Three images of oil that speak for themselves. The first, courtesy of Paul Rademacher’s site, shows the extent of the BP oil spill in relation to S.E. Queensland. It completely dwarfs not just the electorate of Ryan, but would extend from Noosa to Ballina on the NSW coast, and from Stanthorpe in the south-west to a [...]
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Results from the Lowy Institute’s Sixth Annual Poll have been reported to imply a dramatic loss of concern on the part of Australian voters about climate change. The Courier Mail, for example, reported (accurately) that “The sixth poll from the Lowy think tank also showed that Australians remained committed to acting on greenhouse gases” and [...]
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There’s a tantalising sniff of an election in the air… but continued bad polls for Mr. Rudd could see it later rather than sooner. All sorts of claims will be foisted on us, from the gospel truth to the most unadulterated falsehoods, leavened with various shades of half-truths, distortions, exaggerations, hyperbole, irrelevancies, and topped of [...]
Tags:lies·PolitiFact·The Parties·truth