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» 24/09/2014 8:01:37 PM Pericles! You’re back! By crikey are you all over the shop! One minute you are saying t.....
» 23/09/2014 8:08:32 PM It is a very interesting point, isn’t it Poirot. I can understand why you haven’t respond.....
» 22/09/2014 9:46:28 AM So… Poirot… You have written yet another post that doesn’t address the topic! It beggars.....
» 22/09/2014 9:28:55 AM < …population dynamics play an important role in our overall security. > Of course!.....
» 20/09/2014 9:11:07 PM Paul << Some of what you say in the above could well be true, but its only based on.....
» 19/09/2014 9:18:50 PM Well, the Scots remain in the UK. But I think it is a win-win. Scotland has gained a few .....
» 19/09/2014 9:06:23 PM Paul, again I am finding it difficult to understand just what you are trying to say. I th.....
» 19/09/2014 8:47:42 PM Thanks Poirot. That’s good. Directly in line with the subject of this thread. However I .....
» 19/09/2014 7:35:34 AM << "They're all making it up." >> Poirot, are these his exact words.....
» 18/09/2014 10:29:01 PM Foxy, the setting aside of national parks and other reserves is all very well. But if we a.....
» 18/09/2014 10:06:53 PM << In Harris's case a lot of the prosecution cost would have to do with Harris putti.....
» 18/09/2014 10:05:09 PM Paul << These are criminal matters, they have to be investigated and persecuted. &g.....
» 18/09/2014 11:57:20 AM < And it's certainly anti-democratic to take the money from all of us, by force, throug.....
» 18/09/2014 11:07:59 AM Sorry Paul, I have read, reread and rereread your last post and I just can’t understand wh.....
» 18/09/2014 11:06:39 AM << I take it that you are arguing about priorities, not that offenders whose crimes .....
» 18/09/2014 8:50:08 AM OTB, you make a vitally important point: There are BOUND to be MANY more offenders out th.....
» 18/09/2014 8:25:24 AM This is the 700th post on this thread! Incredible! [Not counting the posts of our residen.....
» 17/09/2014 1:56:22 PM Yes Foxy, I almost entirely agree. But our out-of-sync attitude to the environment goes w.....
» 17/09/2014 1:35:58 PM This is really scary: Sharia law becoming established in Europe, and the implications for .....
» 17/09/2014 11:40:39 AM << In pre-industrial societies people traditionally treated nature with respect, con.....
» 17/09/2014 8:44:18 AM Yes Nathan, it is absolutely mind-boggling in this day and age that we haven’t got our hea.....
» 16/09/2014 4:59:37 AM All good points in your last two posts, Beachy. You, Is Mise and Hazza are probably right......
» 15/09/2014 10:10:43 PM I do like your choice of songs Indy, but I can't help but think you have left behind some .....
» 15/09/2014 8:52:04 AM << I'm a bit surprised at you being such a low brow Luddy… >> ( :>| <&.....
» 15/09/2014 8:23:40 AM Beachy and Indi, if this approach works, then I’m all for it. That is; if feral population.....
» 14/09/2014 11:34:21 PM O sung wu, I am of the same era as you, more or less, I guess. My formative music days we.....
» 14/09/2014 11:07:35 PM Hold on, let’s not condemn this idea. It is well established overseas and has a lot of sup.....
» 14/09/2014 10:35:01 PM The atmosphere around this issue is so supercharged at the moment that it is impossible fo.....
» 14/09/2014 10:33:49 PM So perhaps in conclusion, I will say…. again… Harris was wrong to do what he did. He’s c.....
» 14/09/2014 10:31:28 PM Cossomby, what on earth is your problem? One moment you are debating this very important .....
» 14/09/2014 10:30:56 PM And in response to Pericles again: Your last post is of the same standard as Poirot’s re.....
» 14/09/2014 10:30:01 PM As for Poirot, she’s dangerously close to achieving Jay’s village idiot status. We get no.....
» 14/09/2014 10:28:22 PM I wrote: >> How about telling us (me and all the hundreds of enthralled readers who.....
» 13/09/2014 9:13:16 PM Well Pericles, your last post does NOTHING to further the debate. It seems like you just t.....
» 13/09/2014 8:52:55 PM Thanks Cossomby. That is a good point of debate. You are probably right. Trouble is, we .....
» 13/09/2014 1:01:09 PM When you are not absolutely sure that the charges are real as stated, or that you think th.....
» 13/09/2014 12:59:14 PM Regarding one’s moral compass….. Is jumping over onto this thread, engaging Jay123 the vi.....
» 13/09/2014 10:18:19 AM I wrote, quoting the judge: >> In her Victim Impact Statement, which I am sure is .....
» 13/09/2014 10:17:55 AM I put it to you that she was a willing party to his actions, on each occasion regarding Co.....
» 13/09/2014 10:17:25 AM OK, this is good Pericles; we are actually getting right into debating the subject! I wro.....
» 12/09/2014 2:45:42 PM This is NOT about me or my moral compass; it is about a cool sensible debate of this subje.....
» 12/09/2014 2:44:12 PM << It was not an assumption that they made, Ludwig. It was a judgment. >> Exc.....
» 12/09/2014 10:18:37 AM << If, Ludwig. >> YESSS Pericles…IF! << But the jury, and the judge, a.....
» 12/09/2014 8:06:50 AM You two are both totally bananas! ( :>).....
» 11/09/2014 11:38:03 PM << Why the hell, if the supply is going to stop in a few years, causing immense hard.....
» 11/09/2014 9:25:19 PM Is Mise, what do you hope to achieve with your one-line posts? Surely you can see that th.....
» 11/09/2014 1:19:00 PM << You also confirm your quite unforgivable "blame the victim" stance. >.....
» 11/09/2014 12:03:15 PM >> It really could be, and I would strongly suggest should be, interpreted as nothin.....
» 11/09/2014 12:02:43 PM >> It seems that the worst of it was a bit of groping, which really amounts to somew.....
» 11/09/2014 12:02:16 PM >> Sorry, but this just doesn’t add up. << I continue to feel this way. Furt.....
» 11/09/2014 12:01:51 PM It seems that the prosecuting authorities built the strongest possible case against him th.....
» 11/09/2014 12:01:16 PM Paul, on 4 Sept you asked if I still stand by my original post. I wrote: ....... >>.....
» 11/09/2014 9:16:44 AM Yvonne, one of the underlying problems is that successive Qld governments, and federal gov.....
» 11/09/2014 8:47:55 AM Wow Poirot, if that isn’t a direct snub of Graham’s rules, nothing is! You write: <&l.....
» 10/09/2014 12:00:49 PM Of course we need a national ICAC. But just as for the NSW ICAC, it would need to look mor.....
» 10/09/2014 11:34:03 AM Oh dear Poirot, you are a classic. You’re still haunting this thread, but you won’t be dra.....
» 10/09/2014 11:24:02 AM Yeah yeah, yada yada yada Pericles. You wrote: << You can count me in, Ludwig. I m.....
» 10/09/2014 9:02:31 AM There are only two respondents after nearly nine years on OLO that I have ever just ignore.....
» 10/09/2014 9:00:59 AM Regarding Pericles: He and I have probably had more exchanges between us than any other t.....
» 10/09/2014 7:39:47 AM Wow, didn’t that put a dampener on this ‘discussion’! The stark truth is unanswerable so .....
» 9/09/2014 11:13:20 AM < We will never stop the flow of asylum seekers… > < There are ways to deal with.....
» 9/09/2014 9:19:56 AM What an odd article Don! 20 ‘quotes’, of which you later admit only 5 are accurate, ie: a.....
» 8/09/2014 9:47:57 PM Hullo Mollie. Welcome back. I see you just ‘joined’ OLO today, and have put up ten posts......
» 8/09/2014 9:17:42 PM << Delighted in the fact that there are less of us on this planet - YES. Delighted i.....
» 8/09/2014 9:06:10 PM << Luddy you regularly go off about fossil fuels, but you have never given any logic.....
» 8/09/2014 10:05:29 AM I wrote: >> Should we just be pushing forward with exactly the same approach that .....
» 8/09/2014 8:34:19 AM I agree. The Great Barrier Reef is in good condition. Increased sediment from the Abbott P.....
» 8/09/2014 7:50:59 AM Of course we don’t want diseases, or famines or wars, to bring down the human population. .....
» 7/09/2014 10:45:35 AM Well I’ll be amaaazed!! Suse supports Julie B. Foxy doesn’t so much. And Poirot condemns .....
» 6/09/2014 9:50:47 PM I agree Hazza. Bishop seems to be doing well. Although I’ve got to say that I am surprised.....
» 5/09/2014 11:07:59 PM G’dayBruce, I reckon you’re spot-on. We are certainly spending big bucks on trying to add.....
» 5/09/2014 10:43:34 PM << To the real Ludwig, I apologise for any confusion re your nic >> Thanks Pa.....
» 5/09/2014 9:15:14 PM Well R0bert, at least you have considered my views and responded in a decent manner. So I .....
» 5/09/2014 4:52:06 PM There’s another aspect to this – school zone signs are very easy to miss. Normal people wh.....
» 5/09/2014 4:50:06 PM << …the most simple solution would be to install flashing lights, because it's not a.....
» 5/09/2014 2:20:23 PM << There's no point discussing it with you… >> Erm…. so why are you discussin.....
» 5/09/2014 10:29:22 AM So Paul, would you have responded at if I hadn’t added that last paragraph? Are you actua.....
» 5/09/2014 9:55:25 AM And there is another question that I asked just recently that is well worth getting a few .....
» 5/09/2014 9:37:40 AM Ahh Poirot, you are a classic. Here we have OLO’s number 1 rule breaker, with many posts .....
» 5/09/2014 9:20:32 AM Peter Lang I see you are off posting elsewhere on a similar subject: http://forum.onlineo.....
» 4/09/2014 10:35:08 PM Every school has a school zone in front of it, no matter what. But really, many of them ar.....
» 4/09/2014 10:33:33 PM Rehctub, school zones are major frustration for me, as a constant traveller. I hate em!! .....
» 4/09/2014 10:00:01 PM In the news yesterday - Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis hovers threateningly close.....
» 4/09/2014 9:22:53 AM Hazza I don’t understand why you say windmills are useless. Hey, no alternative energy so.....
» 4/09/2014 9:03:25 AM Just did the survey. There seemed to be a lot of personal stuff that doesn’t really relat.....
» 4/09/2014 8:31:03 AM Adrian, believe it or not, the subject of this thread is actually Rolf Harris, not Ludwig!.....
» 4/09/2014 8:00:54 AM Well now isn’t this fascinating. The post above by Ludwig . is presumably by Jay123. Pre.....
» 3/09/2014 1:19:56 PM << Why do you consider Harris has NO chance to redeem himself? >> Well there’.....
» 3/09/2014 9:53:04 AM I see an enormous spectrum of crimes or misdemeanours that can fall under the banner of pe.....
» 3/09/2014 9:49:44 AM Very interesting post AdrianD. Firstly, there was every indication in your first few post.....
» 3/09/2014 8:54:49 AM I heard this on Radio National recently: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/th.....
» 3/09/2014 8:43:17 AM Alright, let’s see what’s happening with the Rolfie thread, having left it alone for anoth.....
» 2/09/2014 10:27:08 PM Peter Lang, your first link tells us how fossil fuels have facilitated the development of .....
» 2/09/2014 10:24:43 PM << Luddy old mate, where you think you're jumping on a sustainability band wagon, wh.....
» 30/08/2014 8:58:42 PM Further to my last post; < "The community is divided on whether it should stay up.....
» 30/08/2014 1:07:12 PM Jardine, what are you saying? It sounds a tad crazy to me. Of course a realistic RET nee.....
» 30/08/2014 10:35:52 AM Ah David L, your philosophy is just terrible! Of COURSE we need to be working towards a r.....
» 30/08/2014 10:07:42 AM << SO; I stand by my post; >> Well that says it all, doesn’t it Paul. It say.....
» 28/08/2014 9:36:50 PM So… I have made my position perfectly clear, over and over again, as per the post for the .....
» 28/08/2014 9:35:23 PM AdrianD is apparently just another incarnation of Jay123. So I won’t be responding to this.....
» 27/08/2014 8:30:12 AM << Ludwig's attitude is basically Rolf did not commit a crime, criminal or otherwise.....
» 27/08/2014 8:22:45 AM Now, let’s see what’s been appnin of the Rolfie thread, after having left it alone for fiv.....
» 27/08/2014 7:48:50 AM Poirot, have you no shame? Your last post addressed to me was again completely devoid of .....
» 26/08/2014 12:04:44 PM << I addressed Hasbeen in that post - on topic - concerning his penchant for patroni.....
» 26/08/2014 8:21:02 AM << "Keep responses on topic." >> Wow Poirot. One set of rules for y.....
» 25/08/2014 9:06:00 PM << Go take a funny run, Ludwig...and confine your whinging about your Rolfy thread t.....
» 25/08/2014 7:50:25 PM << A REAL economist will tell you that GDP, measured by statisticians as rising - wi.....
» 25/08/2014 11:21:14 AM << Lol!...have you ditched your thread...and decided to transfer you disaffection ov.....
» 25/08/2014 11:07:15 AM < They also demonstrate that mining companies are not oblivious to broader environmenta.....
» 25/08/2014 9:32:24 AM << Yes....one imagines that any cool-headed serious discussion on this issue is auto.....
» 22/08/2014 11:42:35 PM Hahahaa. Hello Poirot. Welcome back! << Apparently they're so "minor" tha.....
» 22/08/2014 8:27:44 PM "NOUN :misdemeanour 1A minor wrongdoing. Like I said Is Mise - misdemeanours. Also .....
» 22/08/2014 2:40:56 PM << Luddy, mate that is garbage I'm afraid. The whole reason for Palmer united is th.....
» 22/08/2014 8:03:02 AM I listened to Alan Jones at length yesterday. He went on and on about something dear to m.....
» 22/08/2014 7:17:06 AM Oh look, there’s another Poirot post that I haven’t addressed… << Nice to know you .....
» 22/08/2014 7:02:24 AM << I note that after many requests that you provide my so-called "nasty abusive.....
» 21/08/2014 11:50:14 AM Hold ya hosses there Poirot. I’ve still got two of your posts to respond to… Well done. T.....
» 21/08/2014 11:29:03 AM I reckon some people on this thread will be eating their words in the not too distant futu.....
» 21/08/2014 11:26:37 AM << Ludwig: You continue to miss the point. >> Sorry, what point am I missing,.....
» 20/08/2014 11:01:41 PM Ahh Poirot, you have addressed the debate. Good! You wrote: << It was part of a pa.....
» 20/08/2014 10:50:51 PM Hi Is Mise. Thanks for your very useful contribution to this debate. Please continue to p.....
» 20/08/2014 9:07:07 AM << When I said I thought you were acting "unusually" on this thread....I w.....
» 20/08/2014 8:46:28 AM Paul, yes it will be very interesting to see what happens with Cliff, and how it compares .....
» 20/08/2014 8:38:40 AM No matter how outrageous Palmer becomes, he would be hard-pressed to be more outrageous th.....
» 19/08/2014 9:19:45 AM Ahh Poirot, it seems like you might be calming down a bit at last, and perhaps realising t.....
» 19/08/2014 8:46:23 AM Who’s to say that um, like… the use of ‘um’ and ‘like’ and the like isn’t making the langu.....
» 18/08/2014 8:43:35 PM I wrote: >> But we do need to consider other possibilities. << Poirot replie.....
» 18/08/2014 8:41:10 PM So let’s go back to the basics of this whole issue. Is Mise crystalised the situation beau.....
» 18/08/2014 8:38:51 PM Hello all. Hope you had as great a weekend as I did. Now, let’s see what’s been happening.....
» 14/08/2014 10:09:44 PM << I regret that the recent angry exchanges about who said what have overshadowed th.....
» 14/08/2014 10:07:59 PM I wrote: >> So I’d be more than happy to set our differences aside and just resume.....
» 14/08/2014 9:11:13 AM < …whistleblowers tend to bear the scars of their encounters for life. They may have to.....
» 12/08/2014 9:21:34 PM Haaahahaha!! All you are doing Jay is showing that you are very much not of sound mind!.....
» 12/08/2014 8:49:36 PM << …you have "completely" lost my respect. Not for your sentiments regardi.....
» 12/08/2014 8:33:14 PM << From my perspective my views and I'm guessing Paul's and most others who have dis.....
» 11/08/2014 10:28:25 PM Ludwig did not complain to the moderator......
» 11/08/2014 10:02:30 PM So, Jay is no longer with us. Poirot must be saddened at the loss of her new best friend. .....
» 11/08/2014 9:43:42 PM << Harris may well have been having "a bit of fun" but that doesn't make i.....
» 11/08/2014 9:34:29 PM << You may have a different attitude to the crime and Harris, and therefore could pe.....
» 11/08/2014 9:27:53 PM Fascinating, Is Mise! << Q. How could anyone have explored the things that I have e.....
» 11/08/2014 10:20:39 AM Is Mise, I’ll also save you the trouble of reading my posts in order to understand my posi.....
» 11/08/2014 10:19:49 AM Well, Is Mise, if you can’t even find the questions to which I have referred you, then it .....
» 11/08/2014 9:42:32 AM Bypasses are enormously expensive. And as Hazza says; they can be critically disruptive if.....
» 11/08/2014 9:25:04 AM < The Premiers are calling for more tax revenue to fund massive increases in education .....
» 9/08/2014 9:21:23 PM << As I said Ludwig, Harris is not the worse case of pedophilia ever uncovered, all .....
» 9/08/2014 9:18:14 PM Is Mise, you would appear to have been sucked in by the slag that has overrun this thread......
» 9/08/2014 9:11:03 PM Wow, this thread has reached 500 posts! I wonder if that’s an OLO record. There must be .....
» 8/08/2014 8:03:14 PM Paul, can you give us a bit more perspective on this issue. It seems like everyone here is.....
» 7/08/2014 8:46:59 AM << That is where you are wrong, there is no light or heavy end of the spectrum. Bein.....
» 7/08/2014 8:37:49 AM One of these characters, with whom I have had numerous long debates involving many hundred.....
» 7/08/2014 8:36:40 AM << You are in a deep hole of your own digging and with no ladder, about the only way.....
» 7/08/2014 8:06:46 AM Very good, Lisa. But lets’ not get ahead of ourselves. << The RET has enjoyed bip.....
» 6/08/2014 9:22:06 AM Thanks again Poirot for demonstrating your incredibly blinkered view…. and for showing how.....
» 6/08/2014 9:12:47 AM We can’t meaningfully talk about the budget and the difficulties in balancing it without m.....
» 6/08/2014 8:49:27 AM << They must not outbreed others in the country – for social and ecological reasons….....
» 6/08/2014 8:32:12 AM << I beg your forgiveness I don't mean to offend. I do believe we need to see the li.....
» 5/08/2014 10:17:04 PM Hey Jay, that’s almost a sensible post! Its the first one I've ever seen from you. So it .....
» 4/08/2014 8:18:37 PM Paul, one moment you are carefully considering what I am saying and debating it in a good .....
» 4/08/2014 8:13:59 PM I said: << You might be totally right. But we do need to consider other possibiliti.....
» 4/08/2014 8:06:59 PM Thanks Cossomby. But I doubt that would have made a hoot of difference. It would seem t.....
» 4/08/2014 10:21:44 AM Everald, what about the relationship between big business and government? How can you dis.....
» 4/08/2014 9:52:20 AM I asked Paul: How could anyone have explored the things that I have explored here without.....
» 4/08/2014 9:51:15 AM << Waffling on a about a grope being next to nothing if it had happened by itself is.....
» 4/08/2014 9:48:09 AM << I'm sure he went to considerable measures to mask his groping of young girls. Can.....
» 3/08/2014 7:37:01 PM One of the great problems with developing and executing the right vision for Australia is,.....
» 3/08/2014 9:11:48 AM << You have every right to explore pedophilia in the context of how it is treated by.....
» 2/08/2014 7:35:20 PM Rehctub, another reason why we have no money is our long-standing absurdly high immigratio.....
» 2/08/2014 10:10:35 AM << At the time it was legal and to an extent socially accepted so there is no legal .....
» 2/08/2014 9:49:14 AM << I can not accept the lines of argument that says, others are doing the same thing.....
» 1/08/2014 9:38:28 PM VFA, thanks for responding to my post. I agree, we shouldn’t just be investing in the bas.....
» 1/08/2014 5:56:24 AM Thanks Poirot. I don’t see my position so much as defending Harris. It is more a case try.....
» 31/07/2014 10:39:26 PM << You appear to think touching up young girls is just fine... >> That goes b.....
» 31/07/2014 10:31:44 PM I couldn’t disagree more, Vision for Australia. How many billions would a high-speed trai.....
» 31/07/2014 9:54:43 PM << Thinking back now, I should have known that he wouldn't have been charged if the .....
» 31/07/2014 8:22:23 PM A real meaningful vision for Australia has surely got be based on the energy and resource .....
» 31/07/2014 7:21:33 PM Paul, I certainly have no problem with gay marriage. But yes, many do have a big issue wit.....
» 31/07/2014 9:21:03 AM Pericles, you appear to be losing your marbles. You’ve already posted that post. You’ve.....
» 30/07/2014 10:24:21 PM Apparently there is nothing there that you disagree with. So Pericles, is that it? Is tha.....
» 30/07/2014 1:42:35 PM << …you can't escape the fact that you're supporting a far more incompetent politica.....
» 30/07/2014 10:23:13 AM Conrad, I hope that you can see the need to consider this sort of stuff when discussing im.....
» 30/07/2014 10:21:52 AM << Why are we not talking about the suitable level of immigration? We seem to be avo.....
» 30/07/2014 9:10:17 AM Thanks again Paul for a well-reasoned post that is highly relevant to the discussion… in a.....
» 29/07/2014 10:42:02 PM Thanks Paul for a well-considered response. I’ll just say again that I don’t have a probl.....
» 29/07/2014 10:41:04 PM Poirot, you’ve got the worst case of foot-in-mouth disease that I’ve ever seen. You strong.....
» 29/07/2014 10:36:08 PM Pericles, if ever you feel like contributing something meaningful to the debate, feel free.....
» 29/07/2014 10:09:17 PM << It is the media and activists that coerce and trap politicians into 'promises'… &.....
» 29/07/2014 12:52:27 PM Yes it would have been good to have had this promise checker thing for the last government.....
» 29/07/2014 12:37:26 PM I wrote: << Someone who is happy to see a person DESTROYED, who has done nothing mo.....
» 29/07/2014 12:08:14 PM Well of course someone who thinks like you would find the way I think unbelievable, Poirot.....
» 29/07/2014 10:44:43 AM There is plenty of scope for the victim impact statements of one or more of Harris’ victim.....
» 29/07/2014 10:43:03 AM << Ludwig, I concur with what R0bert has said. I agree with Poirot, that you have no.....
» 29/07/2014 9:19:11 AM Yes SPQR, the ABC that sometimes does some things that I don’t like, has on this occasion .....
» 29/07/2014 7:06:54 AM OTB, why do you level such strong condemnation at the ABC? Surely this promise tracker t.....
» 28/07/2014 8:19:09 PM I wrote: << Rehctub, the government and opposition need to have a full handle on th.....
» 28/07/2014 1:48:02 PM Fascinating Pericles, given that there are many instances on this thread where I have agre.....
» 28/07/2014 1:21:41 PM I share your disgust rehctub and Indi......
» 28/07/2014 10:00:45 AM << As for broken promises, how do you think you would cope if you had made promises .....
» 28/07/2014 9:37:49 AM Well if you folks can’t admit to yourselves that Poirot was getting way out of line by pro.....
» 28/07/2014 9:34:46 AM Well that’s a very useful and and relevant contribution to this debate Pericles…. NOT! Th.....
» 28/07/2014 9:20:33 AM That’s not quite what I had envisaged, Paul. What we need is something like the ACCC, whi.....
» 28/07/2014 9:01:21 AM SPQR, Whaaat?? Boy oh boy, what an incredibly dismissive attitude. No the ‘lefty’ ABC is.....
» 27/07/2014 8:47:47 PM This is a very useful tool put up by the ABC to track how well the Abbott Government is de.....
» 27/07/2014 7:45:14 AM Poirot, there is such an enormous difference between you, R0bert and Paul. Even though the.....
» 26/07/2014 11:45:42 AM << Anything else would not be GDP. >> That depends on how the esteemed author.....
» 26/07/2014 8:35:17 AM << Next thing you know Ludwig will come up with a web site that will claim, the poli.....
» 26/07/2014 8:10:58 AM << When your article said "Hundreds of people have been exonerated through DNA .....
» 25/07/2014 10:02:52 PM So…. maybe you can see my point – that not all GDP is equal, and that there is indeed ‘goo.....
» 25/07/2014 10:00:36 PM << Because all the economic activity takes place within the borders of Australia, th.....
» 25/07/2014 1:51:34 PM So what am I supposed to say to you Pericles? It seems that anything other than complete .....
» 25/07/2014 1:03:41 PM Yes good article Valerie. And well said popnperish. So one has to wonder why there isn’t.....
» 25/07/2014 11:43:18 AM << This latest outburst, for example, demonstrates perfectly that you are making no .....
» 25/07/2014 11:10:35 AM The legal system is fraught with problems. People can all too easily be found guilty, or b.....
» 25/07/2014 10:34:08 AM << …Lester remindes me of the back to front John… >> Haaa hahahaa! Careful, t.....
» 25/07/2014 10:33:01 AM << Ludwig, there is a substantial difference between questioning and assuming that t.....
» 25/07/2014 9:43:03 AM Yes Is Mise, I agree. That is a good perspective to put Harris’ actions in. We should al.....
» 24/07/2014 11:56:27 PM << Au contraire, my dear Ludwig...you don't think "he may be worse" at all.....
» 24/07/2014 9:16:49 PM << “…they magically become good little imports and all contribute directly to GDP!!&.....
