Biofuels taskforce – too little, too late: We’re still waiting for the results of the Prime Minister’s taskforce on biofuels. What is it, nearly three months late now? Seems a tad tardy with ethanol in the news and petrol prices going through the roof.

Nuclear greenies: We’re sorry to have missed the Liverpool City Council environment expo yesterday – sponsored by ANSTO, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.

By-election mania: If you’re finding it hard to contain yourself in the lead-up to next weekend’s three by-elections in NSW, try reading Antony Green’s survey of the topic, New South Wales By-elections, 1965-2005, available here.

Liberal wars: NSW Liberal David Clarke has reacted angrily to weekend claims that he believes women who have abortions should be punished under the criminal law as if they had committed murder, but the local Liberal factional wars show no signs of dying down. Keeping up a commentary from the sidelines is former right wing Muslim branchstacker Irfan Yusuf.