Category: politics
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Miners Trapped in Tasmania
Last night (like every one else) I was watching the news about the trapped minders in Tasmania who had just climbed out of the hole in the ground and everyone was happy. I grew up in Tasmania, in fact I am 5th generation Tasmanian, but for many of us, being Tasmanian means something very different to…
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Vibewire
Vibewire.net is an Australian web site set up to give a young person's perspective on contemporary politics, culture, and personal issues. They have some great articles on the site, covering issues such as the Federal Budget and the proposed Australia card. Vibewire is an online community created by young people for young people – a place…
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How celebrity bloggers make friends and influence people
How celebrity bloggers make friends and influence people – Technology Yet another innocent enough article about Cory Doctorow in today's Age newspaper. But the question remains, does Doctorow have sponsored posts in his blog (see below)? Are sponsored posts similar to 'cash for comment' on radio shows (ie. John Laws)?
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EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse One of the best activist sites to come out of Melbourne is the Energy Bulletin. It runs on its own purpose-built content management system (I think) and get a mega-amount of page reads. It aggregates content in relation to the concept of peak oil; or the time when global oil…
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Crushing the Web 2.0 Myths
net critique » Interview with Sole 24 Ore: Crushing the Web 2.0 Myths Geert Lovink is a very well-known Internet critic; especially here in Australia. Here is Lovink at his best, taking on the myths of Web2.0 (interveiw on his own blog). GL: Indeed, we have left the post-dotcom era, a relatively quiet period that gave…
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EFF: Blogger’s Rights!
OK, the EFF (the Electronic Frontiers Foundation) have done some interesting work for many, many years. But they are a little too Libertarian for this blogger. And they are a little too, dare I say, American! It all about rights; the Bill of Rights, rights this; rights that. What about a Bill of Responsibilities? What about the responisibilies…