You will see this phrase again, as it is the name of a hot new movie about environmental catastrophe. This doco formerly named ‘Crude’ features Pete Postlethwaite playing a journo looking back from some decades in the future, wondering why we didn’t act when we could. You can find […] Continue Reading…
June 13, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
The Age of Stupid
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June 12, 2008 | Graham
What would pigeons make of Henson or Leda?
I’ve always found the claims for what you might call Human Exceptionalism a little absurd and over-blown. Over the years I’ve had some quite close relationships with non-human animals, and I don’t think I’m practicing anthropomorphism in saying that they’ve been more rewarding than some of the relationships I’ve […] Continue Reading…
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June 09, 2008 | Graham
For the Liberals, how many is a majority?
The Queensland Liberals are busy polling their members on whether or not they want a merged party. The plebiscite is non-binding and is extra-constitutional.
There are some potential problems with the plebiscite. The largest is what exactly members are voting for. The voting paper is fairly bald. The proposition is:
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June 05, 2008 | Graham
Martin Ferguson is right.
I have a bet with a close friend that oil will be more expensive in around 18 years time than it was 2 years ago (it’s a two year old bet). My money’s looking pretty safe at the moment. Not that I necessarily think that oil prices are going […] Continue Reading…
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June 05, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
A Nice Way to Spend the Morning
Spiral is a group set up 38 years ago in Canberra. A newcomer to town saw that many older people were isolated, and what started out simply as a casual gathering has become a weekly event. Volunteers, some of them in their 80s, pick up other elderly people and […] Continue Reading…
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June 02, 2008 | Graham
Senator’s pitch for amalgamation
We’ve heard a lot from Senator Brandis about the proposed merger, and little from other senators. Ian MacDonald is one of the moderates in the Queensland Liberal Party, he’s also a long-time proponent of merger. This is the text of a letter that he sent to party members and […] Continue Reading…
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June 01, 2008 | Graham
Mission accomplished?
Yahoo news picked up the irony. Australian troops have started arriving home from Iraq at the same time that Iraq has its most peaceful month for four years. I never thought that invading Iraq was the best idea, but I did agree with Colin Powell that “If you break […] Continue Reading…
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May 31, 2008 | Graham
Brough wins by largest margin that I can remember
When there’s a serious contest for Queensland Liberal Party President it generally ends up being a close-run thing. Not this time. Mal Brough won 309 votes to Greg Spence’s 152. That’s 67% of the vote.
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May 31, 2008 | Graham
Early signs good for Brough
It looks like Brough might win the Liberal Party presidency. He and his supporters have won every vote that counts so far this morning.
First was the decision whether to exclude 30 or so delegates from the Centenary branch (there are a total of 460 delegates at the convention, so […] Continue Reading…
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May 30, 2008 | Graham
Internal criticism of the Liberal National Party Constitution
According to the proposed Liberal National Party Constitution “No Member shall make any statement or comment, either on or off the record, to any journalist or media organisation about the affairs of the party without the prior approval of the State President or the State Director”. So my informants […] Continue Reading…
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