Brenda Aynsley wonders whether the Australia 2020 Summit will be something like the TED forum. No, it won’t be. TED is about engendering understandings. Australia 2020 must eventually produce some policy outcomes. Nevertheless, this gives me an opportunity to say that TED is wonderful and you should look at some of the lectures and presentations.
Film Review: “Joy Division”
Back when Triple J’s Hottest 100 voters could choose the best music of all time, not just the current year’s releases, Joy Division‘s Love Will Tear Us Apart won top spot for the first two years, 1989 and 1990. Certain floppy-haired boys played me this melancholy pop song endlessly late at night. It was good, sure, but that significant? Having seen Director Grant Gee’s new documentary Joy Division, I now know why. I really know.
This. Is. A. Magnificent. Film.
Just watch the trailer to get a taste.
Link Institute nominates “Link 100” for Summit 2020
Professor Klerfell, director of The Link Institute, has announced the “Link 100” — one hundred online ambassadors for the Australia 2020 Summit who will attend via Wi-Fi linked workstations. Chairman Rudd, meanwhile, has announced that the Summit will be funded from MPs’ salaries, “since it is normally the job of MPs to come up with policy ideas for Australia’s future, the MPs have decided that their pay for the week the forum will be donated to pay for the event.”
New website policies
I’ve decided to write a Comments Policy, Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimer for this website. I think you’ll find the lengthy Privacy Policy decidedly… different!
I’ve been meaning to write a Privacy Policy like this for ages, ‘cos I think most website privacy policies are a load of shite. What do you think?
Mark Pesce on the “forward” button
Mark Pesce has knocked off a quick piece for the ABC on how the power of the “forward” button is changing politics. He reckons it’s a bit rushed, but I think it still has value.
Today’s partial solar eclipse
Sydney (as well as other places) will have a partial solar eclipse today. The peak moment is 1534 Sydney time, though the moon will only take a small bite out of the sun.