Random thoughts and observations
I’m fascinated by the quirky elements of British politics, like first-past-the-post voting. My favorite quirk though is the Official Monster Raving Loony William Hill Party. The Loonies, as they are generally known, added William Hill to their name in recognition of the bookmaker’s sponsorship. Founded in 1963 by Screaming Lord Sutch, the Loonies add a [...]
I’m surprised that Family First has preferenced the Liberals in every South Australian seat for the March 20 election. It’s no surprise their preferences will go to Liberal ahead of Labor, but I expected them to favor independents in some key seats. I met the Family First candidate for Mount Gambier, Henk Bruins, a few [...]
The threat to jobs and industry in the South East of South Australia caused by dumped Asian tissue products highlights the inadequacy of our bicameral federal system. The Senate was established as a “state’s house” with equal numbers of Senators from each of the six colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia. Our founding fathers [...]
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 [...]
