Albanese’s Blind Spots

Albanese’s Blind Spots It is amazing how much the political world has changed in my lifetime. My father was a staunch Labor supporter. He had even been elected to the local council on the Labor ticket and served a couple of terms as a Labor alderman. Although he actually had many skills and was a […]

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Unclear on Nuclear

The Albanese government has gotten us into a diabolical hole with its energy policy. Let me try to explain. Firstly you would have to concede that understanding our electricity system and the electricity market is quite a complex undertaking. I spent most of my professional career working as a manager in the electricity industry. Whilst […]

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Our Woke Defence

I was astounded the other day to learn how the Government has set net zero emission targets for our defence forces. Our defence services are currently undermanned.(probably a politically incorrect word) and under provisioned. The government seems determined to hobble our defence capability. In an extraordinary display of wokeness it seems to believe it will […]

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Diversity and the Decline of the West

Post-modernism has thrown up considerable challenges for Western societies. More and more it demands that minorities are given voices which is undoubtedly, usually, a good thing. But we continually have to mediate between listening to minorities and maintaining the welfare of the majority, for after all in a liberal democracy decisions should be made on […]

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A Little More on Indigenous Disadvantage


It is difficult to get a handle on the progress of indigenous Australians. We know that judging by the “Closing the Gap” targets indigenous progress has ostensibly stalled. And indeed, if we look specifically at remote indigenous communities we might throw our hands up in despair and conclude that resolving issues of indigenous disadvantage is […]

August 26, 2020

All Lives Matter


We came into this world never choosing our history. A sexual union of our parents brought us into physical existence. We had no choice in the matter. Some of us are blessed to be brought into the world with love and are fortunate to be a part of a household that loves us unconditionally. The […]

August 8, 2020

Guarding Our Freedom


Those of us who value our freedom have had a real roller-coaster ride in recent times. (I suspect that we all value freedom. But it is like the air we breathe – many of us take it for granted until it is taken away from us. Any drowning person will immediately recognise the importance of […]

July 17, 2020

Some Thoughts About Policing


Ah, When constabulary duty’s to be done, to be done, A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.   Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance When I was a young manager in the 1970’s, I lived in a small regional community and I knew the sergeant of police quite well. He was a very […]

June 28, 2020

On Coronavirus and Black Activism


As I write, I sit here in my little office largely immune from the trials the world (or perhaps mainly the Western world) is currently facing. But out there, beyond the azaleas, roses and salvia that my small office window overlooks there are momentous things happening. We not only have a coronavirus pandemic but also […]

June 12, 2020

Religion and Spirituality


When I first embarked on my career as an executive coach, I was approached by the bishop of a regional Anglican diocese to work with an executive that had responsibility for leading one of their welfare arms. It is an unfortunate fact of executive coaching that quite a few of your assignments result from poorly […]

May 24, 2020

The Tao of Coronavirus


I have often quoted M Scott Peck who started his book, A Road Less Travelled thus: Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and […]

May 9, 2020

A Plague on all Our Houses!


In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, a central theme is the feud between two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The two lovers are from opposing families – Romeo being a Montague and Juliet a Capulet. In the third act Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt fatally stabs Romeo’s friend Mercutio. As he dies Mercutio utters the curse, […]

April 23, 2020

Some Radical Thoughts at Easter


Well, Easter is a bit different this year! Church services are curtailed, the beaches are relatively empty, and holiday plans abandoned. Even the Easter Bunny has had to seek special permission to cross state borders to deliver his bounty to overindulged children. Although Easter is supposed to be a solemn religious festival to celebrate the […]

April 12, 2020

Prevailing through the Pandemic


By the second century AD, European travellers had made their way to China by sea. But the sea route was long and perilous and was seldom used. Consequently a land route to China was contemplated. Chinese silk was in high demand in the West. It began arriving in Europe via what became known as the […]

March 29, 2020