ABC TV watchers amongst you may have seen the promos already for Christine Milne on the newish Q&A program this Thursday night, July 10, at 9.30 pm. She will be on the panel, focussed on ‘Welcome the new Senate’, with Senator Helen Coonan, Minister Craig Emerson, author Linda Jaivin and everybody’s favourite opinionated columnist, Andrew Bolt. Read more »
This was published in Crikey this afternoon. My release from today is here.
Professor Garnaut’s much-awaited Draft Report is, in general, strong on the architecture but terribly weak on the big, over-riding issue – preventing runaway climate change. His policy prescriptions are completely out of step with his science.
When we were looking for a transformative vision to take Australia into the post-carbon world, we got an incrementalist approach with a slow start and even a step backwards on the 2050 target. Read more »
In its editorial this morning, The Age calls on those who hold the balance of power in the new Senate to "wield it responsibly":
The problem is that third-force parties tend to attract voters who want their politicians to be pure and unsullied by deal-making... Read more »
Penny Wong released the official greenhouse inventory for 2006 this morning, and you can read and study it in all its glory here. Read more »
I am sorry but I couldn’t help but choke on my weeties when I read this:
http://news.smh.com.au/national/greens-have-mandate-to-force-change-20080629-2ylo.html
It seems Lyn Allison’s prediction of a double dissolution caused by the Greens and independents may be a bigger possibility than I first thought. Read more »
As we say a sad farewell to Kerry Nettle and the Democrats (you can read Bob’s valedictory speech to the Dems here and we’ll post Kerry’s soon), we saw a fascinating signpost today to the interesting place that the new Senate will be when we come back from winter recess in late August. Read more »
An edited version of this piece appeared in today’s Crikey email. Read more »
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