A Mining Boom Unlike All Other Booms?
There is trouble in the Quiet Continent. Newspapers report on formerly ascendant companies’ staff layoffs;…More
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Barry Burns Fire Brigade Funding
The first fire brigades in Sydney and major regional centres were established either by insurance…More
Sussex Street Has Got It Wrong On Sydney
In an extraordinary move by a national political party with its roots in the inner…More
Jump On The Condemnation Bandwagon!
Cory Bernardi’s comments last week, suggesting a slippery slope spiraling from gay marriage to bestiality,…More
What The Get Clover Bill Got Rid Of
In the weeks since the NSW local council elections in mid-September, Clover Moore has been…More
We Should Welcome Wilders With Open Arms
If Christopher Hitchens ever performed a public service during his lifetime, it was recovering and…More
Cory Bernardi Hits The High Seas
So, Cory Bernardi has walked the plank. Again. Corsairs are not renowned for their discipline,…More
Spare Us The Razor
The first budget of the newly elected LNP government led by Campbell Newman has received…More
Getting The Facts Straight On Abbott
Last week I dusted off the spiderwebs on an old story I had written about…More
Abbott Threatened Me Too
After work one evening in the late 1970s I went for a quick drink with…More