Alan Kohler, of Business Spectator fame, wrote yesterday in Crikey:
Against all expectations, Tony Abbott and Greg Hunt have actually come up with a clever climate change policy, and certainly one that will change the debate in Australia.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will now have to quickly do a deal with the Greens to get a government [...]
Alan Kohler shows he doesn’t know about politics
by Alex on 04. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Environment, Politics
Social media and the vulnerability of “old politics”
by Alex on 28. Nov, 2009 in Blog, Opinion, Politics
The big difference between the current Liberal Party leadership tensions, and previous ones, is the role that social media such as Twitter and blogs, and “live updates” from SMS, are playing.
Journalists in the Canberra press gallery are getting updates from Liberal MPs from inside party room meetings. The updates are “live” – that is, sent [...]
More double dissolution speculation
by Alex on 28. Nov, 2009 in Blog, Elections, Politics
With the spectacular self-immolation of the Liberal Party this week (see the spill Twitter chatter here), speculation about a double dissolution on climate change is mounting.
Last night, several political insiders expressed their belief that it was in Labor’s interests to go to a double dissolution when (if?) the Liberals delay the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme [...]
Letter in Crikey
by Alex on 11. Aug, 2009 in Blog, Environment, Opinion
My letter in Crikey today
Regarding “Make the World Pay“: I’ve noticed it is fashionable for Crikey to publish CPRS-bashing articles from the Greens Party and others (e.g. Bernard Keane).
There is no doubt that the CPRS is less than many people hoped it would be — especially the excessive industry assistance. The simple fact of the [...]
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ABCC should protect workers, not prosecute them: ILO http://post.ly/SGCS [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel And how will the Greens Party prevent political compromises being made with a two-year carbon tax, given the current senate? [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel On carbon taxes and why they are as flawed as trading schemes: http://bit.ly/cBBV30 [alexanderwhite]
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Hooray for stock photos. RT: @climateprogress: Big Oil uses fake “Americans” to attack fake “energy taxes.” http://bit.ly/c6VReV [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel And voting for a flawed two-year carbon tax is better than a flawed ETS, how exactly? [alexanderwhite]
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Liked VoteVets.org Ad: "Tough".
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How many Aussie veterans are climate activists? RT: @Pollytics: Clever piece of political advertising http://is.gd/abjQH [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel Nothing is what the Greens Party voted for when they voted against the CPRS (which really was better than nothing). [alexanderwhite]
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Feeling exceptionally annoyed with host service 3iX. Getting really unreliable. Definitely need a host with 99.99% up-time. [alexanderwhite]

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