Money's too tight to mention, again
So the markets are suggesting we're off again, braving the rollcoaster of financial uncertainty for another big spin. The daily news becomes a long chant of price falls and share sales. The evening...
View ArticleBurning and looting in London
The scenes from London seem both oddly familiar and weirdly foreign at the same time; riots, but not like we're used to. For those old enough to remember, the Brixton riots of 1981 immediately leap to...
View ArticleFamine aid
This weekend the ABC is participating in a UN campaign to raise money for the starving people in East Africa. Millions face the most desperate fight for survival as the worst famine in 60 years grips...
View ArticleCoal seam gas on farming land
The current ad on the TV where a farmer proclaims his happy relationship with a coal seam gas company is becoming memorable for its singular stance. As the debate over coal seam gas continues, fewer...
View ArticleKindness connection
As Lao-Tzu laid down a long time ago, kindness in giving creates love and we've got the webpage to prove it. Well, actually ABC Pool has the webpage and now they're wanting you to fill it by...
View ArticleThe tragic deaths of three ABC colleagues
Bad news travels fast and hits hard, especially when the subject is very close to home. The shocking and grim announcement that three ABC colleagues had died in a helicopter crash near Lake Eyre in...
View ArticleThe legacy of Ian Carroll
Like a blow upon a bruise came the sad news that yet another respected and irreplaceable member of the ABC, Ian Carroll, had died. Ian was not someone well-known to the national broadcaster's many...
View ArticleRegime change
The fall of Muammar Gaddafi has been announced but not yet proved, leaving the people of Tripoli in a desperately uncertain situation. The BBC is reporting that Gaddafi's son shrugged off questions...
View ArticleJustice, not political deals, should guide refugee policy
Thank goodness for the High Court of Australia and the idea that justice should inform refugee policy. The Gillard government doesn't have the power to send asylum seekers to Malayasia, a country which...
View ArticleBye for now
This is my final blog for a few months, so it's a chance to say 'bye for now'. I'm heading off on leave, travelling with my family to some distant locales. In my absence this blog will be shelved for...
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