File under “déformation professionnelle”
This is a note to myself. It's from the report of the NDIS Citizen's Jury Scorecard. However, in a way that speaks for itself, it may be...
Picking winners, industry policy and the Defence White Paper
Way back in the 1980s and 90s when I was a Labor "apparatchik" and then for a short time a local politician in the Northern...
There’s never been a more exciting time to be Captain Shorten
What strange times we live in! The Red Star Line's passenger cruise freighter SS Labor, despite a seemingly lacklustre captain with a mutinous history, is sailing...
Dennis Jensen and the ‘noble savage’ – a constructive perspective
Federal Liberal backbencher Dr Dennis Jensen is a right wing MP with views not unlike those of his colleague Corey Bernardi. He "distinguished" himself this...
My comments on the draft of the Shergold Review
Peter Shergold's report on learning from mistakes is out. It advises on how to avoid the mistakes of the Pink Batts fiasco (He was asked...
Pssst! Malcolm. Steal Labor’s tax policies and slash company tax
I don't understand why Prime Minister Turnbull and Treasurer ScoMo are busily demonising Labor's entirely sensible announced policies in relation to negative gearing and Capital...
Legal shockwaves following the dissection of the oath.
Following Nick and Rex's tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the 'concept' and 'gravitational waves', news has just come in that the oath witnesses take in Australia has...