Westralia Free
Those crazy westralians. Telling us t'othersiders we would starve without them. Plains of our pastures boundless, Seas of our rainbow'd pearl, Destiny is your breezes...
Distribution of Indigenous Population
That graph is from the 2001 census. One of the problems in Australian politics is that everything is viewed from the national level. From Imagining...
If States Were Nations
California contributes approximately 14% of of the US GDP. If it were a nation its economy would rank just behind China's and Italy's for size....
Foreign Policy Doctrine and the Oil ‘Gotcha’ Moment
There has been a media and blogger gotcha moment when Nelson mentioned that armed intervention in Iraq was related to securing energy supplies. We know...
Positive Interstate Migration (or the lack of)
The graph is from the ABS' population statistics from June 2006. Queensland and Tasmania are the only ones that people are migrating too on a...
Four Wheel MLP
Holden reports a 120 million loss. Ouch: Despite the Commodore maintaining its position as the number one selling vehicle down under in 2006, total revenues...
Senators Acting Like, Well, Senators
The Australian Democrats, when faced with an argument in a Senate debate, which they think has merit, they decide to support it [pdf]. Senator Bartlett...