The Australian 14 July 2011
No, I don’t know what just happened either, apart from after all that Jan Cameron and Graeme Wood ended up buying the Triabunna mill. The details are probably commercial-in-confidence which means either “we don’t know what the hell’s happening either but we’re not letting on” or “we do know, but trust us, you don’t want to”. No doubt we will or won’t find out what shenanigans occurred in due course. I’m sure it’s a cracking yarn.
No, it’s not the greatest political comeback since Lazurus’ triple bypass, but the above Be Free, Kevin! just won the People’s Choice Award for the Behind the Lines 2010 exhibition at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta after winning it previously in Canberra, proving that both Parramattans and Canberrans have excellent taste.
The exhibition is travelling to Perth next, so do go along (feel free to vote for some other cartoon if you really must). It’s an excellent summation of a vintage year for political cartooning in Australia.
The Australian 12 July 2011
Peabody Energy’s $5 billion takeover bid for Macarthur coal does seem to suggest that rumours of the coal industry’s imminent demise have been somewhat exaggerated. I’m looking forward to Tony arguing that this just proves that the carbon tax doesn’t go far enough.
The Hobart Mercury 12 July 2011
As those hardy souls who are not fooled by facts argue when it comes to climate change, nature does indeed run in cycles. In the case of the human species, the cycle goes thus:
With fossil fuels and resulting climate change, we’re currently at 4. While you’d be mad to think that the carbon tax is going to solve the problem by itself, with any luck it might be a start to mitigating the disaster our children and grandchildren are going to have to deal with down the track. So quit whingeing about a few extra dollars on your electricity bill and put a bloody jumper on instead. The place will warm up eventually.
The Australian 11 July 2011
We all want to save the planet, but unsurprisingly nobody really wants to pay for it. Fortunately this diabolical dilemma has been solved through the miracle of recycling. What the Tax Taketh Away, The Tax Giveth Back (terms and conditions apply, and if you’re in the steel industry try not to look too smug).
Just as saving Australia from the Global Financial Crisis involved us battlers selflessly choking down a wodge of cash for our country, it seems the same principle can also save the environment from Global Warming, or at least look like it might be sort of nudging things in the right direction a very little bit. It will be interesting to see if it can save Julia.