When will it be enough
Author: Steve Hutcheson, Arab News Publication Date: Sun, 2008-03-02 03:00 I saw a photo last week of a father holding his 6-month-old baby son. The father’s face was devoid of expression;...
Things you should know about COVID-19
Donald Trump in his phone conversation with Bob Woodward perhaps inadvertently said it best, “It is deadly.” COVID-19 has closed down much of the globe. Countries and administrations around the...
Who needs billionaires?
One thing that has become evident during this pandemic, is the increasing difference between the rich and the poor. Australia, by good fortune, has over the years become among the...
We failed the Afghan people
Afghanistan is now how it was always going to turn out to be. There was an adage floating around Afghanistan in my time there, ‘The Americans have the watches but the...
The next Industrial Revolution
Industrial relations had its Genesis during the period of the industrial revolution during the late seventeenth century. Large scale production facilities were spawned and simultaneously, the process of collective bargaining...
Do we need Politicians?
Our political system is a mess. Politicians are by the nature of party politics, adversarial. In order to defray the legitimacy of each other, politicians are constantly looking to find...
Bitcoins and Democracy
With Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency for that matter, our thinking about the independence of our economy has established root. However, as the use and understanding of Bitcoin increases in the...
Shelter where it is needed.
Just reading an article where some bright young thing has designed a small shelter that they are proposing to be used to house billions. (more…)
Is that another grey hair?
I hate getting old but unfortunately, I have not found the cure for it as yet. Not with standing. I shall keep looking for some Dorian Gray substitute or perhaps...
Migrants vital to our Economy.
It was somewhat ironic reading headlines in the last few days about the former Prime Minister and now vocal backbencher, Tony Abbott being critical of migration arguing that it is...