ALP News
Delivering GP super clinics
Nicola Roxon - Minister for Health and Ageing - Media Statement - 16-05-2008
New directions for innovation
Kim Carr - Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research - Media Statement - 16-05-2008
End to unjust visa will help refugees rebuild lives
Chris Evans - Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship - Media Statement - 15-05-2008
Delivering heath care for all
Nicola Roxon - Minister for Health and Ageing - Media Statement - 15-05-2008
$2.3 billion to tackle climate change
Penny Wong - Minister for Climate Change and Water - Media Statement - 14-05-2008
Australian Democrats : Press Releases
End mixed-gender hospital wards - 16 May 2008
Senator Lyn Allison
Will 'Education Revolution' include VSU? - 15 May 2008
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
Democrats praise Budget's Refugee & Migration measures - 14 May 2008
Senator Andrew Bartlett
No paid maternity leave in 'family' Budget - 14 May 2008
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
Privacy win on Telco Bill - 13 May 2008
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
NSW Greens News
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Senate Privileges Committee finds evidence on Habib's rendition is "not acceptable."
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle welcomed the Senate Privileges Committee finding relating to Mamdour Habib's rendition that was tabled in the Senate this afternoon.
Health Minister clueless on NSW Program of Appliances for Disabled People (PADP)
A day after the Upper House passed a motion for the immediate injection of funding into the Program of Appliances for Disabled People – a...
Orange and Bathurst Hospital project managers handed $275m Wagga Wagga Hospital redevelopment
Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has today called on Health Minister Reba Meagher to explain how Capital Insight, the company responsible for the...
Parliament fails to acknowledge Palestinian loss
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today described as 'a truly appalling double standard' the failure of the government and opposition to show fairness and respect to...
EduPatents Feed Harvester
Is Blackboard’s Lawyer Calling D2L’s Customers?
If you’ve received a call like this or know anybody who has, let me know. I’m particularly interested in who called and in what factual...
Desire2Blog: Sakai Seems to Think It’s Over
Having said that, Barry is right to point out that this case isn’t over, and I’m sure our edupatents crusaders would be quick...
Interview with an East Texas IP Lawyer on Blackboard v Desire2Learn
... litigation strategy, and how the judge might react to the challenge going forward, could. I’d be really interested to hear whether any of...
USPTO Rejects Blackboard Patent Claims (Update 8) : March 2008 : THE Journal
e-learning patent looks to be going down. The United States Patent and Trademark Office this week sent out a "non-final" determination on the reexamination of...
All 44 Blackboard Patent Claims Invalidated by USPTO at e-Literate
Green Left Weekly issue #750
Behind the food crisis: 'capitalism's historical failure’
“If the government cannot lower the cost of living it simply has to leave”, a demonstrator said in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “If the police and UN...
NSW energy fight: defend public assets!
The plan for the privatisation of electricity in NSW is like the mythical creature the hydra, which had multiple heads. It had to be “killed”...
PALESTINE: Remembering the Palestinian Nakba
New NASA research shows inadequacy of Rudd's greenhouse targets
Ground-breaking new research findings posted on the internet in April have confirmed what many scientists and climate activists have already concluded — that the goals...
Turn anger into action!
Plans are under way for the 2008 Resistance national conference, to be held at the University of Technology, Sydney from June 27-29. This year’s theme...
ACTU - Latest News
Qantas executives are putting profits ahead of the living standards of workers say unions
Unions believe it is unethical and unfair for Qantas executives to be denying aircraft maintenance engineers a pay rise that meets their cost of living...
Qantas workers call for talks to prevent flight disruptions
Qantas workers today called for urgent peace talks between management and licenced engineers in the wake of revelations the company is preparing strike-breakers to use...
Budget is a good step towards undoing the damage of Work Choices
The 2008 Federal Budget is a good step towards undoing the damage of Work Choices and relieving the pressure on working Australians and their families. ACTU...
