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• Ambit Gambit

  • Don’t back down Andrew Laming

    4th December, 2013, 10:45am

    Various news outlets are reporting that Bowman MHR, Dr Andrew Laming has backed down from comments he made about obesity... more

  • Plain packaging works for everyone but tobacco companies

    29th November, 2013, 7:44am

    It seems that plain packaging hasn’t reduced Australian smoking rates so far, according to this report from London... more

• Jennifer Marohasy

  • Scientists Warn What?

    5th December, 2013, 12:31am

    Help. Received the following media release from the University of Queensland today. Can’t find “the research... more

  • Retraction of GM-Maize Rat Study Findings

    29th November, 2013, 7:34pm

    Dear ABCA Subscribers, The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology today announced the retraction of the article Long term ... more

• Andrew Bartlett

  • More on Senate Preferences

    29th August, 2013, 7:44pm

    The possibility of people getting elected to the Senate with virtually no public support has been greater coverage, with... more

  • Senate preference mayhem: 0.2% of the vote could be enough

    27th August, 2013, 10:14pm

    This election sees a record number of parties contesting the Senate and a record number of candidates. Even people like ... more

• Club Troppo

  • China-US travel bleg

    7th December, 2013, 12:43pm

    I’m heading off overseas with my 15 year old son. Turns out the cheapest way to get to the US, where we’re s... more

  • The unbearable automaticity of being

    3rd December, 2013, 7:26am

    This piece is inspired by Paul Frijters’ post titled The Benefits of Being Dumb in Politics.  I don’t actua... more

• Skeptic Lawyer

  • Autumn Statement

    7th December, 2013, 12:33am

    The welfare state is unaffordable, George Osborne will tell MPs this week, and permanent cuts will be required to make t... more

  • Existential threats and other difficulties

    4th December, 2013, 12:30pm

    Young man, there’s a great deal of ruin in a nation. So Adam Smith responded to a correspondent who feared that a... more

• En Passant

  • Saturday’s socialist speak out

    7th December, 2013, 1:31pm

    The best way to remember Mandela will be to continue the fight against apartheid here in Australia and in Israel.... more

  • Nelson Mandela: the struggle goes on

    6th December, 2013, 10:19pm

    In September 1993 Mandela made a remarkable speech to trade unionists. He declared, “How many times has the liberation... more

• Henry Thornton

  • Inflation shock - for some

    Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more

  • 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

• What The People Want

  • Greens leadership - quants

    14th October, 2013, 3:54pm

    The Greens complete the trifecta both of major parties, and of parties where the parliamentary leader is not the favouri... more

  • Liberal Party leadership - quants

    14th October, 2013, 11:37am

    While the ALP has a leader that the party and the electorate don't wants, the Liberal Party has a leader that the party,... more

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