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Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s comments ‘slamming’ Qantas for the action it took shows that she is economically inept with no comprehension of how commercial enterprise functions and little understanding of the judicial functioning of Fair Work Australia. If she is unable to understand these matters, is it any wonder that she is unable to comprehend [...]

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Loved Ali Moore’s Lateline interview with Wayne Swan yesterday. Following our world esteemed super Treasurer’s advice on how to fix the EU financial crisis without any specific measures, Ali Moore asked for specifics and got nothing other than vague comments which any student doing HSC economics could have given, except that the student may have [...]

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With the leaks from Cabinet, PM Gillard is putting her foot down with a hard fist. She will pull them all into line.  But wait, there is more! If someone is intent on leaking, what can she or any of the other Cabinet Ministers do? Nothing really! They can’t dismiss the Minister because that could [...]

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Don’t you just love the highly paid executives of business and especially power companies. Today they are claiming that Abbott’s threat to dismantle the carbon tax legislation when elected will increase power costs. Why and how will this occur? Because of uncertainty! These highly paid executives claim that uncertainty will delay future investment and this [...]

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On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 we are being bombarded in the media with regurgitation of events and are encouraged to participate in America’s pre-occupation with the tragedy, as if it was the only mass killing of people and the only terrorist event in history. Whilst we feel sorry for the death of the innocent [...]

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In orders handed down on 4 August 2011, VCAT Members Rachael Naylor & Chris Harty have determined that ‘no permit should issue for this subdivision.’ In REASONS FOR DECISION it is stated ‘the need to avoid development on low lying land, the impacts of future projected sea level rise and storm tides on coastal inundation, [...]

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Dear Mr Courtney I was listening to ABC Local Radio here in South Australia this morning and caught the end of a gentleman describing a Planning issue in, I think, the East Gippsland Local Government area. Rosedale, Golden Beach and Seaspray were names mentioned, as was Willmore and Randall. You no doubt are well aware [...]

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Bairnsdale has two large competing hardware & building suppliers in Dahlsens & Bunnings. As competition is fierce you would expect that both would be totally committed to customer service and attention to detail – well trained staff and competent display & layout of product. Not so. Wanted to buy a Dremel model 8200 rotary tool [...]

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When the body of Bin Laden was reportedly disposed of within 24 hours, my first comment was, ‘Here we go again. More lies, deceit and deception’. Supposedly get rid of the body so there is no evidence. That’s what all criminals hope to do. Looks like George W Bush revisited. We then got different versions [...]

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The headers at the top have been increased to provide for ‘National’, ‘International’ & ‘Tweet’ commentary. You can start your own subject and add comments on any issue which you feel is relevant. The same conventions apply as for ‘Front Page’. Where the box is nominated as ‘Name” just put in the subject matter and [...]

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