Is John Howard dragging his feet on climate change because he’s surrounded by Australia’s biggest polluters? High and Dry promises to explain the politics of Australia’s do-as-little-as-possible attitude to climate change. “In this damning account, Liberal Party member, lobbyist and former Howard-government advisor Guy Pearse takes us behind the rhetoric he once helped write. He [...]

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Politicians are influenced by their political donors and that is why Australia’s citizens deserve to know what organisations and individuals are funding political candidates. I read the below editorial in today’s Crikey newsletter and decided I wanted more information. A search of Google News finds almost nothing. Is this a ‘fringe issue’ that doesn’t rate [...]

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This whole Scott Parkin thing seems crazy to me. An American history teacher comes to Australia to run peace workshops and attend peace rallies and the Australian government arrests him and looks set to deport him without explanation. As an Australian who attended a rally in Washington DC in 2002 and a protest in New [...]

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May 2005: ‘It is not unusual for people who try to change the system to leave public life with feelings of betrayal and disappointment. This was certainly my experience as Labor Leader. My commitment to the Labor cause was destroyed by the bastardry of others.’ -Mark Latham, The Latham Diaries This weekend former ‘progressive’ Australian [...]

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Affluenza: When too much is never enough has been written by Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss from the Australia Institute. Following the book’s launch, they spoke at Gleebooks on June 7, 2005. They spoke to a packed house, with standing room only. I scratched notes as I listened and you will find these below. Some [...]

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