Burma Cyclone Relief Appeal
Burma Cyclone Relief Appeal ‘This is a humanitarian disaster on an unimaginable scale and we are asking all Australians to donate through Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA to...
BURMA: Melbourne Candlelight Vigil Sat 10th May
Please join the people of Burma living in Melbourne for a candlelight vigil in solidarity with those affected by the devastating cyclone Nargis. Steps of Parliament...
ABC News: Politics Stories
Downer to meet Palestinian leaders
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is due to meet the Palestinian leadership later today as part of a two-day trip to the Middle East.
New development makes cars redundant
A Council in north-west Sydney says it is proposing a new housing development that will reduce the number of cars on the road by providing...
Mental health body calls for overhaul of services
A peak mental health body says it is time for a major overhaul of how Queensland's mental health services are delivered.
NZ to slap fresh sanctions on Fiji
The New Zealand Government is today expected to announce tougher sanctions against Fiji's interim administration.
MI6 accused of Russian spy bid
Russia has accused Britain's MI6 intelligence service of trying to recruit a Russian national as a spy.
Oz Politics
Election tipping competition results
And, with a guess of 83 seats, the overall winners are: kiwipundit, Kit, ceremoniallydumped, carebear86, Honest Johnnie, Chris Mayer, rennie99, thesilverbodgie, seajay Unfortunately, no-one guessed...
McEwen recount drama
The recount for McEwen saw the result change from Labor ahead by six votes to the Coalition ahead by 12 votes (Herald Sun)....
Still counting …
The ABC computer has the prediction back at 84 seats. That would be the 80 seats Labor has in the bank plus Flynn...
Vino's political blog and other musings
Clinton wins West Virginia by a landslide
Hilary Clinton got 67% of the vote in the West Virginia primary, compared to just 26% for Barack Obama. And, strangely enough given...
Genetic diseases and inbreeding
This article on Gene Expression looks at whether marriages between relatives have a big impact on the incidence of genetic diseases. It seems...
The Impact of Tax Evasion
This article suggests that tax havens have a grave impact on the ability of poor countries to raise tax revenue. The estimate citied...
election 2007 australia - Hasluck Blog
still undeclared ...
as of today the result for the Division of Hasluck, still has not been declared, Stuart Henry clearly received more of the primary vote...
Labor wins Hasluck back
as posted on PerthNowLABOR'S Sharryn Jackson has claimed victory in the Western Australian seat of Hasluck she lost to the Liberals in 2004.Ms Jackson says...
Victorious Rudd looks to the future
as posted on ABCLabor leader Kevin Rudd says Australia has looked to the future in placing its trust in him and his team.Addressing a huge...
Guy Beres
Portishead, Third
I had not previously explored the work of Portishead prior to their recent second coming, so I was a bit unsure of what to expect....
Why John Della Bosca should resign
NSW Education Minister John Della Bosca has lost his license after being caught speeding for a seventh time in his government car. The political news...
A moderate budget from the new moderate Labor
Even without delving into the details, you can get a reasonable feel for what sort of federal budget Labor has just delivered by considering the...
John Quiggin
Put a fork in him, he’s done
After the fiasco over alcopops, there’s only one reason Brendan Nelson can survive as Opposition leader. All the potential alternative leaders, with the apparent exception...
Republicans on the nose
While most attention has been focused on the never-ending story of the Democratic presidential primaries, the Republicans have just lost a seemingly safe seat in...
Instant budget reaction
First up, I have to say that it was good to watch a budget without having to put up with Peter Costello. Unlike Howard, I...
Public Opinion
Canberra watch
I watched Brendon Nelson's Budget reply. His performance was okay (passionate populist outrage) but the content was pretty thin. The Coalition doesn't have many cards...
sex slavery in Australia?
Thai contract girls in Australia's sex industry? Wasn't human trafficking something that happened in Eastern Europe or Asia? Are there cases of one person treating...
rhetoric + reality
Will the tightening of fiscal policy make a difference to squeezing inflation? Will inflation stay above the Reserve Bank's target band? Will most of...
