Two of my best friends (Henry Thorntonand Nicholas Gruen) don’t agree with me but the RBA made the right decision in leaving the cash rate target alone. They might be market economists, but they don’t have faith that the market alone can get it right. I’m a little more generous. Particularly as I think the […]

A harmless reminiscence, with a sad sting in the tail. Playing the melodies of those forgotten dreams Learning to play a musical instrument was never something I particularly aspired to. Intermittent years of dance training, as a child, an adolescent and later as an adult were my main active connection with music. When my older […]

I’ve been wondering about Colin Barnett’s canal. Could it be that he elevated the idea from Campbell Newman’s campaign for Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Afterall, the last time anyone beat Labor anywhere significant apart from Canberra, was the Brisbane City Council elections last year. If they did it was a huge mistake. Campbell Newman won […]

My doggie died at Christmas Someone kicked him in the head I thought it was concussion Turns out he was dead. A nasty neighbor did it While walking down the street Our doggie was out wandering And knocked her off her feet. He didn’t mean to hurt her Just frighten her a bit But she […]

Hallelejah! This year my gift to myself is blissful – a nearly complete shunning of the holiday spirit and practice. A few calls interstate and overseas to distant friends, one card to my mum, and plans for a quiet day at the coast with my offspring. In the yard this morning, picking raspberries for my […]

On Tuesday morning, Brisbane ABC Radio listeners awoke to claims that Graham Young would be on the morning program with ‘leaked’ research showing that Lawrence Springborg’s plan for One United Conservative Party would be a failure in the electorate. Graham Young may be chief editor of On-Line Opinion. But, as former Vice President of the […]

Just a quick note to say thanks to everybody who has read (and possibly enjoyed) my stuff since I started putting it up on this blog back in April of this year. It has mostly been fun, but time to move on. You can now find me at http://darlenetaylor.blogspot.com, where I will be putting all […]

Well, like most bloggers (hate to call myself that because it sounds so uncool, man) I think it would be nice if the one I write for got more comments, although I am also quite content with the idea nobody is reading or if they are they couldn’t give a rats. Lo and behold in […]

As I’ve been engaged with other things of late (“I’ll have what you’re having, Anna Nicole Smith”), I thought I would dig into my oeuvre this week (also known as the crap on my C drive) to see what hasn’t been inflicted on Ambit Gambit’s reader(s). What follows is an interview I did before I […]

Yesterday I commented on Lawrence Springborg’s Quixotic attempt to amalgamate the Queensland Liberal and National Parties. Today it seems only fair to comment on his accomplice – The Courier Mail. This morning’s front page of the CM runs with the headline “Anderson backs plan for merger” as you can see here: But when you read […]