I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read the piece by Myles Peterson headlined as above on the Fairfax National Times website. Peterson describes his brief time in the “public service rabbit hole” writing ministerial speeches for the Health Department. There were whoops of joy in the office when the boss came [...]
Succession to the throne
It’s no secret I support the constitutional monarchy for Australia, but I won’t repeat the arguments here. This post is to welcome reforms to the laws of succession proposed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mr Brown has suggested equal opportunities for women heirs and Catholics. I’m ambivalent about the first issue, but strongly believe [...]
Turnbull’s ‘courageous’ politics
Every time a politician does something stupid I’m reminded of the Yes Minister episode in which Sir Humphrey advises Jim Hacker the proposed course of action would be courageous. Translated from bureaucratic language that means political death. It’s very hard to fathom why Malcolm Turnbull wants to delay millions of Australians receiving a timely handout [...]
Government plans to censor the web
For some bizarre unknown reason the Australian Government is moving unilaterally to join China in censoring the internet. I’m not making this up and it’s not April Fool’s Day. The Courier Mail reports that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has hatched a $44.2 million plan to control what we read online. Internet censorship will involve two [...]
Councils oppose corruption
This takes the prize for the worst media release I’ve seen for a long time. The headline is unbelievably: “Councils oppose corruption”. Wow! Do they really? It’s from the Local Government Association of South Australia. It would be more newsworthy, of course, if they supported corruption. The introduction is nonsenical: SA’s Local Government Association has [...]