» 24/07/2014 8:59:56 PM Poirot, you are so dismissive. Surely if you had any open-mindedness at all, you would say.....
» 24/07/2014 1:18:19 PM Ahh Poirot, hold on to that hardline attitude. Don’t let anything corrupt it. Don’t consid.....
» 24/07/2014 11:32:16 AM << If it was "mild satire" I'd laugh...the trouble is that it's base, cras.....
» 24/07/2014 10:55:51 AM << For heaven's sake Ludwig. I am getting the strong view that you are arguing for t.....
» 24/07/2014 8:03:33 AM So then Paul, how about rationally debating my comments regarding ‘C’. Or my comments reg.....
» 24/07/2014 2:20:01 AM I would suggest that the worst offence here happened on the holiday in 1978 when Harris fi.....
» 24/07/2014 2:17:32 AM << 'One whole minute' - someone timed it? who had the stop watch? The girl (how old .....
» 24/07/2014 1:07:59 AM << There is what can been seen as rational debate, and then there is an attempt to j.....
» 23/07/2014 8:22:13 PM Thanks for your well-considered response Cossomby. I have no issue with what you have sai.....
» 23/07/2014 8:20:41 PM << Apart from a long term respect for Ludwig I find the process of debating the poin.....
» 23/07/2014 7:30:37 AM << Ludwig I have kept my mind open on this topic… >> Yes I believe you have. .....
» 23/07/2014 7:28:41 AM I find it very interesting Robert that those who strongly condemn Harris don’t seem to be .....
» 22/07/2014 9:20:28 PM << …our government seems very keen to wean Australians away from thinking that growt.....
» 22/07/2014 7:43:17 PM << Luddy old mate, I fear you are going off the rails. >> Hehehe. Yeah Hazza .....
» 22/07/2014 3:48:30 PM Pericles, with respect you are not furthering my knowledge of GDP here. What you are doing.....
» 22/07/2014 11:42:22 AM Yes indeed, SPQR. James, is there any substance behind your seemingly blithe support for .....
» 22/07/2014 11:27:18 AM That is truly incredible, R0bert. So what does this say about the legal system? This medi.....
» 22/07/2014 11:02:38 AM << Ludwig, There is no such thing as sustainable energy systems… >> In the st.....
» 22/07/2014 9:12:02 AM << You will undoubtedly fail to understand the answer, in the same way that you have.....
» 22/07/2014 8:22:21 AM Australia (and the world) needs a sustainability policy. To that end, it is highly pertin.....
» 22/07/2014 8:10:16 AM << …his offences were not minor compared to legal and acceptable treatment of childr.....
» 22/07/2014 8:09:41 AM So it would appear that the judge could see the minor nature of these offences, in the con.....
» 22/07/2014 8:09:03 AM I wrote: << …there is a very large number of people in England and Australia who ar.....
» 22/07/2014 12:01:18 AM Steele, what a shocker of a post. There are some good thoughtful contributions on this th.....
» 21/07/2014 11:18:35 PM Noel Preston’s eight 'Proposals for a substantial change in policy on asylum seekers' are .....
» 21/07/2014 11:17:14 PM Vitally important principles: We should be offering refuge to those in the greatest need,.....
» 21/07/2014 9:51:08 PM HellOOOOw Pericles! I almost fell awff me chair just then when I got an email notificatio.....
» 21/07/2014 1:28:44 PM << …you are putting yourself up as having a superior knowledge on the matter than th.....
» 21/07/2014 10:12:30 AM << Where I'm coming from is my trust in the (British) legal system to deliver justic.....
» 20/07/2014 8:43:45 PM << Ludwig, your dissection of the judges findings In my view puts you… …out of step .....
» 20/07/2014 9:46:03 AM << With respect sir you have not given me an actual penalty you adjudge appropriate .....
» 20/07/2014 9:43:56 AM So, bearing all of this in mind and hence having considerable uncertainty in my mind as to.....
» 20/07/2014 9:42:17 AM I find this to be very significant, because it is an exaggeration of what really happened .....
» 20/07/2014 9:39:43 AM << It is exactly your 'scale of severity' I am wishing to explore. >> Excelle.....
» 19/07/2014 9:32:40 PM R0bert, good post to Jay. Here’s hoping they he may yet stop writing posts with steam iss.....
» 19/07/2014 8:33:21 PM I was talking to a retailer shop-owner friend today who deals in imported goods. When I .....
» 18/07/2014 3:50:11 AM << Since it appears he did not pay for the images but rather searched for particular.....
» 18/07/2014 3:48:41 AM Steele Regarding Harris’ offence against ‘A’, which was his first offence, or at least t.....
» 17/07/2014 10:31:35 PM ConservativeHippie, I don’t see Palmer as being any further off-track or megalomaniacal th.....
» 17/07/2014 9:26:27 PM << Ludwig, a lot of your earlier comments seemed to go well beyond "what might .....
» 17/07/2014 9:11:38 PM << Just the sort of thing we want our children to have trundled past them. "In.....
» 17/07/2014 7:59:25 PM << You appeared not to be offended by Rolf Harris's criminal behaviour. Yet you are .....
» 17/07/2014 7:56:58 PM Foxy you said on the Wicked Campers thread: << You appeared not to be offended by R.....
» 17/07/2014 2:18:03 PM OUG, I have read and listened to your links. Amazing stuff. If it is to be believed, then .....
» 17/07/2014 1:55:46 PM Well at long last someone has dug their heels in over a slogan on a Wicked campervan and e.....
» 17/07/2014 9:39:10 AM Good article David. But I do have some concerns... You write: < Our political leaders.....
» 16/07/2014 10:08:09 PM The argument that ones standing in society, ones wealth, ones community service etc should.....
» 16/07/2014 9:15:26 PM There must indeed be quite a conflict between imports not being counted in GDP, or being s.....
» 16/07/2014 1:06:50 AM << Harris's offenses were less severe than that of others and he got a lighter sente.....
» 16/07/2014 1:05:36 AM << Ludwig, I'm of the view that Harris senetence is not at the high end of the scale.....
» 15/07/2014 10:06:49 PM << Stay ignorant. >> But Pericles, I am trying to learn. I want to know abo.....
» 14/07/2014 9:39:54 PM R0bert, you asked: << Have you considered that it may be far worse than has been to.....
» 14/07/2014 9:35:54 PM << why are you still attempting to mitigate his actions? >> Why are you so de.....
» 14/07/2014 9:32:03 PM Then later I thought: NAH, I’m not bowing out of this one. At least, not yet. But pleas.....
» 14/07/2014 9:31:01 PM I was going to post this last night, but I ran up against the post limit. << Which.....
» 13/07/2014 9:04:42 PM << When it comes to the sexual abuse of children there is only a hardline view that .....
» 13/07/2014 9:03:46 PM Thanks for your support in previous posts OUG. You are indeed saying some interesting thin.....
» 13/07/2014 9:43:46 AM Please; there are shades of grey here, or points on a spectrum, as with all manner of thin.....
» 13/07/2014 9:41:50 AM R0bert, you are another long-time good OLO buddy. Twice as long as for Poirot. Going on fo.....
» 12/07/2014 10:36:28 PM Wow Poirot. You’ve totally hardened your stance. There is a whole bunch of statements in y.....
» 12/07/2014 9:31:41 PM << Harris of his own volition and free will, knowing that it is a crime to sexually .....
» 12/07/2014 9:30:00 PM << Regarding "C"....irrespective of the fact that you are attempting to pi.....
» 12/07/2014 9:27:24 PM << Okay, well that indicates to moi that you apparently have a problem with those of.....
» 12/07/2014 10:53:59 AM << That's why you're going to such ridiculous lengths to diminish the actions of Har.....
» 12/07/2014 10:52:16 AM Poirot, regarding your reply to me re: ‘C’… There was a whole series of very similar touc.....
» 12/07/2014 8:42:23 AM This is exactly why I have taken the approach that I have – because I perceive a whole lot.....
» 12/07/2014 8:40:53 AM Very interesting. I was just about to post that exact link Steele, when I noticed that you.....
» 12/07/2014 5:18:55 AM OK, three big posts was a bit overwhelming. So lets take it one step at a time. Can you a.....
» 11/07/2014 11:01:04 PM << At least you appear to have stopped associating GDP with all sorts of irrelevanci.....
» 11/07/2014 8:15:55 PM >> Phoowey! The concept of prosperity is pretty clear << You retorted: <&.....
» 11/07/2014 8:10:26 PM Rightio then, now where was I before the latest round of computer problems…. Oh yes, I wa.....
» 11/07/2014 1:01:34 PM Secondly, some kid picked a fight after school and threw me to the ground on the school ve.....
» 11/07/2014 12:58:15 PM Thanks Poirot for having a closer look at my critique of the judge’s sentencing remarks. .....
» 10/07/2014 10:16:21 PM Hold on there Poirot. You say: << Will examine his mitigations for Harris when I .....
» 10/07/2014 9:29:11 PM To summarise: 1. You say that GDP has absolutely no predictive value whatsoever. 2. GDP .....
» 10/07/2014 9:26:31 PM Pericles, you know that really loud honking goose that just keeps on and on and on about t.....
» 10/07/2014 8:28:25 PM << What a mess this asylum seeker debacle is... ...the problem was well and truly co.....
» 10/07/2014 10:41:27 AM The new cyclist safety margin laws in Queensland are just ridiculous. They were very poorl.....
» 10/07/2014 10:39:31 AM << Ludwig I was of the understanding that… …it is illegal to squeeze past a vehicle .....
» 10/07/2014 9:50:50 AM I have spoken to quite a lot of people about this in recent days. Responses fall into two .....
» 10/07/2014 9:50:06 AM It would seem that in each of their encounters Harris was very gentle and brief. ‘C’ kept .....
» 10/07/2014 9:49:22 AM On Count 9: < …in 1984 when she was aged 19… > < ‘C’ was using the indoor swimm.....
» 10/07/2014 9:47:26 AM < You took her pants down, spat on the fingers of one of your hands, and digitally pene.....
» 10/07/2014 9:46:56 AM Regarding Count 2: ‘B’ in July 1978: < You groped her bottom, squeezing her left butto.....
» 10/07/2014 9:45:41 AM I’d like to express a critical analysis of Judge Sweeney’s remarks. Regarding Count 1: ‘A.....
» 10/07/2014 9:43:44 AM I said in my opening post: >> Sorry but this doesn’t add up << Well, having .....
» 9/07/2014 9:48:29 PM The two bike riders were going up the inside of traffic at the traffic lights… presumably .....
» 9/07/2014 8:39:08 PM Oh please, you can’t meaningfully write an article about this subject without even mention.....
» 9/07/2014 8:18:49 PM Good post Incomiucardo. << Governments such as ours keep spruiking GDP >> Ye.....
» 9/07/2014 10:03:16 AM << I blame the greens >> Haaahahaa Of course you do Hazza! ( :>).....
» 9/07/2014 10:00:08 AM << It could indeed "contribute to prosperity", if the flood had washed awa.....
» 9/07/2014 9:57:45 AM << GDP is not itself a measure of growth >> What?? Fascinating! So, do you .....
» 9/07/2014 9:19:41 AM What about the value of GDP as a tool of comparison over time and with other countries? Ho.....
» 9/07/2014 9:16:52 AM << Every time you tap on your keyboard, you demonstrate a comprehensive misunderstan.....
» 8/07/2014 11:02:56 PM What large animals, Is Mise? Roos, cows, horses, diprotodons?.....
» 8/07/2014 9:50:16 PM Why can’t you simply agree that not all economic activity is equal in terms of prosperity,.....
» 8/07/2014 9:47:48 PM I asked: >> Can you just tell me exactly, succinctly, what you think I don’t unders.....
» 8/07/2014 10:15:43 AM Great article Allison. GPD and per-capita GDP are terribly simplistic indicators, and yet.....
» 8/07/2014 10:08:34 AM I am going to write that again...... That’s interesting. Pericles I didn’t see your pos.....
» 8/07/2014 10:05:44 AM That’s interesting. Pericles I didn’t see your post of 8 July 2014 9:16:25 AM wasn’t to be.....
» 8/07/2014 9:45:45 AM Pericles, you might want to look at the article by Allison Orr, published on OLO today: h.....
» 8/07/2014 9:37:11 AM Hahaha. Just as I thought Pericles. You can’t even accede to my simple request, to just cu.....
» 7/07/2014 10:44:39 PM Sorry Pericles, you’re getting too far into la la land. Can you just tell me exactly, suc.....
» 7/07/2014 10:26:30 PM << It is a feeling of betrayal and the portaying of himself as a really friendly and.....
» 7/07/2014 8:44:39 AM < I am no fan of paedophiles or of those who sexually assault women or adolescents. I d.....
» 7/07/2014 8:25:07 AM .... and that it does NOT amount to amount to being anti-immigration. Sheesh! fcknmngrlp.....
» 6/07/2014 10:24:11 PM < History to be rewritten after conviction Now, history must be rewritten. There are a.....
» 6/07/2014 9:41:39 PM << If this is the best you can do as a critique of Adam Smith, you really need to tr.....
» 6/07/2014 9:37:47 PM << Your opinion as to whether this is beneficial to your particular lifestyle… >&.....
» 6/07/2014 9:34:37 PM << For a start, only you are talking about sustainability. >> Sadly, yes. (:&.....
» 6/07/2014 9:43:14 AM << Adam Smith is the Pythagoras of economics. >> Ohhh puuuleeease! (:>( F.....
» 6/07/2014 9:39:03 AM Hahaha. Very funny Pericles. You are a most interesting study in psychology!! Consider t.....
» 5/07/2014 9:23:29 PM << LUDWIG SEEMS TO BE..serving for the first set per ridicules has layed down the ha.....
» 5/07/2014 8:47:19 PM << If you are not prepared to make even the slightest effort to learn even the most .....
» 5/07/2014 8:17:40 PM I wrote in the opening post: >> It seems that the worst of it was a bit of groping.....
» 5/07/2014 10:47:52 AM Excellent posts R0bert and Banjo. Very thought-provoking stuff......
» 5/07/2014 10:43:24 AM Thanks for all those responses since my teary crack-up yesterday morning. Much appreciated.....
» 4/07/2014 6:51:13 PM As I predicted Pericles, you have skipped straight past my abovementioned ‘elephants’ and .....
» 4/07/2014 11:10:53 AM Pericles, you continue to dodge around the elephant in the living room. Or should I say; e.....
» 4/07/2014 11:08:22 AM << It was a reference to the misunderstandings that seem to cling to you, no matter .....
» 4/07/2014 9:02:22 AM << When the story first broke I was sad. I thought perhaps someone was mistaken and .....
» 4/07/2014 9:00:54 AM << You appear to be saying because Rolf Harris has had the fame and glory as a publi.....
» 3/07/2014 10:34:45 PM << The fact that Rolf Harris committed many of these offences in plain sight of peop.....
» 3/07/2014 9:31:12 PM << What Rolf is alleged to have done was wrong, it was wrong in 1960 and it's still .....
» 3/07/2014 9:00:39 PM << …because his "groping" of relative strangers appears to be at the low e.....
» 3/07/2014 10:14:48 AM Haz, you think in very black and white, hard and fast, all or nothing terms. You need to t.....
» 3/07/2014 8:59:41 AM That’s extraordinary thinking, JBowyer! Because something hasn’t happened yet, it ain’t g.....
» 2/07/2014 10:50:39 PM I was very dismayed when I heard the news that Rolf Harris had been found guilty on all 12.....
» 2/07/2014 10:19:16 PM Haz, we shouldn’t be thinking of it in an ‘us-and-them’ manner. We should be looking at th.....
» 2/07/2014 9:05:04 PM Saltpetre, the most accurate formula could indeed be quite complex. I don’t really feel ab.....
» 2/07/2014 8:26:38 PM << I am one of those who want to see this incredibly expensive stupidity of bikeways.....
» 2/07/2014 8:24:48 PM << The maximum speed allowable in the NT on bike path networks is 20 kph. >> .....
» 2/07/2014 8:23:01 PM << When riding on public roadways it would not matter one iota if you fitted revolvi.....
» 1/07/2014 10:36:28 PM Thanks OUG. Alan Kohler presents lots of interesting stats. I wonder how they compare to G.....
» 1/07/2014 10:27:45 PM So what’s new? For all manner of things it is hard to define the exact parameters. Look .....
» 1/07/2014 10:24:37 PM << You are becoming - metaphorically speaking, of course - like dog dirt on the shoe.....
» 1/07/2014 8:27:28 PM << Riding two abreast when there obviously wansnt enough room to do so safely. >&.....
» 1/07/2014 9:37:01 AM There’s another level to this story – police bias. Where there is a wrangle between a ma.....
» 30/06/2014 7:57:52 PM << I can't see todays ridiculously low speed limits as anything but revenue raising .....
» 30/06/2014 10:12:20 AM << I do think you are asking for trouble with aggressive behavior with other cars. &.....
» 30/06/2014 8:34:14 AM Ideally what is needed is an integrated camera system, with at least three cameras. One ou.....
» 30/06/2014 8:33:07 AM << …one slows down as does the driver behind and closes the gap, as we all do in the.....
» 29/06/2014 8:40:25 PM I had a classic incident just an hour ago. Sitting on 62 in a 60 zone, a vehicle came up b.....
» 29/06/2014 8:38:39 PM Hazza, empowering the public to assist the police in upholding the law is not vigilantism......
» 29/06/2014 7:17:51 PM That’s excellent 579. Have you ever had cause to take your hard evidence to the police? .....
» 28/06/2014 8:46:01 PM My experience (I’ve been a prolific driver all around the country for decades. My little X.....
» 28/06/2014 8:42:50 PM << It's called hard evidence, and can't be disputed. >> Yes 579. So why the.....
» 27/06/2014 8:23:35 PM A new high-definition camera mounted in the tail-light of a bicycle, to record vehicles pa.....
» 27/06/2014 7:22:16 PM I wrote: >> ...part of this forward estimate – an absolutely essential part – is th.....
» 27/06/2014 3:05:10 PM << You have this belief that economic activity associated with cyclones/floods (resc.....
» 27/06/2014 3:02:47 PM << Yet you contradict this claim with every single post. >> You wish! <&l.....
» 26/06/2014 8:44:59 PM << The implication being that these activities unilaterally increase GDP, despite th.....
» 26/06/2014 8:43:38 PM Ever-increasing GDP, which includes a whole lot of economic activity that it simply should.....
» 26/06/2014 8:41:58 PM << I also see the connection between higher productivity and the growth of per capit.....
» 25/06/2014 8:38:27 PM << But if you know that the entire mining industry has just shut down (an input), th.....
» 25/06/2014 8:36:33 PM << I was being polite, Ludwig. >> << I know you have a thing about popu.....
» 25/06/2014 11:47:29 AM I can sort-of vaguely see how you manage to mislead yourself, though. You are just so tot.....
» 25/06/2014 11:46:00 AM Crikey Pericles, you are going on about this future-indication bit! Our positions are act.....
» 24/06/2014 11:59:18 PM As wrong as they are to think that this is just dandy, they are right to look at the curre.....
» 24/06/2014 11:56:31 PM Very entertaining Pericles… I wrote: >> So then, we have established that the pred.....
» 23/06/2014 7:48:53 AM You wrote: << My "support" for GDP, as you describe it, is limited to its.....
» 23/06/2014 7:46:59 AM So then, we have established that the predictive use of GDP is extremely limited, and coul.....
» 22/06/2014 9:31:09 PM << Once again: GDP is a measurement of past activity. If you use it as a predictive .....
» 22/06/2014 9:29:14 PM Pericles, what is contradictory about these two statements of mine? … >> I consider.....
» 22/06/2014 9:27:49 PM << 100 TH WELL DONE >> Thanks OUG. I don’t know if there is anything well don.....
» 21/06/2014 7:15:15 PM << Stick to the knitting, Ludwig. >> Pericles, this is a shocker of a suggest.....
» 21/06/2014 7:10:54 PM Congratulations Pericles on writing a whole post (of exactly 350 words) without furthering.....
» 20/06/2014 7:44:33 AM << … Ludwig you do understand… >> No, sorry Jardine, I don’t understand what .....
» 20/06/2014 4:11:34 AM << Either process will work. Both processes together will work better. >> Why.....
» 20/06/2014 4:09:40 AM << You keep changing the playing field. >> No Pericles. I’m trying to broaden.....
» 19/06/2014 8:04:33 PM << The impact of prolonged drought, or massive floods, will be reflected in lower-th.....
» 19/06/2014 8:02:48 PM << Productivity improvements will contribute to economic growth. But they are not th.....
» 19/06/2014 7:58:36 PM << You are clutching at straws, Ludwig. >> No Pericles. I am trying to unders.....
» 19/06/2014 9:28:23 AM All good Malcolm. The thing that strikes me like a torpedo in the face is that you are ca.....
» 19/06/2014 7:50:32 AM << …nor does any sane person use it to predict the future. >> Absolutely! How.....
» 19/06/2014 7:49:49 AM << A figure that of course includes all the economic activity devoted to droughts, b.....
» 19/06/2014 7:48:45 AM << That's called productivity, Saltpetre, and is a concept that has absolutely nothi.....
» 18/06/2014 9:04:06 AM << Funding "research" is not a valid function of government, is a natural .....
» 18/06/2014 8:57:44 AM Don, the most significant thing that springs to mind here is the enormous demands exerted .....
» 18/06/2014 8:19:51 AM Setting aside the mechanics and the ramifications for Labor and the Greens later on if the.....
» 17/06/2014 9:30:01 PM << I can see no reason why at least a modest growth in GDP could not be maintained w.....
» 17/06/2014 8:47:25 PM << The part that you insist on ignoring is that the increase in GDP is actually crea.....
» 17/06/2014 8:44:22 PM << Round and round we go again, Ludwig. >> Yeayus. Not getting us very far, i.....
» 17/06/2014 12:48:44 PM Pfff, it is not the greatest day for the beach. Overcast and windy ( :>( A bit of revi.....
» 17/06/2014 11:11:29 AM << The desalination plant, as you very well know, has not been activated yet. >&g.....
» 16/06/2014 9:43:34 PM Hahaha. I’m with you there Haz. . Of course it is enormously difficult to make assumption.....
» 16/06/2014 9:11:59 PM Pericles you’ve been pushed so tightly into a corner that it is amazing that you can find .....
» 15/06/2014 8:54:50 PM You, as a student of economics, would know all about supply and demand. And yet you seem t.....
» 15/06/2014 8:51:36 PM First observation: You ignored my challenge to explain why we are very badly in need of a.....
» 14/06/2014 9:45:48 PM << Where's your evidence that this would have happened without the increased prosper.....
» 14/06/2014 9:44:05 PM << Same old, same old, Ludwig. >> Yep. Until you address the very basic disc.....
» 14/06/2014 9:00:03 PM << …the rate of GDP 'increase' will appear not necessarily to correlate precisely wi.....
» 13/06/2014 7:58:29 PM I have never said that our economy is crumbling around us. Those two quotes do not suppor.....
» 13/06/2014 7:57:16 PM Pericles, you seem to have a reasonable knowledge of conventional economics, which include.....
» 12/06/2014 7:23:54 PM And still there is no comment about the discrepancy between the enormous increases in GDP .....
» 12/06/2014 2:43:39 AM What you have effectively just said Pericles is: “Yes Ludwig you are right. The enormous .....
» 11/06/2014 7:16:36 PM Here’s a scenario for you: Opposition leader Ludwig puts it to Infrastructure PM Abbott t.....
» 11/06/2014 7:13:03 PM I wrote: << I have to conclude that you can see this perfectly clearly but that you.....
» 10/06/2014 9:14:58 PM << That may be your view. But all the statistics that are in common use to measure o.....
» 10/06/2014 9:13:57 PM << You are unable to see that GDP per capita is a perfectly acceptable manner in whi.....
» 9/06/2014 7:06:38 PM Pericles, why have you bothered responding? When I prompted you on another thread for a r.....
» 7/06/2014 8:17:24 PM Well there you go. Pericles is unable to answer this question. He’s been reminded a coup.....
» 6/06/2014 8:20:49 PM Pericles, you asked: << are you in favour of a larger, or smaller, per capita ecol.....
» 6/06/2014 7:55:07 PM OK Pericles, I must say: you seem to be really squirming and struggling to explain that wh.....
» 6/06/2014 4:58:59 AM Now surely you see another great flaw in your last post: << …our population "r.....
» 6/06/2014 4:56:06 AM Well congrats Pericles on again completely not addressing the simple point that I put to y.....
» 5/06/2014 10:32:02 PM Hey Hazza, what gives? Don’t tell me you are still on this total climate-change-denialist.....
» 5/06/2014 9:26:37 PM Pericles, that’s the most off-the-planet obfuscatory post you’ve ever written. You’re all.....
» 5/06/2014 8:00:27 AM All good Eliza-Jane…. Except for one thing: No mention of population. This has got everyt.....
» 4/06/2014 7:30:53 PM Pericles, you feeling alright? Your sense of logic is a bit warped at the best of times, b.....
» 4/06/2014 8:53:29 AM Good morning Pericles. Thanks for the laugh: << "Black is white" Ludwig .....
» 3/06/2014 7:34:56 PM << The greenies will twist themselves inside out to avoid the racial/cultural ramifi.....
» 3/06/2014 7:28:15 PM Pericles…. yoohoo… I wrote: >> How about a bit of justification. Show us where inf.....
» 3/06/2014 7:23:10 PM << I am not convinced that my personal ecological footprint… is a justification for .....
» 3/06/2014 10:51:58 AM Nathan, I did the footprint calculator If everyone lived like me, we’d need 2.9 planet Ea.....
» 2/06/2014 7:54:46 PM << Yes Luddy, I think they [RVs] are safer. >> Probably right, Hazza. But a.....
» 1/06/2014 8:17:12 PM But Foxy, it is not at the expense of everyone else. And surely the safety of one’s self .....
» 1/06/2014 8:07:16 PM Foxy, what about the safety factor or the perceived safety factor or the peace-of-mind fac.....
