Australia
‘Captain Sniffy’ and Western Australia’s blokey blokes
Posted by devolved from Smh.com
The addition to a welter of oafish indiscretions of sexist overtone by Western Australia's opposition leader Troy Buswell says plenty about the Liberal Party there, and adds to a lingering suspicions about the place that despite marketing itself as the State of Excitement is too often too willing to conduct itself as the State of Excess.
Costa, New South Wales Labor's good cop, bad cop or true blue?
Posted by devolved from Smh.com
New South Wales Treasurer Michael Costa's bully-boy tactics may have hurt Labor but not the Premier or the state government plan's to sell-off its power industry.
Australian Climate Change Minister’s dose of shock therapy
Posted by devolved from Smh.com
As she draws up detailed plans to reduce carbon emissions, Penny Wong, the Australian Climate Change Minister, faces fierce arguments from fossil fuel companies that are on a collision course with the latest scientific predictions on global warming.
Victorian Premier Brumby fades to brown
Posted by devolved from The Age
Premier John Brumby has a vision for Melbourne in a climate-changed age, but sustainability experts fear that it is too wedded to coal and cars to match the scale of the environmental problem.
Australia’s great budget expectations
Posted by devolved from The Age
There's a lot for the Wayne Swan to worry about, as getting his first budget right is vital for the Australian economy, crucial politically for the new Rudd Government and critical for the Treasurer personally.
Expert says women don't work hard enough - smh.com.au
Posted by swissjourno from Smh.com
The pay equity gap between men and women in Australia will not close until women are prepared to work longer hours, an academic says. Social researcher for the University of Melbourne Mark Wooden said men were earning on average 15 per cent more than women because they put in more time at the workplace.
'Sell cannabis in post offices' - smh.com.au
Posted by swissjourno from Smh.com
Cannabis would be sold legally in post offices, in packets that warn against its effects, under a proposal outlined by the head of one of Sydney's major drug and alcohol clinics.
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