• Students dodge police in fresh fees protest

    Updated: 2010-11-30 19:44:00
    LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of students protested across the country on Tuesday against government plans to triple university fees, clashing with police and running loose in London in a third day of action this month.

  • Students take to streets in fresh fees protest

    Updated: 2010-11-30 14:30:35
    LONDON (AFP) - More than 1,000 students took to the streets of London Tuesday in the third day of protest this month against government plans to triple university tuition fees.

  • Weblinks for Tuesday 30th November 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-30 08:46:48

  • Weblinks for Monday 29th November 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-29 08:56:44

  • Victorian Results Updating Live

    Updated: 2010-11-29 04:04:48
    The ABC Election Results Website at http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2010/ is again being updated live. The VEC are releasing results three times a day, at approximately 10am, 2pm and 5pm. The site will be updated as soon as each update is received. The...

  • Grey Cup Sunday

    Updated: 2010-11-28 23:04:40
    Sitting in the living room of Chateau Solberg Calgary watching the sparrows descend in a swarm on the bird feeder. Meanwhile the Atlanta Thrashers are likewise swarming the Bruins, who had a hideous first period (3-0 Atlanta after 1 period). I don’t get why we start so poorly. Anyway, the Riders go to war in…

  • Weblinks for Sunday 28th November 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-28 08:55:42

  • Counting in Bentleigh to Determine Victorian Government

    Updated: 2010-11-28 04:18:16
    At the close of counting on election night, the Victorian Coalition was on the cusp of forming government, having secured a definite 44 seats in the 88 member Legislative Assembly. There are 34 Liberals and 10 Nationals, while Labor can...

  • Weblinks for Saturday 27th November 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-27 08:59:26

  • We’re getting Britain back on track

    Updated: 2010-11-27 05:29:06
    The Coalition is trying to achieve a better Britain.

  • QP Summary – Friday, November 26, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-26 17:11:27
    Summary The Liberals focused on a new pension policy for OAS. The Bloc focused on compensation for harmonized sales tax in Quebec and funding for a hydro electricity project in Newfoundland. The NDP focused on tax reform and support for seniors. – Other Liberal questions include: Alleged information leak from within the Conservative party with…

  • An Englishman abroad? Rooney might not have fitted the bill

    Updated: 2010-11-26 11:22:21
    Could the fact that foreign suitors seemed shy to express any interest have anything to do with his sudden U-turn to stay at the Premier League club?

  • Downbeat but not out — an England fan at the Ashes

    Updated: 2010-11-25 23:12:37
    If England fight back on day two of the Ashes I hope the Australian fans will too.

  • QP Summary – Thursday, November 25, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-25 20:19:29
    Summary The Liberals focused on allegations of a confidential information leak with regard to Taseko Mines. The Bloc focused on extending the March 31 deadline for infrastructure projects. The NDP focused on the extension of the Afghan mission. – Other Liberal questions include: Privileged access to government construction contracts Investigation of Julian Fantino Senior citizens…

  • Conservative bishops deliver blow to Anglican Covenant

    Updated: 2010-11-25 11:20:45
    Conservative Anglicans rejected a proposed landmark agreement designed to prevent splits in the worldwide Anglican Communion, just as the Church of England moved closer to adopting it.

  • QP Summary – Wednesday, November 24, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-24 20:33:54
    Summary The Liberals focused on the government’s position on climate change and fighter jet procurement. The Bloc focused on oil drilling in the Gulf of St Lawrence and government action on climate change. The NDP focused on the extension of the Afghan mission. – Other Liberal questions include: Inquiry into the actions of Julian Fantino…

  • QP Summary – Tuesday, November 23, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-23 20:32:11
    Summary The Liberals focused on Nortel pensioners and privileged access to government construction contracts and ministerial accountability. The Bloc focused on the government’s position on climate change and greenhouse gas emission. The NDP focused on Canada’s diplomatic efforts with regards to N. Korea and the extension of the Afghan mission. – Other Liberal questions include:…

  • Irish politics could complicate EU bailout

    Updated: 2010-11-22 21:35:22
    Ireland's politics could complicate its bailout with potentially devastating consequences.

  • Rupert Murdoch’s long crusade to make digital news pay

    Updated: 2010-11-22 19:24:51
    Rupert Murdoch has had a remarkable success in print and television, but he has stumbled again and again on the web. His latest digital venture makes it clear that Murdoch isn't giving up on making digital news work on his terms – that is, in a tidily contained format that demands readers pay for it.

  • How the first NSW Labor Government survived the 1911 Crisis

    Updated: 2010-11-22 11:03:39
    A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post on the formation of the first Labor government in NSW in 1910. In 1911 the government, led by Acting Premier William Holman, survived an extended constitutional crisis that demonstrated what...

  • Pariah Parties and Preferences

    Updated: 2010-11-20 10:40:02
    After the Liberal Party announced last weekend that it would put the Greens last on its how-to-vote material, I was asked what the Liberal Party used to do with the Communist Party. Using how-to-vote material from three NSW elections in...

  • We must continue to help the world’s poorest

    Updated: 2010-11-17 14:00:10
    The spending has a critical role in counter-terrorism and security.

  • Legislative Council Calculators Now Live!

    Updated: 2010-11-16 23:50:35
    Try my Legislative Council Calculators now live at the ABC Elections http://www2b.abc.net.au/Elections/View/SenateCalculator.aspx?e=18&ca=emet

  • Testing the Legislative Council Calculators

    Updated: 2010-11-16 09:00:57
    All upper house fans will be pleased to know that my Legislative Council calculators will be published on Wednesday morning. I've been testing them this afternoon. When you feed in the Federal election results, you get some surprising results. Entering...

  • Reforming Labour’s housing benefit system

    Updated: 2010-11-15 17:31:36
    The current structure is simply not fair to taxpayers.

  • Implications of the Liberals putting the Greens last in the Lower House

    Updated: 2010-11-14 10:31:46
    It's late at night and I've been working all day on the Legislative Council, but let me say something briefly about the Liberal decision to put Labor second last, ahead of the Greens, on all its lower house how-to-vote material....

  • Legislative Council Preference Tickets

    Updated: 2010-11-14 07:01:27
    At noon on Sunday 14 November, the passed for parties to lodge their group ticket preferences for the Legislative Council. These are the preferences that will be used for any votes that are cast for a party using the 'above...

  • Dealing with Labour’s local government mess

    Updated: 2010-11-11 22:38:23
    Our councils are determined to deliver value for money public services.

  • Our Post Office plans will help millions

    Updated: 2010-11-08 12:01:20
    Rural areas, so let down by Labour, are being supported by the Coalition.

  • A great man as well as a great rogue

    Updated: 2010-11-05 09:39:38
    Our official historian reviews "David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider".

  • US Politics : Democrats Hold The Senate, Republicans Win the House

    Updated: 2010-11-03 04:38:56
    I don’t understand US politics particularly well, though we do watch The Daily Show by Jon Stewart religiously (if that’s representative of US politics, Americans are nuts!). Watching BBC News and the Democrats have held the Senate and the Republicans have gained control of The House of Representatives. Guess that means President Obama will find [...]

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