9, January, 2018
There is a doomsday clock that tells us how close we are to the planet's self-destruction. Should there be a democracy clock to tell us how close we are to the end of democracy?
24, October, 2017
Take a thought experiment and think about what the world would be like if there were no countries and no borders.
20, August, 2017
As soon as an idea is put forward excited politicians cannot wait to announce it. Stop. It may take years to estimate the cost and time required. It may even turn out not to be viable. Best to do the feasibility study first.
28, June, 2017
Creative thinking and politics conjure up images of rorting and dodgy accounting. However, innovative thinking should be applied to some of the problems governments face to find alternative solutions.
4, May, 2017
Too much regulation is the call from business. Without that regulation, would we live in a better world? Perhaps it would a place where a business that was not prepared to bend the rules would fail.
12, March, 2017
How should we structure the power balance between the Public Service and Politicians?
26, February, 2017
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. Should we apply this to government regulation?
30, June, 2016
Most civilisations implode when the upper and lower classes get too far apart. A shrinking middle class is a sign of a civilisation in decline.
17, June, 2016
Unions may be in decline but they do have a purpose beyond their members. In Australia, they play a role in keeping a Labor party hones.
Looking at society and politics through a different lens!