» 1/06/2014 7:11:25 PM << Don't be silly Luddy, the last thing we need is people we are fond of, driving ar.....
» 1/06/2014 9:56:24 AM Foxy, I’ve been in the same situation, but it is not something that overly concerns me. I.....
» 30/05/2014 7:41:40 PM << Except better off, of course. >> How about a bit of justification. Show us.....
» 30/05/2014 7:37:53 PM << We have been experiencing "an increase in GDP accompanied by the normal rate.....
» 30/05/2014 7:33:19 PM << Ludwig, thanks for your contribution it makes a lot of sense to me. >> Ver.....
» 29/05/2014 7:46:59 PM << And there's no need to exaggerate - > This is the great furphy of our time: th.....
» 29/05/2014 7:45:16 PM << This is right up there with your best efforts, Ludwig, congratulations. >> .....
» 29/05/2014 7:41:58 PM << Additionally, we must have had quite an increase in population during that 250% p.....
» 28/05/2014 8:41:52 PM << I'd say that I am equally picky - pedantic, if you will - on both counts. >>.....
» 28/05/2014 8:37:26 AM Oh yes…. << So the obvious inference is, if bigger is not better, smaller must be. .....
» 28/05/2014 8:34:29 AM Pericles, there is an amazing contrast between your excellent command of the Queen’s Engli.....
» 27/05/2014 10:48:06 AM Back to the topic then…. I hope you can see that your incredibly simplistic assertion tha.....
» 27/05/2014 10:46:13 AM Pericles, you know those rails. Well… you’re off them entirely. They’re way back there beh.....
» 27/05/2014 8:33:35 AM << An increase in GDP is good, a decrease in GDP is not good. >> Now hold on......
» 27/05/2014 8:31:53 AM << It appears that you are laughing at the idea that an increased GDP is good, while.....
» 26/05/2014 10:08:32 AM As for the GFC; it had everything to do with economists, bankers and politicians not stick.....
» 26/05/2014 10:07:04 AM << Larger is better, yes. Larger GDP per capita is also better, yes. >> And y.....
» 26/05/2014 8:24:32 AM Well… it would appear that the Libs need to install Turnbull in the top job ASAP, if they .....
» 26/05/2014 8:20:31 AM What can I say, but Yep. Only difference is; I absolutely did not support Abbott before t.....
» 25/05/2014 7:44:06 PM << Your misapprehension is, as always, around the basis of GDP calculation. It count.....
» 25/05/2014 7:04:31 AM Saltpetre, we are of one accord re: our refugee intake. 20 000 per annum? Yes, but only w.....
» 24/05/2014 10:26:43 PM I wrote: >> …as for services, which make up an enormous 65% of GDP, a large part o.....
» 24/05/2014 10:25:17 PM Interesting perspective Salty. But I really don’t see why you would allot more patience t.....
» 23/05/2014 11:45:45 PM For sure Pericles. I’m a real blabbermouth. But, you don’t do too badly yourself! ( :>.....
» 23/05/2014 10:45:43 PM << Oh, about that freeway. >> Wow thanks Pericles. That is a good answer to m.....
» 23/05/2014 10:43:18 PM << You have about the same level of understanding of economics as I have of surfing......
» 23/05/2014 8:51:55 PM Pericles wrote: << Most people would consider an increase in their share of GDP to .....
» 23/05/2014 10:02:18 AM Query: From the tradingeconomics definition of GDP: < The monetary value of all the F.....
» 23/05/2014 10:01:15 AM Well…this should immediately ring alarm bells with any economist! GDP includes all servi.....
» 23/05/2014 9:59:14 AM Ahh Pericles, by all indications I have a much better understanding of economics than you .....
» 23/05/2014 8:24:50 AM So Andrew, what are the chances of Labor doing anything like this? Zero? Unfortunately, .....
» 23/05/2014 8:23:49 AM Andrew, yes I can actually agree with you almost entirely on this occasion. So it begs th.....
» 22/05/2014 8:56:29 PM << …it is not the numbers that are flawed, just what you choose to read into them. &.....
» 22/05/2014 8:54:42 PM << I call it as I see it, Ludwig. >> Not always Pericles. Some of your commen.....
» 22/05/2014 6:39:05 PM I wrote: >>Alright, I have established that GDP is enormously errant as an economic.....
» 22/05/2014 6:37:44 PM O Pericles, you’re running right off the rails! Your post is full of things that are just.....
» 22/05/2014 9:35:48 AM So there is only one possible answer; yes you know it perfectly well: massive immigration .....
» 22/05/2014 9:35:07 AM You quoted me in your last post: >> So….with this sort of indication from GDP, how .....
» 22/05/2014 9:34:32 AM And obviously NOT “everyone of us” is better off! Clearly there are a whole lot of people .....
» 22/05/2014 9:34:08 AM Once again Pericles I could write a book in response to your post. And this time I will (.....
» 21/05/2014 10:09:26 PM << Many people agree numbers need to drop, but disagree on exactly what to do. >&.....
» 21/05/2014 8:12:07 PM Ahh Pericles, you feel for sad for me... because I have the freedom to be a beachbum (amon.....
» 21/05/2014 1:45:27 PM Oh no Jayb! There are all sorts of frustrations and expenses associated with getting a bi.....
» 21/05/2014 11:29:15 AM Interesting comments. I like the cuddle theory, but I reckon the adrenalin motive cracks .....
» 21/05/2014 7:36:35 AM Pericles, don’t tell me you’re giving up?!? What about my ‘proof in the pudding’ comments.....
» 20/05/2014 9:14:41 PM << I suspect you are correct about the costs of immigration but gaining access to th.....
» 20/05/2014 7:27:00 PM << Need anyone say anymore! >> Rehctub, there is one very important further c.....
» 20/05/2014 7:24:26 PM << But we don't really have the ability to "support" any immigration. Not .....
» 20/05/2014 6:12:17 PM Now, if GDP had been formulated so that it didn’t include all the economic growth generate.....
» 20/05/2014 6:07:26 PM For goodness Pericles. More words do not right you make! I said: << More later >.....
» 20/05/2014 2:25:40 PM << So as far as you are concerned Ludwig, words mean anything you choose them to mea.....
» 20/05/2014 10:16:37 AM I wrote: >> If it is added to the GDP total, that total would be bigger than if it .....
» 20/05/2014 9:22:11 AM << You do understand the difference don't you, and that economic productivity is not.....
» 19/05/2014 11:09:36 PM I wrote: << The composition of the intake with respect to your four Human Developme.....
» 19/05/2014 10:25:45 PM O ‘ullo Pericles. Trust you ‘ad a great weekend. << Yes, it does. >> Well th.....
» 19/05/2014 9:29:06 AM Shockadelic, I agree with your ideals. But I think that there are two more important thing.....
» 19/05/2014 8:12:13 AM Further to the moralistic perspective, I think that we should increase the refugee compone.....
» 19/05/2014 8:10:35 AM Yuyutsu, thanks for your comment. Yes immigration is very much a moral issue. But then s.....
» 18/05/2014 9:14:38 PM The other thing I don’t understand Banjo is why there is so little interest about immigrat.....
» 18/05/2014 8:16:56 AM Scott Morrison needs to be applauded re: onshore asylum seekers, but definitely not when i.....
» 18/05/2014 8:14:37 AM That’s awfully depressing Banjo. It is really is sewn up, isn’t it. We don’t have a hope .....
» 17/05/2014 7:32:42 PM << So, with a compliant media, the public is effectively gagged on the issues. >&.....
» 17/05/2014 8:51:02 AM << It is a pity both major parties have agreed not to debate immigration issues, it .....
» 16/05/2014 8:35:37 PM Yes Banjo, Morrison needs to be applauded. << Maybe a good time to have a close loo.....
» 16/05/2014 7:47:47 AM Has Labor learnt that they can’t run up a huge deficit? If they get back in power at the .....
» 15/05/2014 8:00:41 PM Ahhhh… you WISH!! No they are not at all contradictory. We have thoroughly been over thi.....
» 15/05/2014 7:45:43 PM Alright Pericles, you reckon that these two statements of mine are contradictory: >>.....
» 15/05/2014 12:48:45 PM << There are indeed circumstances where this is entirely possible, although not guar.....
» 15/05/2014 8:46:31 AM << That was an Andy-Williams-related comment. Nothing to do with serious discussions.....
» 14/05/2014 7:25:27 PM Pericles, you still ‘ere? I thought you signed off with your last post! Apparently when .....
» 14/05/2014 6:56:33 PM Spurious and vexatious complaints are illegal. So as part of the launch of a DIADD program.....
» 14/05/2014 6:55:19 PM Salty, the details of number plates and driver description would hopefully be recorded on .....
» 14/05/2014 9:15:37 AM Ooow Nhoj… something tells me you don’t like our wonderful Prime Minister. Bbbbut he’s su.....
» 14/05/2014 9:01:04 AM Haaaaa hahahaaaa! Pericles, you’re the funniest bugger on OLO. Apparently in mentioning.....
» 13/05/2014 9:33:43 PM I’m a huge Andy Williams fan. To dream the impossible dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch.....
» 13/05/2014 9:08:14 PM << I'm not in favour of a widespread 'dob in a driver' campaign >> Why not Sa.....
» 13/05/2014 8:44:45 PM Haz, yes Salty was very lucky not to come unstuck. Me too. I used to ride like that. I r.....
» 13/05/2014 7:39:42 PM You wrote: << You cannot seem to get it into your head that these events are destru.....
» 13/05/2014 7:38:25 PM Pericles, you have just squirmed straight past the issue…. as you do, very frequently. Yo.....
» 13/05/2014 8:31:37 AM << There's no point in trying to pretend you know what you are talking about, Ludwig.....
» 12/05/2014 8:26:23 PM So Pericles, oh squirmy one…. you squirmed right past the key issue in my post of 11 May 2.....
» 12/05/2014 7:50:12 PM << Everyone really needs to exercise more care, be more aware of possibilities, and .....
» 12/05/2014 7:45:25 PM << …when in a line of traffic (or even just following one vehicle), there is a natur.....
» 11/05/2014 11:11:46 PM << There is absolutely nothing in the definition of GDP that requires it to only inc.....
» 11/05/2014 10:48:35 PM Tanya Roneberg, killed on the Cook Hwy just north of Cairns, 11/05/13, 12 months ago today.....
» 11/05/2014 8:05:33 PM So I wonder how these losses compare to the recovery activity that is added straight to GD.....
» 11/05/2014 8:02:51 PM << Spending on repairs after disasters does raise GDP in the short run… >> Ye.....
» 10/05/2014 11:36:36 PM << The fact that Packer and Gyngell were ever charged says much tor the stupidity an.....
» 10/05/2014 11:27:41 PM So… why was Packer charged given that Gyngell has taken full responsibility? Why were eit.....
» 10/05/2014 11:03:06 PM << I was driving, as usual, as fast as I thought wise in relation to the speed limit.....
» 10/05/2014 7:57:10 PM Pericles, let’s look at the definition of GDP: The monetary value of all the finished goo.....
» 10/05/2014 7:52:02 PM << As for Luddy, I think he has a point. Disaster restorations, and 'relief', may ad.....
» 10/05/2014 7:13:15 PM Is Mise, do you have any more information on that – as to why NSW doesn’t want to introduc.....
» 10/05/2014 9:00:37 AM << Round and round we go, Ludwig. >> Indeed we do, Pericles. << It doe.....
» 10/05/2014 3:14:59 AM So Nhoj, could it be that you actually don’t drive? It seems that way. You just seem to ha.....
» 9/05/2014 8:40:12 PM As much as I hate roundabouts…. well, the large ones at least... I would rather have them .....
» 9/05/2014 8:13:13 PM << I have carefully explained, repeatedly, how bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, dis.....
» 9/05/2014 7:46:56 PM << …there are other factors which come into play when decisions are made to build ne.....
» 9/05/2014 6:03:56 PM Paul, what a shocker of a response! Here I was thinking that you and I weren’t too far ap.....
» 9/05/2014 1:29:05 PM << Tax'Em Tony is about to add another great big tax, to his long list of broken tax.....
» 9/05/2014 11:04:51 AM << Not "added to", Ludwig. The correct term is "included in". &g.....
» 9/05/2014 10:40:35 AM Alright 579, so if we do all the things that you suggest, we’d save ~45.4billion$ per annu.....
» 8/05/2014 8:23:02 AM << The ones that get me are those who drive just enough below the speed the conditio.....
» 7/05/2014 9:02:04 PM << GDP contains neither negative nor positive components >> CORRECT Pericles......
» 7/05/2014 8:56:29 PM Oh dear Pericles, you and I have indeed gone over this GDP discussion at length just recen.....
» 6/05/2014 11:21:08 PM << I want everyone on the road to drive at a speed they are comfortable with, no mat.....
» 6/05/2014 10:53:28 PM << …immigration ADDS to Australia's GPD, not subtracts from it. >> Nhoj, plea.....
» 6/05/2014 8:31:06 PM And through all of this analysis, there is not a single thought of the ongoing massive rat.....
» 6/05/2014 7:07:01 AM We have similar driving histories rechtub. I started in 1976. I’ve had one accident, in ~1.....
» 5/05/2014 11:32:25 PM Hazza, you old self-confessed hoon, you’re almost as bad as our ‘mate’ Nhojjie!! Oh…. hol.....
» 5/05/2014 11:30:47 PM Interesting you should say that rehctub. A couple of days ago I was quite startled by a ca.....
» 5/05/2014 9:06:20 AM Suse, oh Suuuuse…. You out there? You wrote: << …thanks for toning it down for a d.....
» 5/05/2014 9:04:05 AM Good idea rehctub – to lower the entry speed to 30kmh at the entry to all roundabouts, or .....
» 2/05/2014 8:45:01 PM Is Mise (and Indi), I agree that fines should be means tested. At least, anything larger t.....
» 1/05/2014 7:10:54 AM << 'nose to tail' accidents are the fault of the following vehicle not driving to th.....
» 1/05/2014 6:31:08 AM << …you can't deny that you would prefer NO immigration to Australia… >> Yes .....
» 30/04/2014 11:07:58 PM Suse, you’re sounding a lot like that Nhoj character. Very shrill and polarised to say the.....
» 30/04/2014 8:14:30 PM << ….regards to roundabouts, as the law clearly states, you must give way to traffic.....
» 30/04/2014 8:11:51 PM << I can't understand why they want to get rid of the mining tax and the carbon tax .....
» 30/04/2014 8:09:47 PM How else to reduce the debt...simple, CUT SPENDING! ABSOLUTELY Bec As you say, Abbott’s .....
» 30/04/2014 9:06:15 AM << …training bike riders is not the answer… >> Rehctub, it is certainly not t.....
» 30/04/2014 5:01:37 AM Paul, I share your concerns. Election promises need to be upheld. The big end of town ne.....
» 30/04/2014 4:29:00 AM Road rules should be national or nothing! There should NOT be different road rules in diff.....
» 30/04/2014 4:23:44 AM Suse, you like Nhoj’s style !?!? WOW!! This character is the worst I have ever come acros.....
» 29/04/2014 10:12:51 PM << Nothing you can say would convince me we all shouldn't already be giving cyclists.....
» 29/04/2014 10:10:47 PM Suse, thanks for that. At last a there is bit of substance in your post….. that actually c.....
» 29/04/2014 9:34:43 PM Haaaa haahahaaa. At least you’re having fun Nhojjie! Hmmmm.... well I hope you are. Or.....
» 29/04/2014 8:22:15 PM << Had an occasion today where to be 1.5 mt from the cyclist I had to be in the onco.....
» 29/04/2014 8:03:35 PM << Whether you lot like it or not, the safest driver on the road is the one that goe.....
» 29/04/2014 8:16:33 AM One thing about road safety that has been beautifully brought to light on this thread by N.....
» 28/04/2014 10:50:17 PM Yeah you’re probably right Hazza. I can’t see PUP being any less pro-immigration or manica.....
» 28/04/2014 9:48:12 PM Crikey Haz, I’m not recommending big Clive. Like I said in my last post – I’m not sure abo.....
» 28/04/2014 8:43:00 PM Wow Nhojjie, you’re on fire! 12 posts on OLO in nearly four years and now 20 in two days! .....
» 28/04/2014 8:04:02 PM Thanks Misanthrope for noting the antics of Nhoj. ………. Divergence, I am pleased you can .....
» 28/04/2014 12:57:01 PM << Oh come on Ludwig. You carry on at me as though I was the one ranting! >> .....
» 28/04/2014 8:12:49 AM << Seriously though, there have been too many cyclists coming to grief from uncaring.....
» 28/04/2014 7:42:57 AM That’d be right Suze. You have a track record for responding to me in silly fashion and th.....
» 27/04/2014 11:43:26 PM Whatever you reckon Nhoj. Hold on to that negativity. It’s a doozie of a personal trait yo.....
» 27/04/2014 10:54:50 PM Nhoj, your negativity is appalling. Anyone who has concerns about road rules SHOULD bring .....
» 27/04/2014 10:22:01 PM What fine? Could it be that you have completely misread my opening post? It was a hypothe.....
» 27/04/2014 10:07:52 PM Hello Nhoj. Friendly fellow aren’t you! Let me guess; you just dropped in to this thread .....
» 27/04/2014 9:04:18 AM I gave up cycling about five years ago, after having been a cyclist for 40 years, includin.....
» 26/04/2014 9:34:32 PM In Queensland we’ve got new rules concerning cyclists. We drivers have to give at least 1 .....
» 24/04/2014 9:14:18 AM < Are you willing to throw away the car keys? > Not likely, Nathan! But I am think.....
» 23/04/2014 9:00:16 AM Incredible Judy! Your examination of this issue is so so SO narrow! What about the need t.....
» 22/04/2014 9:25:03 PM As is so often the case no one is thinking of the demand side of the equation. That is; al.....
» 15/04/2014 9:56:12 PM ( :>).....
» 15/04/2014 9:43:22 PM << Though if we don't invest in infrastructure as we grow we'll end up in a right ro.....
» 15/04/2014 9:16:04 PM << That's an awful lot of exclamation marks, Ludwig… >> Yeah, you bring them .....
» 15/04/2014 8:20:55 AM Tristan, I agree with your six reforms. However, even if we were highly successful in ach.....
» 14/04/2014 2:19:58 PM You wrote: << "Only 17 per cent of Southeast Queensland is held in state fores.....
» 14/04/2014 2:14:13 PM << Peter Garrett, unilaterally overrode the wishes of the Queensland people, as expr.....
» 14/04/2014 6:48:23 AM Pericles, I’m beyond being flabbergasted by your last post!! << Since then, every p.....
» 11/04/2014 5:32:59 PM Thanks Divergence. I am pleased to find out about a couple more commentators – Adam Creig.....
» 11/04/2014 5:12:12 PM << You seem determined to avoid seeing what is plainly obvious, Ludwig. >> So.....
» 10/04/2014 10:26:41 PM << Bizarre >> What is bizarre Pericles is that you somehow can’t appreciate t.....
» 10/04/2014 10:25:04 PM << So you couldn't in all conscience claim that it has "nothing to do with well.....
» 10/04/2014 12:08:10 PM << Its [multiculturalism] *looks* fine as long as OZ continues to find enough minera.....
» 10/04/2014 11:52:55 AM If we just continue on as we are, with very high population growth, and a national budget .....
» 10/04/2014 11:52:12 AM Wow. Thanks Jottiikii. That’s a hooter of a reply! Reforming education institutions, and .....
» 10/04/2014 10:46:07 AM << @Ludwig and Pericles, are you perhaps confusing income and wealth? >> I do.....
» 10/04/2014 10:19:25 AM << The Wellbeing Manifesto has nothing whatsoever to do with the calculation of GDP,.....
» 9/04/2014 12:16:51 PM Wow Pericles, you’re an old greenie! I am... I am... totally flabbergasted! ( :>| Wel.....
» 9/04/2014 9:44:37 AM One potential nasty that I can envisage with government management is that these wonderful.....
» 9/04/2014 9:39:28 AM Peter, I am generally against privatisation when it comes to large utilities that raise a .....
» 9/04/2014 12:38:27 AM OK Pericles, it is pointless continuing with this particular line of discussion. I though.....
» 8/04/2014 9:05:49 PM << REALLY Ludwig, You claim that regarding equality - “Perhaps in a society like o.....
» 8/04/2014 4:26:25 PM << We can agree on the "included" and the "contribute to"…>&g.....
» 8/04/2014 8:14:45 AM < It is not too difficult to do something similar for indigenous Australians > Real.....
» 8/04/2014 4:48:43 AM 3. And most significantly, when it does get spent, it gets spent on things that should con.....
» 8/04/2014 4:42:57 AM Ahh Pericles, you appear to be heeding what I am saying and now starting to agree to quite.....
» 7/04/2014 10:32:39 PM Suse, it is simple. We need the optional preferential system implemented at the Federal l.....
» 7/04/2014 2:20:16 PM Suse, that’s terrible! There’s a whole bunch of things fundamentally wrong with that. 1.....
» 7/04/2014 9:24:48 AM Mikk, the general understanding that most voters have is that they are required to cast a .....
» 7/04/2014 8:43:17 AM Pericles, you wrote: <<When the money is directed - not to productive enterprise, b.....
» 7/04/2014 8:41:27 AM Pericles, you are putting in a concerted effort to try and convince me that negative thing.....
» 6/04/2014 10:22:19 PM Yes, they’ve got everything to vote for in Afghanistan. In Australia there is no point. .....
» 6/04/2014 9:15:51 AM << …so again, the net effect on GDP will be "no change". >> Again, .....
» 6/04/2014 9:12:23 AM Thanks Pericles for your detailed response. But I’ve got to say that your argument just c.....
» 5/04/2014 8:50:09 PM Pericles, where in that brief explanation of how GDP is calculated does it say or allude t.....
» 5/04/2014 8:57:08 AM Look at the amazing mining boom. The most extraordinary wealth was generated over at least.....
» 5/04/2014 8:55:33 AM << …spending on selective infrastructure is well worth borrowing for. i.e., dams tha.....
» 4/04/2014 8:14:01 PM I wrote: >> Relative intangibility does NOT equate to meaninglessness! << P.....
» 3/04/2014 9:57:38 AM << Precisely because they are intangible (i.e. not measurable) and subjective (i.e a.....
» 3/04/2014 9:54:31 AM Kipp, as painful as the latest instalment of the Luddy vs Perry saga is for you, and evide.....
» 2/04/2014 7:57:39 PM Pericles, you should have given in long ago. I get the feeling that you know that some of .....
» 2/04/2014 9:00:53 AM Remember, regarding basic resources; it’s not just water, it’s food, and it’s minerals and.....
» 2/04/2014 8:57:39 AM << …could you explain how you would set about "managing demand"? >> .....
» 2/04/2014 8:06:57 AM < Food security is an issue that must be carefully and comprehensively addressed by our.....
» 1/04/2014 5:09:13 PM << I prefer people, myself. Which could… go a long way to explaining why you and I d.....
» 1/04/2014 11:30:10 AM What? I said I’ve got no issue with it! They can live in that sort of environment if they.....
» 1/04/2014 9:33:24 AM Everald, you haven’t mentioned the most significant factor: We have very rapid population.....
» 1/04/2014 8:52:46 AM << After all, it has done no damage at all to our per capita GDP, has it. >> .....
» 1/04/2014 8:49:22 AM Pericles, from your post of Sunday, 30 March 2014 4:47:43 PM: << Your answer to eve.....
» 31/03/2014 11:00:27 AM I wrote: >> Where the supply capability is not up to scratch it is eminently sensi.....
» 31/03/2014 10:40:44 AM << Of course there is net gain >> How can you say that? That’s an extraordina.....
» 31/03/2014 6:25:21 AM < Abbott should get a humanitarian award for savings 1000s of lives at sea. > SM, y.....
» 31/03/2014 6:19:01 AM << Re: “Again, your IAREM indicates … that we’d all be better off if we INCREASED im.....
» 31/03/2014 6:15:17 AM << @Ludwig, re: “Alan, I haven’t heard any criticism of Abbott regarding his desire .....
» 30/03/2014 9:28:35 AM Thanks Paddy. Gee you have been busy! What a huge effort you have been putting into pumm.....
» 30/03/2014 8:31:13 AM << @Ludwig, re: “Why has Mr Abbott declared himself to be the infrastructure PM?” T.....
» 29/03/2014 8:46:40 PM << So what exactly are you complaining about? Too much investment, or not enough inv.....
» 29/03/2014 8:19:19 PM << I've over done it with articles here and else where about the Sustainable Populat.....
» 29/03/2014 7:47:34 PM << An expanding population is not a problem provided infrastructure and services kee.....
» 28/03/2014 10:20:32 PM I wrote: >> [Sydney] is congested to all buggery, despite the most phenomenal amoun.....
» 28/03/2014 10:03:06 PM Pericles, there so so sooo many things to counter in your latest post that my head is just.....
» 28/03/2014 8:40:22 PM << 5. Massive economic activity? Where? >> Holy snapping duck poo Pericles? O.....
» 28/03/2014 9:07:17 AM All comments so far are right on the money. Andrew, what are you saying? You support a bi.....
» 27/03/2014 10:42:57 PM << 2. Improvements are taking place all the time down here in Sydneyland. Our parks .....
» 27/03/2014 10:13:08 PM << So it would appear that you have no problem at all with the statement that I made.....
» 27/03/2014 9:56:05 PM << Re: “Your IAREM determination of economic wellbeing is completely detached from r.....
» 27/03/2014 9:56:59 AM Pericles, told ya I didn’t believe ya, old chap. But I do thank you for coming back for a.....
» 26/03/2014 10:28:12 PM << @Ludwig, to which period are you referring with: “We are NOT seeing overall impro.....
» 26/03/2014 9:44:14 PM << Our electoral cycle precludes sensible economic planning >> Indeed it does.....
» 26/03/2014 9:33:12 PM << Honestly, I give up. >> Haaaa hahahaaa Pericles! << …you have final.....
