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Talking at the Sydney Institute about the Need to Restore the Estuary
28th January, 2012, 4:55pm
I will be speaking at the Sydney Institute on Wednesday 8th February on the need to restore the Murray River’s est... more
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Genocide against Aboriginal people
28th January, 2012, 7:09am
Genocide is not only the mass killing of a people. The essence of genocide is acting with the intention to destroy the g... more
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The Other Shoe
28th January, 2012, 5:47am
JULIA Gillard’s office has been rocked by the resignation of a media adviser who helped spread information used to... more
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Saturday Salon
28th January, 2012, 12:01am
An open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.... more
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When one’s IQ is less than one’s shoe size, and we’re only talking one shoe…
27th January, 2012, 10:36pm
I am stealing this observation from regular commenter Nick Ferrett, because it bears repeating: So Tony Hodges, the PM&#... more
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The Average Global Surface Air Temperature for 2011: Ole Humlum
27th January, 2012, 9:31pm
“ON the whole, the year 2011 was somewhat cooler than 2010… In the Northern Hemisphere close to normal or re... more
The Blogs
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Ambit Gambit
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The boundaries of legitimate protest
26th January, 2012, 7:26pm
As far as I can tell from the news reports, Julia Gillard wasn’t subjected to any actual violence today (unless yo... more
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Newman has bad Australia Day
26th January, 2012, 7:05pm
The chances that Labor might hold Ashgrove at the next election just rose after Campbell Newman’s Australia Day pe... more
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Larvatus Prodeo
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Saturday Salon
28th January, 2012, 12:01am
An open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.... more
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Climate clippings 64
27th January, 2012, 10:47am
I’m currently working on another project, which is taking up much of my time. This week we had about 200mm of rain... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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Talking at the Sydney Institute about the Need to Restore
28th January, 2012, 4:55pm
I will be speaking at the Sydney Institute on Wednesday 8th February on the need to restore the Murray River’s est... more
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The Average Global Surface Air Temperature for 2011: Ole H
27th January, 2012, 9:31pm
“ON the whole, the year 2011 was somewhat cooler than 2010… In the Northern Hemisphere close to normal or re... more
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Homepage Daily
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Ron Paul Vs Indefinite Detention (NDAA
20th January, 2012, 6:21pm
Ron Paul, Congressman and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate, introduced a resolution to repeal the most egregious ... more
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Is it such a gamble? From The Outsider
20th January, 2012, 6:14pm
The dithering about whether or not to bring in limitations on how much you can lose on the pokies is just another exampl... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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Where to next with climate change battle?
15th December, 2011, 11:13pm
Earlier this week, I spoke with Kellie Caught, head of climate change campaigning with WWF in Australia, about the outc... more
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The Ups & Downs of Ups & Downs – interview with Greg Atk
25th November, 2011, 10:21pm
I’ve mentioned before my liking for the 80s Brisbane band Ups and Downs. I got a chance to interview their lead s... more
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Club Troppo
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Clairvoyance in the commentary box: a vignette from the ps
27th January, 2012, 5:23pm
I remember being at a wedding reception talking to someone who was 70 odd. I asked them whether in their day it was no... more
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Missing Link Friday – Australia Day etc
27th January, 2012, 8:24am
Katie’s Australia Day – Brazilian style! Food blogger Katie Quinn Davies’ Australia Day recipes. Austr... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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The Other Shoe
28th January, 2012, 5:47am
JULIA Gillard’s office has been rocked by the resignation of a media adviser who helped spread information used to... more
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When one’s IQ is less than one’s shoe size, and we’r
27th January, 2012, 10:36pm
I am stealing this observation from regular commenter Nick Ferrett, because it bears repeating: So Tony Hodges, the PM&#... more
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En Passant
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Genocide against Aboriginal people
28th January, 2012, 7:09am
Genocide is not only the mass killing of a people. The essence of genocide is acting with the intention to destroy the g... more
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Malcolm X: The House Negro and the Field Negro
27th January, 2012, 6:59pm
There was two kinds of slaves. There was the house Negro and the field Negro. The house Negroes – they lived in the ho... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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Queensland election preview on ABC radio
21st January, 2012, 8:46am
I did an interview yesterday with Steve Austin on ABC Radio yesterday on the coming Queensland State Election (which wil... more
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Queensland qual
16th January, 2012, 10:02pm
An interesting feature of this state election is the way that some rural Queenslanders have allied themselves with the u... more
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