Visiting friends from Wellington informed me last weekend that they won’t be having a pet when they move to their ‘intentional community’ near Nelson. (That’s an evolved form of the kibbutz, think Nimbin with broadband. )
They brought to my attention that cats have a large carbon footprint:0.6 apparently, not […] Continue Reading…
April 10, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Quick! Kill the Moggie! Save the Planet!
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April 03, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Program on mortgage stress missing a corner
A balanced look it was not: the 4 Corners (ABC) program last Monday showed 3 sides of the figure, but left off a big corner. They did a good job of showing that a) the banks are predatory and irresponsible in their lending practices and b) the regulators are […] Continue Reading…
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March 31, 2008 | Graham
Hasn’t Rudd heard of a grudge?
When it comes to government inquiries, Terence Cole QC has to be the current heavyweight. He inquired into the building industry and then into AWB. In the process he was criticised heavily by prominent ALP members.
Now the Rudd government has appointed him to head an inquiry into the sinking […] Continue Reading…
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March 30, 2008 | Graham
Spence beats Caris – more bad news for Nelson
Gary Spence is the new president of the Queensland Liberal Party beating John Caris by 23 votes to 20, and demonstrating just how entrenched the factions still are. Spence was the Santoro faction candidate, and Caris the candidate of the rest.
This makes it almost certain, as forecast in a […] Continue Reading…
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March 27, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Why bang our heads about baseload?
On a sunny autumn day in Canberra, it is gratifying to see that our solar panels have already produced 5.56 KW. Working out exactly what that means in terms of light bulbs, computing power and our 20 year old electric cook top is a bit beyond me. All I […] Continue Reading…
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March 26, 2008 | Graham
Parer resignation means Santoro short on numbers
Warwick Parer’s premature resignation as Queensland Liberal Party President is a sure sign that the Santoro forces don’t have the numbers at State Convention.
Parer is reported by the ABC:
Mr Parer says he had intended to retire last year, but agreed to stay on for the Federal and Brisbane City […] Continue Reading…
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March 26, 2008 | Graham
National Party over
It’s more or less official – the National Party is over. Queensland National Party Leader Lawrence Springborg is launching a serious of advertisements this evening promoting him as the alternative state premier, according to AAP, but without mentioning the National Party at all.
QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says there’s […] Continue Reading…
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March 25, 2008 | Graham
Bring out your dead
Here’s another reason I could never be a Roman Catholic. A press release from the World Youth Day Sydney, the religious extravaganza being staged by the Catholic Church in July this year, alerted me to the fact that Blessed Pier Georgio Frassati would be attending.
The charismatic Blessed Pier Giorgio […] Continue Reading…
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March 24, 2008 | Graham
Herbert voters call it right
The weekend’s revelation that Labor will seek to cut $10B from the defence budget means that voters in Herbert probably called the consequences of a Rudd Labor government correctly. Herbert is home to Lavarack Barracks and saw a relatively small swing to Labor of 6.03%. (Leichardt next door saw […] Continue Reading…
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March 20, 2008 | Graham
How can plastic bag consumption be up 21%?
That’s the claim from the leaked report in this (and related) news story. I can’t believe it.
Perhaps a couple of months’ consumption got counted in the wrong year. For bags used to have jumped by that you would need a number of things to happen. Population could jump by […] Continue Reading…
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