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PM Rudd’s first assignment: What I Did On My Trip to Bali

Kevin Rudd has indicated that he’s going to be big on report cards during his term. Report cards for his ministers, a report card for himself. The Climate Institute have kindly provided a cut-out-and-keep list of assessment guidelines for the new PM’s first big assignment.

Tips and rumours

Follow-up to your picture of Kerry Bartlett’s campaign van sitting in a disabled parking spot in the main street of Katoomba last week: this was not a one-off. Bartlett’s van was also parked there all day Saturday, outside the early voting station at the Senior Citizens rooms. Don’t forget about the dodgy oil imports from […]

Kyoto is about leadership, people

The question for Bali and beyond is: with leadership like the Howard government, what kind of commitments can we realistically expect from developing countries when it comes to Kyoto? I was a little surprised that the Labor Party this week so willingly allowed the government to beat them over the head with Garrett’s Kyoto fumble, given the latter’s track record on the issue, writes Ian McHugh.