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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Imbibo Ergo Sum


An abstainer is a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce My wonderful daughter often buys me books for my birthdays and other occasions. Although my tastes in reading matter are far from the ordinary, she generally manages to find me something suitably provocative and engaging. I would […]

October 29, 2019

Discovery, Conquest and Capitulation


Discovery, Conquest and Capitulation Mankind and its immediate predecessors have occupied the world for hundreds of thousands of years. Initially that occupation was dominated by tribes of hunter/gatherers of no more than a hundred or so individuals. The initial population of the earth was sourced by the movement out of Africa by hominids and humans […]

October 10, 2019

The Fraught Pursuit of Indigenous Culture


It is hard not to despair about indigenous disadvantage. Every week we hear anecdotal evidence of indigenous children being neglected, resulting in high rates of criminal activity, substance abuse and incarceration. Despite a huge expenditure on efforts to improve indigenous welfare we see little concrete evidence of improvement in the more dysfunctional communities. Mind you, […]

September 19, 2019

Making the Right Decision


When you are a senior executive, it soon becomes apparent that your effectiveness is hugely dependent on your decision making ability. Delivering on the enterprise’s strategic plan, ensuring long term profitability, enhancing productivity and creating and sustaining an appropriate organisational culture, all rely on effective decision making. As humans the two obvious impediments to good […]

September 9, 2019

Rights and Wrongs


We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The American Declaration of Independence The American Declaration of Independence is based on the premise that we all have rights […]

August 22, 2019

Jonas on Parenting


As Eric grew older he became aware of how fortunate he was to be the son of Jonas and Helena. Whilst they were reasonably strict parents their unconditional love for him was manifest. Some of his friends lived in dysfunctional families that seemed to oscillate between indulgence of their children and irrational demands. This gave […]

July 30, 2019

Climate, Carbon and the Curse of Coal!


Over twenty years ago I was fortunate enough to have been selected to be CEO of the generating company, Stanwell Corporation. In one of our early strategic planning sessions we determined to focus on renewable energy projects. In following years we commissioned wind, mini-hydro and biofuel projects. It seemed to us that it was responsible […]

July 14, 2019

Suicidal Thoughts


No doubt most caring Australians are appalled by the high rates of indigenous suicide, particularly among the young. It really is a blight on Australian society and surely we must strive to do better. Those struggling to find answers to this dilemma often point to the disadvantages and indignities to which many of our indigenous […]

June 19, 2019

Progressing the Voice


A lot of things have been changed by the results of the recent election. All of a sudden the Queensland Labor Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk has taken umbrage at her Environmental Department’s stalling tactics with regard to the Adani Mine approvals. It seems she has belatedly concluded that Queenslanders generally might have different opinions to those […]

June 9, 2019

Some Thoughts on Election 2019


This does not purport to be an in depth analysis of the recent election. Millions of words have now been written by political commentators, party proponents and opponents and other supposedly politically well-informed writers on the issue. I just thought that I might share with you some of my thoughts on aspects of the election […]

May 27, 2019