World, when are you going to start paying attention to the On Line Opinion election coverage? Name me one commentator(s) who’s correctly called the general result of all elections they’ve covered since 2001? Can’t? Well look no further than the team at www.ozelections.com.
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February 28, 2005 | Graham
A perfect score
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February 22, 2005 | Graham
We are family
An interview on ABC radio this morning said it all (no audio that I can find, so no link) – we all belong to families, apparently. Minister responsible for Family Impact Statements, Kay Patterson, was asked to define exactly what a family was. After not much rambling […] Continue Reading…
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February 22, 2005 | Jeff Wall
Charles finally makes one right decision, now for the really big one!
IT is surely appropriate that Charles, Prince of Wales, and Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles, are to be married in what is effectively the local registry office.
His performance as Prince of Wales, and heir to the throne has been pedestrian, and very ordinary, to say the least.
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February 21, 2005 | Graham
Bolt Blooper on Greenhouse
People in greenhouses shouldn’t throw stones – if you’re going to criticise it helps to get your facts right. Which is a problem for Andrew Bolt. In this piece on Global Warming Bolt analyses ten things The Age claims should make us worry about Global Warming. […] Continue Reading…
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February 18, 2005 | Graham
Lawrence get your shotgun?
Budding match-maker Lawrence Springborg has been trying to force a shot-gun wedding on his shy bride, the Queensland Libs. I had always assumed he was the groom, or at least had an enduring power of attorney on the groom’s behalf. An opinion piece in today’s Courier Mail […] Continue Reading…
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February 16, 2005 | Graham
What’s the right amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?
Today the Kyoto protocol comes into effect. As a result the media has been deluged with a tsunami of pro and anti-Kyoto voices, but I have yet to hear anyone ask, or answer, the most pertinent issue of all: What is the optimal concentration of atmospheric CO2 from […] Continue Reading…
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February 15, 2005 | Graham
Charles and Camilla – substance over form
Valentine’s Day made me think about Charles and “the Rotweiller”, as Camilla was apparently nicknamed by Diana, Princess of Wales. “So, how did you define love?” my beloved asked, as we were sitting on my not-at-all-royal balcony. “I didn’t,” I replied, “it was truth.”
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February 14, 2005 | Graham
I am one of Wayne Sawyer’s ‘failures’
Associate Professor of English Wayne Sawyer appears to believe that English teachers have failed because some of their students voted for this Liberal government. If that is the case, then I must be one of the most spectacular illustrations of that failure.
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February 10, 2005 | Graham
Another use for the ‘Invisible Hand’
It might not be quite what he was intending to say, but Keith Suter appears to have found another use for Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”. The invisible hand is Smith’s description of the phenomenon where, by pursuing self-interest, individuals actually work to the common good – “…by directing […] Continue Reading…
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February 09, 2005 | Graham
Curse of Crikey – Libs move on Queensland expulsions
The Queensland Liberal Party has scanned the horizon, decided there are no elections in prospect for a year or two, and now they are moving on their long awaited expulsions. Well, at least one of them.
This evening Margaret Krause has been served with a “writ” to attend a hearing […] Continue Reading…
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