» 26/03/2014 9:14:45 AM Meanwhile, in our super-duper rootin-tootin economy which comes out on top of the post-GFC.....
» 24/03/2014 9:29:06 PM << Since you have now resorted to ad hominem attacks… >> What attack where Pe.....
» 24/03/2014 1:29:53 PM Dear oh dear Peter. Go ahead, bomb out of the discussion if you must. But it tells me one .....
» 24/03/2014 12:41:59 PM Regarding this link that you posted, Peter: http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/e.....
» 24/03/2014 12:37:44 PM Well, I have been debating this stuff on OLO for nearly a decade, and for many years befor.....
» 23/03/2014 9:25:32 PM What can I say Peter. Lomborg is off the planet!! His whole argument seems to be that bec.....
» 22/03/2014 11:38:56 PM Of course we are allowed to mow our roadverge with a ride-on mower......
» 22/03/2014 11:32:04 PM But Haz, road verge is different to footpath. Of course we are allowed to mow our road ver.....
» 22/03/2014 12:32:36 PM << My main point of this thread, is why do we need rego for a ride on, but not a pus.....
» 22/03/2014 11:47:59 AM << Mostly the debunked ‘Limits of Growth’ type arguments; not correct. >> Wel.....
» 21/03/2014 8:39:23 PM << The simple, overriding fact is the wealthier the world the better for human well .....
» 21/03/2014 8:37:59 PM << We cannot continually run deficits and run up debt to fund recurring expenditure......
» 21/03/2014 10:54:57 AM Thanks for the reply Don. << In my view, living sustainably can be an important per.....
» 20/03/2014 8:15:39 PM Thanks Pericles for yet another very interesting debate......
» 19/03/2014 9:03:15 PM Don, there is something that you haven’t mentioned that is of fundamental importance for a.....
» 19/03/2014 9:29:45 AM Charlie, this is an extremely one-sided article. What you basically seem to be saying is: .....
» 18/03/2014 11:21:42 PM << …government & grasping greens have no place on private property. >> Actual.....
» 18/03/2014 11:04:07 PM << To me government control is a recipe for disaster, only exceeded by greenie contr.....
» 18/03/2014 10:03:30 PM If more people are getting sick, then some of them who would be working would not be able .....
» 18/03/2014 9:16:12 PM Pericles, I see nothing in your two links to indicate that it << is a complete and u.....
» 18/03/2014 9:40:34 AM << Is there a way to divide GDP into Productive activity or Overheads activity ? Tha.....
» 17/03/2014 10:13:58 PM Pericles, your post has done nothing to further our debate. As JF Aus points out, increas.....
» 17/03/2014 10:01:03 PM All too true JF Aus. It is surely patently obvious that increased illness increases econ.....
» 17/03/2014 9:56:43 PM << …adaptation is the way to go >> Yes Curmy. But not adaptation to climate c.....
» 17/03/2014 9:54:57 PM I wrote: >> Tom, the first imperative is not to focus on adapting to climate nor tr.....
» 17/03/2014 4:16:19 PM << OK lets fight. >> Alright then! BIFF SOCK WHAM…. ):>) << at 70% .....
» 17/03/2014 10:59:14 AM Poirot, parliamentary behaviour is disgraceful. But I doubt that it has much to do with th.....
» 17/03/2014 9:17:05 AM Those kids are much more concerned about gay marriage than climate change, and about asylu.....
» 17/03/2014 8:53:03 AM < We should focus on adapting to climate change, not vainly trying to stop it. > To.....
» 17/03/2014 8:31:38 AM << …only a very small number of economists have made the connection between energy a.....
» 17/03/2014 1:06:07 AM Agreed Bazz. Population growth doesn’t produce meaningful growth. But it sure as hell does.....
» 17/03/2014 12:47:53 AM << Beattie's damn fool clearing regulations, treating regrowth as virgin clearing, t.....
» 17/03/2014 12:45:59 AM Haz, perhaps the main difference between us is that you are willing to just let it all hap.....
» 16/03/2014 10:58:17 PM Haz, what you call doom and gloom is what I call realism. Just think about this…. Fossil.....
» 16/03/2014 9:33:09 PM << …disasters, illnesses etc. do not themselves "contribute to GDP" >&g.....
» 16/03/2014 9:28:56 PM GDP is made up of the good and bad elements of growth. Pericles, I’m not quite sure, but .....
» 16/03/2014 8:12:06 PM << Sometime soon some smart little chap will find a way to power your transport with.....
» 15/03/2014 9:39:11 PM Haz, the very fact that renewable energy sources can’t go anywhere near competing with fos.....
» 15/03/2014 9:36:08 PM << Luddy old mate, you are at least a warmist worth talking to… >> Thanks Haz.....
» 14/03/2014 9:21:39 PM Malcolm, you’ve posted again, mentioning me… but still completely failing to address my qu.....
» 14/03/2014 11:47:43 AM And we worship this insane thing called GDP…. which we want to be strongly growing all the.....
» 14/03/2014 11:43:41 AM << We have significant spare capacity for growth in our economy, with low interest, .....
» 14/03/2014 10:50:55 AM Haz, I wrote, regarding AGW: >> …ultimately, we just don’t know! And therefore we s.....
» 14/03/2014 10:36:20 AM Nathan, what is essentially different to replying to Andrew Bolt or replying to an article.....
» 13/03/2014 11:08:43 AM Pericles, going by the same sort of reasoning, you would be all for rapid population growt.....
» 13/03/2014 11:01:18 AM << Oh, Ludwig, Ludwig. What an embarrassing rant. >> Oow, sorry to embarrass .....
» 13/03/2014 1:30:27 AM Excellent post Yuyutsu......
» 13/03/2014 12:59:57 AM Wow Malcolm, you so keenly responded to my first post, putting up your reply less than ten.....
» 12/03/2014 11:44:38 AM << We do need to grow, but in a sustainable way. >> Rhrosty, we do need to de.....
» 12/03/2014 10:49:59 AM What we desperately need is to slow the increase in the demand for everything right down, .....
» 12/03/2014 10:48:03 AM ‘Real’ GDP!! What an extraordinary concept! So there’s real GDP and there’s ?ordinary or.....
» 11/03/2014 11:49:24 PM Thanks for the reply Malcolm. But…. You have completely failed to address either of the .....
» 11/03/2014 11:38:50 PM << Newman said much of the public service infrastructure would be resistant to chang.....
» 11/03/2014 9:55:18 AM Hey Malcolm, could you answer this question: >> How absurd would it be for us to ju.....
» 11/03/2014 9:36:44 AM Fine aspirations Everald. But… How can we talk about infrastructure without talking abou.....
» 11/03/2014 9:13:14 AM Well I am most surprised! The SA Greens have actually developed the fundamentally CORRECT .....
» 8/03/2014 11:44:43 PM NOOOO. Keep the carbon and mining taxes! Explain that the carbon tax is a fundamental ti.....
» 8/03/2014 10:59:23 PM That’s easy Aussieboy. There is one very long-serving MP in Shorten’s team who has got it .....
» 7/03/2014 11:23:45 AM I’m 15 years shy of 70. My father is 15 years past 70. He’s is fine physical and mental fo.....
» 6/03/2014 11:07:37 AM I just don’t get; why would someone such as yourself, a man of the land, in a wonderful pa.....
» 6/03/2014 11:05:40 AM Vic, firstly do you agree that the weather around the planet is getting wilder, with all s.....
» 5/03/2014 12:14:06 PM Labor left Queensland in major need of fixing up in all sorts of ways. The people booted t.....
» 4/03/2014 1:56:29 PM Hold on Rhrosty. I’m with you all the way on the need to develop alternative energy source.....
» 4/03/2014 9:25:53 AM This is so wrong-headed! Of COURSE the technology is constantly improving! Of course the .....
» 3/03/2014 1:40:51 PM Aussieboy, by far the most important point in your list is No 10. We’ve got to develop a p.....
» 28/02/2014 9:34:39 AM So going by your reasoning; that WA has particular issues that should spur innovation more.....
» 28/02/2014 9:33:21 AM < Congestion isn't just maddening, it's bad economics. And any government that thinks i.....
» 27/02/2014 11:18:41 PM Sure Killarney, cannibalistic female spiders are not common in the spider world. Only a ve.....
» 27/02/2014 11:09:16 AM I wrote: > You won’t see the vicious competition between individuals if there happen t.....
» 27/02/2014 8:01:33 AM Ian, what you don’t see when you are looking at your beloved spider is that it has built a.....
» 26/02/2014 11:36:25 PM << The policies of both parties on immigration, population and energy will lead us i.....
» 26/02/2014 11:09:19 PM < The trend is likely to continue without hitting a geologic "peak" > WHA.....
» 25/02/2014 10:02:23 AM I don’t ava a mobile or smartphone doover of any sort! I get along perfectly well wiffout .....
» 25/02/2014 1:21:21 AM << So rather than telling Hockey how to grab more money, lets just tell him to spend.....
» 25/02/2014 12:41:42 AM Again I will say what no one else even bears a thought for (as I have many times on OLO)…......
» 20/02/2014 1:38:38 PM << …one thing which is beyond dispute is that prolonged, indefinite detention – even.....
» 15/02/2014 9:30:14 PM The dud is gone. Please, let's just forget him!.....
» 15/02/2014 9:28:34 PM Kevin who??.....
» 15/02/2014 7:43:25 PM What do I see as the differences between the two major parties? NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTHING…. o.....
» 14/02/2014 7:43:06 PM That's a good article Bazz. It explains the basics of the whole business very well......
» 13/02/2014 9:55:51 PM Hazza, you make light of a very serious subject. Just about the most serious in the world .....
» 13/02/2014 8:31:31 AM And through all of this discussion and article, no one pays even a single thought to the s.....
» 12/02/2014 8:31:01 PM What we need to improve the rule of law on our roads and hence improve road safety is: 1......
» 11/02/2014 9:39:57 PM Or is there a deliberate trap-setting motive, whereby the police know they will get a good.....
» 11/02/2014 9:21:13 PM Yep. We’ve completely lost it with temporary speed limit signs. It seems that temporary sl.....
» 11/02/2014 8:59:08 PM << …the more marked cars the better… >> Hey rehctub, it would be great to hav.....
» 10/02/2014 10:04:35 PM .... as they do NOW... and have done for decades... with unmarked cars......
» 10/02/2014 9:50:48 PM << Good idea there, but the only problem is the 'police presence', is supposed to ca.....
» 10/02/2014 9:00:22 AM The rule of law is deteriorating in this country. The police are just not up to the task. .....
» 8/02/2014 11:14:56 PM Everyone who is at all interested in law and liberties should be fascinated with this case.....
» 8/02/2014 11:10:27 PM No Haz, I’m very interested indeed. Fascinating saga......
» 8/02/2014 7:45:54 AM For Hockey, Abbott and the rest of the Coalition, it is all about increasing the governmen.....
» 7/02/2014 9:24:21 AM < Back in the dreamtime there were no irrigators upstream to steal the water, so perhap.....
» 7/02/2014 6:25:06 AM One of the fundamental things that we need to do as part of tax reform is to greatly reduc.....
» 6/02/2014 7:53:58 PM Dear Padraic King, there you go again launching another load of your loony lambasting of S.....
» 6/02/2014 8:07:14 AM Everald, your < key issues for planners > are all geared towards massive expansionis.....
» 2/02/2014 10:37:12 PM Bazz, I live in QLD but I’ve been driving in NSW over the last four weeks, in areas of hig.....
» 2/02/2014 10:23:16 PM Is Mise, it was only a few years back that the NT speed limit was declared to be 130 on th.....
» 1/02/2014 8:18:20 PM << It is the traffic authorities statement that there will be no tolerance that is t.....
» 1/02/2014 1:12:45 PM << Surely, as speeding is breaking the law and it is the duty of citizens to uphold .....
» 29/01/2014 9:36:22 PM SteeleRedux, I can see why 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 – 1…… might be thought to = ½. But I'm not su.....
» 28/01/2014 10:53:41 AM It is crazy to be talking about cutting taxes and improving efficiencies in their usage fo.....
» 28/01/2014 10:42:47 AM << Ludwig, you say using your headlights for any purpose other than at night/fog. &g.....
» 27/01/2014 9:33:19 PM << I didn't know that, Ludwig. >>Yes Is Mise, [motorists should tip off other.....
» 27/01/2014 8:50:57 PM << Ludwig you must get it into your head that the speed limit means the speed limit .....
» 27/01/2014 10:18:29 AM << The police are targeting cars doing anything over the limit even by one km/h >.....
» 27/01/2014 10:08:27 AM << Should motorists tip off other drivers about these traps? >> Yes Is Mise, .....
» 24/01/2014 6:53:37 AM < Improving housing affordability ultimately depends on building more and cheaper house.....
» 23/01/2014 9:37:47 PM << Improving mentality is the answer and one way of improving it is to allow people .....
» 23/01/2014 8:21:46 PM << There is a slight problem, you will need multiple cameras etc., to record every t.....
» 23/01/2014 11:15:25 AM D’oh Haz you really do need to get into posting links. It is so simple even I can do it… a.....
» 22/01/2014 9:27:45 PM << The courts would soon be cluttered with appeals and you would find yourself havin.....
» 22/01/2014 8:52:58 PM << The main problem is, you claim someone tail-gated you ? The other driver repudiat.....
» 22/01/2014 8:51:04 PM << …unless the traffic offence is very serious, and as such, falls within the Crimes.....
» 22/01/2014 7:58:53 PM << A photo of your speedo merely proves that the needle on the instrument was indica.....
» 21/01/2014 9:05:33 PM << Belly, I fully understand what you are saying. I have no problem with it. But y.....
» 21/01/2014 8:41:14 PM Once, after a very hairy experience on the open road, I went to the Casino police station .....
» 21/01/2014 8:39:21 PM Hi o sung wu. Firstly, I support the proper enforcement of our laws, which includes all ro.....
» 21/01/2014 7:40:23 AM There would be plenty of people willing to do this if it was promoted and facilitated by t.....
» 21/01/2014 7:38:59 AM Ian, I wryly smile and shake my head when I see these twits with their fancy cars, knowing.....
» 20/01/2014 9:55:11 AM Or is it the media choosing to pick up on one issue and ignore the rest of the Greens’ pol.....
» 20/01/2014 9:49:50 AM << Abbott won the last election in a landslide >> Not really. Labor lost in a.....
» 20/01/2014 9:30:17 AM << HIGH VISIBILITY,that is the reason for duplicate signs on both sides of the road......
» 19/01/2014 8:26:56 PM How do you ban smoking? We haven’t been able to ban illicit drugs. Far from it. We can’t.....
» 19/01/2014 8:07:26 PM << The simple truth of the matter is that the truck would have to stop twice, so it'.....
» 18/01/2014 8:55:16 PM Belly, as one who was involved with the a drafting of the first manual of traffic control .....
» 18/01/2014 8:21:25 PM << If Australia was serious about this it would remove it self as a signatory to the.....
» 17/01/2014 8:06:43 AM Well…. of COURSE Abbott is a dud already! For as long as he tows the absurd economic rati.....
» 16/01/2014 9:14:04 PM If that was an isolated example, Is Mise, it would hardly be an issue. But it seems to be .....
» 14/01/2014 9:52:21 PM Hold on StG, let’s not jump to the end of the spectrum with this. It’s a damn good thing t.....
» 13/01/2014 9:10:09 PM GDay PJack. Hey, that’s quite neat – three posts on this thread without offering anything .....
» 13/01/2014 10:54:41 AM The answer to all of this is to empower the public. There are plenty of people out there w.....
» 13/01/2014 10:53:21 AM David, this 85th percentile is fine in theory but of course is critical flawed in reality......
» 12/01/2014 7:45:21 PM << Shortening the speed limit may have been deliberately left there for safety reaso.....
» 12/01/2014 2:46:53 PM Hey 579, I totally agree – the speed limit should be the speed limit. There shouldn’t be a.....
» 12/01/2014 1:22:55 PM This fuzzy concept of a few ks over the limit being acceptable, or of there being a leeway.....
» 12/01/2014 1:20:27 PM << Yes Ludwig, and they (the signs) are even being used as revenue raisers. >>.....
» 11/01/2014 9:58:58 PM << "The Ant World" >> You’ve mentioned that before, Hazz. Can you t.....
» 11/01/2014 9:41:29 PM << Then there are the "STOP" signs at railway crossings where there has no.....
» 11/01/2014 9:04:33 PM << It's about time the truckies went back to heavy steel bull bars, rather than the .....
» 11/01/2014 9:03:19 PM << Stop whinging about something that's utterly inconsequential. You're living a VER.....
» 11/01/2014 7:30:41 AM Speed limit signage at roadworks and the regulation thereof are out of control! Having ju.....
» 10/01/2014 8:41:23 PM Insomnia eh? Well Valerie….. if you have a diet of low GI foods: Glycaemic Index that is:.....
» 30/12/2013 8:24:32 PM << Let’s remember the pattern of extreme events around the world is the new norm. &g.....
» 22/12/2013 11:12:38 PM I’m sitting here in my lounge room, with the neighbour's farking barking farking dogs goin.....
» 18/12/2013 2:07:06 PM I emphatically disagree with you NTP, on a whole bunch of levels. What’s your point about.....
» 18/12/2013 8:45:05 AM << Could you tell me the 'good' aspects of MC >> Banjo, I guess it is basical.....
» 18/12/2013 7:33:27 AM The Coalitiion just doesn’t get it at all! Abbott and Newmans’ winding back of environme.....
» 16/12/2013 11:33:40 PM << In each case, the first two comments were enough to indicate that reading other f.....
» 16/12/2013 9:45:19 AM Multiculturalism is a mixed bag of good and bad. But Australia is now a highly multicultur.....
» 16/12/2013 9:23:37 AM John Spender writes: < The effect of mandatory sentencing is to replace a judge's deci.....
» 13/12/2013 8:57:32 AM Here we go again – another economic analysis article in which there is not even a thought .....
» 5/12/2013 12:55:21 PM Surely the thing that really matters here is that the Greens have effectively condoned a h.....
» 4/12/2013 7:46:53 AM < Innocent until proven guilty is a very noble principle which sustains our modern conc.....
» 3/12/2013 9:17:17 AM << Demand in Australia is quite stable >> Alan, I find it quite extraordinary.....
» 1/12/2013 8:15:12 PM << Luddy, OUG, and Foxy all commented of their expectations that the Libs would sell.....
» 30/11/2013 2:04:03 PM Agreed Soggy. Interesting decision by Hockey. I would have expected the opposite from the .....
» 30/11/2013 8:06:43 AM One of the biggest problems with hazard-reduction burning is that an awful lot of it would.....
» 30/11/2013 8:05:25 AM << That is a head-in-the-sand attitude. You are advocating continuing growth in fuel.....
» 29/11/2013 9:31:50 AM < The lesson for Australia is that we need to plan for this shrinking supply, and the r.....
» 29/11/2013 6:44:32 AM Great article Roger. Yes, the ecological landscape of Australia was greatly altered by Ab.....
» 28/11/2013 9:39:01 PM Well SM, I’m sure that you, being a political animal, know full well that this is indeed a.....
» 28/11/2013 9:28:10 PM << Ludwig, immigration has helped Australia enormously, as it has most other high-in.....
» 27/11/2013 12:53:40 PM SM, I haven’t skipped any of those steps. I haven’t defined the problem? I haven’t state.....
» 26/11/2013 1:24:20 PM << Would you agree that what really matters more than the rate of growth of demand a.....
» 26/11/2013 10:31:29 AM >> So our GDP is growing at 26% PA << Obviously that should be 2.6% Hrrgh!! .....
» 26/11/2013 10:20:38 AM Very interesting and important topic. Of course kids are not going to be interested in t.....
» 26/11/2013 10:00:08 AM Last night’s Four Corners was all about Big Clive: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/.....
» 26/11/2013 8:31:50 AM SM, this discussion is becoming circular. It looks like we can’t really progress it any fu.....
» 26/11/2013 8:15:13 AM Let’s face it; population growth is the main factor contributing to this very high rate of.....
» 26/11/2013 8:13:21 AM < …they are now adopting almost identical broad economic policies as Labor – stimulus s.....
» 24/11/2013 8:41:04 PM << So why on earth can anyone take you seriously when you want new laws to fix a pro.....
» 22/11/2013 7:54:21 PM << I have dealt with several large businesses, and certainly no one would touch anyt.....
» 22/11/2013 7:53:37 PM SM, I’m really battling to understand your position. It is just so clear-cut that big busi.....
» 22/11/2013 11:58:27 AM << The reality is that no large business would go anywhere near anything that could .....
» 21/11/2013 9:21:05 PM << We marry them and allow ourselves to be subjected to a lifetime of: whinging, ins.....
» 21/11/2013 8:04:57 AM << …donations are just the jam on top. >> Oh come on, do you really think tha.....
» 21/11/2013 7:30:52 AM This ‘voluntary’ code of conduct is probably one of the more binding ones around. The ACC.....
» 20/11/2013 9:34:28 PM << Business are in business to maximise profits, not to give money away. They see po.....
» 20/11/2013 7:50:54 AM Abbott’s approach presents the most wonderful opportunity for Labor. If they could only se.....
» 20/11/2013 6:34:52 AM << I believe that most business donations are not for favours, and that existing mea.....
» 20/11/2013 6:32:57 AM < By your measure the hypocritical Green Tea party must be the most corrupt, having rec.....
» 19/11/2013 11:17:03 PM Coles and Woollies have just signed up to a voluntary code of conduct, which is supposed t.....
» 19/11/2013 10:50:06 PM I saw a Harley today. Well, I presume it was a Harley. The rider was wearing a Harley-embl.....
» 19/11/2013 8:22:47 AM < …Labor has to get its act together if it aims to offer a viable alternative to the Co.....
» 19/11/2013 8:00:23 AM Thank Paul. The Greens’ policy on donations is good. They are very mindful of conflict of .....
» 18/11/2013 8:00:14 PM SM, in my opinion (not my assertion), political parties don’t just sell their ideas or vis.....
» 18/11/2013 9:29:34 AM < One ethical person plus a few ethical friends who all support each other really matte.....
» 17/11/2013 8:05:57 PM << A party is in the "business" of selling its ideas and vision for the fu.....
» 16/11/2013 7:20:39 PM SM, I think we are having a very good discussion here. I value your opinion. The two qu.....
» 16/11/2013 7:16:53 AM So SM, are big companies corrupt if they give big donations in order to try and sway gover.....
» 15/11/2013 10:33:27 PM SM, further to my last post: Where does our democratic right to support a party or a poli.....
» 15/11/2013 1:24:16 PM << Bazz growth must go on, as long as we are silly enough to keep increasing the pop.....
» 15/11/2013 1:11:23 PM SM, where does supporting your party end and buying influence begin? What is it exactly t.....
» 15/11/2013 10:10:57 AM << If I donate to a charity or organization, it is because I want them to continue a.....
» 15/11/2013 6:59:52 AM < Ensuring all Australians have the means and opportunity for a decent life requires a .....
» 14/11/2013 9:44:43 AM << The government could readily borrow say $10 billion to establish a National Devel.....
» 14/11/2013 7:10:35 AM But SM, your donation is both democratically unprincipled, as I have explained in this thr.....
» 14/11/2013 7:03:31 AM Rudd resigns. The end of an error! I’ve got to agree with that! Its wonderful news! ( :.....
» 13/11/2013 7:57:10 PM Yes, well said Rhian......
» 13/11/2013 9:44:51 AM Yes Clive’s and interesting fellow. But hold on - his policies seem to be beside the poin.....
» 13/11/2013 9:32:33 AM << …let's face it, it's the religion that causes the problem, not so much the people.....
» 13/11/2013 9:07:31 AM Good article Joel. However I feel that you have perhaps picked the wrong case to use as a.....
» 13/11/2013 5:04:23 AM < So is there anything wrong with Tony Abbott's emphasis on roads, freeways, tunnels an.....
» 12/11/2013 9:18:24 AM Jess, I’m with you all the way in principle. However, there is an enormous omission in th.....
» 12/11/2013 8:50:00 AM SM, these taxes are costing you thousands?? You must be doin alright then! If you are do.....
» 12/11/2013 5:55:51 AM Sure SM, get involved with politics, but leave the donations out of it. It begs the quest.....
» 11/11/2013 8:29:49 PM << When I donate to the coalition, I do expecting that they will continue legislatin.....
» 11/11/2013 8:16:46 PM << Ludwig don't judge the coalition by Labor's corrupt standards >> SM, I’m n.....
» 11/11/2013 8:23:49 AM Lester and Jo, do you think it would be a good idea for our government to decisively deal .....
» 10/11/2013 8:03:58 PM << At the end of the day, if anyone thinks we as a nation can reduce our emissions b.....
» 10/11/2013 6:54:40 PM << The Labor donations culture is broken >> SM, the donations culture is brok.....
» 9/11/2013 10:43:15 PM << No good telling police about agressive drivers behind you, unless you have visual.....
» 9/11/2013 10:11:39 PM << Why on earth do you think that the donations issue is flawed? >> Hmmmm. Ve.....
» 8/11/2013 9:50:11 PM << It is not the job of the Court to reflect the will of the people but to apply the.....
» 8/11/2013 9:28:48 PM << It is the redefinition of the term "marriage" that's half the controver.....
» 8/11/2013 9:13:56 PM SM, sure, fixing the donations issue won’t cure the corruption of democracy. But it will c.....
» 8/11/2013 6:44:30 AM << Again with the claims of inevitability! >> No Shocka, I’m not claiming tha.....
» 7/11/2013 10:19:34 PM << Ludwig never ceases to urge large-scale government attacks on society to achieve .....
» 7/11/2013 9:45:23 PM Well Dan, with reference to your link - I got half way through that load of drivel and tur.....
» 7/11/2013 9:07:55 PM But SM, this law prevents donations from unions!… and still allows donations from private .....
» 7/11/2013 11:36:09 AM << If we had optional preferential voting and could prevent our vote cascading down .....
