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Extreme, maybe, but how much can the Greens stand for?
The ethical core of Green politics is that collectively and democratically, people should have control over those parts of human existence that are intrinsically shared and universal.
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Familiarity brings boredom if not contempt
There’s nothing surprising really ab0ut South Australian Premier Mike Rann suffering another decline in his popularity rating.
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That one seat represents more than 1.4 million Australians
The Green extremists are holding the majority hostage, even though they only have one seat, claims the right wing commentariat. But that one seat and voice in parlimanent represents the 11.76% of Australians who voted for them, writes Jeremy Sear.
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Not quite a gay marriage victory
The Australian has framed news that the Commonwealth will have less power over vetoing state and territory laws as a win for Greens’ Leader Bob Brown on gay marriage. But it goes far beyond whatever power Brown yields in parliament, writes Amber Jamieson.
READ MOREMuslims don’t fit into a simple left v right debate
Last week Fairfax columnist Paul Sheehan fed the idea that Islam is a monolithic entity that’s fundamentally incompatible with western values. That’s what’s wrong with the current debate about Islam, says writer and filmmaker Ruby Hamad.
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Greens see red over Gillard’s flood levy
Cutting spending on proposals to aid development of alternative energy and limit green house gas emissions is something the Greens just cannot accept.
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QLD floods: the blame game begins
Crikey media wrap: The water hasn’t finished receding and the cleanup has barely begun, but the blame game has already started. Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is calling for an “open and transparent inquiry”, run by the state, into the floods.
READ MOREPobjie’s year in review: perfect ’10 for ruction, discord and Hey Hey’s demise
I don’t think it would be hyperbolic to say that 2010 has been the most momentous and exciting year since the dawn of time, writes Ben Pobjie.
READ MORENewspoll: back to 50-50
The latest Newspoll has the two-party vote at 50-50, after an anomalous 52-48 in Labor’s favour a fortnight ago. The Labor lead from a fortnight ago may have proved ephemeral, but the improvement in Julia Gillard’s personal ratings has mostly stuck, reports William Bowe.
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Not exactly a galloping economy
Further evidence today that the Australian economy is not exactly booming.
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Swan and the OZ strange bedfellows
Treasurer Wayne Swan cannot be accused of preaching to the converted by taking his thoughts on the future of the Labor Party to the op-ed pages of The Australian.
READ MOREGreens preference anti-abortion, anti-carbon tax election candidate
Eyebrows continue to be raised over Greens preference deals in the lead-up to Saturday’s Victorian state election, none more so than in the seat of Essendon where candidate Rose Iser is listing an anti-abortion advocate who was last year embroiled in a racist email controversy as the second pick on her how-to-vote card.
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Where are you Glenn Milne?
Bring back Glenn Milne to write politics for the Murdoch Sundays is what I say.
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Labor still fancied in Victoria
The strong performance of Greens has certainly given the two major parties plenty to think about.
READ MOREKelly: not a new paradigm, just an unholy mess
The NSW Labor government — led by Kristina Keneally, the Greens and the ACTU have formed a “united troika” against the Gillard government. But the NSW government is radioactive, says Paul Kelly.
READ MOREALP makes lefty election pitch, but Cleary could spoil
The ALP has moved to shore up its credibility with inner-city leftistes in the lead-up to the Victorian state election, in a last ditch bid to avoid the federal debacle that saw its 104-year old fiefdom of Melbourne fall to the Greens.
READ MORERefugee groups join Greens in push for free-kids law
Refugee groups are urging the government to go further with its decision to allow children of asylum seekers to be released from detention, with the Greens pushing for the policy to be enshrined in law.
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Odd things in the Green vote
Where the Greens candidates sit on the ballot paper has an impact on the size of the vote they receive, beyond a standard donkey vote. The closer to the top of the ballot paper, the bigger the swing to the Greens candidate. Possum Comitatus explains.
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Devine’s got the Greens’ number
Where to begin with Miranda Devine’s hate-mongering column at her new News Ltd digs, “What it really means to be Green”? To start with, it’s not a good sign when your opening salvo is nothing more than a smear by association, says Jeremey Sear.
READ MOREGillard’s safe but her ability to legislate isn’t
Julia Gillard can afford to be reasonably satisfied with the first week of the rest of her government. But the crossbenchers are ready and eager to exploit their temporary power bases, particularly on climate change and the war in Afghanistan.
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Turning the television (advertisements) down
The US Senate might not be able to agree on many things but this week there was a unanimous vote to on a bill to require television stations and cable companies to keep commercials at the same volume as the programs they interrupt.
READ MOREVan Onselen: Gillard’s already choking
Should Labor be celebrating its election victory or staying quietly grateful that it held on? PM Gillard can’t just pander to the Left and the Greens now or she’ll lose her narrow lead, says Peter van Onselen.
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