I'm old enough to know that I don't have any answers, but that won't stop me talking
The decision last week by Western Australian first term Senator Fatima Payman to resign from the Labor Party two years into her six year term and sit (for now) on the cross benches as a result of her stance on the Palestinian state issue has caused a problem for the Labor Party and an ironic …
Continue reading “Secularism, Sectarianism, and Australian Democracy”
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Reflections on being a Footscray / Western Bulldogs Supporter”
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 …
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