Larvatus Prodeo
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Lisa Bufano
Killing solar PV softly
Possum’s analysis of the broad policy objectives being played out in a subtle, piecewise fashion shows the political strategy of the Rudd government in the...
The Road to Surfdom
Negotiation
I teach courses in negotiation. Here are two useful definitions of the process from scholarly literature: - an interpersonal, intra-group, or inter-group process where there is...
The Parté of Economic Responsibility
The claim that Australia's Tory coalition represents economic responsibility has always been somewhat overstated, resting entirely as it does on the ALP's unsuccessful attempt to...
Oh Canada
Why is there not a closer affinity between Australians and Canadians? Shared head of state, shared love/hate relationship with the yanks, shared heritage (except for...
SMH News Blog
Call to increase tax on beer
Coca-Cola Amatil says the Rudd Government should increase the tax on beer and cask wines to complement the tax on alcopops if it is serious...
All in Costello's Image
This week's image is drawn from mythology.
Swan, Rooster or Goose
Let's take a flight of fancy
Chaser
The Chaser live - Now in Adelaide, next stop Canberra
We're live in Adelaide from 14-17 May, then Canberra from 20-23 May. Click here (content/view/3471/72/) for all dates, venues and...
Gary Gygax fails saving throw vs heart attack
More than 5000 men and three women, clutching dog-eared rulebooks and dice, have gathered outside Dungeons Dragons creator Gary Gygax's...
Outsider artist angry at positive review from conservative critic
Self-described social commentator with a camera and a palette Xavier Bullock was furious beyond measure at a glowing...
An Onymous Lefty
City slickers
Well, after spending a week in remotest country Victoria, I think I have figured out why country people are so ticked off with the modern...
If it's stupid and tokenistic, Brendan's for it
Apparently trick one for a wannabe populist right-wing politician these days is to try to sell a petrol tax cut to morons. We had Steve...
I'm earning 2 1/2 times the average wage, but I want more handouts
There will be those who, on seeing the ugly face of aspirational selfishness as personified by the Sciberras family in The Age this morning, will...
Michael Moore - This Just In
An Antiwar March Through Towns Unused to One
2008-05-15AN ANTIWAR MARCH THROUGH TOWNS UNUSED TO ONE By Michelle York / New York Times CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. â On Wednesday, Charlie Price was smoking a cigarette...
House passes new GI bill; Bush threatens veto
2008-05-15HOUSE PASSES NEW GI BILL; BUSH THREATENS VETOBy David Lerman / Virginia Daily Press WASHINGTON - In a partial victory for Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, the...
US House blocks Iraq war money, sets pullout plan
2008-05-15US HOUSE BLOCKS IRAQ WAR MONEY, SETS PULLOUT PLAN By Richard Cowan / Reuters WASHINGTON, May 15 - The U.S. House of Representatives, in a surprise and...
Biden calls Bush comments 'bulls**t'
2008-05-15BIDEN CALLS BUSH COMMENTS 'BULLS**T' By Ted Barrett / CNN News The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden, D-Delaware, called President Bushâs comments accusing...
California's top court overturns gay marriage ban
2008-05-15CALIFORNIA'S TOP COURT OVERTURNS GAY MARRIAGE BAN By Lisa Leff / Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California...
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Iemma tries to crash through electricity privatisation
Unions are threatening to crash Morris Iemma's party after he attempted to rush through his electricity privatisation bill , writes Alex Mitchell.
Tips and rumours
Burmese cyclone worsened by farming, government
With aid still failing to reach the people who need it most following a cyclone Nargis, it appears Burma's land management may have contributed to...
Which media company tried to bribe Bob Brown?
For those listening to Radio National’s Breakfast program early this morning, Bob Brown made an extraordinary claim, writes Bernard Keane.
China standing up to the grim earthquake reality
A visitor to China's earthquake affected areas outside Chengdu reports on the race to save the survivors of Monday's tragedy. By Crikey subscriber Jenny Eather....