Of the many painful legacies that 14 years of incompetence has left the people of SA, the disaster that is our health system ranks as one of the worst. It truly has been ‘transformed’ but in the same way that a beach is transformed when it is swamped by a tidal wave. The same way ...
They Called It ‘Hobson’s Choice’
For the increasingly diminishing number of citizens who still can manage any interest in the poor excuse we have for politics in this State, the looming elections arouse some disconcerting questions. Should we vote for a party where the best that can be said for it is that it has experience in government? It’s dismal record ...
It’s Slipping Away ……
Think of every woman you’ve ever loved. Think of every woman you’ve ever known. Think of every woman you’ve ever seen. Think of every woman you’ve ever heard of. If they are in Australia, more than half of them have been sexually harassed. More than half of them. Just read the latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Is there any ...
Fair Suck of the Sauce Bottle!
If the worse that can be said about Mr Xenophon by Ms Low is that because he was 25 years older than she was, his pursuit of her was aggressive and predatory, then those of us who have known personally or through friends or family, highly successful relationships with similar age differences, will have much ...
Is This Really The Best We Can Do?
If there was ever any doubt that our dismal crop of politicians act out of self interest rather than principle, it was removed today when we saw the final death and burying of any hope that an honourable application of the principle of ministerial responsibility might prevail in our parliaments. The PM's attitude has brought ...
Walt Disney Meets Hobson’s Choice
Job Vacancy – Premier of the State of SA Applicant #1 – Jay Weatherill. Biggest achievements – UNPRECEDENTED run of making SA’s level of unemployment the highest in Australia, RECORD levels of turmoil and mismanagement in the Health sector, HIGHEST electricity prices in the world, STATEWIDE factory and industry closures, HALF - HEARTED support for ICAC, INCOMPETENCE ...
On Ya Bike!
After the failed, ill-considered and expensive experiment in Frome Street, we have recently been presented with the latest plan to do the impossible: to retro-fit Adelaide city with bicycle freeways that are safe for riders, car users and pedestrians. Of course if we were back in the days of Col. Light with a blank canvass upon ...
Mushroom or Toadstool?
What just happened? The last we heard, the SA government was unable to excite enough interest to sell the Land Titles Office to anyone, and now the sale of the LTO has popped up out of the ground like a mushroom for a price of $1.6 billion! This is a figure far in excess of ...
One Law for Prince or Pauper
Retired Victorian Senior Crown Prosecutor and lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Geoffrey Horgan QC has recently suggested that it would be hard for George Pell to receive a fair trial if indeed he was to be charged in relation to alleged child abuse. If he is right, we have a serious problem. While Victorian Police were ...
Not As Easy As It Looks – A Judge in Chains
Criticism has been made of the approach taken by a District Court judge in sentencing a man convicted of dangerous driving causing death. In his article headed - “SA Judge Paul Muscat says it is ‘disheartening’ for courts to pass harsh mandatory sentences on killer drivers who are of good character” Mr Sean Fewster criticized the judge for ...