Personal Reflections

Both today ( The art of being politically boring ) and yesterday's post ( The rise of issues based morality politics ) dealt with proble...

Yesterday's post, The rise of issues based morality politics , I said in part: I am not alone when I assert that the Australian sys...

Back in May, my first quick reaction ( Gillard's refugee deal )  to the Australian Government's refugee proposals was instinctively ...

Back in 2008, the Rudd Government decided to impose a special tax on alcopops, ready mixed drinks liked by the young. The aim was to reduce ...

I am going away today for a birthday party on the NSW Southern Highlands. For those who don't know Australia, the Southern Highlands is...

Interesting views from Commonwealth Treasury head Martin Parkinson appearing before Senate economics committee in an estimates hearing. A...

This one passed me by. I record it now. On 14 May in Privacy in a cyber-glasshouse world , Ken Parish looked at privacy issues. He conclud...

This one has been well covered in the general Australian media ( Kim Carr bows to rank rebellion over journal rankings for example) and on ...

In yesterday's post How do you deal with frustration? , I mentioned that there were a fair number of interesting things around. Today, I...

I am sitting here tonight just feeling frustrated and bored. I know that I shouldn't. My stats show me this blog will achieve record f...

Just over a week ago in Saturday Morning Musings - the WA royalties stoush I reported on the growing financial clash between the Australian...

The lad had caught the bus from Queenstown to Zeehan to join the Westcoaster, the mixed passenger/freight service run by the Emu Bay Railway...