Discovered just now when checking my Commsec account that Broo is no longer listed on the ASX. When a company is removed from the ASX or changes its code, the result is rather Orwellian: it’s as if it has ceased to exist and never existed. Finding information about it needs to be done by other …
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Someone really doesn’t like our local MP Ben Carroll…
Saw the below when in Keilor Road yesterday. Obviously someone has gone to a lot of effort to express their dislike of our local state MP. Not sure whether it’s anything particlar in relation to his ministerial duties or simply that he is a senior member of a government who ruthlessly suppressed legitimate expressions of …
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Brisbane Olympics 2032 – A Missed Opportunity?
I first visited Brisbane in July 1989, and I happened to go along to see the Britain – Australia Rugby Union Test (I think these days Rugby Union in the UK is so well developed that they have four separate teams instead of one, but I am not one to pay close attention to Rugby …
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All Care, No Responsibility? Bonza Airlines Crashes (Metaphorically)
Having a particular interest in the English language, I like reading books like The Story Of English and Bill Bryson’s Mother Tongue, and biographies on lexologists like Dr Samuel Johnson and the murderous lunatic (I kid you not) who helped build the original Oxford Dictionary. One word whose obscure origins do vaguely confound me, but …
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Broo Holds Two AGMs Back To Back
As the few readers of this blog would know, I am a shareholder in Broo, a craft brewing company which is listed on the ASX. As a recap, I acquired most of my shares in early 2011 when, as an inspired marketing stunt, the founder of Broo offered a number of shares per slab for …
Channel 7 Versus The World
I doubt many people are familiar with the movie Scott Pilgrim Versus The World. Dorky guy who likes video games meets a suitable girl (vaguely goth, likes comic books and video games), but to win her, he must defeat each of her formidable seven ex boyfriends. It is like a series of challenges in a …
Reflections on being a Footscray / Western Bulldogs Supporter
About 8 months ago I rather reluctantly joined Facebook, mostly because it was a relatively painfree way to make contact with an intricate web of second cousins in Reggio Calabria during my imminent visit. Since then, the number of fake profiles and would be scammers I have encountered have given me renewed cause to lament …
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The Man Who Broke Capitalism
I initially started my share portfolio in mid 1996 with 110 shares in Mayne Nickless. I had just bought my first home, read a book about share market investing for the first time, and saw an ad in the Australian Financial Review about endowment warrants. I made an enquiry with a stockbroking firm trying to …
Australia Post To Close Many Local Post Offices
For the past 30 years, for initial reasons more than half forgotten, I have rented a post office box at Highpoint West. The post office address is Highpoint City, not the original Highpoint West, nor the current simple Highpoint, reflecting the name of the shopping centre post 1986 expansion, which the post office has never …
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Mervyn Napier Waller – An Artist Who Needs No Gallery
Now that I am retired (well, not officially til July, but I am not planning to ever go back to the office), I do not think that I will ever have cause to visit Canberra again. Much as Blue Poles is now a part of Australian cultural history due to the initial controversy followed by …
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Lost For Words! 