NBN – Getting the Job Done?
I had a good discussion the other day about whether privitisation is bad, and about the merits of government operated services.
Off course, NBN was begging to be discussed, so here goes:
The Government run services...
PJTV Video: Real American Heroes
The three American heroes who made headlines around the world last week made them for all the right reasons - saving people's lives. The always excellent PJTV discuss in this video the mindset and...
Penny Wong’s “strong campaign” cannot overcome six years in government with the numbers in...
Penny Wong was given an open microphone (again) on Radio National today. The issue under discussion was, of course, the most pressing and urgent one for the nation - errr, same sex marriage anyway,...
BREAKING: Court hears Lindt cafe terrorist attack was in fact a terrorist attack
When lone wolf gunman Man Monis walked into the Lindt cafe in Sydney in December last year, he seemed to have little doubt or confusion about his aims. Monis had his hostages hold up...
Terrorist charges dropped on Melbourne teenager
Terrorist charges against Melbourne teenager, Harun Causevic, who allegedly plotted to attack police on ANZAC Day, have been dropped in court today.
During the time of his arrest, Causevic's father claimed that the arrest of...
Bogan Council takes AFL to the Human Rights Court
The AFL has been embroiled in a new racism controversy yesterday. In censuring Dustin Martin for his bogan war dance, during which Martin gave a traditional bogan two fingered salute, the AFL has been...
Say It With A Picture: Sex Sells Safe Sex Message
Wednesday's instalment of Say It With A Picture takes us to the Victorian AIDS Council website, and the images that it chooses for safe sex education.
Apparently, according to the Victorian AIDS Council, a great...
Capitalism is bad, Okay?
Stock markets around the world have taken a hammering over the last few days. Hardest hit are the Chinese markets which are down some 20 percent since the start of the year. Australian indicies...
Q and A – does it again
The fair and balanced types who police the Q and A Twitter feed demonstrate their immaculate impartiality and (statutory) obligation to balanced political dialogue yet again. The old 'Abbotlovesanal' handle appears across the screen...
Sovereign Debt Default, not Voters, can Kill the Age of Entitlement.
Voters cannot kill off the Age of Entitlement. But when sovereign debt defaults happen, governments are either credit worthy or not. If not credit worthy, then the state has to pay for what it...
