Hooray for cricket

January 30, 2009 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, australian cricket board, baggy greens, commentary, cricket, one-day series, proteas, south africa, summer, test matches

Note Well: this post has nothing to do with politics. There has been a kind of wonderful schadenfreude over the Australian cricket teams gradual slump against the Proteas, of all teams.

Australian Politicos Conference 2009

January 30, 2009 in Rants & Raves, Thoughts
Tags: activism, activist, Australia, australian politicos conference, Australian Politics TV, bloggers, blogging, blogosphere, campaigning, conference, development, ECD, electronic civil disobedience, live stream, non-party political, online activism, OzPoliCon, political activism, political parties, political pundits, politics, training

Don’t know what the Australian Politicos Conference is? Check it out Bulletin 2 Bulletin 1

Unemployment and workers’ rights

January 29, 2009 in Campaigns, Federal Election, Rants & Raves
Tags: ALP, Australia, Australian Greens, ballot box, Bob Brown, democracy, education, federal government, human rights, Kevin Rudd, Liberals, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, online activism, political parties, politics, unemployment, voters, workers rights, Your Rights at Work

Unemployment and workers’ rights are going to be big topics this year. There are new industrial relations laws before the Parliament and there’s continuous banter in the financial sections about expected future job losses.