Reading Between The Lines

How Best to Increase Australia’s Unemployment #1. One of Australia’s enduring legacies is crumbling infrastructure, following decades of underinvestment, and in some cases a century of impaired foresight. Shackled by the curse of short electoral cycles, and the ever-present threat of … Continued

Australia’s Property Crash. Fellow economic disaster proponents Harry Dent and Professor Steve Keen routinely predict a cataclysmic Australian property crash.. soon. Always… soon. Together the dynamic duo espouse their financial theories with gay abandon (a quaint old term, I know) in … Continued

The (Fire) Sale of the Century. Our Australian Federal Government has no cash, Minister Hockey dutifully reminded us today, somewhat gloomily. It’s a pity really, as they’re not the only cash challenged members of the Australian community. Most of us … Continued

Car Making Is Dead, Long Live Car Making. Car manufacturing is finally dead, or at best terminally ill. No manufacturer wants to, or is able to build in Australia. An industry that has spawned significant innovation, even on a global … Continued

The World Owes Us a Living.   Australia has been the lucky country for most of it’s people, for most of the past century. In many regards we have not only been a geographic island, but a political and economic island, … Continued

Do The Crime, Do The Time. Schapelle Corby has endured a terrible experience, and a sentence, that should serve as a hard lesson to all of us. Her sentence, although harsh by Australian standards, was administered under the local laws of … Continued

Is Our World Sustainable, or are We Consuming our Future: The Demand. As observed in the previous post, global population is growing exponentially. It appears we will continue to produce people. In growing numbers. We are, in essence, sustainable as … Continued

My New Years Resolution. Yes Sir (…and Madam)! It’s that special time of the year once more. When we sit down and write all that well-intentioned, well-meaning, intelligent stuff we like to call our New Years Resolution. Sort of, like, … Continued

Australian Politics and Who to Blame For It in 2013. Many Australians have developed the practice of criticizing, or blaming the government to an art form. Those critical disparaging skills, so essential in order to be a real armchair critic, have been … Continued

Is Our World Sustainable, or are We Consuming our Future. As we pause from the frenetic activity of another year, and reflect on the year ahead, it is useful to reflect on how we as a global population are positioned in terms … Continued