I'm reasonably sure we are going to be experiencing Ground-hog day probably until at least 2014.
My predictions:
1) Global Economic Crisis to continue as economic stimulus packages in the US and Europe fail - or at least don't perform as intended. Australia should be "ok", however this is dependant on Chinese/Indian reactions.
2) Greenhouse effect-cum-global warming-cum-climate change: No major change, most of the Western world's focus will revert to the economic crisis. Scientific evidence will remain contradictory; all attempts at forming a global consensus on greenhouse gasses will fail as "developing nations" will refuse to commit. ETS scheme if passed in Australia will generally be considered by all to be another tax.
3) Australian Built large car sales continue to slide; rumours abound over the prospects of long term survival; Ford, Holden, Toyota all expected to be self reliant
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