The interregnum at the Australian Public Service Commission
Many years ago now, Steve Sedgwick the Australian Public Service Commission explained to me that it wouldn't be right to publish the hoard of information the...
Speaking of bullshit . . .
A brief note - with a long appendix - about my recent re-reading of Frankfurt's "On Bullshit" in the writing of a recent post. I remembered the...
Does increasing the legal age for buying alcohol reduce traffic accidents?
Does increasing the legal drinking age reduce traffic accidents caused by young drivers? The idea is that if you increase the legal age at which...
PhD Scholarships on “The Behavioural Economics of Undesirable Cooperation”
Some people engage in socially disruptive behaviour on their own, such as when they free-ride on paying taxes. Others cooperate with others though when they...
Where are we with Geo-Engineering in 2014?
Geo-engineering is increasingly looking like the only politically viable way of averting temperature rises above 2 degrees in the coming century. This is for three...
Cut the waste! Stop the boondoggles!
[caption id="attachment_26684" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Junction Oval[/caption] Victorian Premier Dennis Napthine announces a “plan” to spend $20 million upgrading Junction Oval at St Kilda to accommodate...
Bankers reject Forrest’s cashless welfare proposal
In a submission to the Forrest Review of Indigenous jobs and training, the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) rejects Andrew Forrest's Healthy Welfare Card proposal. The...