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THE destructive energy from a cyclone comes as water evaporates from the ocean and the saturated air rises. As it condenses it releases energy, some of it in the form of wind. Continue reading “Cyclone not god-made freak but man-made warming”

THIS week’s leaks to The Guardian and Al-Jazeera show more clearly than ever the fundamentalist religious triangle which prevents peace in the Middle East. Continue reading “Triangle of religious fundamentalism stops peace”

HERE are some misconceptions highlighted by the Queensland floods. First to insurance. Continue reading “Walk away to avenge insurance companies”

NOT many people would like to be on the receiving end of a verbal slanging from the actress and rock singer Courtney Love. She has described her fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir as a “drug-pushing prostitute”. Continue reading “Power to publish comes with cost”

IN THE In the season of conspicuous consumption, consumption taxes are in the news again this week. Continue reading “Tax reform for popular consumption”

THE first email I got on Boxing Day was a suggestion from e-Bay, the online buying and selling site, that I sell any unwanted Christmas presents using its services, for which it gets a small cut.

[Find and purchase perfect Christmas gifts & presents at http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/christmas-shopping-guide/]
Continue reading “Making unwanted Xmas presents wanted”

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”