His Honour v Herr Kommandant
Last week Qld premier Campbell Newman told the state’s legal fraternity to “come out of your ivory towers” and realise the only reason the government introduced a raft of tough new laws because the “system was failing”. He said members […]
Lazy Sunday
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what else did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
A weekly open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss almost anything* you like.
Brisbanites! Announcing The Ubiquitous Hat Pop Up Book and Garage Sale! This Saturday!
As Brian mentioned the other day, I’m moving and we’re hosting a Pop Up Book and Garage Sale on Saturday at our Farm House. There’s oodles of quality books – academic and otherwise, with politics and history particularly prominent among […]
44/28 Watch: still 3+ weeks until parliament resumes
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
Distractions…
Andrew Wilson queries why nobody writing or commenting on this blog has raised the issue of the really medieval legislation recently passed in Queensland. One reason is that Mark and I have both had certain distractions which will continue for […]
Quicklink: Roger Jones on Bolt on Bandt
Adam Bandt recently wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian suggesting a link between the NSW fires and climate change, then suggesting that the Abbott Government’s action, or lack of it, on climate change has real implications for loss of […]
Overflow Thread
So it’s time for another Overflow thread, as part of our system for keeping other threads on-topic. There are Rules here: chatty non-sequiturs/segues belong on our Open Threads, potentially threadjacking tangents belong on Overflow so they don’t clutter up the discourse elsewhere.
Lazy Sunday
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what else did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
Belated! Sorry about that. Here’s your weekly open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss almost anything* you like.
Abbott government watch
A few days ago Jenny Macklin put out a press release headlined “Abbott Government Dumps DisabilityCare Roll Out”, implying that the new Coalition Government has no intention to fully roll out the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) across the country. […]