The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates to an 11-year high of 6.75 per cent. My question is: if the economy is going so well and both parties are suggesting that they are experts at managing the economy and keeping interest rates low, why are they both making huge election promises? Answer: it [...]

36 per cent of Australians believe that you have to be Christian to be ‘truly Australia’!? WTF? (David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) I felt reassured that 91 per cent of people thought that feeling Australian was enough to make someone ‘truly Australian’, and I can accept that becoming [...]

Facebook recently disclosed it’s plans to monetise the company’s rapidly growing user base (around 30 million active users). Less than four years old, Facebook is worth around $15 billion (given the 1.6% share Microsoft bought for $240 million). How it works: Users can then sign up as “fans” of that brand and engage with it [...]

I’d like to begin by disclosing that I am a member of the Australian Democrats. We are another step closer to the Federal Election with Senate preference flows being submitted last Saturday (3 Nov ’07). Firstly, a brief description of the parties in the Senate contest (some of these parties are only running in certain [...]