By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 24th August 2010

It was Australia’s second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberals) because his position was too strong. When Julia Gillard, the new Labor leader, also flunked the issue, many of her supporters defected to the Greens.

Letter wars

The Hon JB. finally sent a letter the local newspaper. Ironic perhaps that after declaring the greens "irrelevent" 2 weeks ago, the content was exclusively about the greens.

Letter: Post newspaper 13th Aug.

Rosalie Park is the latest to join a growing list of precious social and environmental assets threatened by state sponsored urban vandalism.

Paving paradise.

So who authorised the decision to embark on a Hospital expansion, in this case QE2, without providing the appropriate infrastructure ? Who thought it was OK to build without considering the social and environmental consequences ?

Crunch time for Underwood.

What's left now for Underwood bushland ? "Federal referral" with the slim chance of a reprieve? Lets face it, not great odds in the context of recent environmental reviews. Then there's direct action. But we are going to need a grass roots campaign and activism that would put the French farmers to shame.

My Answers to the "Notion Factory" online questionaire

Questions and answers are no on the website Notion Factory and posted below.

Insight on Greens

The Greens on Insight on SBS – Tuesday at 7.30 SBS’s Rather disappointed with this one. For a program advertised as examining "what the Greens stand for", it spent a disporportionate amount of time focusing on Lindsay Tanner and Erica Abetz. In the first ten minutes, I don't think the greens were even mentioned. Perhaps it should be called "lack of insight".