Watch estate agents, for charity’s sake

DEPUTY ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has asked rhetorically, “Is it really necessary for the government to maintain a register of real estate agents?” Well yes, and I’ll tell you why it is, Mr Barr. It is because ACT real estate agents handle an enormous amount of the public’s money in the form of deposits on houses pending settlement. Continue reading “Watch estate agents, for charity’s sake”

Genealogy becomes an internet industry

(This article did not make it to the web sitr when it was published in The Canberra Times last January)

I HAVE just finished reading Our Father, my sister’s wonderful biography of our father, Robert Edward Davison Hull, who was, among other things Anglican Rector of Beechworth, Victoria, from 1959 to 1977 — our formative years. Continue reading “Genealogy becomes an internet industry”

Shrapnel candidates to muddy Senate vote

LAST week I mentioned Victorian Democratic Labor Party Senator John Madigan. He won his Victorian Senate in 2010 seat purely on the freak distribution of preferences after his party obtained just 2.3 per cent of the primary vote. Two elections previously, Victorian Family First Senator Steve Fielding similarly won on 2 per cent of the primary vote. Continue reading “Shrapnel candidates to muddy Senate vote”

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