Monday 6 January 2014
Declaration of Registrable Interests of Clive Palmer MP - owner of Waratah Coal which has mining interests on the NSW North Coast
Sunday 5 January 2014
Over 100 years ago a man half a world away nailed the conundrum facing us today
There once was a time in history when the limitation of governmental power meant increasing liberty for the people. In the present day the limitation of governmental power, of governmental action, means the enslavement of the people by the great corporations, who can only be held in check through the extension of governmental power. [Theodore Roosevelt, Address at the Coliseum, San Francisco, Sept. 14, 1912]
So how does Australian society fare if any extension of governmental power under an Abbott Government is primarily established to further the interests of corporations both great and small?
It must be something in the air.....
Google’s web page summaries can sometimes be mildly disconcerting when efforts to be concise have unexpected results.
Take this item from a recent search which appears to suggest that the Hon. Anthony John Tony Abbott lasted as Australian Prime Minister for less than three months:
Snapshot taken 29 December 2013
I'd
like to be Man of the Year, even if it is no more than an award from a Herald reader, Lyn McGrath, of Bilambil Heights, and even if she
has set the bar very low. Having revealed that I make my wife breakfast in bed
and acquired pro-feminist credentials, Ms McGrath wrote to the Herald last week saying that all I have to do to be in the
running for her award is to say one positive word about the ALP.
I accept the
challenge. I offer two positive words: Tony Burke.
Tony Burke will be
the next Labor prime minister. He is authentic, a crucial advantage in
politics, and pragmatic, intelligent and decent. (I'm way over my quota here
Lyn.)
However, I also point
out he is, like most Labor MPs, yet another former union official and has thus
not spent a day of his career in a wealth-creating business. The bulk of his
career has been at public expense.
And by 4
January 2014 was lining
Liberal Party ducks up in a row:
ALL governments engage
in succession planning. Not necessarily in a formal sense, but the competitive
juices of politics mean that ambitious individuals like to position themselves
as the potential heir-apparent to the current leader, often well before their
time is up.....
even if his polling
numbers collapse my suspicion is that the Coalition government would not allow
itself to let leadership instability dominate its time in power.
That doesn't mean that
the informal positioning of ambitious future leadership candidates won't
continue. Names such as Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull would
all see themselves as viable alternatives to Abbott one day....
Race caller's double vision
TVN's race caller Terry Bailey had the lads at the table of knowledge in stitches on Saturday arvo. The lads, who don't mind a small wager on the nags, were counting their winnings when Bailey was calling the last race at Caulfield.
Saturday 4 January 2014
Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Climate Statement 2013
No matter how hard the Australian Prime Minister and Liberal-National Coalition MPs in the Abbott Government attempt to minimise the effects of climate change or deny outright the reality of global warming, the facts are increasingly evident.
Quote of the Week
work is the best form of welfare
Australian Federal Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, speaking about Abbott Government’s
intention to tighten eligibility/reduce payment rate for the Disability Support Pension,
ABC News, 23 Dec 2013]
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