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Weekend talkback

Blogocracy - July 4, 2008 - 3:23pm

Our usual weekend open thread on which to discuss the stories we’ve missed or skipped over during the rest of the week.  Keep it civil...

COAG time

Blogocracy - July 4, 2008 - 11:42am

There were a number of things to come out of yesterday’s COAG meeting, including a project to boost organ donations, better coordination of child services...

Know your enemy

Blogocracy - July 3, 2008 - 3:04pm

But try not to become them: The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart...

Green investments up

Blogocracy - July 3, 2008 - 5:59am

I haven’t been through this in detail yet, but it looks promising.  The United Nations Environment Programme is reporting that investments in clean energy are...

Midweek meltdown

Blogocracy - July 2, 2008 - 12:06pm

Our usual midweek open thread on which talk of politics is banned.  Talk about something else.  Like the weather.  We’ve had what seems like a...

Garnaut time

Blogocracy - July 4, 2008 - 1:43pm

Ross Garnaut has delivered his interim report and unsurprisingly, I haven’t read it yet.  Judging from his press release, and media reports, it looks to...

Bye bye Neal

Blogocracy - July 4, 2008 - 6:39am

Both John Della Bosca and Belinda Neal have been interviewed by police after, according to this article, the police moved to publicly shame them into...

Nocturnal emissions—link dump

Blogocracy - July 3, 2008 - 11:34am

We’ve probably given the topic of emissions trading a fair going over of late.  (Ya think?) As it stands, the next phase of the debate...

The future is what we do now

Blogocracy - July 2, 2008 - 1:02pm

I’ve said before that I prefer that governments spend money on stuff like public transport—where business won’t invest—than give handouts to industry to do what...

Good news for coffee drinkers

Blogocracy - July 2, 2008 - 11:46am

Starbucks to close 600 stores in the US: Starbucks’ sales and earnings have declined as cash-strapped consumers facing record gasoline prices pull back on gourmet...