The Greens have come out of this election mess smelling sweeter than the rest. The ALP pulled at least two wrong reins: not standing on their principles and calling a double dissolution over the emission trading scheme, and then axing their leader and replacing him with another slice of [...] Continue Reading…
August 26, 2010 | Ronda Jambe
It’s about the governance, stupid
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August 25, 2010 | Graham
Rudd Astroturfs Griffith?
It’s possible Kevin Rudd may have been behind a community campaign to independently support him, going on photos supplied by a reader. Apparently signs that weren’t official ALP signs, supporting Kevin went up without being authorised. The authorisation was written on in pen later on in the day when [...] Continue Reading…
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August 24, 2010 | Graham
The inevitability of parties
Independents can be independents, until they have to exercise power. Then they seem to remarkably quickly coalesce into what looks like a political party of sorts. Or at least that appears to be the case of the three men in a tub – Katter, Oakeshott and Windsor.
Just as well, [...] Continue Reading…
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August 21, 2010 | Graham
Libs alternate wrap
The Liberals are running two different election day messages on their wrap. Does either work? How do they decide where to display it? [...] Continue Reading…
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August 21, 2010 | Graham
Where’s Julia?
Her mind might dwell on Rudd, but he’s erased her from Griffith. [...] Continue Reading…
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August 14, 2010 | Ronda Jambe
A quick test of your financial knowledge
Quickly now, in 3 seconds answer this question: does your family have private medical insurance? If you know the answer, give yourself 5 points. Now another quickie (no cheating, by looking at your will or asking your accountant) Do you own any properties? If you got that right, you [...] Continue Reading…
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August 08, 2010 | Ronda Jambe
CO2, phytoplankton and the air we breathe
Let it never be said I am alarmist. Apoplectic, maybe.
Aside from the freeze on wheat exports from Russia, due to their drought and fires, and an iceberg 4 times the size of Manhattan breaking off in Greenland (thank heavens there’s no climate change, imagine what it would be like [...] Continue Reading…
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August 04, 2010 | Ronda Jambe
Out of the mouths of babes…
Joseph Stiglitz probably can’t be called a babe, he’s too hairy, too old and much too wise. But to me he’s an intellectual babe, and hearing him speak at the ANU this week was as rewarding as I expected it to be.
The Canberra Times article said the audience, which [...] Continue Reading…
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August 01, 2010 | Graham
The Weekly curse
Julia Gillard has had appalling polling figures this last week. Nielsen shows her losing, Galaxy has it 50/50 and only Newspoll has her ahead. All this when a week ago she apparently had a 6 point margin over the opposition. Could the Weekly photoshoot have anything to do with this?
It could. [...] Continue Reading…
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July 30, 2010 | Ronda Jambe
Bell tolling loudly for major parties
We are now well into the election campaign, and both the Libs and the ALP seem to be scrambling for the lowest risk middle ground. The area I am most interested in, environment, flows into population issues, urban planning and infrastructure, food security and of course climate change.
On none [...] Continue Reading…
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