» 7/11/2013 11:01:11 AM Rehctub, if we put all our efforts into productivity, and just allowed the massive rate of.....
» 7/11/2013 8:09:02 AM << I was having a poke at the Newman govt in Qld...which appears to be developing an.....
» 7/11/2013 7:43:18 AM Josephus, we’re talking about donations to the NSW Labor party. As O’Farrell said; there .....
» 7/11/2013 7:08:56 AM < In the first place only 45% voted for the Coalition, which could be interpreted as 55.....
» 6/11/2013 11:06:01 PM << Mr Compton is not the problem, of course, as he is ... iii) not going to be aroun.....
» 6/11/2013 11:45:51 AM In 2012 the NSW parliament passed a new law on political donations that limits donations t.....
» 6/11/2013 10:55:24 AM No Dan I haven’t read that. Sorry, but I’m not sure what your point is in bringing this t.....
» 6/11/2013 9:59:54 AM < Gay marriage must happen and will happen > Commonsense would lead one to agree. B.....
» 6/11/2013 9:43:12 AM So Everald, we need to sort out what is the good fraction of growth and what is the bad si.....
» 6/11/2013 9:40:50 AM This is wonderful, Everald! But it seems to sit in strong contrast to your pursuance of e.....
» 5/11/2013 8:22:08 PM << Well it seems there's a potential revenue boon in targeting people who accidental.....
» 5/11/2013 7:21:20 PM ( :>/.....
» 5/11/2013 11:55:37 AM << Because major traffic violations involve the potential to cause death of physical.....
» 5/11/2013 9:51:04 AM It’s time for a new approach. And the basis of it is just so simple, with the stabilisatio.....
» 5/11/2013 9:50:02 AM Tony, you seem to miss the most fundamental point: The need to match demand with a healthy.....
» 5/11/2013 8:10:54 AM Yes indeed Lyn, the denialist camp has tentacles that spread into many aspects of our soci.....
» 5/11/2013 7:21:47 AM How do we steer the economy to higher growth? Significantly increase immigration! That’s.....
» 4/11/2013 8:34:25 AM < Labor must never forget that our brand is not interchangeable with that of the Coalit.....
» 4/11/2013 6:41:50 AM << Ludwig, I can see how it would be difficult to police tailgating unless they actu.....
» 3/11/2013 11:01:50 PM Hoooold on there Haz! You’ve got a reputation for being the king hoon and rev-head of OLO.....
» 3/11/2013 10:47:12 PM << Like I said, Ludwig, I wouldn't encourage them. It appears that already Queenslan.....
» 3/11/2013 10:03:15 PM << Ludwig, I would say there aren't enough police driving around to effectively deal.....
» 3/11/2013 9:45:49 PM Tony, yes our governments should be concentrating on ‘real’ problems. But there should al.....
» 3/11/2013 7:21:57 AM It is interesting to note that the police want us to dob in a hoon, or a smoky or offensiv.....
» 3/11/2013 7:19:58 AM Poirot, I’m not sure about the appropriateness of the new bikie laws when it comes to the .....
» 2/11/2013 12:44:17 PM Australia’s toughest anti-hooning laws have just come into effect in Queensland. There is.....
» 2/11/2013 10:42:15 AM << My understanding is that “reducing birthrates, stabilising populations and engend.....
» 2/11/2013 8:01:52 AM << Luddy old mate, in your quest for your "sustainability" you are loosing.....
» 2/11/2013 7:19:15 AM << "The ACT gay marriage act is in deliberate breach of the constitution and is.....
» 1/11/2013 9:29:07 PM Pericles, it is unfortunate that these sorts of thing can get bogged down in legal wrangli.....
» 1/11/2013 1:46:15 PM << Ludwig, after indicating earlier that you were somewhat sceptical of AGW, now you.....
» 1/11/2013 11:59:09 AM < NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has given us one of the weakest of all: "national co.....
» 1/11/2013 8:31:03 AM I have always been an advocate of the long-time UN recommendation that developed countries.....
» 31/10/2013 10:12:05 PM << I have no problem with anyone expressing and supporting their views. I do have so.....
» 31/10/2013 12:45:09 PM << Unless a significant causal link between anthropogenic CO2 emissions and global w.....
» 30/10/2013 11:56:31 PM << No one has been able to produce compelling scientific evidence that anthropogenic.....
» 30/10/2013 10:40:24 PM Yep, that’s a good one Pericles. Speaking of Harleys, and good music: http://www.youtube.....
» 30/10/2013 8:56:32 PM Thanks Pericles. Great stuFF! I just heard this on Radiobops60s: http://www.youtube.com.....
» 30/10/2013 8:14:39 PM << Australian seasonal conditions are just so variable that its not really possible .....
» 30/10/2013 9:58:33 AM << All I am saying is that "it is reasonable to suspect" is not a particul.....
» 30/10/2013 9:11:40 AM < As the election furore and political coverage recedes from the media cycle, many wait.....
» 30/10/2013 8:46:23 AM Bipartisan blindness. You’re not wrong, Nicholas. Both major parties are hooked into very.....
» 30/10/2013 8:10:04 AM But Jennifer, clearly there have been most unusually hot, dry and windy conditions in the .....
» 29/10/2013 8:14:02 PM << A little bird told me that we might not see so many numbers applying in the futur.....
» 29/10/2013 2:01:49 PM < Australia currently stands at a demographic crossroads. > Really Peter?? We shou.....
» 29/10/2013 11:19:27 AM My dear Pericles, I detest the doof-doof that you hear when you can only hear the base pou.....
» 29/10/2013 11:06:07 AM << You may also be pleased to note that in QLD the noise levels are being reviewed t.....
» 29/10/2013 9:34:27 AM I vocalise every speed sign I pass, whether I’m by myself or with other people in the car .....
» 29/10/2013 9:31:47 AM << I find the need to concentrate on my driving is being hijacked by having to conce.....
» 29/10/2013 8:33:47 AM << Personally, and I am lobbying for it >> Chrisgaff, I presume you are lobby.....
» 29/10/2013 8:31:00 AM << It is a Surrogate tax in place because it can be collected from those who choose .....
» 28/10/2013 3:25:23 PM [Deleted for arguing moderation.].....
» 28/10/2013 1:00:22 PM Pericles, you old humbug, you are right! (Ooow, does that make me an old humbug too?) We’.....
» 28/10/2013 8:58:59 AM Trouble is, Is Mise, most of us just don’t know what the law is, once we get away from the.....
» 28/10/2013 8:36:36 AM You’ve gone to considerable lengths to demonstrate that it has not got significantly hotte.....
» 28/10/2013 8:34:46 AM < Climate change has been absent from the Blue Mountains area for more than 100 years, .....
» 27/10/2013 8:55:59 PM << Ludwig, I get where your coming from...one rule for them, one for everyone else. .....
» 26/10/2013 10:17:32 PM Some years ago I thought that the police and their political masters had their hearts in t.....
» 26/10/2013 9:02:46 PM I don’t have a problem with bikes, only with extremely noisy ones... and with lawless ride.....
» 26/10/2013 11:27:51 AM This is UTTERLY DISGUSTING! Yes the law should be the law. There should ultimately be NO .....
» 25/10/2013 11:46:57 PM Aww Haz, isn’t it time to gave up your completely illogical complete denialism of human-in.....
» 25/10/2013 11:15:38 PM Hey, while the Qld Government is clamping down on bikies, perhaps it is an opportune time .....
» 25/10/2013 9:06:48 AM Hells bells John, give up the complete claptrap, will you! John McRobert, that is. Excel.....
» 24/10/2013 1:31:07 PM Bec, gay marriage? Yes I support it all the way. I am very pleased to see Australia’s fir.....
» 23/10/2013 9:23:47 PM << Surely Luddy, you don't really thing councils are capable of managing anything li.....
» 23/10/2013 8:50:46 PM Wow Haz, that’s quite extraordinary. Did you hear this on the news and then rush to your l.....
» 23/10/2013 9:33:47 AM Brent, I don’t think your argument is as clear-cut as you make out. Sure, we want governm.....
» 22/10/2013 11:19:18 PM Thanks for the requested corroboration, SM. However, there is nothing in that article tha.....
» 22/10/2013 9:08:05 PM << Do people go back and look at photos a great deal Ludwig? >> Candide, no d.....
» 21/10/2013 8:29:21 PM << Under Labor, the greens have had a free hand to make fuel reduction back burning,.....
» 21/10/2013 8:21:03 PM < The problem with our photographic obsession though is that we become less interested .....
» 18/10/2013 9:03:04 PM << In the midst of the terrible bushfires that are ravaging NSW, Greens Deputy leade.....
» 18/10/2013 8:38:57 PM << I would gladly pay twelve dollars to rid my establishment of John Pilger, and con.....
» 17/10/2013 9:23:05 PM By electing Shortarse, they guaranteed a considerably longer stint in opposition! No one .....
» 17/10/2013 8:01:51 PM Everyone has the right to express their opinions. If Roxon feels that way about Rudd, she .....
» 17/10/2013 1:38:14 PM << I think Australia should withdraw from the UN Convention. This would in no way re.....
» 17/10/2013 1:30:58 PM I don’t think we need to complicate it in the way that Jardine suggests. Even when there a.....
» 17/10/2013 1:25:20 PM Rather than threads opening up at the top of the comments, I would very much like to see t.....
» 16/10/2013 8:20:48 PM Yes Indi. Simple old-fashioned bold and italics would be great!.....
» 16/10/2013 7:41:48 PM A change is on the way. Good to hear, Graham. There’s nothing particularly wrong with the.....
» 16/10/2013 9:16:43 AM Good morning Malcolm. Thanks for keeping this subject in the spotlight. Cheers......
» 16/10/2013 6:28:42 AM << We can only comment on the articles published. >> Eh?? But Shocka, we hav.....
» 15/10/2013 5:11:29 PM What an enormous pity it was that Labor couldn’t see the necessity in steering its policy .....
» 15/10/2013 2:35:07 PM Dear Countess. You are one of OLO’s best and most prolific posters. You obviously get a lo.....
» 15/10/2013 10:22:09 AM < For those who say "peer review" in a learned journal is all that is require.....
» 15/10/2013 9:36:06 AM Haaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa hahahahahaaaaaa! That’s certainly one of the funniests posts I’v.....
» 15/10/2013 8:52:28 AM That’s interesting Poirot. Such a poor opinion of Online Opinion, from one who post’s her.....
» 15/10/2013 8:50:24 AM Hey Houellie, put up an interesting topic and I’ll take you on!! If it is something I ag.....
» 14/10/2013 8:34:46 AM The biggest problem with Shorten as leader is that he is rampantly pro-growth, totally bli.....
» 13/10/2013 7:08:57 PM I wrote: >> We need political action, law and policy to protect the rights of the m.....
» 12/10/2013 9:12:31 PM << That’s because you’re too dumb to understand what you’re talking about. >> .....
» 12/10/2013 6:49:43 PM << No, I can't. Thank you for conceding the general issue.>> Not sure what yo.....
» 12/10/2013 9:46:46 AM << What would be an example of a restriction on an owner's freedom to use his land, .....
» 11/10/2013 10:31:02 AM But Pericles, you have entertained this ‘wayward’ discussion, without attempting to broade.....
» 11/10/2013 9:15:20 AM How is it possible for politicians to just simply be paid whatever they claim? How can th.....
» 11/10/2013 8:52:23 AM << Having a moral compass is one thing, being moral is another. Many moral compasses.....
» 11/10/2013 8:47:22 AM That’s a pity Pericles. It was shaping up to be an interesting discussion. I don’t think .....
» 11/10/2013 6:50:02 AM << Rudd did not force one person onto a leaky boat >> No Is Mise, but he very.....
» 10/10/2013 5:51:42 PM << There is no morality inherent in the ownership of a car [or] …land. >> I d.....
» 10/10/2013 8:58:18 AM << Can you also acknowledge that popular/common-societal-views are also distinct fro.....
» 10/10/2013 8:44:08 AM << Your responses demonstrate that the word 'owner' is ambiguous. >> Yes Yuyu.....
» 10/10/2013 8:22:34 AM << Then, Ludwig, all Australians are responsible because the pull factor is our stab.....
» 9/10/2013 8:53:10 PM << Getting on a leaky un-seaworthy boat to attempt to enter Australia, or any other .....
» 9/10/2013 7:51:12 PM << So people drown trying to get to Australia, so what? >> That’s a bit callo.....
» 9/10/2013 7:32:29 PM << The deaths at sea lie solely at the feet of the previous labor government… >&g.....
» 9/10/2013 7:08:46 PM It seems that we are largely in agreement. Pericles. However… << ...unless you dee.....
» 9/10/2013 7:27:24 AM << I'm beginning to suspect that you deliberately misunderstand, Ludwig, simply in o.....
» 8/10/2013 8:24:42 PM << Ludwig’s argument would only make sense if government did not enforce law or poli.....
» 8/10/2013 8:22:19 PM << From the principle of liberty, ownership of land should be, as at common law, to .....
» 8/10/2013 2:56:00 PM Hold on Pericles, you wrote a whole post asserting that there is no moral dimension to pro.....
» 7/10/2013 9:40:58 AM Pericles I’ve got to disagree entirely. You can’t say that mining and property rights have.....
» 7/10/2013 8:42:41 AM << You give me the impression you don't know what it is? If you do, what is it? If y.....
» 6/10/2013 9:16:42 PM << Ludwig you mentioned a point of balance. Do you know what that is, or not? If not.....
» 6/10/2013 8:37:39 AM << What is it? >> Jardine, good question. As it concerns moral and social va.....
» 5/10/2013 10:15:22 PM Crikey, how long ago was the election…. and Labor still doesn’t have a leader! How bizarre.....
» 5/10/2013 2:13:41 PM << That's coming from someone who openly urges unlimited government power over every.....
» 5/10/2013 11:23:28 AM Jardine I know we’ve been over this at length previously, but I would just like to reitera.....
» 4/10/2013 7:39:31 PM Foxy, ‘Are you being served’ immediately springs to mind. Full of innuendo and double ente.....
» 4/10/2013 8:34:32 AM Haaa haha. I believe that Peter Curson IS John Cleese, looking for a scholarly argument wi.....
» 4/10/2013 8:24:08 AM < …a narrow focus on economic growth was detrimental to our quality of life and wellbei.....
» 2/10/2013 9:54:56 AM The mindsets of Tyler Cowen and James Stafford seem to be completely blind to a few huge f.....
» 2/10/2013 9:51:27 AM < The shale boom is just getting started > Oh…. How wonderful! < According to e.....
» 28/09/2013 7:18:09 PM << From my observations, the Australian labor partys slide began once they knived Bo.....
» 27/09/2013 10:02:47 PM Methinks it is time for you to concede that your abject denial of anthropogenic climate ch.....
» 27/09/2013 9:59:37 PM Haaaa hahaha Haz! ( :>).....
» 27/09/2013 7:37:51 PM So Haz, what do you say about today’s news: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/clim.....
» 27/09/2013 6:56:35 PM << Further, I was advised that I would have to contact the organisation if I wished .....
» 26/09/2013 7:06:06 PM Classic stuff from our best-ever Prime Minister: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-s.....
» 26/09/2013 9:00:37 AM Well Patricia, it seems like we are not going to get much of a change where it really coun.....
» 24/09/2013 8:14:09 PM << Well, Ludwig, the two are joined at the hip. >> They certainly ought to be.....
» 24/09/2013 9:06:29 AM Yes Poirot, good to see……… Except it should now become the Sustainabiity Council! Climat.....
» 23/09/2013 8:06:49 PM << I am a sckeptic, That means I am not convinced that AGW is real. It does not mean.....
» 22/09/2013 7:45:15 AM Hazza, you’re avoiding the all-important point – even if climate change is a complete hoax.....
» 21/09/2013 8:24:30 PM << The simple fact is that increasing the rate of GST would be the most obvious and .....
» 21/09/2013 7:47:44 PM Banjo, youy are probably right – Carr only talked about Sydney in an official capacity whe.....
» 21/09/2013 7:31:47 PM Hazza, you’re off the planet with this stuff! You can’t be sure that climate change is so.....
» 21/09/2013 7:58:01 AM Banjo, Bob Carr has always expressed broad views on population. His interests were and are.....
» 20/09/2013 8:23:43 PM << I'm sorry if it offends you, Ludwig, but I regard Bob Carr as a prime example of .....
» 19/09/2013 7:50:03 PM << But I notice that his resignation has not actually been offered yet >> Er….....
» 19/09/2013 7:53:32 AM Hasbeen, I am interested in your magically disappearing weeds! It has always seemed to me.....
» 19/09/2013 7:52:16 AM Stezza, you have spiked my interest with your reference to Acacia veronica. Endemic to the.....
» 18/09/2013 8:12:09 AM ( :>/.....
» 17/09/2013 8:06:55 PM << I put that down to early seafarers both indigenous & non-indigenous who planted v.....
» 17/09/2013 7:59:52 PM < Underlying the article, we see explicit or implicit assumptions of the environmental .....
» 17/09/2013 10:00:11 AM Great article Fred. It is interesting to note that while the ecosystems on Ascension may .....
» 17/09/2013 9:18:04 AM Does the mining industry in general need a royal commission into its links to government? .....
» 14/09/2013 8:15:04 PM Davidf, I agree with your analysis. You make an interesting point about the minor and mic.....
» 13/09/2013 9:06:56 AM What does it really matter if they don’t have a leader for a little while? Surely it is .....
» 13/09/2013 8:44:12 AM << The problem is more fundamental than that. >> I agree Jardine that the pro.....
» 13/09/2013 8:31:10 AM << …what do you think about Indonesia wanting to buy land here in Australia to raise.....
» 12/09/2013 9:55:36 PM Helloow Foxy!! Where you been ‘iding for tha last three years?? You asked: << How .....
» 12/09/2013 9:17:38 PM OTB, my fellow beachbum mate, you wrote: << Thomson may only be masquerading as a c.....
» 12/09/2013 9:03:32 PM Yabby, as I understand it, Kelvin Thomson wanted to ban live exports to Bahrain or Pakista.....
» 12/09/2013 10:04:39 AM Yabby, could you summarise your concerns about stopping live exports. It seems to me that.....
» 11/09/2013 8:27:00 PM Abbott hasn’t got a mandate to do anything policywise! The election wasn’t a referendum on.....
» 11/09/2013 8:10:34 PM Yabby, I’m surprised. You are onside about the need to stop population growth and achieve .....
» 11/09/2013 7:35:34 PM Pericles, I fully appreciate Kelvin Thomson’s desire to stay on the backbench and concentr.....
» 11/09/2013 8:39:29 AM Labor is struggling to find a new leader. But all those in the running – Bill Shorten, Ant.....
» 10/09/2013 9:48:20 PM Tatts are a big yawn. So common these days that they are meaningless. People get tatts t.....
» 7/09/2013 10:01:23 PM If he did one thing well, it was the delivery of that speech!.....
» 6/09/2013 10:46:59 AM Alan, you’ve generated some interesting multifaceted discussions here. That’s great. It’s .....
» 4/09/2013 8:57:05 AM < On these issues Abbott and his team, in my view, deserves the thumbs down. > Tota.....
» 4/09/2013 8:19:29 AM 4. We need an ever-greater rate of mineral exploitation, agricultural produce and all the .....
» 4/09/2013 8:16:03 AM << I’m not completely sure why you think the [immigration] rate in Australia is exce.....
» 3/09/2013 11:01:14 PM << Have you checked the register, Ludwig? Is there anything there amiss, do you thin.....
» 3/09/2013 7:14:56 AM Alan, regarding my statement to which you responded: >> in most cases they effectiv.....
» 2/09/2013 9:37:38 PM Helloow Pericles. Good to see you didn’t drop off the perch afterall! No, I’m not looking.....
» 2/09/2013 10:18:07 AM My body clock goes all wonky in a cyclical manner. It happens when I’m doing exactly the s.....
» 2/09/2013 9:52:33 AM << At this crucial time in human history Australian politics could not be in worse h.....
» 2/09/2013 9:02:37 AM Alan, in further response to your post of 1 September 2013 8:49:33 AM… You wrote: <&l.....
» 1/09/2013 9:12:09 PM << So the beginning of justice, democracy and sound corporate affairs policy must be.....
» 1/09/2013 9:08:53 PM Thanks for the detailed response Alan. << The nations doing best providing jobs, in.....
» 31/08/2013 8:08:07 PM Alan, I agree that the bias in the Murdoch media is a huge issue, as it has misled the Aus.....
» 31/08/2013 10:00:20 AM Yes rehctub an independent professionally assessed costing analysis would be a good idea, .....
» 30/08/2013 10:32:56 PM << If the Greens dropped their ludicrous open border policies and backed zero net im.....
» 30/08/2013 10:06:26 PM But if Labor was both way out with its own figures AND non-questioning of the opposition’s.....
» 30/08/2013 7:50:52 PM << Well mate, for someone who is not rusted on, you are sounding pretty duck like in.....
» 30/08/2013 7:38:18 PM YES rehctub, Labor certainly IS in a position to question the Libs’ figures! Crikey, wher.....
» 30/08/2013 1:06:55 PM Foyle, what is ‘updated Keynesian theory’? How does this differ from Keynes’ original theo.....
» 30/08/2013 10:17:18 AM Well Haz, it appears that Rudd’s goose is cooked. So we are about to get three years of th.....
» 30/08/2013 10:06:35 AM Alan, I agree. But it’s not just Murdoch that we should be concerned about. As you say; Fa.....
» 29/08/2013 9:11:23 PM Tony Abbott showed ‘imself to be a screwey dill at Rooty Hill!! Hwaa hwa hwa !¡!.....
» 29/08/2013 9:37:58 AM << Are you pair mad? >> Haz, what’s mad about this… 1. Labor is more progre.....
» 29/08/2013 9:20:55 AM If Abbott really wanted to be fiscally virtuous, he wouldn’t just be trying to determine t.....
» 28/08/2013 11:18:51 PM YES!! My thoughts exactly, Pelly......
» 28/08/2013 10:39:09 PM Absolutely right Ralph. Population growth is the biggest issue. If Rudd, who is desperate.....
» 28/08/2013 11:19:01 AM << I wonder if OVP vs CVP might also reduce informal votes from incomplete ballots? .....
» 28/08/2013 9:43:05 AM < Increasing numbers of Australians are demonstrating, through their vote, that they do.....
» 28/08/2013 8:23:19 AM Gee thanks Indi! I agree, KRudd’s a thumping great pretender! So he’s got to change! And .....
» 27/08/2013 10:48:59 PM << I think you may be suffering a bit of "rusted on " syndrome old mate &g.....
» 27/08/2013 10:44:12 AM << What Rudd & his moronic followers need is a high speed getting out of our lives. .....
» 27/08/2013 5:18:21 AM Yep Rudd’s going down, grandiose ideas and all! Any more big ideas from him in this elect.....
» 27/08/2013 5:07:20 AM Yes. I agree all the way with that, Bec......
» 26/08/2013 8:13:58 PM Indi, looking through the list that Banjo put up, most of the ideas seem good to me, and i.....
» 26/08/2013 8:13:03 PM << Ludwig, making an effort is one thing, but failing at eveything they do and, wast.....
» 25/08/2013 2:02:09 PM Alan, can I ask you just exactly what debt means in the sense that we are talking about it.....
» 25/08/2013 2:01:01 PM << A wiser plan would be borrowing more now while interest rates are low, keeping pe.....
» 25/08/2013 12:17:15 PM But Banjo, Labor is at least trying to develop polices with the longer term in mind. In qu.....
» 24/08/2013 10:34:32 PM That’s a very interesting list Banjo. What that suggests to me is that Labor is a progres.....
» 24/08/2013 10:07:58 PM Eh rehctub? I don’t get it. How is Katter supporting the Libs??.....
» 24/08/2013 9:33:37 PM << How could he improve, he knows he's perfect. >> Haaa hahahaa! Well said H.....
» 24/08/2013 10:24:45 AM Alan, you wrote on Thursday, 22 August 2013 7:49:00 PM: << By the end of 2010 the G.....
» 24/08/2013 8:45:11 AM << One of the contentions in this series of pieces is that Australia currently has t.....
» 24/08/2013 8:41:05 AM Alan, thanks for the links. Re: the first one - There were certainly NOT pretty sound rea.....
» 23/08/2013 11:20:08 PM ...for the good of the nation!!.....
» 23/08/2013 11:18:18 PM << Gawd, you blokes are boring..... >> Ahhh haaaaa hahahahaaaa! . << .....
» 23/08/2013 9:48:59 PM Thanks Geoff. Yeah my old mate Spindoc, with whom I have had exchanges on this forum for q.....
» 23/08/2013 12:22:54 PM << Australia's economy has grown by 14% under the ALP, regardless of what people thi.....
» 23/08/2013 12:04:04 PM Boy oh boy Spinny, you’re weeeird! Simple fact is that it is eminently sensible to be cau.....
» 23/08/2013 10:49:19 AM << Whatever Labor tried – under Mr Rudd, then Ms Gillard, now Mr Rudd again – was bl.....
» 23/08/2013 10:07:52 AM << LOL, I rest my case >> ( :> | LOL indeed, Spinny! Now… when you come .....
» 23/08/2013 7:57:53 AM Fair enough Don… if you define the precautionary principle in the worst possible manner. .....
» 22/08/2013 3:05:19 PM SPP that should be. . Matt, I agree that Paddy is giving SPP invaluable publicity, which.....
» 22/08/2013 2:59:29 PM Ahh Hasbeen, you’ve got yourself in a tangle this time! You have long agreed with me regar.....
» 22/08/2013 2:38:50 PM Deear o deary me! How shallow can we get??.....
» 22/08/2013 9:05:26 AM < What did Australia do differently from the rest of the world? Two things. Australia m.....
» 22/08/2013 8:09:45 AM Sheesh Malcolm, get a life!.....
» 21/08/2013 1:29:26 PM As I said to you previously, a much lower immigration rate should be seen as an essential .....
