A recent blog post I was reading appealed for newer and more innovative potential effects of global warming. Can’t find the post now, but I’ve had my eye out, and low and behold, came across two today while scanning blogs. At Delusional Economics the anonymous author implies in It’s not the price, it’s not the […]

Australians especially are feeling a certain frisson as the furor over Wikileaks unfolds. Aussies know about underdogs, the bullying of the state, and the necessity for collective action. An Irish taint, the Eureka Stockade and our memories of a strong and socially sympathetic union movement testify to that. For most observers it was merely interesting […]

Upfront I should say that I bought shares in QR National, even though it is an oxymoron. It seemed the smart and the right thing to do. As a liberal I’m all in favour of government concentrating its assets on those things that the market can’t do, and capital running businesses. QR National is not […]

I like the Brisbane City Council idea of placing hire bikes around the city to be used as an alternative to trains, buses, taxis and personal automobiles, but has Campbell Newman for once got his timing wrong? This photo, taken at the lower end of Edward Street suggests he has. With the Pacific Ocean gripped […]

The SMH carries a story that literary magazine Meanjin is to become an online only publication. I’ve mixed feelings about that. For starters Meanjin shares a Queensland heritage along with OLO, with its name in fact deriving from the aboriginal name for the land where Brisbane is situated. So, along with many Queenslanders I feel […]

Watching John Howard on Q&A tonight made me think about a few things. He’s certainly a class act and a cut above any subsequent Australian Prime Minister or Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party. But he comes from a political generation where a significant number of politicians from both sides could have done what he […]

PR professionals who are genuinely professional are generally very careful not to lie to journalists, or at least get caught out lying. It’s not so much a matter of professional courtesy, but necessity.

The Australian’s front page yesterday told us that ‘corporate leaders are stepping up’ to make sure the federal government isn’t overly influenced by ‘vested interests’. They want to protect our economy from ill-considered decisions. BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers’  call for a carbon tax may have set the cat among the pigeons. It is too […]