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Labor View from Broome
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A plog looking at political issues in Australia.
Recent Posts
Global Warming Artic Melt Video
From EngageMedia who are posting daily video updates from COP15 Copenhagen:...
Building the Climate Change Ark
The Avaarz.org Action Factory DC has begun building its ARK. If you build it, they will come. When we set out to build a huge ark on the national mall to illustrate what we’ll need if we don’t get a climate deal, we expected to make a splash. W...
Australia\'s 2010 Climate Change Election
A cross post from Global Voices: Australia Faces 2010 Climate Change Election:The fortnight before Copenhagen has seen a topsy-turvy political bun-fight in Australian climate politics. The Rudd Labor government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Bill...
Tony Abbott\'s Climate Plan B: The Ark
Thanks to The Avaaz.org Action Factory for Climate Plan B: The ArkTony Abbott, climate change sceptic and new leader of the parliamentary Opposition in Australia, is looking for a new policy. We can go two by two into his brave new world....
Spinning the Higgins and Bradfield By-election Numbers
Lots of talk about an Abbott triumph. How does it measure up against the stats? Some data comparing Saturday with the 2007 election results:Bradfield 2009 Turnout 74.24%, Fletcher 36,628 votes2007 Turnout 94.03% Nelson 49,817 votesFletcher's vote was...
Obama Shifts Date for Copenhagen Climate Conference Visit
Barack Obama has shifted his visit to COP15 in Copenhagen to the second week in anticipation of some kind of result.This is the official United Nations statement:STATEMENT FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY ON THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCEThe Pr...

