment of the so-called population debate. Let’s remember that Julia Gillard linked the asylum seeker issue to infrastructure and sustainability issues in the first [...]
Open election leaflet and propaganda thread
I noted in my last post that television (particularly commercial tv) is the single most influential source of information for voters during election campaigns. Direct communication by political parties is also important, tending to trump the febrile discourse of the [...]
Federal election 2010: The ghost of culture wars past
Gary Sauer-Thompson at Public Opinion has skewered David Burchell’s latest op/ed, which includes a typification of two different types of voters:
Eyjafjallajökull, empty skies, complexity and futures
It was interesting on the news tonight to hear veiled suggestions from airlines that planes should be flying anyway in Europe, despite more volcanic ash being emitted by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Also significant was the description of the volcano as [...]
State of the Victorian Environment
The Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability has released an annual report which examines the condition of the Victorian environment. Early media reports note that some sections of Victoria have been “damaged beyond repair”. I am surprised that this is news [...]
Campbell Newman's tunnel obsession
It’s great to see CPD Fellow Ben Eltham writing a piece in the Courier-Mail today critiquing Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s crazy obsession with tunnels and roads – which, as far as I can tell, is about the only policy [...]
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