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North Coast Voices
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:17
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I don’t know why we’re bothering with a campaign to cut down on the amount Australians drink. Who needs drugs and booze when you can feel completely off your face just listening to Abbott? [Corrine Grant in The Hoopla, 5 March 2014]
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North Coast Voices
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:16
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North Coast Voices
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:15
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In which journalist Latika Bourke slaps down then Opposition Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and now Federal Minister for Maligning All Asylum Seekers Arriving By Boat, Scott Morrison, and suggests we all note his answer..... |
you said it...
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:14
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In the milling maggoty squirmy sludge that makes up the far right, one occasionally catches a glimpse of an older evil amongst all the present-day phobic paranoiacs and yammering identity movements.
Here’s one who gave us a laugh.
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you said it...
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:14
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In the milling maggoty squirmy sludge that makes up the far right, one occasionally catches a glimpse of an older evil amongst all the present-day phobic paranoiacs and yammering identity movements.
Here’s one who gave us a laugh.
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Political Owl
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 21:31
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Political Owl
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 21:06
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From London’s Daily Telegraph:
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Your Democracy
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 18:01
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Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 17:40
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Pistorius shot his girlfriend through a lavatory door; saw what he had done; rang a friend who came round quickly and tried to revive her; wept and prayed and cursed himself; and at one point seemed likely to shoot himself also. |
Delimiter
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 17:24
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Global technology giant Microsoft has asked the Federal Government to review a controversial policy enacted by the Attorney-General's Department last year which which require departments and agencies to explicitly acquire the approval of the Attorney-General and the relevant portfolio minister before government data containing private information can be stored in offshore facilities. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 17:13
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By Chris Weston, Chief Market Strategist at IG Markets The USD is unloved right now, but that could change somewhat if today’s US payrolls provide the market with some sort of clarity around the US economy. Expectations are low, with traders speculating that weather issues will continue to play into the print, while a number of [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Your Democracy
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 17:07
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In the global Stock Market Olympic awards last week, the race to beat their pre-GFC stock market highs was won by Denmark – the home of Lego, King Canute, Soren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen, Hamlet, Jørn Utzon, Helena Christensen, Danish pastries, and a long line of Vikings called Erik. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 16:48
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By Leith van Onselen Here’s something that I never thought that I’d see. Victoria is reportedly about to open its first iron ore mine: a 10 million tonne deposit in Victoria’s Nowa Nowa region, roughly three hours from Melbourne. From The AFR: Eastern Iron, an ASX-listed company with a market capitalisation of $5 million has the [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 16:20
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By Leith van Onselen I wrote on Wednesday how both sides of politics plan to sell Victoria’s last major state-owned asset – the Port of Melbourne – in order to fund infrastructure to support Melbourne’s rapidly growing economy. One of the proposed new infrastructure projects – the $8 billion East West tunnel – is reportedly [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 16:13
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From the Canberra Times: Abolishing carbon pricing could cost the federal budget at least $4 billion a year within five years, if the Abbott government wants to reduce emissions in line with Australia’s international commitments, says economist Ross Garnaut. The Abbott government has limited the cost of Direct Action by “capping” funding at $1.55 billion [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Delimiter
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 16:07
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Malcolm Turnbull has appointed seasoned executive and public figure Bill Scales to conduct what the Communications Minister today described as an "independent audit" of the policy development process which led to the previous Government's National Broadband Network project, in an effort which is already being described as a "witch hunt" against Labor. |
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Antony Green's Election Blog
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 16:05
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Antony Green's Sout Australian Legislative Council Caclulator is now live! |
Drag0nista's Blog
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 15:30
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Why I lament the lack of moderate voices on the right. Latest post for Guardian Australia.Filed under: Politics Tagged: Guardian Australia |
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Poll Bludger
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 14:53
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A ReachTEL automated phone poll of 2600 respondents conducted last night for The Mercury shows the Tasmanian state election situation much as it’s been for a very long time now, with the Liberals on a commanding 47.4% (up 0.2% from the last poll on February 13) and Labor on a dismal 23.6% (down 1.0%). The Greens are on 18.2%, up 1.0% on last time, while the Palmer United Party is down 0.8% to 6.7%. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 14:32
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By Leith van Onselen After last week taking the fight to Auckland’s entrenched anti-sprawl “NIMBYs” (Not In My Backyard) and “BANANAs” (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone) groups in a speech at an Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Massey University luncheon, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bill English, has today attacked town [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 14:09
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From Terence Clarke In a certain year, actress A won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the AFIs; actress B was not nominated. In the same year, actress B won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Oscars; actress A was not nominated. They were in the same film. Name the film and the two actresses, distinguishing between their awards. |
Inside Story
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:53
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Charitable work, but inherently risky: lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit.
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:49
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Gina Rinehart has made the curious claim today that Australia should follow the example of Britain’s Thatcher Government: ‘’Thatcher steered through a lack of courage in her own political party, which had become riddled with lefties or ‘non-courageous wets’ and self-interested power mongrels, who didn’t grasp or didn’t want to grasp what was needed for [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:30
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Mr Michael Pascoe, well done: Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens brought (metaphorically) his hose to this morning’s House of Representatives economics committee hearing and proceeded to use it on every issue thrown at him in the first session – except for households’ housing debt. Stevens said household credit growth for housing of 5 or 6 [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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Political Owl
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:27
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I guess that when you still want to be able to blame your predecessor for anything that’s remotely bad you need to be careful about sounding too enthusiastic about any inherited figures showing that things are in fact going ahead quite nicely. So it was that Treasurer Joe Hockey treated this week’s GDP figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the December quarter in a very downbeat fashion rather than put them in the context of the latest international summary by the OECD. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:19
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From the SMH blog today: Miners are out and tech is in. That’s the conclusion from our analysis of who is in and out of the All Ords when S&P does its quarterly rebalance of the index from March 21. The waning of the mining boom is being felt acutely among smaller resource plays, with three quarters [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:13
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As Capt’ Glenn again failed to put a dent in the Aussie today, from the AFR comes a poetic moment in the life of the Australian dollar: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit + - [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Peter Garcia-Webb
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:11
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There is an editorial by the Editorial Board in the New York Times titled: Israel’s Choice. The editorial is a comment on a speech by Benjamin Netanyanu to the American […] The post Israel’s Choice: Peace or a Jewish State appeared first on Peter Garcia-Webb. |
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Croakey
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:03
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In an attempt to provide you with some ‘feel good Friday’ vibe, here are some brief stories to make you smile. Mental Health benefits in quitting smoking In case anyone needed further encouragement to quit, a new article has debunked the... Read more on the blog... |
Jack the Insider
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 13:03
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I SEE you are fond of talking about pixies, children; and a story about pixies and how they tried to save the Enchanted Forest from… |
