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• Singapore and partners: Pay and performance

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 476
  Singapore cabinet ministers and top civil servants will not be getting a pay rise for the second year running in view of the uncertain economic recovery, reports the Straits Times . That reminds me of a recent article praising Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore. Ramzy Baroud, an Arab American author ...
  12 hours ago

• Australia – Climate Change Turmoil

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 491
  Could it just be that Australia has become the touchstone in the fight against Climate Change Legislation to introduce an emissions trading scheme. This story is raging across Australia at the moment. At that link are further links to related matters, all worth looking at. The story is also making headway in the ...
  12 hours ago

• Movement in the Liberal party

  
  Deus Lo Vult — Authority: 415
  Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has quit her post as parliamentary secretary. This was a big surprise as not only had I pegged her as a Turnbull supporter, but she had come out in favour of the ETS deal that had been hashed out with Labor on Tuesday. My guess is that she had her preselection threatened. She was probably ...
  13 hours ago

• A death knell for the CRPS and Turnbull’s time in the big chair

  
  IAIN HALL — Authority: 132
  The only question that matters when it comes down to the leadership of the Liberal party is will Turnbull hold on long enough to deliver the government a yes vote on its disastrous CRPS bill. Personally I think that no matter what he personally thinks about the Warminista faith Turnbull would do irrevocable harm to ...
  21 hours ago

• We can not be seen as a party of climate sceptics

  
  Next Left — Authority: 649
  That was part of Australian Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbulls argument as to why his party must stick to his agreement to back Kevin Rudds Labour government and its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and emission trading scheme . Turnbull said: We must be a party committed to action on climate change. Anything ...
  22 hours ago

• The great Leader of the Opposition yawnfest

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 140
  Rudd has so effectively wedged the Libs on virtually every issue of importance over the last year that they simply might as well not even bother turning up to the House, and I don’t think that’s a good thing for our system of government at all. I wish we actually had a more effective Federal Opposition (one here ...
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• Why I still say “No” to White Ribbon Day

  
  IAIN HALL — Authority: 132
  I  had the opportunity to watch question time yesterday and I was entirely  unimpressed to see both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition solemnly declaring support for White Ribbon Day. Brother Number One was waxing eloquently about how he felt responsible and  ashamed about domestic violence because ...
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• Say Hello to Australias First Married Gays!

  
  Queerty — Authority: 734
  As Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises to 86 one territorys civil union laws , the very first one took place just under his nose. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Australia , Chris Rumble , Kevin Rudd , Marriage , Warren McGaw
  2 days ago

• Australia: anti-cruelty advocates target Islamic animal sacrifice

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 619
  Ben-Peter Terpstra "Multicultural Australia" isnt what you think. Currently, tensions are building between Islamic fundamentalists and anti-cruelty advocates with international implications. The dream of "integration" appears just that -- a dream. In a recent demonstration of ongoing ...
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• Government guarantees: technology to avert climate change?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 432
  Author: Ann Henderson-Sellers, Macquarie University Today climate change is no longer about ‘if’ but about ‘how bad’. There is no way that the large and unexpected jumps frequently being experienced could be occurring in an unchanging climate. For example, in Australia over the past 24 months we have seen: 15 ...
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• Climate Madness: Turnbull stays, ETS inches closer

  
  Australian Climate Madness — Authority: 145
  The effect of the ETS on climate So here we are, Australian Climate Madness prevails, as Malcolm Turnbull survives the leadership challenge, and the ETS inches ever closer to becoming law. So as we enter into this new chapter in Australian stupidity, let’s remind ourselves of all the wonderful things the ETS will ...
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• Real men swear

  
  RodneyOlsen.Net — Authority: 425
  Today, in Australia, it is National Swear Day. I consider it my responsibility to swear today. Men across Australia are being asked to swear an oath that commits them to never commit or excuse violence against women. The My Oath website has full details on why we shold swear and lets men take part in the ...
  2 days ago

• Rich Gays Pay $3.3M More in Death Taxes … Worst Lady Gaga Rumor Not About Penis

  
  Queerty — Authority: 734
  ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. → Theyre coming for your plastic surgery , but the federal governments real treatment of wealthy gays look like this: Rich surviving partners will pay an estimated $3.3. million more in federal estate taxes than their hetero counterparts. ...
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• Australian PM Rudd Tempers Copenhagen Expectations

  
  ecopolitology — Authority: 468
  Says he’s optimistic for an ‘operational framework’ to be worked out in Copenhagen. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined what appears to be a growing chorus of voices suggesting that the best hope for an agreement at the U.N. climate talks next month in Copenhagen. That voice? Let’s understand that ...
  3 days ago

• Australia: Rudd to Break Campaign Promise Again, Overturn ACT Civil Unions

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 446
  KEVIN Rudd will move to overturn legislation passed by the ACT government allowing gay couples to hold public, legally binding ceremonies as they form civil unions. In the latest run-in between the commonwealth and the ACTs Labor government on the divisive issue, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said ...
  3 days ago

• Tom Cruise talks to ashtrays, bottles, “and other inanimate objects.”

  
  Book Case — Authority: 422
  A new book reveals that Tom Cruise would talk to objects for hours. That’s according to a Scientology escapee Marc Headley who reveals in his memoir Blown For Good, some of the crazy habits of his former teacher who told him, “”You tell the ashtray, ‘Sit in that chair.’ Then you actually go over [...]No ...
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• Organisers of swear day campaign claim Google Wave first

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 703
  Organisers of an anti-violence campaign to launch tomorrow are claiming that their use of Google Wave in the National Swear Day project is a world first.   High profile personalities are being asked to publicly ”swear” that they will not commit violence towards women. The My Oath campaign is being run on ...
  3 days ago

• Australia edges closer to carbon-trading scheme

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Sydney, Nov 24 (DPA) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd could get his wish and have legislation for a national carbon-trading scheme through Parliament before he attends next month’s climate conference in Copenhagen.Rudd’s Labour government Tuesday sealed a deal with the conservative coalition it beat at the ...
  3 days ago

• Breaking: Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong – press conference

  
  Australian Climate Madness — Authority: 145
  Listen here. Kevin Rudd, Penny Wong Press Conference Key points of deal: increased assistance to coal industry voluntary action of Australian households will be counted additional support for electricity industry exclude agriculture and include offsets additional help for electricity prices More to come… ...
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• 2007 Remembered: Howards Swift End

  
  Labor View from Bayside — Authority: 124
  24 November is the 2nd anniversary of the election of Kevin Rudds Labor governemnt in Australia. The Poll the Counts videos from election day were taken around Canberra polling booths and at the National Tallyroom. My favourite is Tallyroom Spectators: The others can be found at YouTube or Teacher Tube .
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