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Url:http://www.andrewbartlett.com
Author(s):Andrew Bartlett
Language:English
Tags:politics, society, Queensland
Description:Andrew Bartlett has been active in Australian politics for nearly two decades, including serving for over ten years as a Senator for Queensland in the federal Parliament. He started this blog in 2004 in an effort to de-mystify politics and de-hype some of the debate on policy and social issues.
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Charities tapping into Christmas and social media
Many not for profit and charity groups have got a lot smarter over the years in tapping into some of the large amounts of money that get spent over Christmas.  Christmas catalogues full of gifts fo...more
2009-12-19
The Hunger Summit
I’ve posted a piece over at The Stump about the links between global hunger and climate change, and the unfortunate parallels between the less than successful climate change summit in Copenha...more
2009-12-19
What will happen if/when Copenhagen fails?
It seems more and more likely that the Copenhagen Summit will fall well short of what many people had hoped for. Some hope that the arrivals of some key players like  President Obama and India’s Pr...more
2009-12-18
Senate committee reports on international students issue
I mentioned in this post about appearing before a Senate Committee hearing  as patr of their inquiry into the welfare of international students.  That Committee tabled its report in the Senate in t...more
2009-12-13
Political parties in the future: The role of parties
Last week, Radio National’s Future Tense program did a show on how political parties might change over the next decade or so. You can read the transcript or listen to a podcast of it at this ...more
2009-12-08
Interview with Queensland Liberal Senator Brett Mason
Yesterday on my weekly shift on 4ZZZ, I did an extended phone interview with Queensland Liberal Senator, Brett Mason.  He talks about the CPRS and the climate change issue, the upcoming election wi...more
2009-12-03
Tony Abbott ‘wins’
It’s the understatement of the year to say the Liberals are in for a very difficult few months until the election, now Tony Abbott has assumed the party’s leadership by one vote (with one inf...more
2009-11-30
Posts from elsewhere: More refugee mistreatment & CPRS endgame
Following are links to some posts I’ve written elsewhere: Focus is continuing on the conditions Tamils taken off the boat in Indonesia are being kept in. But there’s even worse happeni...more
2009-11-20
It was 20 years ago today.
It was 20 years ago today. On 20 November 1989, the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) was formally adopted.  According http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/18/us-ratify-child...more
2009-11-19
Yungaba: Last change to see
Yungaba: Last change to see One theme which is rather common through Queensland’s history is a failure to recognise important aspects of the past or to value its built heritage.  So perhaps in a sa...more
2009-11-19

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Facebook UserJan 2

Check my blog out:

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/even_it_up/

Even It Up! wants to shift the balance for jobseekers.
 

Facebook UserAug 6, 2008

Hey -- Come join My Left Wing! Alla youse!

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=22304
 

Andrew BartlettAug 4, 2008

I haven't (re)posted on that on my blog Melanie, but I probably should, now that you mention it.
 

Facebook UserJul 23, 2008

is the article on 457 visa's published in today's crikey up on here yet?
 
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