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Category Archives: politics and leadership
Holden succumbs
I’ve enjoyed owning and driving 5 different Holdens in my time. Good workmanlike, middle-of-the-road cars, all of them. It will be kind of a pity to see Australian made Holdens eventually disappear from the market. My current VW is great. … Continue reading
Australian entitlement is in for a great shock
David Llewellyn-Smith is on a roll. The ABC picked up his great article from Macro Business and put on The Drum at the weekend, summarised thus: “Australia’s business environment is unsustainable, and propping up dying companies like Qantas rather than … Continue reading
Australia’s mining boom … opportunity missed
That Australia has seen an epic boom in mining over the last 10 years is undisputed. Notwithstanding the uncertainties hanging around in the world economy, big export earnings from mining look set to continue. What have we got to show … Continue reading
Posted in debt, politics and leadership, why do people do what they do
Tagged delusion, group think, mining boom, Norway, priorities, resources, Singapore
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Nelson Mandela …
… an extraordinary life ends. No-one and nothing more important to ponder today …
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Are the adults in charge yet?
Tony Abbott promised that the adults would take charge again in Canberra. But it’s hard to find anyone who thinks that’s happened. Yesterday the ABC published a piece from the usually even handed commentator David Llewellyn-Smith that sums things up … Continue reading
Posted in politics and leadership, tough times
Tagged delusion, house prices, priorities, Tony Abbott
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Pope Francis on inequality … an update
The Pope’s “missive” has caused quite some reaction. I enjoyed this informative post in the Wonkblog at the Washington Post. Pope Francis has a few thoughts about the global economy. We added these 13 charts. It’s an excellent recital of the … Continue reading
Posted in inequality, politics and leadership
Tagged elites, priorities, Russell Brand, The Pope, Wall Street
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The demographic crunch is still coming
Last week the usually boring Australian Government Productivity Commission briefly made headlines. Immediately the vested interests came out finding everything wrong with the policy recommendations in the Commission’s report “An Ageing Australia: Preparing for the Future“: You can’t raise the … Continue reading
Legacy of Rudd v Gillard
There seems little doubt that the primary reason Labor lost the last election was voters’ disgust with the tiresome leadership struggle. This ever present theme distracted from any real debate (on either side of politics) about the big issues, about … Continue reading
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Tagged Gillard, government, inequality, leadership style, politics, Rudd, Tony Abbott
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something 2 ponder 