Random thoughts and observations
The hazard reduction burning on Mount Porepunkah has fizzled. According to my contacts at the Department of Primary Industries, conditions were too cool and wet for the burns to succeed. That’s despite the fact they started several weeks earlier than usual. I’ve previously stated my opposition to this practice and I won’t dwell on it [...]
You’ve got to hand it to Telstra and its phone book subsidiary, Sensis, for subtly demeaning the indispensable White Pages every year. This year’s book was delivered recently and is simply an advertising document with useful information buried inside. It’s now entrenched that the White Pages are at the back. The commercial Yellow Pages are [...]
A recent opinion poll showed that only 46 percent of Australians favor a republic (any model). Given the directness of the question, results in favor are generally much higher and this is probably the lowest in two decades. Such polls don’t carry across to referenda, as Australian history has repeatedly shown. We’re very conservative when [...]
Australia Day (January 26) doesn’t mean much to me at all. It’s nice to have a holiday, but like the Queen’s Birthday and Labor Day, the historical meaning of this holiday is not cause for celebration in itself. For a day to have significance it needs to mark something significant. January 26 was the date [...]
Alpine Shire Council advertised in the Border Mail today for a “greenhouse assistant”. I thought this was an horticultural position, the nature of which intrigued me, so I read further to try and figure out what the bureaucrats in Bright are up to. It surprised me further to learn the position is something to do [...]
