by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Greens |
Many people in an unthinking kind of way refer to the Greens and write them off as “Green loonies”. This is a big mistake. The Greens are simply fly in, fly out pests They know exactly what they’re doing and such a dismissive characterisation, lets them off the hook...
by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Energy |
Well, another week and another plan, scheme, thought bubble on climate and energy. Despite the fact that even Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel said in senate estimates that even if we took Australia back to pre-first fleet days and shut the entire place down,...
by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Nuclear Energy, Population |
Pauline Hanson delivered another of her trademark fiery speeches on immigration, in the senate last Thursday in which she accused the Government and the opposition of acting like drunken fools pouring petrol on a bonfire, when it comes to their immigration and...
by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull |
Editorial on Malcolm Turnbull from Sunday Night 22/10 — 2CH 1170 9 – midnight I wasn’t going to mention the polls, there’s no need to really. But after all, in a slo mo, car crash kind of way, it’s difficult to avert your gaze and not talk about the polls...
by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Malaysian Airlines MH370, Malcolm Turnbull |
Talking to a fairly plugged in political friend of mine about where Australia is today and again I found myself thinking out loud and wondering how we got here and how there doesn’t seem to be anyone prepared to take control and lead. Whether it be debt,...
by Jim Ball | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog, Matt Ridley, Virtue Signalling |
“..The curse of modern politics is an epidemic of good intentions and bad outcomes. Policy after policy is chosen and voted on according to whether it means well, not whether it works. And the most frustrated politicians are those who keep trying to sell...
