Breathe in, take a deep breath, slowly breathe out, and feel yourself sinking deeper. Another breath, and you are even deeper into that hole of personal debt that so many of us share….opps! that was the spiel for a different story. While Australians now, we are told, owe more […] Continue Reading…
December 28, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Tis the season to conspire
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December 20, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
The Copenhagen movie was boring, better luck with the sequel
It played out more or less as predicted. Lots of hot air, lots of divisions along usual lines: rich vs poor, the US and China staring each other down, then pretending to be moving together. And a result that we are supposed to be content with, as it is […] Continue Reading…
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December 15, 2009 | Graham
Bolivians see dark fairy tale at Copenhagen?
I’ve revised this post. Looks like my reservations were well-founded (see original post below). The Bolivian media release on which the original post was based is a hoax. While the media contact might be listed as “Nicholas Buxton” which is the name of a high profile Anglican-priest-in-training in England, […] Continue Reading…
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December 14, 2009 | Graham
Climate Change Chutzpah
You’ve got to give Kevin Hennessey writing in today’s Courier Mail an award for climate change chutzpah.
He says:
Without the peer-review system, publication of research findings would be arbitrary, and possibly influenced by personal, social or political agendas.
Seriously?
The hack of the HadCru computers demonstrates just how much peer-review has been […] Continue Reading…
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December 13, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
We all need a saint – but choose carefully
It didn’t take long for some of the facts about the new Premier of NSW to surface. The fourth estate did their homework, and sure enough an article in the Sydney Morning Herald (by a woman, details torn out but now lost in the swirl of paper and electronic […] Continue Reading…
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December 07, 2009 | Graham
CEOs looking to hire
(Cross posted from What the people want).
According to a media release from the CEO Institute:
Queensland seems to have weathered the worst of the global financial crisis, with 77% of CEOs having positive views on the economy and 60% saying they were likely to hire in the next six months, […] Continue Reading…
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December 06, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
She’s no Sarah Palin – but is she transformative?
When I first heard about Kristina Keneally as Premier of NSW, the compaison seemed unavoidable: attractive, 40-ish, religious, conservative, dedicated mother, and although relatively inexperienced, suddenly shot to high attention in a role of great importance by mighty powerbrokers.
But having now read a bit about her and spoken to […] Continue Reading…
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December 05, 2009 | Graham
Abbott to get boost from byelections
#Higgins and #Bradfield will give Abbott a positive boost in his leadership and should significantly change the terms of the AGW debate.
There has been a number of byelections caused by the Opposition since they lost office in 2007. Mayo and Lyne were both similar to this one in that […] Continue Reading…
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December 01, 2009 | Graham
OLO is here for the next day or so
On Line Opinion will be publishing on this blog for the next day or so. We have a severe problem with our server which we are attending to. Ambit Gambit is on a different server and provides most of the same comment facilities available on OLO. So to honour […] Continue Reading…
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November 30, 2009 | Graham
Does today’s poll on ETS contradict yesterday’s?
(Cross posted from What the people want)
Yesterday The Australian and The Courier Mail ran polls from Newspoll and Galaxy which said the Liberals would lose seats if they rejected Malcolm Turnbull’s position on an ETS. They claimed this on the basis of the public’s view of global warming. This […] Continue Reading…
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