Journalism and other writing
A SECOND major defect has emerged in Australia’s federal system.
This is the population policy imbalance. The first, of course, was the vertical fiscal imbalance – a fancy way of saying the Feds raised most of the money but the states had the job to spend it, instead of each government being responsible for raising the money it spends. Continue reading “Joining up the dots of stress”
SORRY, Ike. You warned us 50 years ago but your warning was not heard, or if heard not heeded. Continue reading “Diplomat in service of military-industrial complex”
I WAS (until now) secretly pleased that Australia is about to lose the Ashes series and did not win the right to host the soccer World Cup. I am still pleased, but it is now no longer secret. Continue reading “Why I hope we lose the Ashes”
THE demise of Labor in Victoria shows that it is all over bar the voting for Labor in NSW, but what of Labor in the ACT? And what is it that is causing a wholesale shift by voters away from Labor at state level? Continue reading “Murdoch and population make electoral difference”