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Some political anniversaries today and tomorrow: Bob Hawke's 80th birthday today – over 26 years since he was elected, 18 yrs since eviction #
Tomorrow, Dec 10, is the 60th anniversary of the modern Liberal Party's first federal election win in 1949 under Robert Menzies (later Sir) #
Andrew Revkin, New York Times environment reporter, is being interviewed by Tony Jones on #lateline – draft agreement has been leaked. #
Anyone know the hashtag for Copenhagen? #
Thanks @jomcleay @KJBar @JudeEkerick – Copenhagen hashtags: #COP15 or #COPoz #
RT @melanie_james: Opening film at #cop15 was dreadful whichever way you view it #lateline: here it is if you missed it http://bit.ly/7EGDsb #
@melanie_james I thought it was an episode of Wire in the Blood… in reply to melanie_james #
@MarkCroxford And how are you today, Barnaby Croxford?! in reply to MarkCroxford #
RT @MarkCroxford: I'm scouring my wardrobe for my old cardigans so I can emulate a super human accountant And you? #
@MarkCroxford I'm checking out a new pair of speedos to fast-track my application for Liberal Party membership… in reply to MarkCroxford #
A lingering pool of disbelief – front page of the Washington Post has report on Australian farmers and climate change http://bit.ly/MRF0X #
Despite a decade of record drought, Australian farmers refuse to buy into climate change – Washington Post front page: http://bit.ly/4yN3JD #
Global warming plagues Australia's Outback – http://bit.ly/82YSap – photo gallery from the Washington Post. #
RT @sendwine: #COP15 way over-worked – to state of being unusable! Thus need for #COPoz on Australian connections to #Copenhagen. #
RT @LisaMillar: http://twitpic.com/ss7ma – http://tinyurl.com/yhu6426 Pic of front page of WashPost to give sense of the size of the cover. #
That Wash Post story is very depressing reading for this product of a Murray River irrigation farming upbringing: http://bit.ly/4yN3JD #
Democrats choose woman to contest Kennedy's vacant Senate seat: http://bit.ly/5GuDYe #
RT @koopersmith: If you think that's depressing – WAPO published an op ed from PALIN! Obviously ghost written. Geez #
@koopersmith In Australian English "Sarah Palin" = "Pauline Hanson" … in reply to koopersmith #
Birds of a feather – http://bit.ly/8DRs3I – Auth cartoon. #
@BiteTheDust That's true – in Mildura we regarded ourselves as "country" whereas the "bush" was where you are! Still, it's a good article. in reply to BiteTheDust #
@BiteTheDust A blockie! My mother & brother are still on the block in Irymple. in reply to BiteTheDust #
@BiteTheDust Ah…I regarded Mildura as a cosmopolitan oasis whilst Kerang, Ouyen, etc were the Victorian outback! in reply to BiteTheDust #
@BiteTheDust Tom Boatman not known to me but I'll mention the name to my mother. in reply to BiteTheDust #
Howard leaps from Hawke's birthday cake – http://bit.ly/7YyTV1 – why do I feel the need to cringe? #
@BiteTheDust Lime Ave. You're making me nostalgic now. And nearby Lemon Ave! in reply to BiteTheDust #
@BiteTheDust We live between 14th & 15th… I know it goes to 19th at least… in reply to BiteTheDust #
RT @pewresearch 57% of Americans say there is solid evidence the earth is warming — down from 71% in April 2008. http://bit.ly/7ytved #
At last, some sensible analysis of the Bradfield & Higgins by-elections from Antony Green: http://bit.ly/64l9Ir – ignore everyone else. #
RT @australian: Jobless rate falls to 5.7pc: http://bit.ly/7RhDpd #
RT @BernardKeane: Looking more & more like unemployment has peaked in trend terms. A seriously good policy achievement for RBA & Treasury. #
The John Howard strip tease, as apparently performed for Bob Hawke's 80th birthday last night – http://bit.ly/7PgTA4 … all class… #
14 – 8 = 6 – The Hostages in Abbott's Shadow Cabinet. http://bit.ly/6kMN7e – Charlie Goodman may be onto something here! #
November unemployment figures – http://bit.ly/mMvCX – the statistics and the very telling graphs. #
Catching up on the recent avalanche of reading. This piece on the fate of Opposition Leaders by @trevorcook is apposite http://bit.ly/6cC9bW #
RT @mishaschubert: Modern guy Joe Hockey on the Howard strip. "Quite frankly, I think strippers are best left to the paint on the walls." #
Barnaby Joyce giving his first serious interview as Shadow Finance Minister on #PMAgenda – this is going to be hard to listen to over time. #
Speers pressing Joyce on bank break-ups… is he actually arguing the banks should be un-amalgamated? #PMAgenda #
RT @LarvatusProdeo: Baynyard is getting all meandering and unfocused on #pmagenda and not unlike Hugo Chavez on foreign ownership issues. #
Speers presses Joyce on honouring a 15% emissions target… "that's Kevin Rudd politics," he replies. #PMAgenda #
@paulkidd Channelling Joh, Hanson and Palin all at once… in reply to paulkidd #
Steve Lewis describes Barnaby's comments as "populist rant" #PMAgenda #
Penberthy compares Joyce to Hanson – trying to walk both sides of foreign investment fence. "Libs would be shaking their heads". #PMAgenda #
RT @paulkidd: "Mortgages aren't like banana smoothies b/c if you don't like the smoothy you don't have to pay the money back" – Joyce on 774 #
@GrogsGamut Hehehe… you know what I mean! in reply to GrogsGamut #

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