I filled out Juliet’s citizenship application form yesterday. Two of the questions stumped me, not for their difficulty, but their inclusion. Have you ever committed any war crimes? Are you a terrorist? They’re not the exact words, but they may as well be. I can just picture Osama Bin Laden sitting in his cave thinking [...]
Workplace ad blitz wrong
The Federal Government today announced its “workplace reforms”, which it claims will deliver a simpler and fairer industrial relations system. That may be so. I haven’t studied the detail, and frankly it’s of no great interest to me. I object however, to the massive abuse of public funds to promote Liberal Party policy through the [...]
Illegal immigrants
There has been renewed debate in our local papers lately about the issue of illegal immigrants. I’d like to state my views: Australia has to protect its borders. The Government and the Opposition agree on that and they mostly agree on the methods. Many of the boat people arrivals were economic refugees, who paid others [...]
The Age online polls
My favorite online newspaper is The Age. It gives a good snapshot of the day’s main stories, with links to breaking news. Important events are posted as they happen. It’s so good in fact that I don’t buy The Age any more, except on Saturdays. That says something, doesn’t it? How much longer can newspapers [...]
Breakthrough for open source
Beta News reports that the State of Massachusetts plans to eliminate Microsoft Office as an option for creating new documents. If the policy is implemented all documents will have to be saved in open source XML or Adobe’s universally recognised PDF. This is a potential blow for Microsoft and the company has understandably protested vigorously. [...]
