Container Deposit Laws Environmentally Sensible

June 29, 2011 in Campaigns, Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, Colleen Hartland, container deposit, environment, environmental sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, Greens, litter, personal opinion, politics, public policy, recycling, state government, Victoria, Victorian Greens

In Australia there is only one state that allows people to return their drink containers to places of purchase for a refund and to have those drink containers recycled. It’s not Victoria either. Fortunately, there is another push by the Greens in Victoria to see the introduction of container deposit laws. A couple of weeks [...]

Follow Up: Who is Premier of Victoria

June 19, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: politics, poll, state government, Ted Baillieu, Victoria, voters

Last week I posted a simple poll asking people to identify which politician is the Premier of Victoria from a selection of three pictures. At the start of the poll, there was an indication that people did know who the Premier of Victoria was by sight. Then as the poll continued this changed. Over the [...]

The Mandate Mantra

June 18, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, ballot box, democracy, election promises, government, mandate, personal opinion, political parties, politics, public policy, voters, voting

Australia has a very robust yet stable political environment.  I often marvel at how well Australia has been able to keep itself together as a federation of states. Over the years it’s become quite obvious that we’ve dropped UK elements in our political dialogue and discourse; even the campaigning style.  These days, Australia’s politics is [...]