OUR household has just subscribed to the wonderful BBC iPlayer app. The event has led me to suggest a plan for the ABC when it inevitably has to respond to the politically biased cuts in funding that loom in the May budget. Continue reading “A plan for the ABC and SBS”
Month: March 2014
Axe double dissolutions — there are better ways
SO, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has almost got his trigger for a double dissolution election. It is very unlikely he will use it, at least not for a while. But it does raise the question of how the system deals with an obstructionist Opposition. Continue reading “Axe double dissolutions — there are better ways”
Ouch — the senator who thought money drove everything
WHAT a joy to hear in the past week or so two voices of disinterested reason rising above the special interest groups. It would be a greater joy if their sensible words were listened to and acted upon. The voices were those of Professor Ross Garnaut and Dr Ken Henry. Continue reading “Ouch — the senator who thought money drove everything”
Anti-social Tweet’s $105,000 deterrent
BE CAREFUL using Twitter, you might be sued for defamation.
There, I have said it in less than the 140 character limit, but there is much more to the story than that.
Much was made this week of an award of $105,000 against a 20-year-old Orange former schoolboy Andrew Farley who used Twitter to defame a music teacher who was appointed to a position vacated by his father on medical grounds. Continue reading “Anti-social Tweet’s $105,000 deterrent”
Of droughts and flooding farmers’ gains
JOHN Howard had it right on agriculture. Tony Abbott has it wrong. The latest farm hand-out is another example of the Abbott Government’s inconsistency and justification-on-the-run when it comes to government assistance. Continue reading “Of droughts and flooding farmers’ gains”