inaugural speech
I’m the fifth Greens Senator that Western Australians have despatched to Canberra. Four strong women led the way in here, which is a wonderful political lineage.
16 September 2008
Scott Ludlam
Collateral Damage: housing and heritage on the line in the Pilbara
For most of the country the mining boom is a good news story of mining royalties and economic resilience that has carried us – so far – through the turbulence on world financial markets. However from close-up in the coastal Pilbara, the resources boom has distorted the local economy beyond recognition. Some are making and taking a great deal of money out of the region; others are struggling to survive.
21 July 2008
same dump, different minister
The Rudd Government needs to take a careful look at Martin Ferguson’s handling of the latest tragic chapter of Australia’s 50-year nuclear waste story. A cursory review of the history of Government attempts to force nuclear waste dumps on unwilling communities shows an unbroken record of Government failure. It’s time for new thinking.
11 June 2008
Notes on an apology
2008 is off to a very interesting start. Although I don’t formally take up my position until 1 July, I was invited to the opening of Parliament, which turned out to be a far more moving experience than usual.
18 February 2008
A beautiful day
On Saturday 24 November 2007, the thirteen and a half million enrolled Australians wrote the Howard Government into history. Not just a mild rebuke, but one of the most delightfully unambiguous electoral demolition jobs our country has ever seen.
27 November 2007
26 hours out
in a state veering between high anxiety and flaky exhaustion, one last appeal for hands on deck…
23 November 2007
42 Dangerous Days ~ Green perspectives on a multicultural Australia
All year, the Prime Minister has been waiting for another Tampa to sail over the horizon and provide the Government with a trigger for the same ruthlessly effective campaign themes we saw in 2001.
28 October 2007
Game on
The Day Howard Called the Election… the crew convened spontaneously at the office.
17 October 2007
climate of hope
Climate of Hope was made in 2007 to explore the role of nuclear energy in dealing with climate change.
13 April 2007