Sunk Costs! And Why We Need To Cut Our Losses Sometimes.
Ok, let’s take a little stroll into Victoria, but before I do, I want to talk about a racehorse. Breeding a racehorse is an expensive […]
Abbott and Hockey Running Scared
A week or so out from Joe Hockey’s second attempt at bringing down a national budget, what are we hearing? Not much. It will be […]
Wise words from Tony Windsor
“When I was young I thought South Africa would always be apartheid. I never thought the Berlin Wall would come down. I thought Russia would […]
How Tony Abbott Got Elected!!
Ok, I’m not sure that I need to comment much further than the actual quote here: “Imagine that you find yourself in a group […]
Joe Hockey and The Tax Attacks – Part 1
According to Joe Hockey, a lower company tax rate “would reduce the incentive for tax planning and profit shifting from Australia.” Of course, this argument has […]
Near Term Extinction – Is Our Ultimate Demise at Hand?
Guy McPherson’s theories on climate change have been creating controversy in both Europe and the US. Is mankind only a decade and a half away […]
Politics, Excution Squads And Why How Things Are Framed Is Everything!
Grrr! Let’s get really, really angry at the Indonesians. They killed two of our citizens. How dare they! I mean, the death penalty is wrong, […]
The sequel to the Little Book of Big Labor Waste
When Jamie Briggs penned The Little Book of Big Labor Waste in the lead up to the last election he really nailed Julia Gillard for […]
A Massive Over-Reaction
What is Anzac Day to Australians and New Zealanders? As an Australian, I was taught to see it as a day of honouring the fallen, […]
Schrodinger’s Cat, 1984, Serendipity, And Why The Right People Will Read This
About two years ago, I wrote the post below, so if you read it at the time, you don’t have to re-read it. Actually, even […]
Tony Abbott, Battlelines, Lomborg And The Big New Thing Somewhere Else!
“Gallipoli was a splendid failure; the Western Front was a terrible success and we should recall our victories as much as our defeats.” Tony Abbott, […]
Premature congratulation
The Abbott government suffers from a bad case of premature congratulation. We have had a parade of Hockey, Cormann, Frydenberg, Abbott and others telling us […]
Lest We Forget – We’ve Forgotten Too Much Already
Anzac Day is one of the most commemorated days in Australia and this year marks the centennial. It is supposed to be a day to […]
Tax The Poor Because The Rich Aren’t Like Us
“The reason why I am cautious is because it’s their money. I’m always cautious about taking people’s money off them” (Joe Hockey). Serendipity. This morning […]
Another meaning of 25 April – when words are stones
By Dr George Venturini Born in the grandfather’s home which was frequently honoured with the presence of Giacomo Matteotti, one of the most famous victims […]