(Cross posted from What the people want)
If they had a vote in the Liberal Parliamentary Party room Malcolm Turnbull would be the favoured choice of most Australians. Their second choice would be Peter Costello who resigned from parliament yesterday.
After preferences Turnbull would have won 59% of the vote.
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October 20, 2009 | Graham
Turnbull wins virtual ballot
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October 18, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Old King Coal still rules
The Age has reported on Victorian cabinet documents that indicate they want to open the La Trobe Valley brown coal up for export. Apparently a company called Exergen would mine, dry and ship the coal to India, via a 150km undergroung pipe.
Very high tech, very big project, very unwise.
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October 12, 2009 | Graham
Governing from opposition
Memo to Malcolm Turnbull: you can’t do government from opposition.
Good opposition leaders know it is not their job to produce comprehensive policy. That is the job of government. Not only does government have the resources to research policy properly, and to turn it into legislation, but it is the […] Continue Reading…
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October 05, 2009 | Graham
Government intervention prime cause of sub-prime debacle
Home-ownership can be a curse, according to Saul Eslake.
In this interesting op-ed in The Age Eslake argues that it wasn’t unregulated markets that caused the sub-prime crisis, it was a misguided desire to increase home ownership by directing banks to fund people into houses who couldn’t really afford them.
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October 05, 2009 | Graham
Dutton debacle demonstrates Libs’ need for dose of competence
Political parties that lack professionalism can only win by luck. On the evidence from the McPherson preselection, the Liberal Party should hope it has a lot of luck, because it is completely lacking in professionalism. The whole thing was a debacle from start to finish. Here is a list […] Continue Reading…
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October 03, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Collapse or Survive: The stark choice facing our species
It is probably bad practice to reprint articles in a blog. But this one, copied with kind permission from the author, (his title) captures the zeitgeist of many concerned and informed citizens at this point in our planet’s history. Hopeful, but tense.
And watching the floods, tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes […] Continue Reading…
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October 01, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Not the only Cassandra…
For those who like economics as their bottom line, perhaps this article by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman will appeal: http://tinyurl.com/ya9q558.
He even mentions the Sydney dust storms, how’s that for topical?
Won’t it be interesting to see how well the Rudd gov stacks up in Copenhagen, and how well […] Continue Reading…
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September 28, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Adaptation – coming soon to a life near you
Complex adaptive systems are what we are. Not so hard to understand: are we not part of very complex systems? Our bodies, with their intricate sub-ecosystems of microbacteria, and the evolution of cities has now been found to mimic that of our brains.
But adaptive? Some of us, sometimes. Obviously […] Continue Reading…
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September 23, 2009 | Graham
Stimulus package could buy 955,556 schools
The federal government’s stimulus package could have bought almost one million schools, at least if it had been spent in Bangladesh.
Ethical Investments is one of the most consistent supporters of On Line Opinion through its onsite advertising. According to the media release that I have just received they have […] Continue Reading…
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September 18, 2009 | Ronda Jambe
Under the Moruya Moon (10)
A long weekend at the coast with friends. Can’t beat that for a spring outing. The benign if sometimes dysfunctional public service allows me to work just 4 days per week. This helps me stay balanced. It is no longer too cold at the coast overnight, as even the […] Continue Reading…
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