i ask again, has anyone seen costello? it seems i am the only one wondering that. brisbane times says:The Treasurer, who will become prime minister if the Coalition wins the November 24 election, has had a higher profile in this ...Read More
rudd announced in far north queensland today a $200 million environmental plan designed to protect the great barrier reef which as we all know is dying because of climate change. rudd's plan targets sediment and nutrient run-off from farming in ...Read More
mark vaile, leader of the nationals, is demanding disclosure by labor of the details of their prefrence deal with the greens. seems like can't-stand-others-having-secrets attitude to me. they'll announce it when they want. but i do take his point that ...Read More
today also saw the announcement by the democrats and the greens of a preference deal for senate places in queensland. why? simple:But Mr Bartlett also says the two parties have announced the Queensland deal to cut the Government's hold on ...Read More
according to labor fowl play is afoot. 100 labor climate change posters "disappeared" from the seat of wentworth (enivronment minster malcolm turnbull's seat) and labor's pointing the finger at turnbull. i can't decide which is more petty: stealing the posters ...Read More
the fallout over the cabinet leak that environment minsiter malcolm turnbull pushed the cabinet to ratify the kyoto protocol continued tonight as howard continued to say nothing on the matter in interview on the 7.30 report. his and costello's "joint ...Read More
this round up is the celebrity issue! the chaser get amongst it on youtube:the crazy music group frenzal rhomb lend their song (unknowingly perhaps):drew barrymore reflects on why she doesn't vote:(i like the video note: "The torments of the upcoming ...Read More
mashable has released a list of sources of cc content. it covers music and sound, images, text, and video. a heap of the usual suspects are in there (ccMixter, Jamendo, blip.tv, flickr, archive.org, revver and the freesound project, as well ...Read More
i just clicked through to the daily telegraph election coverage website and the following break out is currently up:i have to say that it really bugs me that in order to be a 'serious' contender in politics you have to ...Read More
it was only a matter of time before the greens got stuck into the government over the climate change debacle. and they did."Now China and India have backed this but Bush didn't."And because Bush didn't, Howard the Deputy Sheriff didn't."malcolm ...Read More
given the federal government's backflip climate change agenda in the last few months, today it was revealed that not all members of the party are seeing eye-to-eye on the matter. it has been reported that environment minister malcolm turnbull pushed ...Read More
brisbane's inner-city community newspaper, city news, is giving people the chance to text-a-pollie. unfortunately its just howard and rudd. is this e-democracy or just a gimmick?see the full article in the breakout on page 7 of city news issue 210city ...Read More
there has long been rhetoric around the role of CCTV in perpetuating 'the gaze.' red road is a surveillance thriller. jackie (played by kate dickie) operates a section of CCTV cameras in inner-city glasgow (which encompasses the notorious red road ...Read More
education and health are still high-stakes playing cards in the election. today julie bishop announced the establishment of a new dental school at james cook university's cairns campus. the school, which would be opened in 2009, would cost the reelected ...Read More
leader of the nationals mark vaile declared $15 million for a national feral pest eradication program, including $1 million for research into new eradication techniques.not sure what's going on? read my election speil Read More
youtube continues to buzz with election activity.this terrance and philip-esk film isn't brilliant, but i just love the line, "you're the treasurer, you're supposed to be looking for treasure."an older film, but still good:view the rest of the youtube wrap ...Read More
back from the vibewire national steering committee meeting in sydney. i'm not big on flying but it did give me a chance to watch the election debate on the live 2 air. (of course that i had to watch it ...Read More
as i reported on the ccau website, australian arts database, artabase added cc licensing to the site. i applaud the intention, to turn "contemporary events listings into a growing database of art history."where a cc licence has been placed on ...Read More
excuse me, has anyone seen peter costello?according to the google trends stats, no:note: costello is always in red. comparison of news reference volumes in australia in the last year.graph: costello vs howard = howard miles aheadgraph: costello vs rudd = ...Read More
rudd has come out against party employees who were involved in the production of a pamphlet featuring liberal mp for the marginal seat of wakefield in south australia. it features david fawcett wearing a dinner suit pouring a glass of ...Read More