» 21/08/2013 1:27:21 PM << There was no pink batts debacle, Ludwig. 100% media fabrication >> Alright.....
» 19/08/2013 8:52:24 PM << What are the best and worst of times, Ludwig? >> Alan, according to econom.....
» 19/08/2013 12:07:16 PM << I am annoyed because what I think are the most important issues are glossed over .....
» 19/08/2013 11:45:53 AM Alan, you wrote: << Australia has enormous capacity yet to spend, Ludwig. You could.....
» 19/08/2013 11:44:34 AM I wrote: >> as it [mining boom] winds down, or changes into a different form with .....
» 18/08/2013 10:48:23 AM I wrote: >> as we come off the end of the mining boom, discontent in the general c.....
» 18/08/2013 10:47:04 AM I wrote: >> Wouldn’t a big reduction in immigration actually allow us much more fr.....
» 16/08/2013 10:54:32 AM From Jenny Goldie’s article (OLO 12/08/13): <In 2012, Australia's population growth ra.....
» 16/08/2013 10:53:35 AM Thanks for quick the response Alan. I wrote: >> One of the biggest factors in bala.....
» 16/08/2013 8:41:24 AM But Alan, why has Australia needed to borrow through the years of the mining boom? Why ha.....
» 15/08/2013 9:31:51 AM << I might have voted if limited preferential voting had not been proscribed. >&g.....
» 12/08/2013 12:07:54 PM Dear o dear Suse! I don’t suppose you saw Dick’s recent documentary – Ten Dollars a Litre.....
» 12/08/2013 9:42:29 AM Why are you telling us this Cheryl? I mean, if it was true, you’d be fully supporting it,.....
» 12/08/2013 8:29:42 AM < If Kevin wins the ALP will have to figure put how to contain his god-like genius. If .....
» 12/08/2013 8:18:11 AM One can’t help reaching the conclusion that the maintenance of very high immigration by su.....
» 12/08/2013 8:00:20 AM << Luddy you've got no chance of getting that up old mate. Particularly as you think.....
» 11/08/2013 8:11:06 PM << …you'd be battling to find a more vacuous less, inspiring Prime Ministerial candi.....
» 11/08/2013 7:55:13 PM I agree rehctub; a bit of simple analysis shows that Rudd’s ‘new way’ is a complete load o.....
» 10/08/2013 7:37:03 PM << They deserve to loose every seat they have, there blind policy to refugees does n.....
» 9/08/2013 8:37:07 PM Yes Hazza that camber-change thing can be a real bugger! It’s not something that is menti.....
» 9/08/2013 6:12:49 PM Woohoo Hazza, I’ve found something that I can agree with you about, and share your abject .....
» 9/08/2013 9:40:39 AM Robert, I totally disagree with the tenet of your article. We absolutely need to stop the.....
» 9/08/2013 9:12:29 AM < Both leaders will tell the Australian people how well they can manage the economy wit.....
» 8/08/2013 7:34:22 PM << If you are a Green, you could promote the stated wish of Bob Brown and other high.....
» 8/08/2013 10:28:58 AM < The question is what, if anything, can replace mining as a main driver of Australia's.....
» 8/08/2013 10:17:04 AM How important is this election? Um… not at all important! We’re choosing between two ent.....
» 7/08/2013 10:31:36 AM Yes Questa. More vital issues like the merits of Gillard’s ‘sustainable Australia’ versus .....
» 6/08/2013 7:32:49 PM Does Australia need to kick-start the Republican Debate? No Lexi. We need something much.....
» 6/08/2013 11:12:29 AM Bec, even with net zero immigration we would still have plenty of scope for bringing in qu.....
» 6/08/2013 10:27:16 AM << Australia needs to become a lot more sustainable, else we will all be in trouble .....
» 6/08/2013 10:24:09 AM Henry, my good fellow, in your attempt to bring to light some of the blindness in the mind.....
» 5/08/2013 11:06:38 PM Yes indeed Candide. I reckon that’s exactly what we’d have if our government could divorce.....
» 5/08/2013 10:32:18 AM When it comes to immigration and all the development associated with it, I agree that we n.....
» 3/08/2013 10:19:37 AM << My problem is that I "know" it is dumping and exploitation >> I .....
» 2/08/2013 9:13:02 PM Good stuff Craig. It would be most excellent if this policy both stopped the boats and sig.....
» 2/08/2013 7:22:52 PM Hazza, you should not pre-judge something like this. Watch it on ABC iview. You may be ple.....
» 1/08/2013 9:33:55 PM So Hazza, did you watch it?.....
» 30/07/2013 7:35:27 PM Tragedy, I’d be interested to know just how you would define a failed reserve. Sure ther.....
» 30/07/2013 9:55:08 AM Hold on rehctub, paradise is not lost on Manus Island! It might be some what different to .....
» 30/07/2013 8:27:13 AM Ahh Hazza, what a wonderful outlook on life you have! ‘She’ll be right’! We can just kee.....
» 29/07/2013 10:42:58 AM The main problem with condoning development in national parks is that it would happen unde.....
» 29/07/2013 10:39:08 AM < The critical discussion about the future role and management of Australia's national .....
» 26/07/2013 10:13:19 PM Well said Luciferase......
» 26/07/2013 10:24:21 AM Oh how lovely for these big companies and their shareholders… And how horrible for the re.....
» 26/07/2013 7:41:44 AM < It’s an axiom of economics 101 that to decrease demand for something, you increase it.....
» 26/07/2013 7:22:16 AM An excellent and very interesting analysis Graham......
» 24/07/2013 3:34:18 PM But there is a very large irony here – the more successful we are at storing carbon in for.....
» 22/07/2013 9:54:41 PM Apparently there is no ‘add-on’ money, Indi. Immigration Minister Tony Burke said adamant.....
» 22/07/2013 4:47:41 PM Good article Mirko. I agree with it all, except… I can’t see what is morally bankrupt abo.....
» 22/07/2013 10:57:08 AM Yes of course fly-in asylum seekers and visa-overstayers should be clamped right down on a.....
» 21/07/2013 9:30:19 PM Wow, 400+ posts on this thread! Loudmouth, I fully share your concern about the numbers o.....
» 20/07/2013 11:45:15 AM << …the rules are the same >> SM, no they aren’t! There are different rules/l.....
» 19/07/2013 7:45:25 PM Ruddy’s my hero! People smugglers, “Your business model is over”! http://www.guardian.co.....
» 18/07/2013 9:49:07 AM Dear o dear, this is such a wrong-headed article! Surely what we need to be concentratin.....
» 17/07/2013 2:45:30 PM SM, why do you insist in so often grossly overstating things? You didn’t reply to my resp.....
» 17/07/2013 12:04:42 PM Bugger! I got my Banjos and Bazzes bamboozed!¡!¡ Apologies. Banjo, I have no doubt that .....
» 17/07/2013 8:46:17 AM Banjo, tying our ETS in with the European model sounds eminently sensible to me. Quite apa.....
» 17/07/2013 7:07:56 AM Sustainability like many other words has been hijacked and its meaning has been perverted......
» 16/07/2013 10:56:40 PM << So as with labor, you are a supporter of multiple levels of bureaucracy? >>.....
» 16/07/2013 7:43:31 AM SM, it would be great if they’d act responsibly. But Abbott’s comments would appear to be .....
» 15/07/2013 9:15:08 AM So now we have Abbott promising to remove the carbon tax altogether and Rudd moving to abo.....
» 15/07/2013 8:47:36 AM There is only one thing that is more flabbergasting than Abbott being preferred PM, as he .....
» 15/07/2013 8:32:54 AM Plans to remove the carbon and mining taxes and cut environmental regulation are central t.....
» 14/07/2013 3:32:56 AM Hey Paddy, what happened to Cheryl? Well I must thank you for again raising the populatio.....
» 12/07/2013 10:49:01 AM I bet there is nothing in the Convention about the variability of refugee determination, o.....
» 12/07/2013 10:47:42 AM << I’m all for realistic assessment of refugees, and would agree that people who cla.....
» 11/07/2013 10:56:03 AM Sorry Azadeh but I support Bob Carr all the way. There certainly does seem to be a big el.....
» 11/07/2013 10:24:45 AM < Kevin Rudd's move to give to ordinary ALP members a say in deciding the Federal parli.....
» 10/07/2013 9:37:18 PM << …there are some inconsistencies with so-called asylum seekers, population growth .....
» 10/07/2013 9:33:08 PM Excellent article Syd. < In campaigning for them now Malcolm Fraser should be ashamed .....
» 10/07/2013 8:13:32 AM << We will decide who enters Australia and the circumstances in which they come. >.....
» 9/07/2013 9:35:03 PM David, what about my repeated point that the same sort of thing can be said of many profes.....
» 9/07/2013 8:44:53 PM I’ll try that last line again: But of course, it is not this sort of bias or conflict of .....
» 9/07/2013 8:40:33 PM David f, the concept of banning lawyers from juries seems just as fundamentally wrong as b.....
» 9/07/2013 8:16:02 PM << Kevin Rudd's 'Big Australia' demands property developers >> Yes OTB, you’d.....
» 9/07/2013 4:08:22 PM Rhian, do you have some figures on that?.....
» 9/07/2013 12:45:08 PM << Banning property developers does not brand all property developers as baddies >.....
» 9/07/2013 11:10:15 AM I don’t like it at all David. We simply shouldn’t be selling off the farm to foreign inte.....
» 9/07/2013 8:27:36 AM Indi, fixing the donations issue is not going to solve all problems of bias or corruption......
» 9/07/2013 8:17:09 AM Everald, I think you are wrong, wrong, wrong! You say that the Tampa incident… < …was .....
» 9/07/2013 6:50:07 AM << The problem with Ludwig's idea of public funding relates to how the money would b.....
» 8/07/2013 12:43:40 PM << I believe that lack of constitutional recognition makes a mockery of the legitima.....
» 8/07/2013 10:37:28 AM Minotaur, surely we should always be striving to bring the law and accepted practice into .....
» 8/07/2013 10:16:50 AM Rudd’s move to single out property developers surely needs to be condemned. It is totally .....
» 8/07/2013 9:05:52 AM I agree with Simon Crean – the election should be later rather than sooner, to give the pe.....
» 8/07/2013 8:46:15 AM < In most Australian states the cost of electricity has been rising dramatically and co.....
» 7/07/2013 11:45:36 PM Further to my last post: I can envisage Abbott actually doing that. But Rudd, the great a.....
» 7/07/2013 11:18:59 PM I’ve always said that warmists and sceptics should be united as far as action on climate c.....
» 7/07/2013 6:52:23 PM Yes rehctub, that’s something that would certainly win Rudd a whole basketful of brownie p.....
» 6/07/2013 8:08:33 PM Hey Hazza, we agree! Yarhooo! ( :>) I’d prefer to see all donations abolished. But I g.....
» 6/07/2013 9:37:22 AM Yes Spinny, the more I look at it the more disingenuous it seems. Mind you, Labor being .....
» 6/07/2013 8:47:33 AM In 2011, the former Bligh Labor government capped political donations, saying it would lim.....
» 5/07/2013 9:10:03 AM When Rudd makes moves to ban or greatly reduce political donations, then I’ll start to thi.....
» 5/07/2013 8:48:52 AM More centralised power is not necessarily the bad thing that the author seems to be portra.....
» 4/07/2013 10:54:04 PM I have some enormous criticisms of Rudd mark 1, but this is not one of them. The onus of .....
» 4/07/2013 8:46:17 PM Runner, not too many years away from seeing the same rubbish in Australia!.....
» 4/07/2013 8:41:31 PM As part of PM Rudd’s push to reform the NSW branch of the Labor party, he has banned prope.....
» 4/07/2013 12:07:43 PM << I was under the distinct impression that there was a natural reversion .. that th.....
» 4/07/2013 9:38:35 AM < …an inability to see and accept that focusing too narrowly on economic growth and mat.....
» 3/07/2013 11:12:48 PM PEST, I strongly agree and disagree with you. I very much care about what Rudd stands for.....
» 3/07/2013 12:17:49 PM < Will the election debate and conversation hover around petty fears, and selfish conce.....
» 2/07/2013 9:40:34 AM And the first line should read: Penny, although she looks the part is no Dr No! aaaarrgh.....
» 2/07/2013 9:38:30 AM Penny, although she looks the part no Dr No! If she was the real Dr No, with a genuine in.....
» 2/07/2013 9:18:27 AM Cohenite, Paul Ehrlich on educating women: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?i.....
» 1/07/2013 12:57:04 PM Agronomist, I think this is all a bit much for us li’’tle ol’ OLOers to absorb. Could you.....
» 1/07/2013 12:53:16 PM << If an Abbott government can develop policies to encourage a significant agricultu.....
» 29/06/2013 8:07:36 PM Onthebeach, I think bob Carr is spot on. If Rudd is going to toughen the acceptance crit.....
» 29/06/2013 7:37:06 PM What or who does Kevin Rudd stand for? Excellent question SM. Just about everyone seems .....
» 28/06/2013 8:20:50 PM << Luddy just what has sustainability got to do with garbage scrub, full of pigs & h.....
» 28/06/2013 7:03:13 PM << It amazes me the way 'sustainable' is code for anti/non-development. >> Pr.....
» 28/06/2013 1:00:00 PM << No, it is not >> Oh please cohenite, don’t make completely ridiculous asse.....
» 28/06/2013 10:40:07 AM So DavidL, is it small-minded nonsense to desire a sustainable future? It is nonsense to .....
» 28/06/2013 8:59:30 AM Develop northern Australia? There has ALWAYS been the desire amongst the starry-eyed exp.....
» 27/06/2013 1:51:34 AM Yeah yippee, our wortht-ever PM hath returneth to again impothe hith wrath on the Authrali.....
» 26/06/2013 8:04:17 PM Rudd is PM. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHH!! ( :>(.....
» 26/06/2013 11:14:54 AM So what do you think should happen, rehctub? No implementation of ‘essential reforms’ and.....
» 26/06/2013 9:45:42 AM << Like Ehrlich, like AGW, your notion of sustainability and constraining human popu.....
» 26/06/2013 9:33:41 AM Cohenite, you seem to be profoundly confused and self-contradictory. You say: << I.....
» 22/06/2013 11:32:38 PM << Says Law says that a production or supply can create a demand. >> Gee, tha.....
» 20/06/2013 8:59:40 AM I couldn’t agree more, Lyn. But it’s just not gonna happen! We’re not going to pull back .....
» 19/06/2013 9:20:50 PM << No. The main factors are, firstly, technological discovery and enhancement of res.....
» 19/06/2013 8:24:12 AM Wow cohenite, you are actually trying to completely poo-poo the very principle of sustaina.....
» 18/06/2013 7:13:35 PM << How Labor can get themselves with 2 such horrible people their only choice for le.....
» 17/06/2013 9:15:30 PM << the evidence that it is bad science is now incontrovertible. >> No cohenit.....
» 17/06/2013 8:19:27 PM Cohenite, your paper: ‘Man-Made Global Warming WRONG - The Ten Reasons’, begs the question.....
» 17/06/2013 12:36:01 PM << The coalition would not have produced such an obscene debt. They would not have l.....
» 17/06/2013 10:26:10 AM Yes but would a coalition government have done any better over the last few years? We’d l.....
» 16/06/2013 1:13:20 PM << Ludwig channelling Kerry Packer... >> Hehehe, Anti. As with the current a.....
» 16/06/2013 1:11:28 PM << Do I detect a tiny hint of not all is well with the present system ? >> Ab.....
» 16/06/2013 12:57:40 PM Bazz, it becomes a little more complex when we start talking about our pie slice on the wo.....
» 16/06/2013 10:33:22 AM Hold on, are we talking about blatantly illegal acts here or strategic ways in which peopl.....
» 16/06/2013 10:29:03 AM < However, one has to disagree with Ludwig, in his answer of distributing larger slices.....
» 15/06/2013 7:53:59 AM << Nah, you're going to have to bite the bullet old mate, & vote for at least some i.....
» 15/06/2013 7:45:19 AM Techasist, there is often a discrepancy between what appears to be the lawful position and.....
» 15/06/2013 7:15:15 AM Suse, I reckon Sattler’s questions were of poor form, even within the sexist/gender-orient.....
» 14/06/2013 10:59:43 PM Now hold on techasist. Let’s not condemn the 100 or so personnel…. yet. Innocent until pr.....
» 14/06/2013 10:21:16 PM << I'm at a loss. What's offensive about asking if Tim is gay? >> My thinking.....
» 14/06/2013 8:50:30 AM The one-sentence explanation of what this article is about in the article list is: < .....
» 13/06/2013 3:20:51 PM << Its inconceivable that the red-headed witch will be around after September. >&.....
» 13/06/2013 11:41:41 AM No one on OLO seems very interested in my push for Kelvin Thomson as PM, or Bob Carr. But .....
» 13/06/2013 11:40:04 AM So…. What do we want from our government? It seems to me that there is an awful lot of di.....
» 12/06/2013 8:36:15 PM << …you can't cap the population of a region >> Hazzabeen, why not? If thing.....
» 11/06/2013 10:15:31 AM Pelican, Latham said that Howard’s asylum seeker policies were right and that Labor was te.....
» 11/06/2013 8:10:10 AM < You really must keep up. > Um….. no. I am doing exactly the right thing and not .....
» 10/06/2013 10:38:24 PM Ok, so no one is even remotely considering Kelvin Thomson. So….. what about Mark Latham? .....
» 10/06/2013 8:11:26 PM << As much as I am critical of some of the ALP's record the alternative is much wors.....
» 10/06/2013 7:56:42 PM < Would you like some sustainability with your steak? Is that person sustainable? I wan.....
» 9/06/2013 7:23:04 AM << Now if motorists were issued with free bull bars, & given a discount off their re.....
» 9/06/2013 7:21:41 AM << I struggle to understand how cyclists ride up Hervey Range, too, with all those t.....
» 8/06/2013 9:33:23 PM The Cook Highway between Cairns and Port Douglas is closed all day tomorrow to accommodate.....
» 8/06/2013 8:43:50 PM Dave, I deleted the last paragraph of my last post at the last minute. I shouldn't have. .....
» 8/06/2013 8:28:24 PM << I know of no roadworthy vehicle that has a blind spot through any section o it's .....
» 6/06/2013 11:10:02 AM Yes, we critically need to regain some faith and respect in our pollies and government. .....
» 5/06/2013 1:18:31 PM << …she was just emulating thousands of others who were making ape noises… >> .....
» 5/06/2013 9:37:44 AM < As for the Liberals, we think that, regardless of how much money Coles and Woolworths.....
» 4/06/2013 8:29:46 AM Voterland, yes indeed the ever-increasing demand for all services and infrastructure due t.....
» 4/06/2013 7:41:28 AM A couple of excellent posts there, divine_msn. . << Racism is not about race, lik.....
» 3/06/2013 10:55:09 AM < What would you do? Your options come down to ignoring what you heard, or pointing out.....
» 2/06/2013 8:17:18 AM Hahaha Haz. And you seem to be thinking through your pistil, old mate ( :>) . Any thi.....
» 1/06/2013 11:36:08 AM OMG Haz, you really ARE suggesting that we should vote for Abbott!! OMPH! (Ohhh, my POOOR.....
» 31/05/2013 12:42:41 PM So um Hazza, who do you suggest we should vote for?? Surely you are not suggesting that w.....
» 31/05/2013 8:20:19 AM Praxidice, you can’t avoid giving one of the two Laborials your preferences…. unless there.....
» 31/05/2013 7:18:11 AM Abbott said: ''Look there is an argument for public funding. There is an argument it woul.....
» 29/05/2013 12:16:34 PM It would seem to me that small bird species do pretty well indeed all-considered in highly.....
» 29/05/2013 11:52:15 AM 'Jabbed – Love, fear and vaccines', which was on SBS last Sunday evening, explored the moo.....
» 26/05/2013 8:35:16 PM Jabbed - Love, Fear and Vaccines. On SBS 1 right now, from 8.30pm......
» 26/05/2013 7:56:50 PM Antiseptic, how does the chronic maladhesion to the temporary speed limits at roadwork sit.....
» 23/05/2013 8:17:00 PM Sen, Bob Carr would have to be one of the most tuned-in foreign ministers Australian has h.....
» 23/05/2013 7:18:45 PM Bring on the cop-bots! They couldn’t do a worse job than the human variety!.....
» 22/05/2013 10:13:59 AM << Neither the ALP nor the LNP give a rats about sustainibility / curbing demand… &g.....
» 22/05/2013 8:23:46 AM But Indi, he has to care in the right way. I’ve heard nothing to indicate that Clive knows.....
» 21/05/2013 7:48:11 PM Hello Marilyn, It’s been a while. How lovely it is to make your acquaintance again. Whate.....
» 21/05/2013 3:00:18 PM << That's a little sad, Ludwig. >> Not at all, my dear Pericles. It is great .....
» 21/05/2013 9:19:23 AM That is such a despicable aspect of our federal voting system. If you vote for PUP or KAP .....
» 21/05/2013 8:58:04 AM Here’s Bob Carr’s REAL take on Sri Lanka: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-27/carr-rul.....
» 21/05/2013 8:25:42 AM The rule of law is steadily being eroded in this country. Why can’t our government simply.....
» 21/05/2013 7:59:19 AM Well, how about that. You didn’t apologise! Waaaaa!! I’m gonna tell my Mummy!! As if you.....
» 19/05/2013 11:24:25 PM Praxidice, I agree: Big Clive is worth listening to. << I'm trying to work out if C.....
» 19/05/2013 10:22:20 PM << Do you believe that the government should have the ability to tell us where we ca.....
» 19/05/2013 10:20:04 PM Now for goodness sake, the next time you feel the urge to deliberately misrepresent my pos.....
» 19/05/2013 10:17:51 PM Pericles, in response to your post of 17 May 2013 10:29:54 PM: I make the simple point…AG.....
» 19/05/2013 6:56:34 AM You poor fellow, Hazza – your heart and your head are in serious conflict!! Ouch!! Methi.....
» 18/05/2013 8:52:51 PM Aaaah haaaahahahaaa! Pericles, that’s a classic! Can’t you see the glaring contradiction?.....
» 18/05/2013 8:17:40 PM << Luddy the fact that the cops don't enforce roadwork speed limits highlights the b.....
» 18/05/2013 10:31:54 AM Antiseptic Yes a shuttle arrangement would be a good idea at roadworks sites where there .....
» 18/05/2013 9:00:12 AM << Thank you for confirming that you are a totalitarian… >> You and Pericles .....
» 18/05/2013 8:46:43 AM And crikey, in roadworks zones, in between the first temporary speed signs and the actual .....
» 18/05/2013 8:44:41 AM Thanks Antiseptic. I have no quarrel with the amount of work being conducted there or the.....
» 18/05/2013 7:54:05 AM Wow, this constitutional bit is really weird! It has got to be one of the craziest notions.....
» 18/05/2013 7:51:13 AM Wow Jardine, you are becoming very petulant! << You’ve… just shown that you don’t u.....
» 17/05/2013 10:20:11 PM The Bruce Highway between Brisbane and Rockhampton. I traversed it a couple of days ago......
» 17/05/2013 6:50:46 PM Hey, this has all become way too silly. All this fibble-fabble about proof, circular reas.....
» 17/05/2013 6:49:31 PM I wrote: >> We know what the most unsustainable aspects are and hence what needs t.....
» 17/05/2013 6:47:47 PM Hold ya hosses there Jardine. I'm having problems with the uploader! At last it has decide.....
» 17/05/2013 5:28:29 PM I wrote: << Oh, so because sustainability is not mentioned in the constitution, our.....
» 17/05/2013 1:35:57 PM << Luddy old mate, I have to disagree. Preserving this snapshot of evolution we call.....
» 17/05/2013 10:09:04 AM Fred, a very interesting article. I find nothing to disagree with. But I don’t think it p.....
» 17/05/2013 8:46:41 AM Thanks WmTrevor for your assistance in grappling with von Mises. It is good to see that I .....
» 17/05/2013 8:44:58 AM Pericles, just as I expected; my request for a few examples, of things that were eminently.....
» 15/05/2013 7:53:19 AM << “What is so different about sustainability?” The officers in charge of providing .....
» 15/05/2013 7:52:18 AM << (What government is “supposed to do” is set out in the Constitution, at Section 5.....
» 15/05/2013 7:51:20 AM << d) It would be less sustainable not more, because of the economic calculation pro.....
» 15/05/2013 7:49:36 AM << “I AM making an effort to understand [Mises]”. No you’re not. >> Um, how a.....
» 15/05/2013 7:48:16 AM << “I assume that government CAN manage sustainability.” It’s obvious you *assume* i.....
» 14/05/2013 6:52:44 PM < Trying to alluvial congestion > ??!!?? Fascinating! Of course that should have .....
» 14/05/2013 11:09:11 AM << And how much effort had the government taken previously to ensure adequate water .....
» 14/05/2013 11:03:49 AM << As I said before, generalizations simply don't cut it. >> Haaahahaaa. The .....
» 13/05/2013 9:23:10 AM << ...there is only one example of unlimited growth in nature ..... its called C A N.....
» 13/05/2013 7:54:05 AM << What is still missing, after all these posts of yours that say exactly the same t.....
» 13/05/2013 7:42:13 AM Jardine, your last post was just a set of repeated questions, so it appears that I have ad.....
» 13/05/2013 4:54:09 AM Lmscp, a major factor in this sort budgetary analysis just gets left out all the time. Thi.....
» 12/05/2013 7:40:02 AM << What would be an example of something that government would not have a right and .....
» 12/05/2013 7:36:46 AM << You admit not-understanding Mises. If you knew his theory completely disproves yo.....
» 11/05/2013 9:35:12 PM And do you expect Abbott's mob to be any better?.....
» 11/05/2013 6:28:26 PM Wow, I’ve never seen a general thread like this before. We are just left to guess or find .....
» 11/05/2013 7:04:09 AM << The issue, as between us, is whether government has the competence that you say i.....
» 10/05/2013 9:44:18 AM << Is it my imagination, Ludwig, or are you starting to feel a little... shall we sa.....
