Politics

In days gone by, handshakes, not contracts, sealed a deal. A handshake came after both parties reached what each considered a fair exchange.  It then […]

As the Coalition sharpen their knives to destroy the life of another political opponent, it would be timely to reflect on some other recent episodes. […]

It is hard to imagine what the Coalition’s strategy will be for the next election. Their corporate tax cuts for big business are on the […]

August 9 2018 On the same day that Indian-born migrant Akshay Venkatesh was receiving the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, the Australian born son of […]

The sight of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull embracing a distraught woman trying to make sense of drought, reminded me of a line from an old […]

The last two evenings have seen the PM and the head of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation trying to justify/sell Turbull’s captain’s call on 7:30 […]

Unless you have been hiding under your doona for the last week and singing la la la, with your fingers in your ears, you could […]

When I bought my first home back in 1973, Australians were being advised not to pay more than 25% of their net income on their […]

The increase to the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) announced by the prime minister over the weekend is welcomed in rural and regional areas where farm […]

Conservatives in this country have made it impossible to have a sensible discussion about anything. Population is a topic we should be discussing. Infrastructure planning […]

“Attempting to control rural areas in Afghanistan always eventually ends up boiling down to personal survival” (Evan McAllister, former Marine staff sergeant, New York Times, […]

Data is rarely inert. It moves, finds itself diverting, adjusting and adapting to users and distributors. Ultimately, as unspectacular and banal as it might be, […]