Friday, July 30, 2004



James Meek describes life in a Catch-22 world where a human life is valued at $500, the mercury rarely falls below 40 and the daily carnage in Iraq goes largely unreported

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Appointments to public sector boards in Australia: cronyism or competence?
Drawing on a study several Australian government agencies and their board members Meredith Edwards considers appointments to public sector boards in Australia and identifies opportunities for reform drawing on experiences from abroad. • Mono Culture [ via APO]
• · Johnny Was Good Blogging from the Democratic Convention [What did one America say to the other? Shove it!; Double Damning the Gurlie Men Arnold Uses Comedy ]
• · · Maiden Act Australia’s first Bill of Rights
• · · · Democratic Audit of Australia, Australian National University Democracy in the digital age: enabling electronic voting and counting in the Australian Capital Territory
• · · · · See Also Opinion polls: issues and preferred party, and preferred PM, July 2004 ((Opinion polls: comparison of voting intention, July 2004; Electoral rankings: Census 2001 (2003 boundaries) ))
• · · · · · · See Also Florida officials: Some voting records wiped out