YOU can only try your best, however when it involves government you might be better off not getting involved. In this instance, I reflect on my article published in November 2023 titled “A continuing mystery”, which discussed the MH 370 mystery. Yes, I held a private pilot’s license and yes I was a somewhat inexperienced […]
AS USUAL, it’s all about the weather, but some interesting and disturbing side effects are becoming known following research being done overseas. For years we have received health warnings about the fact that really hot weather can create unfortunate circumstances, especially for older people. With our community now focusing on global warming and its health […]
LAST week I listed the nations with the largest debt loads, measured as a percentage of borrowings in relation to a country’s GDP. It has worried me for some time that there doesn’t appear to be the political will for short term governments to reduce the long-term debt of their nation. It seems they prefer […]
THE fourth of July is America’s national day annually. The nation’s President, Donald Trump, demanded that legislation containing most of his vision to “Make America Great Again” needed to be put into law by that date this year. He broadly achieved that due to his personal control over the Republican Party, over which he seems […]
I WAS recently reminded that “by the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he is often too old to go anywhere”. As you get older, three things happen. First is that your memory goes, but I can’t remember the other two. So, I thought that it must be time to look […]
IT’S a tricky world that we live in today. Scams seem to be everywhere, so safety is our primary concern. Australian think tank the Lowy Institute has conducted polls on Australians’ attitudes towards the rest of the world since 2005. The annual poll is the leading Australian survey on foreign affairs, and informs policy and […]
TALK about excitement generated by the earthquake near Singleton on the early morning of Wednesday 23 April. A number of people I had never met previously were in avid conversation with other locals at the shops in Tea Gardens. Different experiences were felt by caravanners and campers near Pindimar and Jimmys Beach to those of […]
CYNICS of our political system might suggest the whole game looks like feeding time at a piggery. It is essential to make sure there are enough buckets of slops for all to enjoy. That is probably a bit tough, but it is often the way the public views this political feeding frenzy. When governments are […]
I REMAIN frustrated by the government’s latest tax attack on superannuation funds. We don’t know what the exact position will be or how it might be altered by the government’s negotiations in order to get it through the Senate, as already the Greens are trying to increase the tax levy in order for it to […]
THE Labor government is progressing a plan to increase tax on superannuation balances over $3 million – but is it fair? The government’s mounting issue is the massive amount of debt it and previous governments have racked up in past years. This number is only projected to increase substantially over the next ten budgets. As […]
