The conventional wisdom re the Queensland election was "that Labor can hardly fail to take a huge bite out of the LNP’s unprecedented majority, but converting their current tally of nine seats into the 45 needed for a majority will be a bridge or more…
Kevin Anderson, Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, reported the following exchanges he’d been party to, at a presentation he made back in 2012. (transcript and accompanying powerpoint presentation available from the link provided) Too much is invested in 2°C for…
https://twitter.com/thereaIbanksy/status/561338976888299520 Background to this bizarre story can be found here: 90-year-old among Florida activists arrested for feeding the homeless Arnold Abott and pastors from two local churches preparing for second confrontation with Fort Lauderdale officials who have restricted food sharing Church leaders in Florida were preparing for…
Two positive pieces in The Herald today on Andrew Little's leadership. First: Has Key met his match? More than half see potential in new Labour top man The public's honeymoon with new Labour leader Andrew Little is showing few signs of easing more than two…
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