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The permanent solution to the challenges of global development
Denis Bright reviews a paper written by Simon Weihofen (Doctoral Candidate at Volkswagen AG) about the need for new global banking and trading systems for the Bretton Woods Conference (formerly known...
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The Problem of Unemployment in Australia
Julie Farthing has worked in the employment industry for four decades. She more than anyone has the experience to safely predict that the government’s policies aimed at getting unemployed people into...
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The pregnant pause
In this guest post Anne Byam asks what makes a woman want to go back to work after her baby is born. Having heard on TV and radio the discussions recently about the subject of paid parental leave, a...
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Gladesville community overruled by NSW Government procedure – A lesson for all
With the White Paper into the sale of Crown Land now shelved until after the NSW State election, other issues have been dominating Gladesville community development. June Bullivant OAM reports on...
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Mass media versus social media
In this guest post George Von Waidkuns reflects about the role of the mass media in the creation of public opinion, and the interaction with the social media in terms of political and socio-cultural...
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The Human Race
Welcome to the Human Race! Sean Hurley is your caller. A good afternoon to you all and welcome back to The Bendigo Jockey Club, the stalls are almost loaded and we should be racing very shortly. Our...
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Big business versus the rest of us
Are our apprentices being trained in all the right jobs? In this short piece Carolyn van Langenberg writes that many training opportunities in the ‘old’ jobs are disappearing; jobs that ‘out of touch’...
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My Favourite Movies
This blog in the near future will broaden the category of Literature to include the arts in general. Last week out of the blue a friend on Facebook asked me to submit my 15 best ever movies. I only had...
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Good versus evil
Good, Evil: IS and the Coalition. “Good” and “Evil”: do these words actually mean anything? I think they do. I remember Dubya Bush after the 9/11 thing speaking of the evil of the perpetrators. I...
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Change is a process . . . not an event
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy on not fighting the old, but on building the future.” Socrates. I am fond of telling my children and grandchildren that people of my generation have...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 (as observed from Australia) – Part 1
The entire Australian political establishment seized on the tragic deaths of 298 people in the crash of MH17 in Ukraine to ratchet up the escalating U.S. led provocations against Russia. Before any...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 2
We continue with Dr George Venturini’s* outstanding and eye-opening analysis on the events (and aftermath) of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy. In Part 2 Dr Venturini leaves the reader with a...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 3
We continue with Dr George Venturini’s* outstanding and eye-opening analysis on the events (and aftermath) of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy. In Part 3 Dr Venturini looks back at the recent...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 4
In Part 4 of ‘The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17′ Dr George Venturini* introduces a new ‘player': oil, or more precisely, the control of it. How important a player was it? Could it have been the...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 5
The mystery deepens in Part 5 of Dr George Venturini’s* epic investigation into the downing of Flight MH17. Cui prodest? Huh … It is the oil, men! (Continued). After intermediary trilateral talks,...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 6
Dr George Venturini* delves deeper into the mystery behind the downing of Flight MH17. Was ‘oil’ the motive? Cui prodest? Huh … It is the oil, men! (Continued). Two major pipeline systems carry Russian...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 7
The shooting down of MH17 is part of larger, longer-term conflict, writes Dr George Venturini*. In Part 7 Dr Venturini concludes his investigation into the ‘oil factor’ in this conflict. Cui prodest?...
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Merry Christmas
Last year Carol and I spent Christmas in the United States where we were showered with season’s greetings – the Americans are a friendly people – but it wasn’t the customary “Merry Christmas” we are...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 8
After the shooting down of MH17, did our political leaders jump to soon in apportioning the blame on Russia, asks Dr George Venturini* in Part 8 of his outstanding analysis. Down in thick fog. Answers...
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 – Part 9
The evidence is mounting that MH17 was most likely shot down by Ukrainian forces. Nonetheless, it hasn’t altered Prime Minister Abbott’s tough (shirt-fronting) rhetoric against Russia, writes Dr George...
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