Finance – Labor Style

Federal Labor appears to think that the government is spending too much money by putting $6 million into developing a smartphone/tablet language app for children.

Given that Labor annihilated well over $400 billion of our money on ill-conceived junk, its comments here are about as useful as a convicted paedophile giving child healthcare tips.

Continue reading “Finance – Labor Style”

Renault Joins VW’s Emissions Party

As the VW ‘crisis’ was unfolding last year, a colleague of mine who spent decades in the auto industry said to me ‘you watch: if VW is doing it, then many others will be doing it too. I wouldn’t be surprised if VW did this on purpose to financially cripple their competitors’.

Continue reading “Renault Joins VW’s Emissions Party”

Editorial – Mr Ideas Still Running on Empty

I don’t come here often

I usually refrain from critiquing things that Bill Shorten says or does – because it involves either something completely unintelligible or a hackneyed sound bite designed to crudely grab at the lowest denominator. I would have to open up a separate blog just to deal with it all. It would also be a waste of our collective intelligence to devote too much real thinking time to Bill’s tripe.

Continue reading “Editorial – Mr Ideas Still Running on Empty”

Outrage Police Never Sleeps

If you thought the Christmas break would provide relief from the professional outrage brigade, think again. This time the target was the interview given by Mel McLaughlan to Chris Gayle.

Continue reading “Outrage Police Never Sleeps”

Kathy Jackson Shows Why Turnbull’s Innovation Policy is Bankrupt

In case you’re not familiar with the union corruption saga in Australia:

Continue reading “Kathy Jackson Shows Why Turnbull’s Innovation Policy is Bankrupt”

Running Out of Puff in Paris

After 30 all you can eat buffets, nearly two weeks of all night benders, hard drugs and strip club jaunts, the motivation to tackle anything meaningful can become soft and spongy.

Continue reading “Running Out of Puff in Paris”

Editorial – Turnbull Encourages Business Fraud

As part of Turnbull’s $1.1 billion ‘everyone put your thinking hats on’ plan, the bankruptcy period will be reduced from three years to one year.

The bankruptcy system is already a government created fantasy which allows people to recklessly stink at business (or swindle other people’s money), hide the loot, take a bankruptcy breather for three years while the ‘official’ assets are handed out at cents in the dollar – and then get straight back on the horse again like nothing ever happened (or simply retire to Mallorca, take your pick).

Continue reading “Editorial – Turnbull Encourages Business Fraud”

Turnbull Keeps Spending

Turnbull and Morrison simply refuse to accept any responsibility for fixing the federal budget. To recap, we have:

  • $400 billion in debt.

Continue reading “Turnbull Keeps Spending”

Climate Wankathon Begins

In the lead up to the Paris climate conference, I suggested that Obama thought people in Syria wouldn’t be so angry if global warming hadn’t made it so damn hot over there.

Perhaps having taken my encouragement, Prince Charles then chimed in and said that climate change was the ‘root cause’ of the Syrian war (yes, really).

Continue reading “Climate Wankathon Begins”