» 10/05/2013 8:46:05 AM < What, if anything, can communities and regions do to reduce churn, in particular, to .....
» 10/05/2013 8:12:24 AM << This is exactly what I find so annoying mate. The reliance on already antiquated .....
» 9/05/2013 8:02:15 PM << To answer your question, sustainability means a *more organized* end; since it re.....
» 9/05/2013 7:57:11 PM Hehehee, I notice a very interesting phenomenon happening here: my two arch-rivals in this.....
» 9/05/2013 8:56:58 AM Heee hehehee ( :>).....
» 9/05/2013 8:49:42 AM Dear Is Mise…er…. I mean, Jardine, that’s a great post. Thankyou. It does…um… precisely NO.....
» 9/05/2013 8:26:17 AM . . Oh look, I found something else to say…. You wrote: << And if they left the.....
» 9/05/2013 8:25:40 AM I wrote: >> Can you really say that our highly unillustrious government is not faci.....
» 9/05/2013 7:23:42 AM < Ah, it’s no big deal >, I said. I take it back! It IS a big deal! It is an EXCR.....
» 9/05/2013 7:02:56 AM << But having worked with radioactive materials and machines for years, I think I mi.....
» 8/05/2013 6:22:01 PM Rhrosty! Fair slap on the bum!! << If you and your ilk, would just stop with the fe.....
» 8/05/2013 9:29:13 AM Yes. Well said praxidice!.....
» 8/05/2013 9:26:23 AM I wonder how the overall costs would shape up if as much effort was put into addressing th.....
» 8/05/2013 9:22:14 AM Ah, Martin, your espousal of nuclear makes such eminent sense… except for one small deta.....
» 7/05/2013 8:42:31 AM << Why would any business want to reduce demand for their product or service by redu.....
» 7/05/2013 8:39:45 AM I wrote: >> It can hardly be more obvious that to push more and more people into pl.....
» 7/05/2013 7:51:36 AM Jardine, I said that I’d answer your questions if you answer mine. You haven’t done that. .....
» 6/05/2013 11:08:27 PM Yep that sounds like the way to do it, snake. I have long aspired to doing the same sort .....
» 6/05/2013 8:33:17 PM << My problem is some how I see what I meant to write/type, not what I actually did......
» 6/05/2013 8:02:30 PM It is eminently sensible to strive to make all depletable but potentially renewable resour.....
» 6/05/2013 7:59:42 PM So obviously it just makes eminent sense to protect the supply of these basic resources an.....
» 6/05/2013 7:56:41 PM << Pathetic >> Hmmm, nice to see that you are striving to uphold a high-quali.....
» 6/05/2013 9:18:28 AM As far as onshore asylum seeking goes, I can’t see why our government can’t decisively dea.....
» 6/05/2013 9:17:01 AM << Fees would contribute to the cost of maintaining and renewing infrastructure that.....
» 6/05/2013 8:04:50 AM Pericles, I say again that your argument doesn’t stack up! Simply look at the real world. .....
» 6/05/2013 7:37:08 AM << Okay, the basic idea of sustainability is that we are currently using too much re.....
» 6/05/2013 7:32:41 AM << You’ve also got the onus of proof back-the-front >> Firstly, Jardine, why .....
» 5/05/2013 9:36:38 PM Sorry Hasbeen. I was a tad drunk when I wrote that post. I’m sober now. I do appreciate y.....
» 5/05/2013 9:22:53 PM << Mate I am the ultimate law abider >> Aaaah haaa hahahaa Hazza, remember, .....
» 5/05/2013 7:40:44 PM So why did the cameras get turned off in this instance? What’s the full story here? Ther.....
» 5/05/2013 7:25:38 PM << How on earth can you learn new stuff, or find out about what is going on in the w.....
» 4/05/2013 9:39:45 PM It would be SO good if we had the facility to edit posts after they’ve been posted, or to .....
» 4/05/2013 9:09:26 PM It is nice that you perceive a closing of the gap between us, Pericles. But alas, it appea.....
» 4/05/2013 7:09:17 PM Likewise, Raw Mustard. I occasionally watch the ABC news and that's about it!.....
» 4/05/2013 8:41:52 AM << OTOH, there's nothing intrinsically illogical about doubting that government can .....
» 4/05/2013 8:40:15 AM Poirot you beat me to it. I was going to say much of the same sort of thing. Jardine, ple.....
» 3/05/2013 6:56:54 PM Isn’t it big companies and various business sectors (eg: housing) that push our government.....
» 3/05/2013 6:54:16 PM << "Laying back" does nothing to ensure their long-term future. In fact, y.....
» 3/05/2013 9:04:38 AM << Does this mean you don't know what sustainability actually is? Can you define it?.....
» 2/05/2013 8:26:25 AM << The very foundation of my argument is that government is incapable of managing su.....
» 2/05/2013 8:05:00 AM Firstly, how can the billboard in question not have been included in this article, either .....
» 1/05/2013 7:48:30 PM Secondly, as I’ve said before; the real world does not support your assertion that busines.....
» 1/05/2013 7:41:43 PM << And while we are sniping, Ludwig… >> Yes, aren’t we ever! So Pericles, my.....
» 1/05/2013 9:31:44 AM Jardine, why are you so hell-bent on completely denouncing government? What is the altern.....
» 1/05/2013 9:18:02 AM << A familiar tactic of yours, Ludwig...>>Please allow me to step past your co.....
» 30/04/2013 8:55:14 AM The enormous budget black hole and the prospect of us all having to pay more in new taxes .....
» 30/04/2013 7:20:24 AM Jardine, I find it quite fascinating that you are going to considerable lengths to assert .....
» 29/04/2013 8:58:46 PM Now would be an excellent time for a big reduction in immigration, as this is of core impo.....
» 29/04/2013 8:49:42 PM Thanks for that link Poirot. Well, there you have it; Labor has just admitted that it com.....
» 29/04/2013 7:02:46 PM << Which part of that is "cods"? >> The bit about businesses being .....
» 29/04/2013 6:58:24 PM << My point was simply this: businesses that rely upon the supply of a particular in.....
» 29/04/2013 8:31:25 AM << The market forces that you allude to must, by definition, require that water supp.....
» 29/04/2013 7:49:03 AM Wow Jardine, you are really going at it. Good stuff. I do like a passionate debater. I a.....
» 27/04/2013 9:04:42 AM Jardine, could you possibly elucidate the last point in my previous post: < It would .....
» 26/04/2013 8:07:07 AM A very salient article, Julian. But I think that as with human population growth and the .....
» 25/04/2013 9:40:22 PM << Something is not right. >> Agreed Producer, it certainly seems a might hyp.....
» 24/04/2013 10:15:50 AM << Ludwig, scarcity of resources is caused by nature >> Jardine, within the c.....
» 24/04/2013 9:43:25 AM Yes Antiseptic, I have long thought that you should always be prepared at the press of a b.....
» 23/04/2013 10:56:43 PM Strange you should mention bike helmets. Here in Byron Bay, there aren’t any! No lights e.....
» 23/04/2013 10:38:26 PM << If cleared how does the previously named person ever really clear their name. Eve.....
» 23/04/2013 10:02:25 PM Hells bells Jardine, what ARE you saying?? << When governments ran the food supply,.....
» 23/04/2013 8:44:14 PM Interesting vid, onthebeach. Pedestrians, cyclists, horse-drawn carts, cars and trams all .....
» 23/04/2013 8:33:01 AM It is interesting that we have reached yet another population ‘milestone’ on (or almost on.....
» 23/04/2013 7:57:37 AM < Harris the entertainer is no more. Harris the condemned paedophile has arisen. > .....
» 22/04/2013 9:12:43 PM Based on current growth trends, we will reach a population of 23 million at 9:57pm (AEST) .....
» 22/04/2013 7:32:39 AM No Suse, it’s not a bash-the-police fast! It is the unfortunate reality of the situation, .....
» 21/04/2013 9:40:28 PM << Your' aggressive style positively leaps off the posts you write. >> I didn.....
» 21/04/2013 8:43:53 PM << If you can't quite fit into the parking spot, you push the back car backwards and.....
» 21/04/2013 8:39:28 PM I am surprised! I was expecting perhaps a barrage of counter-views to my strongly expresse.....
» 20/04/2013 8:19:08 PM << No! It'll come back and bite you. Get their details and go to the cops. That's wh.....
» 17/04/2013 7:32:02 PM Thanks Chris for the prompt response. It is really good when an article writer gets involv.....
» 17/04/2013 7:30:28 AM EmperorJulian, methinks you have overstated your case a tad. If we were to ‘dump’ the mana.....
» 16/04/2013 9:17:23 PM I’m NOT with you GYM-FISH, Foyle or Jayb! As a past university student of two unis, membe.....
» 16/04/2013 8:49:40 PM < For my part the announcement is another genuinely abysmal decision by the Labor Gover.....
» 16/04/2013 8:36:04 AM Chris, one enormously important factor seems to be entirely missing in your analysis of fu.....
» 15/04/2013 10:03:39 PM << This is indeed old ground we are covering, Ludwig. >> Yes Pericles, for ab.....
» 15/04/2013 7:35:57 AM Lexi, thanks again. I will keep an eye on that sustainability conference. I note they alr.....
» 13/04/2013 8:51:32 AM Lexi, your second link is much appreciated. It shows that a significant sector, which one.....
» 13/04/2013 7:59:05 AM Thanks Lexi. From your first link: < The fourth revolution for humanity, after agric.....
» 13/04/2013 7:44:33 AM Haz, pleaze! You asked me about sustainability here: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thr.....
» 12/04/2013 11:18:48 PM << They won't be overcome, however, if we simply say "we're full, go away".....
» 12/04/2013 11:15:12 PM << One of the more blatant misrepresentations that continues to dog these discussion.....
» 12/04/2013 9:59:50 AM << …but the trouble is, any government that try's to implement change, will be swift.....
» 12/04/2013 9:58:12 AM Thanks Bazz and ateday for your support. . Interesting post rehctub. << …growth .....
» 11/04/2013 8:39:33 PM Alright Pericles, let’s see if you and I can actually have some sort of meaningful corresp.....
» 11/04/2013 8:02:45 AM << Like your dream about shutting the entry door, throwing away the welcome mat, and.....
» 10/04/2013 9:25:09 AM Pericles, what’s the point of us going over this subject yet again? We’ve done it so many .....
» 8/04/2013 10:18:08 PM Whatsiehoosit, I am waiting for the day that the Libs, Nats and Labs go into coalition aga.....
» 8/04/2013 9:48:53 PM Pericles, your post reads like it was written by someone who started off sober and then co.....
» 8/04/2013 9:17:49 PM Belly, you agree that continuous population growth is wrong, but you reckon I should stop .....
» 7/04/2013 8:48:17 PM << If you won, to just keep us level in our productivity, we would need near a milli.....
» 7/04/2013 8:37:49 AM Graeme, welcome to OLO. << …any thoughts about how the retirement of the baby boome.....
» 6/04/2013 8:19:37 PM << Blindly lashing out, at one side, for sharing the view most hold, is wasteful sel.....
» 5/04/2013 7:32:58 PM Soggy, Gillard did NOT knife Rudd! Rudd seeeeriously stuffed up! His party saw fit to reli.....
» 5/04/2013 7:31:42 PM << Continued population growth is probably the only way we will ever get governments.....
» 5/04/2013 7:30:13 PM << Would Ludwig actually be gullible enough to vote for them just because they promi.....
» 5/04/2013 7:27:11 PM << Get it into your head! The two major parties are in the pocket of big business, s.....
» 5/04/2013 7:25:25 PM << Find me Ludwig, a party ever likely to rule this country, that has not got the sa.....
» 5/04/2013 8:02:45 AM JULIA Gillard has just had the gall to say that Australia will continue to run "a siz.....
» 4/04/2013 8:48:51 AM BTW Haz, congrats on reaching 4000 posts on OLO!.....
» 4/04/2013 8:43:50 AM << Luddy, I read all that thread, & even the Wikipedia waffle referenced there, but .....
» 3/04/2013 9:59:04 PM << Now as you have not, it is quite understandable why you come from where you do wi.....
» 3/04/2013 7:27:45 PM << Give me what you see as sustainability so we can really talk >> Haz: http:.....
» 3/04/2013 7:06:30 PM << Sustainability, so what do you guys consider as a sustainable Australia. >>.....
» 3/04/2013 6:08:42 PM << Please, do tell us, in detail, what specific changes you would make to Australia'.....
» 3/04/2013 1:01:56 PM << …if we remove mining from our economic situation, there really isn't much less… &.....
» 3/04/2013 12:45:20 PM << Which is pretty much what you're asking the miners to do, take the risks, in the .....
» 3/04/2013 12:09:28 PM << Richard Marles' hands on approach was a very necessary foil to the arrogant, pont.....
» 2/04/2013 8:19:21 PM **NOW** that really is somewhere between silly and outrightly daft!! Aaaargh!!.....
» 2/04/2013 8:13:29 PM Indi, who’s being silly?? I would be most interested in Kevin Donnelly’s views on how Lab.....
» 2/04/2013 8:02:15 PM David f, thankyou. I had earmarked that event. Hope to see you there. As you say, sustain.....
» 2/04/2013 9:00:59 AM < The consensus among the good and deeply invested minds who have written on the future.....
» 2/04/2013 8:39:29 AM Kevin, there’s something about your article that suggests you don’t like our dear PM very .....
» 2/04/2013 7:04:35 AM Hazza, your comprehensive negativity towards Carr is unfounded. Have a read of this: and .....
» 1/04/2013 9:56:14 PM << Luddy it seems the “more intelligent and sustainability-attuned people” have had .....
» 1/04/2013 9:54:09 PM << I was looking for positive social reforms as my choices example. We got the talk .....
» 1/04/2013 8:38:23 AM << …unlike your beloved labor party… >> Whaaaat?? Rehctub, if I’ve said it o.....
» 1/04/2013 8:30:47 AM << THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE >> How can you say that? There are just innumerable e.....
» 1/04/2013 8:29:26 AM << Ludwig, I am not in support of an unsustainable Australia (huge population) I was.....
» 31/03/2013 9:09:06 PM << Ludwig, moving forward is not so much up to governments, but more so corporations.....
» 31/03/2013 12:44:45 PM Soggy, methinks that there is an inherent contradiction in your assertion that Labor has h.....
» 31/03/2013 9:22:29 AM << It just seems that when labor are at their lowest, a vast number of posters simpl.....
» 31/03/2013 8:40:10 AM << Now we have to compete because our population is too small to be self sufficient......
» 31/03/2013 8:38:05 AM << So what about when the going is bad >> Rehctub, the tax is minimal if not .....
» 30/03/2013 7:36:15 PM << I doubled over with laughter at your comment: “Labor is more likely to move in th.....
» 30/03/2013 9:10:24 AM Gee Haz, you really are a grumpy old fart!! (You have referred to yourself on OLO as an o.....
» 29/03/2013 1:01:55 PM Rehctub, I don’t share you condemnation of government the over the MRRT. This tax is a da.....
» 28/03/2013 8:16:32 AM Ian, I totally support the environmental ethic here, but I feel that the focus is way too .....
» 27/03/2013 7:59:21 AM << When it comes to computers I am like my wife or daughters with cars. I just want .....
» 27/03/2013 7:34:24 AM Haz, thanks for your interest. Perhaps a new thread just on sustainability would be a good.....
» 26/03/2013 8:48:22 AM It is just pure insanity to continue on in this manner…. which is exactly what Abbott woul.....
» 26/03/2013 8:45:25 AM << …a bit like Anna Bligh/Peter Beaty's QLD mess, they are gone, but the mess left b.....
» 25/03/2013 8:27:11 PM << Luddy just because Carr & you are on the same page on "sustainability",.....
» 25/03/2013 7:33:35 AM << Sorry bloke it is pointless us tossing this back and forward… >> Belly, I .....
» 24/03/2013 8:00:01 AM << However you are trying to swim up a waterfall, a very big and fast one. >> .....
» 23/03/2013 7:27:34 PM << …anything run by Carr would be a greater catastrophe than even Gillard could mana.....
» 22/03/2013 9:34:19 PM << I never seriously considered Bob Carr, for various reasons: 1 He is a senator, w.....
» 21/03/2013 8:00:47 PM What a great day. Rudd didn’t become PM! That is just fantastic! I was feeling gravely .....
» 21/03/2013 8:50:37 AM << The lesson for Australia is clear – governments must learn to live within their m.....
» 20/03/2013 1:38:11 PM SM, you have omitted any mention of Bob Carr? He is Labor’s third most popular potential .....
» 20/03/2013 9:16:44 AM < The fact that Pauline Hanson has come out in support of Prime Minister Gillard's pled.....
» 19/03/2013 9:38:50 PM The essence of Ehrlich’s message is rock-solid. We have misused our technological abiliti.....
» 18/03/2013 8:42:21 PM Well, as I’ve said before; the answer to Labor’s woes is obvious. Gillard needs to come ou.....
» 18/03/2013 10:03:48 AM Wouah, gai Paris! Juste un peu différent au Australien buisson!.....
» 16/03/2013 4:29:06 PM Ah, at last… a bit of commonsense on this thread! This is one of my father’s favourites a.....
» 15/03/2013 9:15:32 PM << There is something sick in the minds of the likes of Ludwig and others like you t.....
» 15/03/2013 8:52:04 PM Rhian, you replied: << What you are saying is that, because there are desperate chi.....
» 15/03/2013 7:44:40 PM Rechtub, as SM points out, and the article he refers us to explains very well, the 71 500 .....
» 15/03/2013 8:53:57 AM << So here we have labor crowing about the 70odd thousands jobs, they created last m.....
» 14/03/2013 10:04:38 PM << Life has never been easy for asylum seekers coming to Australia, but the current .....
» 14/03/2013 9:43:27 PM Hello Marilyn, it’s been quite a while since we had a chat. You and I have been over and .....
» 14/03/2013 9:55:18 AM Oh dear Melissa, you’ve got it SO wrong!! Scott Morrison is the last person you should be.....
» 13/03/2013 9:00:00 PM So Bob’s a goon is he? Haz, DIS and Garum, do you think KRudd or Stephen Smith did a bet.....
» 13/03/2013 9:38:12 AM < Bluff and counter bluff, it helps to be a poker player when doing business or represe.....
» 12/03/2013 8:54:17 PM I agree Hazza. A stroke of coaching genius it wasn’t! Hey, all players at the top level a.....
» 10/03/2013 9:01:28 AM << I don't approve of our ridiculously low speed limits >> Me neither. But ne.....
» 9/03/2013 9:39:32 AM << I find your constant reference to tailgating rather strange >> Haz, my hou.....
» 9/03/2013 8:29:04 AM Rehctub, I disagree that such calibrated evidence is an essential prerequisite for the pol.....
» 8/03/2013 8:25:13 PM Sheesh, I PARTICULARLY hate it when you proof-read, spell-check, grammar-check and the pro.....
» 8/03/2013 8:15:46 PM Rehcub, there is really very little variation within one’s speedometer between new and old.....
» 7/03/2013 9:17:46 PM << …tailgating, reckless driving, burn outs, illegal passing, etc would all form evi.....
» 7/03/2013 9:22:34 AM << I think we should have dummy speed cameras on most roads, with active cameras swa.....
» 7/03/2013 9:20:23 AM Interesting comments rechtub. << …the only way your theory could work, would be to .....
» 6/03/2013 8:49:59 PM If would-be rank drivers thought that just about anyone could report them for mucking up a.....
» 6/03/2013 8:48:41 PM << Put simply, why are vehicles produced that are capable of exceeding legal speed l.....
» 5/03/2013 8:29:03 PM That cartoon is unfortunate. Scott Morrison is one of the most level-headed commentators o.....
» 4/03/2013 10:52:09 PM Csteele, having read and reread your opening post, I am still not sure whether you are aga.....
» 4/03/2013 1:17:32 PM I strongly recommend that those who haven’t read Wilders’ Melbourne speech, do so: http://.....
» 3/03/2013 11:04:04 PM Haz, it is with some perturbation that I find myself not fitting within your definition of.....
» 3/03/2013 10:07:06 PM Jardine, in your opening post, you wrote: << I would be interested in people’s opin.....
» 3/03/2013 9:41:25 PM Oh phoowey! Are people really going to vote according to some perception of Abbott as bei.....
» 3/03/2013 11:36:04 AM Noooo! It can’t be true! It doesn’t make sense! This universe is just plain weeeird! Sto.....
» 3/03/2013 8:39:49 AM Thanks Poirot. I take issue first with the notion that the speed of light is constant. A.....
» 2/03/2013 11:51:52 AM D'Oh, I posted two seconds too soon!! ( :>/.....
» 2/03/2013 11:49:58 AM But could Einstein, or any extant person contributing to this thread, tell me what the TRU.....
» 26/02/2013 9:30:17 AM And would you believe it, Joe, I misspelt your name!! A three-word post and a three-lette.....
» 26/02/2013 9:22:44 AM Hear hear, Jo......
» 25/02/2013 11:10:20 AM << …there are not multiple truths merely multiple frames of reference which can be c.....
» 25/02/2013 11:06:20 AM Whenever something is stationary or moving, it has to be with respect to something else, a.....
» 24/02/2013 9:58:58 PM << There is only on absolute truth, the picture is not perfectly still. >> Ye.....
» 24/02/2013 9:35:02 PM Csteele, I note that you didn’t comment on my statement: < You [Poirot] say that there.....
» 24/02/2013 9:16:07 PM << There's no contradiction >> But Poirot, if you adamantly assert that it is.....
» 23/02/2013 10:35:33 PM Dear Paspoirot, my sweet little pipette, how can you say that three out of four are right?.....
» 23/02/2013 3:43:01 PM In an average conversation, one would look at Magritte’s pipe and have absolutely no hesit.....
» 23/02/2013 3:40:16 PM Csteele, this IS indeed fun! You say: << In an average conversation on your beach .....
» 23/02/2013 10:21:32 AM Csteele, the sun IZZ shining brightly here at the moment (which reminds to get outta this .....
» 23/02/2013 10:18:54 AM << The artist himself declared this was not a pipe >> Yes csteele, he was so .....
» 23/02/2013 9:39:39 AM << This is not Magritte >> But…but… I clicked on your link Poirot, and there .....
» 23/02/2013 9:17:09 AM Yes Indi. I’ve had enough of all that ‘meaningful’ discussion. Truth is; this is MUUUUCH m.....
» 22/02/2013 2:57:21 PM ( :> | A yellow peg with attached paper eyes does not a mother gull make!! Csteel, I .....
» 22/02/2013 2:29:18 PM David f, the key thing is that the parameters be defined and that the meanings of everythi.....
» 22/02/2013 10:54:45 AM << What do you know that you didn't know before after hearing that statement? It con.....
» 22/02/2013 9:41:51 AM Perhaps we could say that all information has to be the truth. Because anything that is n.....
» 22/02/2013 9:14:01 AM << Truth need not contain information >> What an interesting concept, david f.....
» 21/02/2013 10:15:55 PM Agreed david f; one must take into account the definitions of all symbols involved when on.....
» 21/02/2013 8:49:29 AM Poirot, that old chap Magritte must have been a tad off his rocker to have produced an ill.....
» 20/02/2013 8:29:27 AM C'est certainement un tuyau mon cher Poirot !.....
» 19/02/2013 7:19:28 PM Ah but my good friends, this IS a pipe… and a picture of a pipe…. and a computer image.....
» 19/02/2013 8:42:03 AM A + B = AB? Only in Boolean logic, not in logical logic!! A x B generally equals AB in m.....
» 18/02/2013 3:39:16 PM Good one Lexi. Yes, 2 + 2 does not = 4 in the nominal or ordinal categories. However, 2 f.....
» 18/02/2013 3:38:00 PM Good example, david f. 1 + 1 = 2 in base 10 mathematics. 1 + 1 = 10 in base 2 mathematics.....
» 18/02/2013 10:09:19 AM << Are you absolutely sure of that? ;) >> Yes Lexi, 1 + 1 = 2 and 2 + 2 = 4. .....
» 17/02/2013 10:28:36 PM Two examples: 1 + 1 = 2 2 + 2 = 4.....
» 17/02/2013 9:32:20 PM Of course there is absolute thruth......
» 15/02/2013 9:19:22 PM Hello o sung wu Would you care to comment on my views on entrapment?: http://forum.onlin.....
» 14/02/2013 9:47:06 PM < I enjoy a good apocalypse, Armageddon or bloody revolution. > I bet you do Malcol.....
» 12/02/2013 8:38:55 PM Rhrosty, you wrote: << Putting the sitting incumbent last on the ballot paper is a .....
» 12/02/2013 9:54:41 AM << No one ever has the right to drink and drive. >> Well…. that’s not quite t.....
» 12/02/2013 9:32:38 AM If Liberal or Labor could just see this…. or could just divorce themselves from the terrib.....
» 12/02/2013 9:29:01 AM < My best personal analysis of the current state of play is that we will end-up with an.....
» 11/02/2013 7:46:20 PM << …all those brought up with the original 0.08 alcohol limit, should be able to to .....
» 11/02/2013 8:49:08 AM Indi, I can’t really appreciate this as an example of entrapment. Here’s what I would cal.....
» 10/02/2013 10:10:45 PM It seems to me Indi that drink-driving is one thing that the police deal with pretty well….....
» 8/02/2013 9:11:28 PM << Isn't it a shame we are even talking about sustainability. >> Ain’t that t.....
» 7/02/2013 11:28:32 PM Damn pity the long lead-up to the election won’t be about discussing the best way to achie.....
» 5/02/2013 8:52:45 AM No, sorry, I just don’t find zoophilia or bestiality disturbing. Like any form of sexual.....
» 5/02/2013 8:40:32 AM < Animals are much easier to understand than women > Never a truer word!! ( :>| .....
» 3/02/2013 10:58:42 AM << We follow road rules not out of courtesy but because it would be very dangerous n.....
