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To all the people who’ve been texting me and ringing, convinced that living in Brisbane I must be at imminent risk of being washed away, I, and at least 90% of us, are fine.
This is the view from my balcony in Coorparoo this morning. Coorparoo is listed as […] Continue Reading…
You know the rest of the jingle, from the weather man, a guy called Norm. Can’t remember what channel or how long ago, but no platitude could be more relevant today. …Nobody does a thing about it.
Weird weather is becoming the real Norm, just in case you hadn’t noticed. […] Continue Reading…
Maybe they are targetting the only demographic sympathetic to their cause, but amazingly the retailers campaigning for GST to be applied to overseas online purchases are running their campaign exclusively in the print media at the moment.
While they do have plans to potentially take it to TV, the only way […] Continue Reading…
Bob Ellis is lucky he has such a large deposit of intellectual capital built up over 40 or so years, otherwise I doubt anyone would publish him today. Certainly not as a political analyst where he has developed an unenviable record of writing complete rubbish.
However, perhaps the date of […] Continue Reading…
I hope your Christmas or holiday season has been as mellow as mine. Pleasant gatherings, abundant food and good wine, people you care about and of course, good conversation.
Canberra post-drought is as good as it gets, at least to me. Sydney was wonderful for the day and the party […] Continue Reading…
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 […] Continue Reading…
Congratulations to Therese Rein, winner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s 2010 Human Rights Award, and all the other winners. It was particularly interesting to see the Internet get a look in with GetUp winning the Community (Organisation) Award.
Other winners included Nina Funnell, an occasional contributor to […] Continue Reading…
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 […] Continue Reading…
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 […] Continue Reading…
There isn’t really anywhere to get away from it all anymore, but Moruya Heads is as close as it comes for me. Open space, quiet (except that we’re on the flight path for a once a day jet) and pleasant country people for company.
Not too much to do except […] Continue Reading…