Malcolm Turnbull has — somewhat inexplicably — been given an op-ed in the UK Times, giving his own version of his downfall, in which he, the noble martyr of the environment, was knifed by nasty climate sceptics while trying to save the world.
December, 2009
Gittins: Economists are crap at predicting the future
This time last year economists predicted an Australian economic meltdown. Instead we had a blink and you missed it crisis. Yet we still keep listening to economists’ forecasts. Why the clueless obsession with the future? asks Ross Gittins.
Sheehan: Kevin Rudd, environmental blowhard
Kevin Rudd likes to present himself as a champion of the environment, but his failure to save the Murray Darling Basin suggests otherwise, says Paul Sheehan.
Coorey: The heat is now on Hunt
Pity poor Greg Hunt, says Phillip Coorey: the Opposition environment spokesperson Greg Hunt now has a month to fashion out some sort of climate-change policy without an emissions trading scheme.
Grattan: A loss for the planet, a win for Abbott
The poor outcome of Copenhagen will be a boost for Tony Abbott, giving credence to his argument that Rudd has been “rushing” Australia into an ETS, says Michelle Grattan.
Hopelesshagen for Rudd
The failure of Copenhagen will make it far harder for Kevin Rudd to sell his emissions trading scheme before the next Federal Election, writes Lenore Taylor and Sid Maher.
What does a genocidal regime’s holiday card look like?
The most ironic Christmas card on Earth, courtesy of the Republic of Sudan.
The great Australian Christmas cake bake-off
Some of the country’s best pastry chefs have battled it out to create the perfect cake for the hot Aussie summer Christmas, with delicious results.
Bartlett: Another failed summit
Copenhagen fell short of anything that could be seen as a “glass is half full” result, says Andrew Bartlett; perhaps one quarter full, with imminent danger of more evaporation occurring.
Copenhagen Accord: download the full text [pdf] Not done yet: unfinished climate business
Despite the massive disappointment of Copenhagen, the climate movement cannot not give up until we get a fair, ambitious and legally binding, says Anna Rose
Obama in Copenhagen: the liveblog
Follow Matthew Knott as he follows Barack Obama’s movements at the Copenhagen summit — from the hours of anticipation beforehand to the final, disappointing speech.
Copenhagen fails
After two weeks of around the clock negotiations between over a hundred world leaders, Copenhagen has produced a flimsy political agreement far weaker than even the most pessimistic observers had expected, says Matthew Knott.
PHOTO GALLERY: ‘Mummy, why does Santa look so weird?’
Check out Huff Po’s collection of ‘Sketchy Santa’ pics. The question has to be asked: Who would let their kids sit on these guy’s laps?
Free shipping: how two words transformed e-commerce
Eliminating shipping costs levelled the playing field between online and brick and mortar companies this year. Advertising agencies will now need to play catch in order to capture the masses moving online.
Huzzah! The bomb sniffing hero rats
Giant furry rats who sniff out land mines and also can detect tuberculosis? It may sound like a confusing fairy tale, but these little animals are the next big hope for war torn countries. And relax, they’re too small to let the bombs off themselves.
How to go from blog to book deal
Over the last few year, the publishing industry has been increasingly tapping the blogosphere to uncover the next big things. Six bloggers-turned-real-life-authors explain how they turned their online hobbies into bone-fide book deals
Conroy’s plan has nothing to do with kiddie porn
The “Refused Classification” content that will be blocked by Conroy’s internet filter is not the same as “illegal” content, explains Mark Newton: much of it is perfectly legal content that someone, somewhere found a bit offensive.
Hugo Chavez: the new leader of the Latin American left
How an alliance between Cuba and Venezuela, formed 15 years ago in protest to an American free trade agreement, has grown into a $7 billion socialist trading partnership, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at its helm.
The top ten albums of 2009: Part One
Put your feet up and get your speakers out, Tim Dunlop does a round up of the top ten albums of the year. From The Drones to Martha Wainwright, it’s a lullaby of fun.
2009: the internet’s watershed year
Between the National Broadband Network, mandatory ISP filtering, and the strange and wonderful world of Twitter, 2009 was the year that the internet truly moved to the centre stage of Australian politics.
Crikey Competition: Put a Tiger in your tank: advertising evolves at glacial speed
How would Don Draper have handled climate change? Wonder no more — because he already has, working on the Humble Oil account. Got to love some politically incorrect advertising.
Emirates dices with death at Keilor Park
After the near disaster at Melbourne Airport on March 20 involving an Emirates Airbus A345 running off the end of the runway and two pilots who were later fired, a major ATSB study has been launched. What went wrong?
Video of the Day: ‘Twas the night before Christmas… in the White House
Those wacky funsters in the White House Press Corp have re-written Twas the Night Before Christmas to be about the Obama administration.
Data without destiny: Macklin fudges evidence
Jenny Macklin’s latest effort in justifying policy is her gross over-promoting of the results of a very small and dicey survey of 76 income-managed residents in four communities in the Northern Territory.
