I read the papers and watch TV and everything happens in a few minutes of reporting. Everything is so simple. Why can’t we just implement these obvious solutions?
This blog tries to get beyond headlines and media grabs. Most of the problems we face today are highly complex. There is a thing called the “Dunning Kruger Effect” which says that the less people know about a subject, the more adamant they are in stating their position. Those who are experts usually see a completely different and complex solution.
This blog is an attempt to state a view and start a discussion.
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Recent Posts
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Penalty Rates on Sunday
I have just spent about 10 days in Vienna. Aside from catching the flu, and the freezing temperature it was an interesting visit. One thing I found is worth talking about. On Sundays, no shops open other than cafes and restaurants and the odd tourist place. To my surprise, shops being closed on Sunday did…
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Peta and the PM
“Peta, Peta pumpkin eater. Where are you?” “I swear if he says that again he is going to find barbed wire in his budgie smugglers. Let’s see how prickly he is then. Over here Prime Minister.” “Been up to a few things since you have been away Peta. Got rid of the whip. I think…
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Benellong and Asylum Seekers
By all accounts Bennelong was a decent sort of person. He became a link between black and white Australia in the early days of settlement. A recently discovered secret journal sheds new light on his early days and some issues he had with the first fleet under Governor Phillip. It seems in those days the…
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