THE odds are probably a bit higher than one in four. These are the odds of Prince William and Princess Kate having a girl first followed by a later boy. Continue reading “England’s cheated princesses”
Month: April 2011
So much stacked against sensible reform
AGAIN we are seeing how hard it is to make significant reforming decisions in Australia. Continue reading “So much stacked against sensible reform”
Treasury stymies Coalition’s FOI ruse
By CRISPIN HULL
AT LEAST the Treasury is taking the new law and policy on Freedom of Information seriously – and cunningly. So seriously and cunningly, indeed, that FOI applicants are dismayed. Continue reading “Treasury stymies Coalition’s FOI ruse”
Tenants suffer as market fails on energy
HERE we go again: another slug on landlords in addition to ever-increasing land taxes, stamp duty, development fees, planning rules, environmental-efficiency ratings, tree-protection orders, verge-protection plans and the list goes on, I can hear the property owners wail. Continue reading “Tenants suffer as market fails on energy”
Obama and Libya: so far so good
LIKE most US Presidents, Barack Obama is copping it from the left and the right — this time over the intervention in Libya. From the left came the chant either that he should have gone in earlier to save civilians or that he should not have gone in at all because it will be just another (the third) US armed intervention into a Muslim country which is bound to escalate and bog down. Continue reading “Obama and Libya: so far so good”