Paul Keating’s Wednesday night appearance on Lateline is more good news for Kevin Rudd.
Rudd, Swan et al were suitably dour, with you-can’t-speak-ill of the deadpan faces, but must have been inwardly smirking.
Here’s John Howard trying to paint them as men of the past and high interest rates, and here’s […] Continue Reading…

I eventually received a response from Optus, 91 hours and 27 minutes after I gave up on their telephone system and logged a complaint through their online system.
Only problem is that they want an email address that relates to their client. And as all of our email addresses go […] Continue Reading…

The problem for liberals is that there are not enough of us to ever constitute a majority. So if you want to influence government you need to make an alliance with the representatives of labour, or capital. 31 years ago I decided that capital was the least unpalatable option. […] Continue Reading…

Research into hurricanes in the North Atlantic indirectly suggests that the last 100 years in Australia have been relatively wet. Forget about Greenhouse. Just the normal swings and roundabouts of the climate have the potential to be devastating.
According to a paper (pdf 292 kb) published in Nature, intense hurricane […] Continue Reading…

I didn’t think it would happen, but Therese Rein has decided to sell her Australian business, thus more or less removing the conflict of interest that Rudd has. I say “more or less”, because the value of the business is dependent on the current job placement regime staying in […] Continue Reading…

Rudd’s handled his “Reingate” fairly well because he’s been prepared to say he was “sorry”. It’s exactly the way that Peter Beattie has managed to prosper in Queensland as he stumbles from one disaster to the next. Beattie is so blatant that it has become a running joke amongst […] Continue Reading…

Therese Rein’s businesses represent real ethical challenges to Kevin Rudd, but it is unlikely that the government will pursue them, for fear of incurring the wrath of Australian women.
Today’s Australian carries the story that Rein underpaid some workers. Rudd says that it was an honest mistake. That’s hard to […] Continue Reading…

If you like omens, the New South Wales “under dogs” just lost the first state of origin match to Queensland. Will Kevin Rudd or Wayne Swan rubb it in tomorrow when they face the New South Wales under-dog from Bennelong over the dispatch box?
Still, state of origin football goes […] Continue Reading…