Policy that will leave workers shorn | The Australian

ASKED the mood of the government at the end of the week that saw the carbon tax battle finally joined, a Labor Party figure with roots stretching back to the Hawke-Keating era and deep networks inside the ALP replied: "Dispirited".

Asked how Labor MPs had viewed Julia Gillard's attempt to turn the tide of the carbon tax debate the same operative replied: "Disastrous". "MPs don't even want to raise the carbon tax with the punters. It is just too divisive. They're likening it to the Keneally government in its last days. Voters have just switched off."

If that is right then the biggest question in politics now is: "Where does Julia Gillard go next?"

The madness of closing Hazelwood | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Victoria’s Energy and Resources Minister, Michael O’Brien, describes the reckless stupidity of Julia Gillard’s plan to shut Hazelwood, the cheap coal-fired power station proudcing up to a quarter of the state’s power

The July 1934 Heatwave | Real Science

High temperatures in Manhattan, Kansas averaged 106.4 degrees in July, 1934. That is eleven degrees hotter than July, 2011 so far.
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The entire country was blistering hot that month.