On G-G-to-be:

” …. who became briefly famous in public law circles for pioneering the practice of using tear-off post-it labels to make disparaging comments to colleagues about applicants or respondents in a way that facilitated avoidance of FOI disclosure?”

What?

That’s been standard practice in government departments, pretend-independent authorities and major corporations for yonks. What was so different about hers? Did she use mint chocolate flavoured notes or did she write them in a font resembling Ancient Syriac script? I’m busting with curiosity.

Dreadful show, but contained gay gene chat.

but seriously, theyre writing some excellent stuff on the Civil Unions campaign in the ACT, and on trans issues and feminism.

Ah, there’s a whole section of ML for them…around the bottom…/bad joke.

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clarencegirl is unimpressedby Senate President Alan Fergusons willingness to accede to Steve Fieldings belief that some internet content is Not Suitable for Senators.

What is clarencegirl’s problem? Since labor has already announced that ’some internet content is Not Suitable for us‘, Ferguson’s conclusion can hardly be doubted. The major premise might be absurd, though, but the fault is certainly not Fielding’s or Ferguson’s.

Maintaining healthy communities isn’t though. The internet is littered with the corpses, living and dead, of communities that didn’t manage it.

Disclosure: Both Ryan and Bec are mates of mine, but seriously, they’re writing some excellent stuff on the Civil Unions campaign in the ACT, and on trans issues and feminism.

Serves me right for shooting from the lip. Now back to fishing through census data – on housing as it happens. Bleg coming up later, I think.

least cost, least controversy basis

It also doesn’t provide “least controversy”. The developers themselves seem fine with it. They’re subject to a number of other requirements – eg a certain amount of open space, etc. The residents in the “luxury apartments” are another matter entirely, as are commercial tenants.

(1) To supplement the collapse in funding from the Commonwealth by drawing on private sector sources;

(2) To ensure that inner city areas remain socially heterogenous to some degree and that people who require services (ie social welfare, drug rehab) can live close to where they’re actually located.

It’s good policy imho.