THE fossil-fuel-fired electricity industry no doubt enjoyed the recent heatwave and will enjoy the more frequent heatwaves to come. They are also no doubt enjoying the confusing and uncertain array of schemes for alternative energy. Continue reading “Power to and from the rooftops”
Month: January 2014
Curriculum — natural progress or conspiracy?
THE Labor Party, teaching unions, education academics, and P & Cs have all been accused of moving the national curriculum to the left. The curriculum has become too “secular”, “Asia-oriented”, “left”, “progressive”, “new age” and “politically correct”, to use the words of former Liberal staffer and teacher Kevin Donnelly who has been appointed by Education Minister Christopher Pyne to an inquiry to review the curriculum. Continue reading “Curriculum — natural progress or conspiracy?”
Superannuation — saviour of privatisation
“IT DOESN’T matter whether a cat is white or black, as long as it catches mice,” so said Chairman Mao’s successor Deng Xiaoping. He was applying an old Chinese adage to economic changes in China – moving from a stagnant almost totally state-owned economy to one which permitted more private activity. Continue reading “Superannuation — saviour of privatisation”
Medicare chiselling reveals 40 years of political cycles
WHEN, oh when, will this 40-year wheel-turning-and-yet-being-forever-still end. The latest Medicare co-payment issue indicates that it will not be anytime soon. Continue reading “Medicare chiselling reveals 40 years of political cycles”