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Tag Archives: Politics
ALP in danger
What we thought we knew has been confirmed. The ALP is controlled by factions. The faction with the most power seems to be the NSW right. They turned over the leader as soon as his popularity started to dip. So … Continue reading
What Adam Bandt owes to Harold Hotelling
Adam Bandt is the Australian Greens candidate for the seat of Melbourne. Under Australia’s representative system, Adam Bandt has to win more primary and preference votes than his nearest rival to take a seat in the House of Representative, where … Continue reading
Baking the dough of debt into the bread of financial crisis.
Debt seems to be a necessary trigger condition for global economic disasters. Doesn’t matter if its private (subprime mortgages) or Government (Greek debt). But Japan shows debt is not a sufficient condition for a meltdown. (Government debt = nearly 200 percent … Continue reading
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What is Net Neutrality?
Folks interested in the operation of the inter-wobble are probably aware of the concept of NET NEUTRALITY. For the rest of us, here is the gist: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have the capacity to restrict their subscribers’ access to specific … Continue reading
Population policy
Back in the day, the response to any proposal for more housing, or train lines, or new suburbs was:
Let’s not build it, who wants another million people?!?
It’s a classic case of mistaken identity between our old friends, that nebulous duo, cause and effect. In fact, the need to support another million people is almost a fait accompli. Continue reading
On Formula 1: Profanity-laced Urbanity.
For a long time there was a group called Save Albert Park, arguing against the Melbourne Grand Prix. On the suburb’s street corners, bearded men (and women) sat on folding chairs distributing photocopied pamphlets and yellow ribbons. But here’s the … Continue reading
Charter Cities – An Idea
Paul Romer has an idea people are calling crazy. He was a Stanford Economics Professor, but now he’s quit to pursue full time the idea of charter cities. Eh? Charter cities are based on the idea of charter schools. These … Continue reading
Let me tell you / how it will be / There’s one for you / nineteen for me …
Ooh-ooh I’m the taxman. Ken Henry is a dude from Taree. He likes wombats. He is also the head of the Treasury. The Treasurer asked him to do a big old review into what’s what in the tax system, and … Continue reading
Haiti and three kinds of development aid
Haiti was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 last week. The death toll estimate in this morning’s newspaper stands at 200,000. We can only hope that the estimate cycle is at its peak, and it will be revised down … Continue reading
Racial Violence
Melbourne is in the midst of an epidemic of racial violence. Maybe. In recent times, a number of Indian people have been attacked. Last week Nitin Garg, a 21-year-old Indian man was killed in Yarraville. I’ll admit it. Australia is … Continue reading
Riders’ rights and responsibilities – have your say.
There’s a fight going on between the ‘vehicularists’ and the ‘facilitators’. These are not like the crips and the bloods, or even the sharks and the jets.
the left-wing moral shortfall.
“Imagine visiting a town,” Dr. Jonathon Haidt writes, “where people wear no clothes, never bathe, have sex in public, and eat raw meat by biting off pieces directly from the carcass.” Dr Haidt’s site is yourmorals.org, where i got my … Continue reading
A stab in the back for the heart of the nation.
I had three people bag Canberra to me today. First, I watched a video embedded in this link, in which Former Prime Minister Keating described it as ‘a great mistake’. Malcolm Fraser then described Parliament House as ‘not meritorious in … Continue reading
A new Australian flag
Talk about replacing our national standard has ebbed, waned, diminished and frankly, flagged. So I thought I’d spark debate by throwing this one into the mix. Its design is based on the indigenous flag. It’s a simple, timeless flag that … Continue reading
Liberal leadership
When Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey says Malcolm Turnbull has his “absolute unqualified support“, you know it’s only a matter of moments before more political blood is spilled.
The war in Afghanistan.
There’s a flipping great article in this week’s New York Times. It’s about whether the War in Afghanistan can be justified.
America’s guns
300 million free citizens can’t be wrong. Right?
More Micronations!
On Tuesday I wrote about sea-steading – establishing new countries on man-made islands. Turns out this isn’t the only way of setting up your own nation. Independence has also been proclaimed for: The Kingdom of Lovely: A flat in London … Continue reading
Don’t like the law? Leave.
There are people who don’t like the laws of the US. They come from Silicon Valley and they are into sea-steading. It’s like Sim-State or Wiki-Jurisdiction. But for real. They plan to make their own countries.
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