This is the 62nd monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together June 2013 feminist posts from writers living in Australia and New Zealand.
parties and factions
The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them – Phillip Adams, journalist
Some thoughts on the military intervention in Egypt
It must be very unnerving to be living in Egypt right now.
Media Circus: Farewell Oakeshott and Windsor edition
And hello Barnaby Joyce entering the Lower House in the next election.
If Gillard is replaced, what does it mean to the rest of us?
It’s on again. And it’s been on multiple times this year: repeated attempts by the media and some parliamentary hotheads to convince us that the PM should be rolled and replaced by a bloke. If this was to happen before… Read More ›
Media Circus: WTF Labor? edition
The heavy panting from the press gallery over the possibility of another Labor leadership spill has been quite repellent, but maybe it isn’t just a blip in the news-cycle. Maybe the gallery really is onto something.
Kevin thread
Interesting timing.
Spurious Quotation of the Day: Big Government
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
WTF, Australia?
Fiona Katauskas nails it.
On Political Polls and Negative Rainfall
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-26/coalition-support-leaps-in-latest-newspoll/4593938 – Coalition support leaps in latest Newspoll (Trigger warning: “smug bastard” photo of Tony Abbott). Does it occur to anyone else this headline is rather like “Phenomenal amount of rain didn’t fall yesterday”? According to this poll, if somehow… Read More ›
Media Circus #spill edition
Parliamentary Labor Caucus will meet at 4:30PM to vote on all leadership positions.
Hoyden About Town 