November 13, 2007 – 1:25 pm
The XO Laptop has arrived. The XO is the outcome of two years of work by the One Laptop Per Child project. It’s a fantastic piece of design and engineering, and it costs just US$200 per unit. Well-known geek blogger Bill Clementson talks about it in more detail.
November 13, 2007 – 12:56 pm
My next opportunity for an open forum with other candidates will come next week, when I will attend a “Meet Your Candidate” forum hosted by the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). Previously I got to speak to the Women’s Network NT, which was an excellent event.
The forum will be held next Tuesday evening 20th November from [...]
November 13, 2007 – 11:24 am
Last night’s 4 Corners followed the first few weeks of this campaign from the perspective of a few swinging voters in Penrith.
There’s already been quite a lot of argy-bargy about the piece, which I found quite fascinating. I am part of the political class — that mix of journalists, politicians, staffers, commentators, think-tank workers and [...]
November 11, 2007 – 11:37 am
So today is the big day for the “Walk against Warming”. This event is one of those turn-up-for-a-good-cause jaunts that people often organise. When I was a university fresher the subject of walks-de-jour was reconciliation. I imagine the same people are still walking today.
I was interested in the timing. Apparently the walk starts at 1pm. [...]
November 9, 2007 – 2:30 pm
Yesterday John Howard said Australia is no longer a welfare state. Today John Humphreys lays out the actual truth of the matter:
Under Howard and the Liberals we have the largest Welfare State in Australia’s history. As we have pointed out previously, Howard has increased tax by 34% per person (adjusted for inflation). And this excludes [...]
November 9, 2007 – 2:18 pm
Politics is bad entertainment because there are too many people trying to write the script and all of the actors are trying to play the character who grew up on a farm and went on to save the universe. When everything is going according to plan it’s like watching Star Wars with two badly-cast Luke [...]
November 8, 2007 – 12:48 pm
Politicians (whose grubby ranks I have officially joined at this election) have to deal with curly questions from journalists. Most of this takes the form of on-the-spot quizzes about current interest rates, the price of milk and bread and tax thresholds. It’s a bit silly but you come to expect it.
What’s also common is questions [...]
November 6, 2007 – 12:01 pm
From The Australian comes word of a new report on planned and current investment in resources projects topping $357 billion:
Access Economics said the total value of definite projects in the September quarter is now $178 billion, an increase of 20 per cent over the previous year.
But it says in a report released today, the value [...]
November 5, 2007 – 12:57 pm
In this video I talk about the LDP’s 30/30 tax and welfare plan, called “Reform 30/30″. I also discuss flaws with alternative plans being sold this election.
November 4, 2007 – 2:12 am
In today’s Sunday Territorian, Scott Stirling (apparently the son of NT Labor MLA Syd Stirling) repeats the false claim that I’m a Dave Tollner stooge. I corrected the ALP’s allegation at the time and I naively thought that would be the end of the matter. Not so, apparently.
I am sick and tired of the ALP [...]
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