WRITING this article before I take off on another fishing trip, the on-again, off-again political stalemate that has emerged between the Libs and the Nats is back in the news. One view is that both parties may well be better off going in their own direction in order to concentrate on becoming the primary choice […]
WE have a Federal Election every three years and a State Election every four years. Governments provide funding for this purpose, while the private sector likes to contribute money by way of donations in order to support the candidate or party of their choice. Large donations can be viewed on a register available to the […]
WITH little opposition coming to unsettle the present federal government, the Prime Minister might let the Treasurer off his tight leash in order to propose changes to the way taxation reform might be attempted. The government understands that attacking the assets of wealthy and homeowning members of the retired community through a tax on super […]
I AM writing this view on the day the Coalition seems to be falling apart. There is a clear policy divide between the city Liberal Party and the regional National Party which looks like divorce for that union. The city party is saying the legislation that it supported in the Senate helped the government get […]
THE way the weather is at the present time, we have the opportunity to remain inside and see what new changes have been made to contracts for our largest expenditures. Our Council rates are a good starting point and despite the barrier to cost increases, (IPART etc.) they only seem to climb each year, usually […]
AT THIS really busy time of the year for local businesses, things are often conducted in quick fashion, with lines of tourists ready and anxious to do their shopping so they can get back to the beach or enjoy what they came here to achieve. Best practice can become lost in that rush. Tourism often […]
NEW Year – New Aspirations. Rather than going over the trials and tribulations of last year, I prefer to look ahead with renewed vigour in order to see what our society can do better, in order to make improvements to our way of life. The area that offends me greatly, and needs to be corrected […]
MY FINAL article for the year is not about regrets for opportunities missed during the past year, it is more about what our society has started but won’t finish. Often governments prefer to sweep it all under the carpet and start new projects in the hope that voters will simply forget what needs to be […]
INTERESTING information has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing that more Australians are now living from their superannuation investments than those receiving a pension from the government. This is a really productive situation. Some of the praise must go to ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating, who introduced incentives to have Australian […]
OCCASIONALLY something happens which reminds you of the anti-gambling punchline “sometimes you win but mostly you lose”. Sadly, this has applied to my most recent overseas trip. The holiday was really great but getting home proved a much more difficult task. It has been many years since I last arrived in Australia via Brisbane then […]
