In his op-ed “Why the National Broadband Network (NBN) will fail” Malcolm Turnbull argues that the commercial sector is better placed than the government to deliver the technical infrastructure needed to provide high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband in Australia
His argument follows a fairly logical economic line, with a twist of Australian context:
- it will cost [...]
“Why is the religious right so obsessed with teh gays?” … this sounds like a legitimate question, and an invitation to do a bit of History research.
The control of moral of virtue by the Church is a power play whose roots and incentives can be traced back in the historical context of the birth [...]
You all did love him once, not without cause
- Julius Caesar Act III, Scene 2
Iron Chef, every Saturday night on SBS
In some respect, the political assassination of Kevin Rudd was executed like a reality TV show.
Millions of viewers watched live on prime time TV political correspondents turning into a bunch of Iron Chef Commentators: “skuza! [...]
With relatively low media coverage, Australia is facing a pretty defining ‘moment’: the design of a new National Curriculum which is to supersede individual State Curricula over the years Kindergarten to Year 12 (K–12).
Teachers and education professionals have now embarked on the ambitious project to design a new education structure “to support all young Australians [...]
In her recent post on edufutures.com Annabel Astbury raises a point that your correspondent has been wondering about from time to time:
“The amount of times that I see people on Twitter ask a question that could be just as easily ‘googled’ demonstrates to me how people want to have interaction with others.”
Her answer is that [...]
For all its drama and tragedy the Global Financial Crisis has been a time of such intense focus on all things Finance and Economics that one of its positive collateral effect could have been to increase the mainstream’s literacy on the topic. There has not been a week without media outlets dissecting the most [...]
Do different standards apply when rescuing Wall-Street vs. the Greek economy?
A thorough review of the media coverage leaves a sort of unease.
Back in 2008, it was all about saving the system
Lehman did play the role of the sacrificial lamb, but ultimately massive rescue packages saved the banks against promises that things would change: bonuses [...]
If you thought Australians did not give a stuff about what is happening in Greece and Europe because they are too busy dealing with China, think again.
The PM is following up the situation closely and Mike Smith, CEO of ANZ bank (one of the 4 major Aussie banks) described the situation as *a mess*.
The picture [...]
This post continues the theme started in a previous note “Will the Empire Ever Strike Back?” and takes us on a bit of a journey to recap some key
The point is to reflect on the make-up of the United States as a geopolitical superpower and to understand its Imperial dimension. The US Empire is entangled [...]
The Commonwealth Conundrum
The Australian Commonwealth economic conundrum is the result of significant regional imbalances between states.
Western Australia is busy digging up dirt and selling it to China,…
Remember Midnight Oil’s Blue Sky Mine?
“But if I work all day on the blue sky mine
(There’ll be food on the table tonight)
Still I walk up and down [...]
Paul Krugman, NYT RSS Robert Skidelsky
le Laissez-Faire is Over
The Australia Institute
La Vie des Idées
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