Tag: ALP
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Ice Cream, Politics & Gossip Girl: What Happened to Climate Change
One of the most intriguing things about the current state of politics, both in Australia and worldwide, is the reconfiguring of people’s policy priorities from, say, five years ago. In Australia, as around the world, the last decade was dominated by debates over what leading policymakers have called a “diabolical policy problem” and “the most […]
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If I Ruled the World: Tanya Plibersek
It blows me away when I have dinner with people who order organic food, count their fat content and then happily light up a fag at the end of the meal. Despite the best efforts of governments, public health advocates, and even well-meaning friends, large numbers of Australians continue to choose to smoke. If I […]
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Out of the Cabinet, Into the Kitchen? Welcome to the Boys Club of Aussie Politics
Prominent women in leadership positions mark today’s Australian political landscape. The first female Prime Minister was elected in 2010, and now serves alongside our female Governor General and several female Premiers. It is possible, however, that the few examples of women rising beyond the glass ceiling distracts from the overall decline of women in politics. […]
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Something Happened: Invading Your Internet Privacy (Again)
We all look at things on the internet we’d be ashamed to share with other people. Whether it’s online gambling, a particular niche type of pornography or an obsession with fan-fiction, we all have certain aspects of our personalities we’d like to keep away from the public eye.
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Politics, Ice-Cream, Gossip Girl: End of the Silly Season
Over summer the Canberra press gallery collectively filed 724 articles speculating about the future leadership of the Australian Labor Party. That statistic is probably wrong, but if political journalists are allowed to make things up, why can’t I? The entire notion of “the silly season” is probably the most self-indulgent wank that the politico-journalist sphere […]