Election commentary and citjournalism links post
A few more interesting sites to watch and posts to read: Election 07 Norg is a Perth based citizen journalism site with a focus on candidates. Another Brisbane based group blog! Greens member Sam Clifford has set up Public Polity. [...]
Opposing the death penalty = political death?
There’s nothing in Robert McClelland’s speech about the death penalty in Asia that I would disagree with. Surely a country like Australia which has outlawed the death penalty at home cannot in good conscience support it elsewhere – that looks [...]
US sold us crippled Hornets in 80s, according to Beazley
Guy at Polemica comments on Beazley’s final speech to Parliament – a prolix, somewhat rambling, knowledgeable, and big-hearted political valediction entirely appropriate to the man. There’s lots of history to chew on, from Whitlam’s trip to China to the economic [...]
Bewdy Norm!
Questions over [Osama bin Laden's] beard cropped up at a Congressional hearing Monday featuring top US security experts, including Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell.”First, is this his beard?” Republican Senator Norm Coleman asked the spy chief. “Do we expect [...]
Sydney's snipers
APEC is over and signs on the roads this morning cosily reminded drivers that clearways will remain in place for the removal of the “APEC fence” (which is apparently on lease for another three years). Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, in a [...]
Culture is not destiny
Samuel Huntingtonâ??s 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, is often cited as the current paradigm through which to view international politics especially the so called clash with Islam. Huntingtonâ??s article was an attempt to provide a framework by which to [...]
Guest Post by Mercurius Goldstein: There goes the neighbourhood
Mercurius’ bio is here. Yesterday in broad daylight, on her way home from the shops, my wife found her usual path blocked by a confused, agitated and heavily armed young man. He would not let her pass, and kept repeating [...]
Thomas Homer-Dixon in Brisbane
On Tuesday afternoon I attended Thomas Homer-Dixon’s public lecture at The Real University in Brisbane. This is a brief account of what he had to say. His basic thesis, outlined in his book The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and [...]
This is going to end well
Crazy president No 1 with plans to extend sphere of influence in the Middle East: Iran’s actions threaten the security of nations everywhere, and the United States is rallying friends and allies to isolate Iran’s regime to impose economic sanctions. [...]
Labor promises foreign aid
It hasn’t attracted a great deal of attention, but Kruddy introduced Labor’s national security policy in a speech at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute last week. In this speech, Rudd gives a nice summary of Australia’s national security issues, and [...]
F-18's, troop checkpoints to guard APEC summit
According to the Oz: A DETACHMENT of F/A-18 fighter jets will be deployed along with 1500 Australian Defence Force personnel to bolster security at the APEC leaders’ meeting in Sydney next month. The troops would provide general support to the [...]
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