As highlighted several times, the NBN is one of the biggest wastes of money any Australian Government has ever committed to. And according to Kevin Morgan of the Australian Newspaper it, “is hopelessly behind schedule and its plan in tatters”. The only town where the NBN is on schedule is Armidale in Northern NSW, 45 […]
According to Treasurer Swan, Gina Rinehart becoming the major shareholder in Fairfax is a threat to democracy. I find this interesting. Is this the so-called democracy where the majority elected Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was sacked by minority union factions who dictate to the Labor Party? Is this the so-called democracy where Gillard, when finally […]
One fifth of eligible voters, almost 3 million people choose not to vote according to the Financial Review. It appears the land of compulsory voting is breeding non voters in large numbers. Australians also have record disapproval ratings for both Gillard and Abbott. Australia is only one of ten compulsory voting nations. 3 million people […]
State governments impose taxes on companies who employ staff in their state. The rates vary slightly between each state but generally it’s 4 – 5% tax on top of each employee’s salary above a low threshold, capturing almost all small businesses and larger. Victoria charges one of the highest rates in the entire country and […]
On Friday our nation’s debt went over $200 billion for the first time ever. We borrowed $3.2 billion over the last week. Our debt ceiling was $75 billion when the current party got into government. On 11 March 2009, “special circumstances” warranted an increase to a “temporary” level of $200 billion. The last budget saw […]
His government nothing more than a pack of lies and his regime a dictatorship bent on oppressing the people of Mauritania, it is past time that Ould Abdel Aziz stepped down. His illegal seizure of power in 2008 remains to be addressed honestly. Despite numerous calls from the international community for an honest reckoning, Aziz […]
In his historic letter from a Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. stated “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Those words can also be paraphrased to state injustice to anyone is a threat to justice for everyone. Black America, and some in mainstream America, have been justifiably up in arms over the senseless […]
Sorry Black men, but your life is worth nothing. It is worth nothing in the eyes of the law, which allows others to brutalize you and murder you without any repercussions. And it is worth nothing in comparison to other forms of life, not just human beings. Most of the country has paid attention to […]
According to Ryan Dody, a contributor on ehow.com, civil rights organizations were in the forefront for the underserved in the United States. He noted, “The American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s forever changed the political spectrum and social interaction within the country. Though advocacy groups had long been in place, it wasn\’t […]
At the Sundance Film Festival, Spike Lee stated that as America becomes more diverse, it is smart for the entertainment business to become more diverse, in order to capitalize on the dollars of different ethnic groups. Lee stated that by 2045, America would no longer be majority-White and the current business model in Hollywood will […]
