A friend pointed me towards a political blog called Desert Rat and told me who the author is. The Desert Rat doesn’t identify himself on the web site; just gives this description: “The inside-out on politics: politicians, political parties and policies in Western Australia from an outsider – once on the inside.” The gentleman obviously [...]
Telstra’s future
Telstra’s group managing director for public policy, Dr Phil Burgess, arrived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this evening for a flying visit. He came straight from the airport to a private dinner with business and community representatives at the Cornwall Hotel. I was pleased to be among the small group of a dozen people. It’s not often you [...]
2007 election: Kalgoorlie
I’ve felt all along the Liberal Party would retain Kalgoorlie, but lose the national election, and nothing has happened to change my mind. I could be wrong on both counts, of course. I do feel however, it will be closer in both cases than I thought a week ago. The latest Galaxy poll shows the [...]
Address the labor shortage
There’s a good article in the Australian Financial Review today about the labor shortage in Western Australia. It’s the first time I’ve seen the subject addressed. Since I arrived in WA nearly two years ago, all the talk has been about a skills shortage. The shortage is across the board, skilled and unskilled. The state’s [...]
Council elections
Local government elections have just been held in Western Australia. There has been some debate about how the elections were run, so I’ll compare the electoral system with what occurs in Victoria. Firstly, councils are generally smaller in Victoria, with just five to seven members in most cases compared with the 10 we have here. [...]
