When the ALP floated the idea of allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, many Greens were in favour (while many Libs opposed it). Is this because they’d benefit? A cynical Possum investigates.
The greens
Tony Burke shares PR with Gunns
The Greens have caught Agriculture Minister Tony Burke out with some apparent cutting and pasting from propaganda produced by pulp mill proponent Gunns.
Why Rudd should listen to a Greens Senator
Greens Senator Christine Milne’s recent Press Club speech was a bracing bucket of iced water over the nonsense peddled by climate-change denialists. If only Rudd would listen, writes Tony Kevin.
Baby on board: the kind of stunt the Greens crave
Claims that federal politics is “one of the least family-friendly occupations in the country” are simply absurd nonsense, writes Former Liberal Party Senator Noel Crichton-Browne.
Rudd surrenders to big polluters
In a lunchtime announcement today, Prime Minister Rudd revealed the Emissions Trading Scheme will be delayed… until 2011.
Clive Hamilton v. Paul Kelly: climate death match
Paul Kelly has seamlessly shifted from chief apologist for the Howard Government to the Rudd Government’s climate change approach, writes Clive Hamilton.
Morgan poll: ETS = vote sequestration
The steady pull of political gravity is finally bringing the Rudd Government back down to polling reality, writes Bernard Keane.
Bob Brown — keeping the bastards guessing
Welcome to the political food chain, guys. Now you have to work out how much you want to trade off policy purity for the sake of getting part of what you want, writes Bernard Keane.
Milne: Oil price rising — how surprising!
As Einstein said, you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it, and that’s a reasonable starting point for tackling peak oil, argues Greens Senator Christine Milne.
Tips and rumours
Wayne Swan at the AICD Budget Lunch in Melbourne earlier this week (Tuesday) tried to warm up the largely business crowd by talking AFL. Trouble is he apologised for Brisbane winning last weekend, and said it didn’t matter, it was only against Carlton. The groans that followed weren’t just from the Carlton supporters, well-represented as […]
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows of today’s stockmarket activity.
Which media company tried to bribe Bob Brown?
For those listening to Radio National’s Breakfast program early this morning, Bob Brown made an extraordinary claim, writes Bernard Keane.
