Political commentator Paul Kelly was scathing in his attack on Telstra’s new management this morning. Kelly said on ABC Television the Telstra assault on government regulation is alienating all parties, driving down the share price, and has no hope of success. I have to agree with him. I’ll go further and say it’s damaging the [...]
Where else in the world?
The Porepunkah Post Office is also a petrol station, takeaway food outlet, milk bar and mini general store. It’s by virtue of this multi-faceted role that one can drive to the front door when it’s raining, take half a dozen steps under the bowser shelter and collect mail from the post office boxes. It was [...]
Let’s go nuclear
Four Corners this week ran an interesting report on nuclear energy and whether it should be considered in Australia to reduce greenhouse emissions. Why not? Even if someone is skeptical about greenhouse, they should acknowledge that nuclear power generation causes less pollution. Fossil fuels are finite. So is uranium, but there is no immediate shortage [...]
Seasons down under
We had a mild spring-like day, with a maximum of just under 18 degrees. This is the warmest it’s been since early May and gave a clear contrast to snow last week and earlier this week. It’s meant to rain tomorrow and Saturday, but that’s not unusual for Spring, which is generally the wettest time [...]
Nats find voice and muscle
It’s good to see that the Federal National Party has rediscovered its voice, its soul and its muscle. A series of events or coincidences (I’m not sure which) have brought about the transformation. John Anderson, the man who looked like Tarzan but sounded like Jane, is no longer running the show. The Liberals now actually [...]
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