The exciting position the Federal Election stands in is very interesting indeed and I’m sad to say a further indictment of the poor media analysis we have been subjected to so far. On Saddy night I watched the ABC coverage and was surprised to see Kerry OB seem to be of the opinion that Tony [...]
I have seen some disappointing FB stuff recently that highlights a growing problem with our Democracy and should be a warning to those who care about how we are governed. The comment is “I’m not going to Vote” and it’s not a new thing but FaceBook is one of the main stamping grounds for our [...]
Transcript below I have been wondering weather to get seriously involved with this General Election in Oz because it’s been frightfully dull but it seems to be getting a bit more interesting now that Julia Gillard has started to play to her strengths and perhaps I can throw some fuel onto the glowing embers [...]
Transcript for those with limited bandwidth. Gidday fellow VOXERS, I have always been impressed by xmangerm’s short video clips so I thought I should embrace the technology and have a crack at posting a video blog. Of course I’m not packing the latest tech like exman so you will have to put up [...]
Some smart cookie at GetUp has come up with a winning strategy that I never would have thought of. I have been listening to RN Breakfast occasionally of late (I can only take so much of Fran Kelly) and they have been cranking up the Fed Ball or whatever name they have for it. It’s [...]
Every so often Julie Bishop surprises with her ineptitude so I have never understood why she has the 2 IC job for the Libs. It could be that she is part of the West Aussie faction and they need to be kept on-side but other than that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. [...]
Today we saw an interesting contribution from David Buckingham an ex-head of the Minerals Council in the mid 90’s as he stepped in to provide a little sanity in the tax on extraordinary profits debate. He has effectively destroyed some of the more ludicrous comments especially the efforts by Tony Sage with his claim it [...]
Bad timing guys. This morning AM ran a story on safety concerns at Australia’s only nuclear facility at Lucas Heights. It involved dropping of a vial that exposed one of their workers to a very high dose of radiation. A dose so high their instruments couldn’t measure it. This is worrying in itself on a [...]
The new tax on abnormally high profits in the resources industry has, as expected, bought out some hysterical reactions from within the industry and predictably had folk jumping on the bandwagon as a knee jerk reaction. Considering the tax is only meant for times of extraordinary profit levels and that it was suggested by folk [...]
I have just finished reading an excellent book giving accounts from Afghanistan as experienced by British service personal both male and female. And I can’t help but notice how little distance we have come since Gallipoli. The book is called Spoken from The Front and is a collection of the experiences of 16 participants edited [...]