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From the LaborFirst Bloggers

Imagining the 'Good Society' Part One
Blog: LaborFirst Blog
Imagining ‘The Good Society’  Part One visions for Australian society and economy   nb: this is the first in a two part series.  Part Two will be posted soon...   What makes...

New Eric Aarons book 'Market Vs Nature' launched in Melb this Friday
Blog: LaborFirst Blog
Invitation to launch of Eric's book, Market vs  Nature - 6pm Fri 2/5 - New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Melbourne Kenneth Davidson to launch  Market Versus  Nature The Social P...

Template Motions To Place Through Your Branches
Blog: LaborFirst Blog
Template Motions To Place Through Your Branches Dear friends:  Below are a series of 'template motions' that were posted on the 'Australian Broad Left Network'. Although the motions are not mine...

From the Other Blogs

So, what’s the lamest reason you’ve ever (ahem) heard?
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1096 days ago
The Whys of Mating: 237 Reasons and Counting After asking nearly 2,000 people why they’d had sex, the researchers have assembled and categorized a total of 237 reasons — everything from “I wanted ...

Get orf my altar!
Channel: Reasons You Will Hate Me  |  1096 days ago
<br><br /><br /><b>Things a man of the cloth might say when provoked by a mob of unruly teens:</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.

A red cat till I die
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1096 days ago
Ry Cooder’s Chavez Ravine lovingly documented the plight of a lively, working class community in Los Angeles, which disappeared unable to withstand the machinations of big city politics, ...

Seat of the week: Parramatta
Channel: The Poll Bludger  |  1096 days ago
With the Poll Bludger’s threadbare federal election guide nearing completion (to be fleshed out further in coming months as much as time permits), the time has come to reactivate the ...

The Politics of Exception
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1096 days ago
by camOne of the results of an exception being created is that the politics become unitary.

Kevin, you still got some ’splaining to do
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1096 days ago
The previous Haneef thread is getting long, so let’s summarise today’s news: The UK police were the source of the misinformation about the location where Haneef’s old SIM card ...

How much does it cost to save the planet?
Channel: John Quiggin  |  1096 days ago
There's been quite a bit of discussion here and elsewhere about the cost of large (60 per cent or more) reductions in CO2 emissions.

Surge over
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1096 days ago
The current state of play in the standoff between Congress and Bush over Iraq is that the military commander, General Petraeus, will report to Congress in September on the progress of the surge.

Somebody pays attention to New Zealand
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1096 days ago
Context is here. Share This

i wanted them. i loved them.
Channel: she sells sanctuary  |  1097 days ago
Yeah okay, I was a victim of clever advertising.

Y'all come back now!
Channel: Reasons You Will Hate Me  |  1097 days ago
<br><br /><br /><b> What Kevin Andrews would have said if Mohammed Haneef had decided to stay in Australia despite his appalling treatment at the hands of the police and ...

Attack a minor lefty blogger, the Greens will crumble!
Channel: AnonymousLefty  |  1097 days ago
Apparently.

Impeachment
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1097 days ago
by camI am opposed to impeaching the President of the United States until concrete solid evidence turns up.

Knowledge Work and Regionalism
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1097 days ago
by camGlobalisation has meant an increasing demand for technical professions due to knowledge based economies.

Mark Bahnisch is writing a blog post about Facebook 38 seconds ago
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1097 days ago
I’ve been resisting the urge to try to conceptualise what I like about Facebook, and what makes it different from other social networking media.

Monday message board
Channel: John Quiggin  |  1097 days ago
As usual on Monday, you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

Expansion of judicial power
Channel: philosophy.com  |  1097 days ago
A quote from Katharine Betts Judicial Activism, Immigration and the One-Child Case in People and Place on the growth of judiciary into areas that were once seen as the perogative of the executive ...

The Crikey Guide to the 2007 Election
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1097 days ago
…is out today.

Obesity. The Real Reason for the Epidemic?
Channel: The Pigs are Flying!  |  1097 days ago
I caught this interview on Radio National a couple of weeks ago while driving to work.

Who is deserting the Liberals?
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1097 days ago
There’s an interesting piece of analysis of qualitative polling over at On Line Opinion from Graham Young of the very large sample of respondents to the National Forum poll I wrote about in ...

What about experience?
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1097 days ago
While down here in marvellous Melbourne our Premier might have left at the top of his game, an even more important figure was eased out.

Galaxy: 54 to 46 in Labor’s favour
Channel: The Oz Politics Blog  |  1098 days ago
The latest Galaxy poll is out in the Murdoch press.

