His Magnificence King Donald will no doubt get bored eventually with this whole tariffs caper, but I reckon it’s timely … More
Category: Economy
WhyTwoKay, WayToGo
Last month twenty-five years ago the Y2K computer bug was threatening armageddon on 31 December, by melting down the world’s … More
Nuclear Rubbish
The Federal Opposition finally announced some lightweight details of its risible collective thought bubble about throwing Australia’s power switch to … More
Aussie Energiewende
Energiewende is used to describe German national strategy for transition to a climate-neutral energy system, including closure of nuclear plants … More
Sutherland Starred
Sad news: my old mate the actor Donald Sutherland passed away on Thursday, aged 88. We haven’t been in touch … More
Sub Standard
The federal submarine corporation ASC is struggling to maintain the Australian navy’s six ageing (i.e. old) Collins class boats, originally … More
Hi-Tech Serfdom
I’d read reviews of Yanis Varoufakis’s recent book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism about the new kind of economic power exercised … More
Central Canker
As the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor (a lovely archaic position, redolent of a bygone era of royal appointments!) Philip … More
Gravy Train of Greed
While we’re on Australia’s favourite subject and national obsession, no I don’t mean sport, this essay by Alison Pennington may … More
Property Pox & Parable
On a recent visit to my old stamping ground in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, I was shocked and even nauseous at … More
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