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I’ve just spent a punishing 30 minutes reading Malcolm Turnbull’s climate change plan and I think I need a bit of a lie down. If you want a reasonably concise explanation of what it means here’s The Australian’s noble effort. The unedited and unfathomable version can be found here at the Liberals’ site.
These are the questions which struck me while reading it: Is Turnbull’s plan a sincere and reasoned attempt at compromise - and if so was Labor wrong to dismiss it out of hand?
Or is it purely an internal measure to silence his critics within the party - and if so should he butt out of the debate and let the government of the day exercise its mandate? We’ve asked some of the players to file, so there’s more to come but for now, over to you.
Over to you.
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Dallas Beaufort says:
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” Read more »
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BG says:
Looking at “Two Liberal leaders. One cup.” Read more »
I’m an orphan. My mum committed suicide when I was seven and my dad had a heart-attack when I was 16.
Thankfully, I wasn’t living with either of them at the time. I was removed from my mother’s care at age five and my relationship with my father was estranged since before I could remember.
The very first night I spent in a foster home I was bullied.
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fehowarth says:
We need to hear from more people who went through the system. No story is the same. We need to hear from those who succeeded as well failed. Without this history we cannot plot a better future where all are winners. Read more »
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Heléna says:
thank you Lanai for your advice - it’s much appreciated Read more »
Ask an Australian if crime is getting worse, and most will say - wrongly - that it is. Crime in Victoria, state authorities reported proudly yesterday, is down 25 per cent over eight years.
Yet they also announced another 120 police would be put on Melbourne’s streets with new powers to search for weapons, because - at least in Victoria’s experience - crime is decreasing, but the violence isn’t.
The public perception that crime is on the rise is understandable when you hear the shock and disbelief ringing through the words of Brenda Lin, in messages to her murdered family at their memorial service in Sydney.
Continue reading "No wonder we’re fearful amid crimes like the Lin killings" »
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Bruce says:
Perception bias. Look it up. Read more »
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brad says:
Go to the link below, I think you will find since John Howard introduced guns laws we have been better off. http://www.aic.gov.au/en/statistics/homicide.aspx Read more »
TWO years ago, Veronica Lario did something extraordinary.
After marrying the now Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 1990, the former actress had maintained a low profile; rarely seen in public and avoiding the sort of official functions wives of national leaders do.
But on January 31, 2007 that changed when she bizarrely wrote a letter to the editor calling on her husband to apologise.
Continue reading "Rootgate: Berlusconi’s bordello antics captivate Italy" »
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AFR says:
On the subject of foreign news, you will find most countries’ major news bulletins/newspapers etc are focused primarily on their own country, whether it be Australia, UK, US, France - wherever. I mean, how many of us watch SBS news, as opposed to 9, 10, 7 and even ABC, who… Read more »
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Eric says:
Pat—I can only point out that your comment is a prime example of what you claim to oppose. Just an empty ad-hominem attack with no support. Read more »
Last week I was bored to death reading coal industry propaganda and needed some inspiration, so I took $50,000 worth of new green technology for a test drive.
The Prius is the worlds first and biggest selling hybrid car, meaning it has both an electric motor and a petrol engine, which work in tandem to minimize petrol consumption. It also features a HUD heads up display, like in a military jet and solar panels built into the roof. If Captain Planet had a car, this would be it.
The market for hybrid cars is driven (sorry) by both Peak Oil and climate change. Peak Oil is the term for ecological limits as they apply to crude oil, or more specifically, the point in history at which oil production reaches a peak.
Continue reading "Volt heads can rev up, as I’ve test-driven the future" »
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LC says:
I’ll drive electric cars/hybrids, when they start making electric cars/hybrids which are affordable and enjoyable to drive. Read more »
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Christina says:
Might electronic cars also need to burn coal or oil to provide better electricity.. online degree Read more »
What a sin! The National Press Club actually had the temerity to invite bikers and, an even worse devil, an academic, to address their members! After decades of weekly rants from pompous politicians and bloated businessmen they broke from tradition and dived into the dark side.
Even worse the bikers and academic questioned the wisdom of politicians making stupid laws. As if our moral and upright legislators would ever push the “lock them up and throw away the key button” just to win over the law and order vote.
But make no mistake the South Australian and New South Wales laws are particularly stupid. Forget about the blatant violation that these laws bring to the justice system and just think about their consequences.
Continue reading "Devils, bikers and the National Press Club" »
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T.K.Barnes says:
I live in South Australia and back in June I was pulled over bay an unmarked police vehicle some 300 meters from home. I had just gone down from home to fuel up and on leaving the servo all hell broke loose sirens and lights blazing. I pulled over and… Read more »
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Terry Wright says:
Crime fighting laws made in haste for political point scoring always miss the real problem and achieve bugger all. All that really happens is that we loose more of our rights and anonymity whilst that political vote winner called “Tough on Crime” (aka “Tough on Drugs”) is dragged out at… Read more »
The ABC has been criticised for not mentioning the “M” word in their coverage of the arrest of the alleged terrorists in Victoria, for planning an attack on the Holsworthy army base in Sydney.
There have been calls from media pundits that members of the relevant community condemn terrorism.
As a member of the relevant community I’m not afraid to use the “M” word: Melburnian.
Continue reading "As a proud Melburnian, I denounce all terrorism" »
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Josh says:
No Real point to that article. Plus you left out that Vic has a substandard replacement to NRL (yes I knocked AFL). Get over yourself Read more »
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LM says:
Steven, I see how it’s not easy to understand the logic behind what I’m saying. But you see it’s just that where you were born or even live for a certain period of time doesn’t often accurately reflect your ethnicity or how you identify yourself and it’s difficult to explain… Read more »
IT’S so tempting to see misfortune as a money spinner. Slipped on a grape at the supermarket? Sue!
Stressed out by an overbearing boss? Claim! Hurt your neck in a car accident? Collect!
But here’s something to consider before you speed dial a lawyer – a compensation payout may make life worse.
Continue reading "Hurt? Suing over it may hinder your road to recovery" »
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Dale says:
Go Tina! Although our situations differ there are times when we FIGHT for every inch of our existence, especially when families are the unwitting victims as well. In my case, I had worked in the welfare arena for 2 1/2 years with a very difficult client with whom I had… Read more »
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Tina says:
I’d like to leave a message to “Bitten”. I was homeless at the age of thirteen, raped at fifteen and while I was at home I was physically bashed and emotionally abused for years. I moved 200km’s from home and lived on the streets of Melbourne until I got my… Read more »
I WOULDN’T be surprised if Malcolm Turnbull feels like a contestant on Dancing with the Stars.
After revelations that his quickstep to the Utegate affair proved to be a step in the wrong direction, he is now trying to sidestep being voted off the Liberal Party dance floor and salvage his reputation.
As Parliament resumes this week, he will be hoping he can find a new routine to take attention off his previous faux pas and distance himself further from his now-disgraced former dance partner Godwin Grech.
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Craig Rowley says:
Completely wrong-footed, the more Malcolm Turnbull does now to “distance himself further from his now-disgraced former dance partner Godwin Grech,” the more he’ll look mean and tricky. Afterall, everyone knows it takes two to Tango. Read more »
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Mark B says:
RT, I was joking about Christian, who I understand is a former Liberal staffer. Mr Milne chases fire engines every couple of days; this week the Labor Party is guilty of cronyism apparently, as if the Howard Government was the last bastion of propriety. Mr Turnbull gave $10 million of… Read more »
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