Galaxy: 56 to 44 in Labor’s favour
Channel: The Oz Politics Blog  |  1098 days ago
The latest Galaxy poll is out in the Murdoch press.

Galaxy: 54-46
Channel: The Poll Bludger  |  1098 days ago
As reported in various News Limited papers, a Galaxy poll conducted over the weekend shows Labor suffering a 2 per cent drop in the primary vote since the previous poll four weeks ago, and a ...

Communicating with the Pleroma has always been possible
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1098 days ago
Here’s one for the Aeon Flux fans.

My newest little cousin
Channel: GuruAnn Blog  |  1098 days ago
Welcome James My 3rd Cousin, but we are a close family. Congrats Steph and Greg!

If I had a daughter she would definitely be this highly strung.
Channel: Reasons You Will Hate Me  |  1098 days ago
<br><br /><br /><br />In lieu of a Friday q and a post* I present this magnificent video sent to me by my friend Sid, who said 'This is how I reacted the day Simon Crean ...

Haneef on 60 Minutes
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1098 days ago
Today Kevin Andrews had this to say about the character of Dr.

American Constitutionalism
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1098 days ago
by camLeonard E.

Alive and brilliant
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1098 days ago
Despite having a really appalling cold which probably means I should go back to bed, I couldn’t be more excited about the Deborah Conway gig at the Powerhouse this arvo (part of the ...

One endless Rathergate
Channel: John Quiggin  |  1098 days ago
The rightwing blogosphere has spent the last week or two trying to discredit a soldier, Scott Beauchamp, who wrote a "Baghdad Diary" for The New Republic, which included various examples of ...

Betting market update
Channel: The Oz Politics Blog  |  1099 days ago
Over the past week there was a further move away from the government across the five bookmakers.

The Buck Still Stops Somewhere Else
Channel: AnonymousLefty  |  1099 days ago
Not before time, the <a href="http://anonymouslefty.

Bolt 27/7: It's all about me
Channel: BoltWatch  |  1099 days ago
You know <a href="http://anonymouslefty.

Cya Bracksy and John
Channel: GuruAnn Blog  |  1099 days ago
Today was a shock, did never thing that the Premier and Deputy would resign on the same day.

Indians everywhere worried by Howard and Downer's wedge
Channel: Planet Irf  |  1099 days ago
Our Foreign Minister has a problem with understanding the criminal law.

Talking Turkey, democracy and EU membership
Channel: Planet Irf  |  1099 days ago
Turks have just elected an Islamist government.

Quiet times ahead ...
Channel: Planet Irf  |  1099 days ago
Things have been quiet on this blog for some time now, mainly because I've started a new contract and have been flat out working on it.

Greatorex by-election live
Channel: The Poll Bludger  |  1099 days ago
7.

Don Chipp's Resignation Speech
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1099 days ago
by camThe Australian Democrats are the most interesting Australian political party of modern times and are celebrating their thirtieth birthday.

What is the economy, stupid?
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1099 days ago
The commentary from Rod Cameron on Lateline last night was interesting.

The Haneef fiasco
Channel: John Quiggin  |  1099 days ago
Now that the charges against Dr Haneef have been withdrawn and the urgent need to keep him in maximum security seems to have evaporated, it's worth thinking about how this mess came about.

Paper Cuts
Channel: For Battle!  |  1100 days ago
<span style="font-weight:bold;">SLASHED!</span><br />From the Guardian:<br /><blockquote>George Bush's plans to establish a European missile defence system suffered ...

"Premier of Hearts" quits suddenly
Channel: AnonymousLefty  |  1100 days ago
Steve Bracks has unexpectedly <a href="http://www.

Another LP donation challenge!
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1100 days ago
j-p-z has once more come up with the idea, over on the Harry Potter (No spoilers!) thread.

Phoenician Genetics
Channel: South Sea Republic  |  1100 days ago
by camSpencer Wells has done several interesting projects that try to fill in the gaps of archeology with genetic science.

Is JWH the comeback kid?
Channel: The Oz Politics Blog  |  1100 days ago
I am expecting two more polls in the last weekend of July (a Galaxy and a Morgan face-to-face over this weekend).

Saturday Salon
Channel: Larvatus Prodeo  |  1100 days ago
An open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like. Share This

Weekend reflections
Channel: John Quiggin  |  1100 days ago
The idea is that, over the weekend, you should post your thoughts in a more leisurely fashion than in ordinary comments or the Monday Message Board.

Morgan Telephone: 59 to 41 in Labor’s favour
Channel: The Oz Politics Blog  |  1100 days ago
Other than confirming that Labor is well ahead, it is difficult to discern any meaningful trend data from this series.