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Friday September 3rd 2010

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UN Chief Tells Delegates to ‘Keep the Promise’ on MDGs

UN Flays Australia on »

By Rich Bowden: A UN human rights committee has said discrimination against Aborigines is "embedded" in Australian [...]

Election 2010

Hung Parliament Negotiations »

By Alex Schlotzer: If there has been one noticeable outcome from the first hung Parliament since [...]

Election Analysis: A »

By Alex Schlotzer: Well apparently we're in turmoil because of the outcome from the weekend's [...]

Election Analysis: Pastures »

By Simon Hukin: A disclaimer before I begin: writing at four in the morning after having had a few is [...]

By Alex Schlotzer: If there has been one noticeable outcome from the first hung Parliament since World War 2, it has been that the Liberals cannot cope with a situation where they have to negotiate for 'power'. More's to the point, the necessary negotiations with independents who now hold the balance of power, are revealing the Liberal [...]

Election Analysis: A Political Geeks Wet Dream

By Alex Schlotzer: Well apparently we're in turmoil because of the outcome from the weekend's federal election. There's already been a lot of talk about the discussions happening to arrange further discussions, once the final result is known. And according to the great people at the Australian Electoral Commission, there could still be [...]

Peak Water and the Asian Water Crisis (Part Two)

By Rich Bowden: Recycling, Desalination the Answer? While water recycling and desalination have both been touted as showing the way forward on water reuse, and helping to offset a “peak water” scenario, experts have noted significant drawbacks to both, including the amount of energy needed to power wastewater recycling and [...]

Election Analysis: Pastures Greener?

By Simon Hukin: A disclaimer before I begin: writing at four in the morning after having had a few is probably not the wisest of ideas, yet reviewing the vote count (yes, sad, I know) has compelled me to do something to take my mind off the twin horrors of the possibility of losing government and the prospect of having to wake up in three [...]

Election Analysis: What Went Wrong For Labor?

By Tristan Ewins: Left Focus's Tristan Ewins gives us his perspective of the ongoing drama of Election 2010 and what went wrong for Labor. To begin; the mining industry assault on Labor has laid bare the real workings of power in this country, and the fragility of our democracy in a meaningful sense. No grassroots or popular organisation [...]

Peak Water and the Asian Water Crisis (Part One)

By Rich Bowden: While the concept of peak water as an overarching term for the increased shortage of water supplies in Asia remains contentious, it has served to focus attention on the increasing water crisis facing many countries due, in part, to continuing over extraction of the precious resource. As a combination of climate change, [...]

Election 2010: Fascinating Result With Exciting Times Ahead

By Alex Schlotzer: Well who would’ve predicted this outcome? The AEC is saying that there are still some days to go before the final result is known as pre-polls, absentee and postal votes have to be counted. So while there could be still be some changes in the result, voters' overall rejection of the major parties is clear. In any [...]

Election 2010: A Study in Weirdness

By Simon Hukin: This is the weirdest election... It looks to have fallen pretty much on state lines, with Victoria and Tasmania ALP whitewashes, New South Wales and Queensland Liberal gains, Western Australia tending strongly Liberal, and SA largely unchanged though edging Liberal, but there are far too many anomalies - there's nothing that [...]