December 18, 2008 | Graham
If he didn’t write it, he should have.
December 17, 2008 | Graham
Rudd’s 39% by 2020 CO2 reduction – boiling the frog slowly
Kevin Rudd’s ETS plan or “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” as it is officially called, is a radical plan which starts off cool but in 12 years’ time will end up boiling hot. It’s not a 5 to 15% reduction in CO2, but a whopping 29 to 39%.
The only sensible […] Continue Reading…
December 16, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Et tu, Rudderless?
There is just one glow of hope visible from the disastrous betrayal that the Rudd government has burdened Australia with: there is likely to be an increase in citizen activism at all levels of society.
‘It’s the environment, stupid!’
Get ready to see T-shirts with this message, even if I have […] Continue Reading…
December 15, 2008 | Graham
Government to make ABC debacle worse
How could you make the ABC Learning debacle worse? Well, increasing their costs at a time they are trying to sell their centres would be one way, and not something that a government who has just thrown $50 million plus at them would think of doing. Would it?
Well, apparently […] Continue Reading…
December 09, 2008 | Graham
A “Nigerian” scam you could almost fall for
The story looks like the same every time. Someone you “know” because they are a Facebook friend, or because you have exchanged emails, is in London and they’ve been robbed. You’re the only one they can turn to for a loan to tide them over so they can come […] Continue Reading…
December 07, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Oil wars are nothing new
We are told the US invasion of Iraq was all about oil. Or was it? In fact, the oil wars began almost as soon as oil became the common mode of fuel. This enlightenment comes from a book by Paul Roberts, ‘The End of Oil’.
The British switched their navy […] Continue Reading…
December 04, 2008 | Graham
A blow to Citizen Journalism
Labor MP James Bidgood is in trouble for taking a photograph and selling it to a newspaper chain in return for a donation of $1,000 to a charity of his choosing. Perhaps I have a tin ear, but what has he done wrong? Or is this an extension of […] Continue Reading…
November 24, 2008 | Graham
Surplus? What surplus? Happy anniversary Mr Rudd
The things you see when you don’t have time to blog. I’ve been sounding-off to colleagues for a couple of weeks now (references available on request) every time the government spends another piece of the “surplus” to stimulate the economy that there very probably is no surplus.
Now Access Economics […] Continue Reading…
November 15, 2008 | Graham
Spirit of Change
It’s hard to overestimate the effect of Barack Obama’s win. The photo below was taken on the premises of Jensen Bowers, which is where On Line Opinion subleases its office space, and its context speaks volumes about the reach of Obama.
(Sorry about the quality, but my mobile doesn’t have […] Continue Reading…
November 05, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Barack Obama’s big day out
Looking very Presidential indeed, Barack and Michelle visited the White House. What once was a three month lame duck interregnum has been condensed into an afternoon of niceties; there is no time to lose in addressing the problems the US faces. Their visit coincided with fresh news about secret […] Continue Reading…