With the appointment of Sir Laurence Street to look into the DPP’s decision not to prosecute we’ll get some genuinely knowledgeable insights into this matter. Hopefully his decision will be accepted, even if he does find that a trial should not proceed.
In the meantime, I think a lot […] Continue Reading…
January 04, 2007 | Graham
Mulrunji – it’s time for some more housekeeping.
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January 03, 2007 | Graham
Even the ABC titles are gun shy of Alan Jones
The ABC’s decision not to publish Jonestown seems more and more misguided each day. In November The Age was reporting it had sold 12,700 in its first week, almost as many as The Latham Diaries while The Australian had it still at 15 on the best seller lists at […] Continue Reading…
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December 26, 2006 | Graham
The complexities of Iraqi violence
I knew it was complicated in Iraq, but not this complicated. This report in the New York Times suggests that rather than a civil war Iraq has a state of anarchy (if that isn’t an oxymoron).
“The killing in Baghdad in recent months has primarily been the result of sectarian […] Continue Reading…
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December 13, 2006 | Graham
DLP breathes life into Democrats
One Democrat to another – it’s the preference deals that count. Many have been predicting the end of the Australian Democrats at the next federal election. Those people can’t count. But the Victorian Democratic Labor Party can, and their two victories in the Victorian upper house demonstrate that even […] Continue Reading…
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December 11, 2006 | Graham
Congratulations Kevin! from James B
This email from James B turned up in my intray and I thought it deserved a wider audience:
Congratulations on your election to the leadership of the Labor Party. One feels sorry for Kim Beasley, especially in the circumstances of his brother’s death. However, it is true that he […] Continue Reading…
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December 08, 2006 | Graham
Flegg Water Options
Queensland Liberal Leader Bruce Flegg is going to the Internet with the issue of recycling water for domestic uses. It’s a critical one for Brisbane where dams are at critical levels and the government procrastinates, playing for political safety by promising to run a $10M plebiscite on the issue […] Continue Reading…
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November 29, 2006 | Graham
Droughts – the 40,000 year story
I’ve been following the story of the extinction of Australia’s megafauna for some time. It originally seemed reasonable to blame man as the extinction occurred at about the same time as we arrived in Australia – about BC 40,000. This fitted the pattern of other extinctions in other parts […] Continue Reading…
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November 28, 2006 | Jeff Wall
A bitchy former leader spoils ABC election coverage
I have been watching election night television and radio coverage for more than four decades, but it took until Saturday night’s ABC television coverage of the Victorian election to see the worst ever “performance†by a panellist.
The ABC coverage normally leads the way – with Kerry O’Brien as anchor, […] Continue Reading…
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November 27, 2006 | Graham
Can the Greens challenge the result?
I’m unfamiliar with Victorian electoral laws, but in a just system, you’d think that the Greens would have the right to challenge the result, at least in Melbourne, if the Labor campaign was anything like it was in Northcote.
The pamphletts reproduced below were provided by Benno Spearritt who lives […] Continue Reading…
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November 26, 2006 | Graham
Congratulations to Steve Bracks
Steve Bracks joins John Cain as the only Labor Premier of Victoria to win three successive elections. As we predicted the Greens did well in a number of inner city seats, but not well enough to win any. Overall their vote was similar to last election, so hardly a […] Continue Reading…
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