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Senate preference mayhem: 0.2% of the vote could be enough to win 27 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
This election sees a record number of parties contesting the Senate and a record number of candidates. Even people like me who enjoy filling in all the squares below the line on the Senate ballot pape...
Former Trade Minister highlights common cruelty to pigs 6 Jul 2013 | 06:48 pm
There was a great piece today by outgoing MP and former Cabinet Minister Craig Emerson on the enormous suffering experienced by many pigs in factory farm environments which is very common in Australia...
Malaysian Elections & Social Media 4 May 2013 | 01:17 pm
This weekend sees a national election taking place which could be pivotal in Malaysia’s future, which makes it a significant event in Australia’s south-east Asian region. It also reminded me of a foru...
Malaysian elections & social media 4 May 2013 | 01:17 pm
This weekend sees a national election taking place which could be pivotal in Malaysia’s future, which makes it a significant event in Australia’s south-east Asian region. It also reminded me of a foru...
Australian Experimentation on Other Primates 25 Nov 2012 | 03:39 pm
There’s an interesting story in today’s Age newspaper about primates being bred in Australia for medical and other scientific research. Figures in the story show the number of primates being used for...
Interview with Peter J Black: Racial vilifaction vs freedom of speech 30 Aug 2012 | 06:13 pm
A recent controversy over a blatantly racist page on Facebook – and Facebook’s delay in taking the page down – raised the issue of how best to address cases of blatant racial vilification. Similar iss...
Rhetoric vs reality 30 Jul 2012 | 12:20 pm
I’ve had a break from writing for a variety of reasons, but the reckless approach the new Queensland government is taking to their spending decisions – and the straightout nonsensicality of some of th...
Bob Brown’s retirement – what next? Discuss 15 Apr 2012 | 01:12 pm
Large amounts have already been written about the surpise decision by Bob Brown to retire from the Senate and as Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens. I did a fair bit of media commentary on...
End of LP the end of a blogging era 15 Apr 2012 | 01:57 am
Back in October, I wrote here about the decline or re-defining of blogs, at least in the Australian political arena. The relatively few posts I’ve done on this blog since then shows how much less use...
Anita Heiss – positive messages in the face of negative attacks 12 Apr 2012 | 02:31 am
A few weeks ago I interviewed author Anita Heiss about her new book Am I Black Enough For You? The book is partly a personal memoir and partly explores the issue of Aboriginal identity. You can list...
