We’ve probably all had that uncanny experience, while roaming and pillaging through this over-stuffed media landscape, of reading an article, essay, opinion piece … More
Category: Economy
Banana Bending
As elsewhere Down Under, denizens of Kookynie are inveterate banana munchers, or were, until Cyclone Yasi wiped out crops and sent … More
Governor Glenn Gorges
Not gorgeous! Reporting of our erstwhile Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stephens is often deferential, maybe because he pulls the big … More
‘New Spirit of Reward’ at QF
Company annual report season always reveals porkish behaviour around the executive feeding trough, which was last reported in 2009. Star … More
Bluescope Blues
Joining dots in our free-markets (free-for-all) world does not always need those dismal science practitioners known as economists, who are mainly still … More
One-Told? Can’t Recall!
Justice Robert Austin’s 3,000 page legal judgement of Jodee Rich’s role in the One-Tel telephony company failure incidentally offers fascinating insights into the … More
‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
Michael Moore’s new film ventures into the broken lives of low income Americans suffering in the sub-prime melt-down and so-called global financial crisis, and … More
Executive Snouts in the Trough
Corporate porkers are easily identified during company financial reporting season, which unveils excessive executive salary packages. Despite the GFC and southward-heading company profits, their greed … More
Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme
The Rudd government cannot be trusted nor taken seriously on climate change policy. As Kevin struts the UN stage lecturing others about … More
Dolphin Drama
‘The Cove’ is an impressive documentary film (showing in Sydney) about the annual slaughter in Japan of 23,000 dolphins and story of a … More
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