» 3/02/2013 10:58:04 AM << Deliberately offensive speech is aggressive behaviour but it is very hard for a c.....
» 3/02/2013 10:57:12 AM << Ludwig. I have a personal preference to have the 'greasy areas' as wide as possib.....
» 2/02/2013 9:39:54 PM << Woe is us - who have such a dearth of talent from which to choose. As I've opined.....
» 2/02/2013 9:17:28 AM Hahahaaa, Hazza you ARE a funny old bugger! As much as you are repulsed by dear lovely Ju.....
» 2/02/2013 9:15:50 AM << Ludwig – I think what I am trying to advocate is that we protect free speech as m.....
» 1/02/2013 9:39:28 PM Well if that is an appropriate response, then why should it be legal for him to say it in .....
» 1/02/2013 9:34:25 PM << When Allan Jones made his comments about the death of the Prime Minister’s father.....
» 30/01/2013 10:57:48 PM Onthebeach, you wrote: << …those are likely possibilities >> No, those are h.....
» 30/01/2013 10:33:47 PM That Kevin rDudd character is still lurking around is he? Is he really?? Is he really stil.....
» 30/01/2013 2:07:46 PM Showing due care and courtesy to other drivers and pedestrians is a fundamental rule of th.....
» 30/01/2013 9:21:02 AM No, I take it back. You are an intelligent person who is proffering valuable comment on a .....
» 30/01/2013 9:17:50 AM David, I note from your mugshot that you are an ugly chrome-domed fat-head!!.....
» 30/01/2013 8:46:41 AM Oh dear Brian, your article is an unfortunate series of highly illogical extensions. Firs.....
» 29/01/2013 9:36:33 PM Well, whether it was the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch, it was the end gam.....
» 29/01/2013 6:43:40 AM Ok Indi, now I understand. But you've got to admit, your distinction between police and co.....
» 28/01/2013 8:49:24 PM I’ll try that again… Onthebeach, have another toke on that there old stogey my good fello.....
» 28/01/2013 8:00:41 PM << Ludwig, the simple answer might be if you park your vehicle there no problem, but.....
» 28/01/2013 7:17:36 PM Ah, Online Opinion is back online again. I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to reply to.....
» 25/01/2013 12:47:15 PM I wrote: >> I noted a number of campervans that were clearly staying put for the ni.....
» 24/01/2013 6:57:43 AM << I think you'll find those signs are merely an insurance policy, & a money saving .....
» 23/01/2013 5:26:33 PM << You mean like laptop-enabled frugal beachbums who consciously make a decision to .....
» 23/01/2013 5:07:08 PM Pericles…. wonderful. We agree! Yarhoo!! [Well, as far as I can tell, you are genuinely a.....
» 23/01/2013 4:51:03 PM Banjo, I am sure that it is the role of the police to deal with council bylaws, or at leas.....
» 22/01/2013 8:26:33 PM I am travelling down the east coast, indulging in my new profession of beachbummery. I sto.....
» 14/01/2013 7:38:49 AM So that is the end of our ‘tit for tat’ twaddlydoo for the time-being is it Pericles. Good.....
» 13/01/2013 6:58:13 AM << The CPU vs OPV debate is a red herring. The Libs are currently toying with a chan.....
» 13/01/2013 6:45:11 AM << It could not be more disgusting or more diametrically opposite to democracy, or t.....
» 13/01/2013 6:40:19 AM I take it Pericles that by your non-mention of anything further about cutting big business.....
» 10/01/2013 8:09:35 PM << It is always enjoyable hearing your opinion of my contributions, Ludwig. >>.....
» 10/01/2013 9:01:42 AM Pericles, the quality of your comments is really tumbling. And that’s from an already very.....
» 9/01/2013 9:03:43 PM Why not Turnbull? Good question Belly. This is why we should be giving big Mal the big f.....
» 9/01/2013 8:37:57 AM << A charming double-act between Turnbull and Rudd on Q&A… >> << You t.....
» 9/01/2013 8:11:49 AM Pericles, you amaze me. Your whole post is built on a house of cards, which is so easily d.....
» 9/01/2013 7:06:22 AM Divergence I have not cast a vote for any candidate/party for several federal elections. .....
» 8/01/2013 8:51:36 PM << Only two persons to choose from : 1. Kelvin Thompson ( Federal Victorian backben.....
» 8/01/2013 8:48:12 PM No On second thoughts, I couldn’t hack it. I nominate Ralph Bennett!.....
» 8/01/2013 8:45:55 PM Who would be a good alternative labour leader? Me!!.....
» 4/01/2013 8:04:39 AM The technical legality of abolishing the states or implementing a considerably modified ve.....
» 4/01/2013 7:13:58 AM Divergence, I’m pleased you agree that we should be effectively banning political donation.....
» 4/01/2013 7:09:31 AM I’m with you all the way, worldwatcher. Mark O’Connor in particular has been a great champ.....
» 1/01/2013 9:00:15 PM << I knew there was no point. I should have stuck to my Pericles boycott. >> .....
» 31/12/2012 8:59:49 AM I’ll step straight past the absurd and highly schizophrenic position that Pericles has ado.....
» 30/12/2012 12:41:09 PM Helloow Pericles You are so sooo schitzo! << No amount of evidence will convince t.....
» 29/12/2012 11:36:27 PM Hello VivienneO, welcome to OLO. Two very good posts. Cheers......
» 29/12/2012 8:58:09 PM << I dislike public funding even more. >> Shockadelic, I’m not too fussed on .....
» 29/12/2012 1:37:25 PM << Kevin Rudd's "big Australia" push was political suicide >> TonyB.....
» 28/12/2012 5:03:47 AM I have no doubt that she was genuine, Hazza. She had no reason to come out strongly again.....
» 27/12/2012 9:35:11 PM So we have a PM who is against a big Australia. But she is leading a government that is ta.....
» 22/12/2012 10:38:19 AM Well I will be amazed! It's the 22nd December, the day after Armageddon, and we're all st.....
» 20/12/2012 10:19:26 AM I agree with just about everything stated by Philip S, Bazz, Jayb, Belly, rehctub, o sung .....
» 18/12/2012 9:06:15 PM $375 million dollars is to be diverted from the aid budget to help pay for costs associate.....
» 18/12/2012 9:50:20 AM OK, so there might be some merit in this so-called sustainable harvesting of timber. But w.....
» 18/12/2012 9:45:49 AM So…. what’s the connection between increased logging, woodchipping and burning of biomass .....
» 17/12/2012 9:39:15 AM This is really amazing. The author mentions population growth as a negative factor, then a.....
» 17/12/2012 9:37:13 AM < The latest real GDP figures don't tell the full story. > Gee, what an almighty un.....
» 17/12/2012 7:25:23 AM << …this is a very serious issue and one that could potentially break us as a nation.....
» 9/12/2012 8:28:08 PM Well done Mr Trevor. Thankyou for scrolling back through my old posts, or for remembering.....
» 9/12/2012 8:03:11 PM << Cooee! >> << Troll. Fraud. Traitor. Defender of the Status Quo >&.....
» 8/12/2012 1:13:04 PM The difficult I can do right now. The impossible will take a little while…. http://www.yo.....
» 7/12/2012 9:10:08 PM Wow, you threw that together quickly Pericles… and doesn’t it show! Example 1. NO CONTRAD.....
» 7/12/2012 8:05:11 PM Watch 'Elders - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch' on ABC 1. Starts NOW! 8.00pm 7/12/2012.....
» 7/12/2012 3:38:35 PM Pericles, when you get around to it, could you point out the apparent contradiction. Eithe.....
» 7/12/2012 10:31:45 AM Phil, you really are dwelling in a world of theory and NOT in the real world! Yes sure, u.....
» 7/12/2012 10:04:57 AM Indeed. Good to see you back on OLO, Lexi......
» 7/12/2012 8:44:34 AM << Somebody could be rightfully concerned about city congestion, and at the same tim.....
» 6/12/2012 8:13:02 PM We have lost one of our greatest: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/dame-elisabeth-mur.....
» 6/12/2012 7:40:39 PM A special message from our Prime Minister: http://www.news.com.au/features/mayan-apocalyp.....
» 6/12/2012 1:15:33 PM Pericles, tis you who just completely doesn’t get it. In the real world, that is: in Aust.....
» 6/12/2012 12:59:15 PM Thanks Dan for the clarification. But I think Houellie has put it very well. There are l.....
» 6/12/2012 9:09:54 AM The key point is that a rapidly growing population in your new cities would need lots more.....
» 6/12/2012 9:02:14 AM Haaaaaa hahahaaaaa! When Pericles starts carrying on like a Pommie pork chop I know I hav.....
» 6/12/2012 7:25:39 AM << This is your experience gained from living near Mission Beach, Nth Queensland. &g.....
» 5/12/2012 9:34:47 PM Ok, so the very sight of a magazine cover with spunky young scantily clad woman on the cov.....
» 5/12/2012 9:32:05 PM << Ludwig, I don’t know what qualifies you to speak on behalf of “the vast majority .....
» 5/12/2012 12:57:53 PM Dan, so you think that the covers of the likes of People magazine are not benign? http://.....
» 5/12/2012 8:16:48 AM << …he did what he did with implicit organisational approval… >> This is sure.....
» 5/12/2012 5:17:46 AM I asked you three questions in my last post. The first one was: >> …what about the.....
» 5/12/2012 5:16:33 AM << Ludwig deliberately smokescreens the issues by not engaging with my actual point......
» 4/12/2012 9:30:19 AM Hey, with our current mining boom, we should have the economic wherewithal to greatly impr.....
» 4/12/2012 9:28:45 AM Everald, the starry-eyed visions of Flynn and Bradfield are all well and good. I too, as a.....
» 4/12/2012 7:50:35 AM << You see the fact that Australia's land mass is 0.6% urbanised, shock, horror, and.....
» 3/12/2012 10:38:46 AM Aren’t we just so confused when it comes to this sort of thing! Porn of all sorts is avai.....
» 3/12/2012 9:17:12 AM Phil, thanks for the comprehensive response. You wrote: << Ludwig: you are wrench.....
» 2/12/2012 9:26:36 AM Harking back a few days, this Phil bloke from Kiwiland wrote: << As for this Ludwig.....
» 1/12/2012 7:38:43 PM << Ludwig, there is little difference between becoming an ind or changing sides, as .....
» 1/12/2012 5:11:50 PM << I don't think it is the system at fault old mate, it is the practitioners involve.....
» 1/12/2012 3:13:36 PM So you are more or less happy with the way it is then Haz!?!? But… hold on… you are OLO’s.....
» 1/12/2012 12:48:18 PM Yep! { :>/.....
» 1/12/2012 12:30:40 PM << A royal commission for gods sake. Has one of these ever done anything good. >&.....
» 1/12/2012 10:14:23 AM The Westminster system is not the problem. The corruption of it is the issue. If our pol.....
» 1/12/2012 9:47:59 AM Wobbles, there needs to be a balance between towing the party line and representing one’s .....
» 30/11/2012 6:12:11 PM << They should resign and whoever received the next highest votes, should replace th.....
» 30/11/2012 10:05:23 AM < Collectively these areas represent an ambitious agenda for important issues Australia.....
» 30/11/2012 9:50:15 AM As I said in my last post, as a matter of principle, elected reps should not be able to ch.....
» 30/11/2012 8:44:18 AM << The way I see it, an MP has no right to simply change parties. I believe they sho.....
» 30/11/2012 8:32:37 AM Bruce, yes we desperately need an inquiry into our governmental system. And we absolutely.....
» 29/11/2012 10:21:16 AM Scribbler, I reckon we should have about thirty states, based roughly on a population size.....
» 29/11/2012 8:04:44 AM << …suppose, for sake of argument, our population remained stable at current levels .....
» 28/11/2012 10:08:40 AM I’m not sure that there are any overseas successes that would work really well in the Aust.....
» 28/11/2012 10:06:42 AM << This thread is about congestion. Congestion is caused by many factors. Over popul.....
» 28/11/2012 8:27:34 AM Robert, you wrote: < Armstrong cheated at cycling > < What Armstrong did was un.....
» 28/11/2012 8:01:31 AM Scribbler, you wrote: << Of course, the downside is that smaller population = less .....
» 27/11/2012 10:58:28 AM Crikey Scribbler. I’m making a totally valid point. Yes I make this sort of point often .....
» 27/11/2012 8:57:22 AM ‘Gee….I wonder….could it be……….. Could possibly it be that Mr Elliott’s worship of high an.....
» 27/11/2012 8:56:01 AM This article is just plain weeeird!! Now let me see if I’ve got it right: Congestion is .....
» 26/11/2012 10:18:01 AM << I don't believe for a moment the boats can be stopped. >> Landrights4all, .....
» 26/11/2012 8:28:05 AM Ok, so Australia has secured its place on the UN Security Council for a couple of years. .....
» 26/11/2012 7:30:46 AM Working for 15 hours a week, ongoing, until they have paid off all the expenses of support.....
» 26/11/2012 7:28:28 AM Landrights4all, the important thing is to stop the boats and regain control of our borders.....
» 25/11/2012 7:57:15 PM Why don't we at least trial a transaction tax? Rechtub, you answered your own question wi.....
» 25/11/2012 8:32:45 AM Spot on SM. The Libs have got it all over the Labs on this issue. It’s such a crying sham.....
» 24/11/2012 1:39:36 PM Landrights4all, how about a mandatory 15 hours per week and then anything extra is volunta.....
» 24/11/2012 7:41:51 AM SM, I agree. But how can you talk about who is responsible without even mentioning one K R.....
» 24/11/2012 3:31:50 AM Landrights4all, no I’d go with ‘require’. It would not be mandatory if a person can put f.....
» 23/11/2012 7:26:09 PM << Yep time Amnesty was banned as a subversive organisation, along with the Greens. .....
» 23/11/2012 7:21:53 PM Landrights4all, NTW sounds like a good idea. Yes, if asylum seekers are going to be moving.....
» 23/11/2012 10:09:32 AM << Suffice to say that I think that a well managed population growth in this country.....
» 23/11/2012 9:51:23 AM Well Said, KarlX!.....
» 23/11/2012 9:38:08 AM So Paul, I wonder what Amnesty International would like to see. Could it be completely ope.....
» 23/11/2012 8:19:46 AM Philip, I share your concerns. The government is moving to make it more difficult for asy.....
» 22/11/2012 10:32:52 PM Yep, spot on Outrider. << All parties are in favour of high immigration >> Y.....
» 22/11/2012 9:59:57 AM Don, you seem to be implying that those who are against population growth are against all .....
» 21/11/2012 8:11:23 PM Hello ManOfTheLand. Nice to make your OLO acquaintance. Interesting comments. I don’t hav.....
» 21/11/2012 10:23:57 AM Hear hear, Poirot. Sophie and Geoff need to be commended for exploring alternative energy .....
» 20/11/2012 7:43:16 PM HAAAA hahahaaaa!! Ahh Pericles, you can be very entertaining!! << Patronising old .....
» 20/11/2012 7:02:17 PM My housemate wants me to post another message for him. I told him (for the umpteen thousan.....
» 20/11/2012 1:15:26 PM Yair but what would a new party achieve? Oh, I see, that doesn’t matter. The only thing t.....
» 20/11/2012 9:58:40 AM The most important things of all are for us to get a handle on the scale of our activities.....
» 20/11/2012 8:18:54 AM Go the Lancashire Luddites! < Many of these rioters and wreckers were either executed .....
» 20/11/2012 7:53:15 AM Pericles you are getting sillier and sillier in your old age. You have introduced the mos.....
» 19/11/2012 8:53:53 PM Haz, from my housemate: Please thank my old mate Hazza for giving me that advice on the 8.....
» 19/11/2012 7:54:51 PM Yeah I’ve seen this sort of thing happen elsewhere too Haz. It’s not just OLO. . Oh yes,.....
» 19/11/2012 1:37:15 PM Yes, population is the MOST important issue. Major problems: Firstly, there is an enormo.....
» 19/11/2012 10:18:07 AM Quite right Pericles, I didn’t read all of it. It is more of a book than an article, it is.....
» 19/11/2012 9:00:32 AM We needed a tiny fraction of that level of influx. Something around net zero immigration w.....
» 19/11/2012 8:54:56 AM It’s Monday morning, and Pericles is still arguing for protracted population growth, from .....
» 17/11/2012 7:20:29 PM << And the obvious point in my parallel question was that without the fourteen milli.....
» 16/11/2012 9:06:28 PM You missed the glaring error in my post Pericles! I said: << The mild weather with.....
» 15/11/2012 9:10:42 PM Haaaaa hahahahaaaa!! Pericles you’re hilaaaarious! Anything that goes against your belov.....
» 15/11/2012 10:22:23 AM YES it is a matter of abysmal management by successive governments. And the most abysmal t.....
» 15/11/2012 10:20:18 AM I wrote: >> Pericles, our disagreement about the immigration intake being rapid or.....
» 14/11/2012 9:46:38 PM Pericles, our disagreement about the immigration intake being rapid or moderate is moot. .....
» 14/11/2012 10:24:24 AM << …you make a point of misinterpreting everything, which makes discussion doubly di.....
» 13/11/2012 11:16:58 AM Ahh Pericles, you accuse me of black and white polarised thinking, which you know is a tot.....
» 12/11/2012 9:21:56 PM << You have somehow convinced yourself that this country has problems with "wat.....
» 12/11/2012 4:23:21 PM I’m looking very closely….. and I don’t see an answer to my point in your comments. I see .....
» 12/11/2012 4:20:08 PM Pericles OK, so you don’t have an inherent problem with a no-growth economy, or I should .....
» 12/11/2012 11:00:11 AM Good post Pericles. I agree; it is a new medium but not a new phenomenon. Exaggerations o.....
» 12/11/2012 7:59:19 AM What almighty load of bunkum!! < When he became leader of the Liberal Party by just on.....
» 12/11/2012 5:18:35 AM Sometimes when it happens, it locks up the whole kaboodle. Quite apart from OLO, nothing e.....
» 11/11/2012 8:02:34 AM << Turnbull Shmirnbull, it just the same sh** different bucket >> Erm,,,,yeay.....
» 10/11/2012 7:46:45 AM I wrote: >> And there are so many other things about his arguments that just don’t .....
» 8/11/2012 9:54:43 PM Damn weird this is! I'm having no problems at all this evening, but my housemate sitting .....
» 8/11/2012 9:28:42 PM Hasbeen, my world is yellow. Yellow with wattle flowers. Not now – too late in the season......
» 8/11/2012 9:04:27 PM Well said Shockadelic. << Everyone should stop trying to "debate" with Pe.....
» 5/11/2012 11:44:48 PM Thanks o sung wu. I am pleased that you can appreciate what I am saying. I’ve stated this.....
» 5/11/2012 10:02:04 PM Are you feeling alright Pericles? That’s a pretty strange post. << I don't think t.....
» 5/11/2012 9:40:06 PM << The whole question of reducing the Road Toll, does NOT lay at the feet of police......
» 5/11/2012 12:25:46 PM I am really battling with freezing OLO pages this morning! Hrrrrrgh!!.....
» 5/11/2012 12:11:07 PM << Grrrr...and double grrrrr >> Same here, Poirot. How is it possible to car.....
» 5/11/2012 11:23:47 AM Mangoes banging on a tin roof. Yes Haz, that’s a classic sound in the older suburbs in our.....
» 5/11/2012 11:13:46 AM Thanks Poirot. I remember watching Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’, based on Du Maurier’s b.....
» 5/11/2012 10:51:21 AM The biggest problem is that drink drivers think that there is very little chance of gettin.....
» 5/11/2012 5:34:14 AM I would hazard a guess at their next move – stealing garden gnomes and heavy objects of al.....
» 4/11/2012 9:44:41 PM The corvids of Corvallis eh? Corvallis, meaning valley of the crows, is situated on table.....
» 3/11/2012 10:25:33 PM < What does 'growth' in the 'Asian Century' even mean? > Well I hope to goodness th.....
» 3/11/2012 4:03:16 PM << That is about the only thing I can find not to like about him >> Whaaat?? .....
» 3/11/2012 3:45:34 PM << But, in reality, the question must be, not whether the libs deserve a chance, but.....
» 3/11/2012 9:18:42 AM << …we need a first past the post ballot system. >> Soggy…. Why? Pray tell, .....
» 3/11/2012 9:11:29 AM Pericles, you ask me questions, but you’ve made no attempt to answer my questions! I answe.....
» 2/11/2012 11:56:42 PM Rehctub, what about the other side of the coin? How do you reckon your pub-crawling mates.....
» 2/11/2012 11:11:25 PM Excellent article Charles......
» 31/10/2012 9:56:22 PM Pericles, you asked: << What would those actions be? >> 1. reduce the immigr.....
» 31/10/2012 9:51:44 PM Pericles, you have gone to some considerable trouble to explore the nature of Japan’s econ.....
» 30/10/2012 10:13:33 PM << It is adjusted to meet our economic needs each year >> Whaaat?? Pericles,.....
» 29/10/2012 11:06:04 PM Two very good points, Shockadelic. I note that Cheryl responded to you without in any way.....
» 29/10/2012 1:57:27 PM << What I would like to see, however, is that we welcome immigrants who are prepared.....
» 29/10/2012 1:32:11 PM << I want to highlight my mate Ludwig is wrong. >> Sorry Belly but I'm going .....
» 28/10/2012 11:24:53 PM Hold on Rainier, Rudd NEEDED TO GO!! The Labor power-brokers and indeed most of his minis.....
» 28/10/2012 11:04:55 PM Poirot, what's happened to Lexi?.....
» 28/10/2012 10:27:08 PM I keep saying to you that your comments don’t add up. And this is so at the most fundament.....
» 28/10/2012 10:24:49 PM << I do have a fundamental dislike of the fortress Australia stance >> Pericl.....
» 28/10/2012 10:18:52 AM Very interesting Pericles. So your great hatred of government intervention overrides you.....
» 27/10/2012 12:42:38 PM << ...Ludwig is not either but you both want to have ONLY YOUR THOUGHTS on your pet .....
» 27/10/2012 8:09:46 AM Philip S, I think the critical question is: why is the mining tax not generating any incom.....
» 26/10/2012 9:54:01 PM HAAA hahahaaa! That’s got to be one of the funniest... and cutest, things I have ever see.....
» 25/10/2012 1:14:19 PM Hey Pericles, don’t look now but I just went and gone and done it again – I put up a popul.....
» 25/10/2012 1:05:36 PM Spot on, Peter. You make one of the most fundamentally important points in Australian pol.....
» 24/10/2012 1:30:27 PM Yes Hasbeen, Sydney is a great place to live… if you only look at how the top 25% are livi.....
» 24/10/2012 1:13:19 PM Now where was I bfor the computer system decided to throw a wobbly! Then of course I had .....
» 24/10/2012 8:51:02 AM I totally agree Philip S. Rudd should be brought to account for what would have to be the.....
» 24/10/2012 8:40:24 AM Is it working?? Can I upload?? Been having bloody hopeless problems with the whole sh!tba.....
» 23/10/2012 1:02:54 PM << You're starting to sound desperate, Ludwig. >> You wish Pericles!! Now, W.....
» 23/10/2012 8:21:36 AM << …history shows quite categorically that NSW experienced net outward migration thr.....
» 23/10/2012 8:13:38 AM What happened to you on the ‘World food day’ thread Pericles? You know when you’ve been th.....
» 22/10/2012 1:48:06 PM Good thread Yabby. This frozen page business, where just the header comes up, has become a.....
» 22/10/2012 1:38:48 PM << Gees Luddy, now you can't even get my jokes, & you feel able to pick a leader. &g.....
» 22/10/2012 10:49:30 AM Awww Haz, we’ve been over this ground about zillion times. Of the current crop of pollie.....
» 22/10/2012 10:33:03 AM < Our polling doesn't show sexism as a significant voting issue > Well thank goodne.....
» 22/10/2012 7:56:11 AM If ever there has been a PM that needed removing in mid-office, it was that great dud Rudd.....
» 22/10/2012 6:43:02 AM SM Yep, Bob Carr, who was re-elected a number of times and became the longest serving pre.....
» 21/10/2012 7:27:53 PM Mr O, if you want someone to lead the country who is definitely not a superficial thinker,.....
» 19/10/2012 8:57:53 PM Very good Pericles. We at last have some information about Greenpeace! << Greenpeac.....
» 19/10/2012 10:32:32 AM Yabby, you’ve got right to the nub of the issue in your last two posts. I concur totally w.....
» 18/10/2012 1:07:19 PM << I stand by my initial observation that, once again, you have hijacked a perfectly.....
» 18/10/2012 8:31:55 AM Further to my last post: Something like a 50/50 effort into food production and populatio.....
» 17/10/2012 7:19:58 PM Hello Noisy Scrub Bird. Good to see you back after five months away from OLO. I pretty mu.....
» 17/10/2012 2:02:37 PM Cheryl, have you noted the comments about the graph you posted by no less than six respond.....
» 17/10/2012 10:57:10 AM There you go again Perky – demonstrating your obsession with me daring to mention the P wo.....
» 17/10/2012 8:13:14 AM << So yes, I am guilty on this occasion of a slight exaggeration. >> Well!! I.....
» 16/10/2012 8:02:41 PM Hasbeen, even if your case study is true exactly as you state it, it is not representative.....
» 16/10/2012 11:42:24 AM Ahh its me old mate Pericles, back for another round of Ludwig rib-poking! Dear oh dear,.....
» 16/10/2012 8:10:23 AM Kevin Andrews, there are big problems with this article. Firstly, there is no mention of .....
» 15/10/2012 10:56:43 PM Well said o sung wu. Cheers......
» 15/10/2012 7:50:41 PM << Your $50 is safe in the context of a 'lie' but definitely a broken promise. >&.....
» 15/10/2012 12:57:51 PM Hehehe Haz, you must’ve ad a good weegend. You’re in fine form this Monday. ( :>).....
» 15/10/2012 8:20:55 AM Good article Catherine. < It is one thing to boycott offensive programs, but quite ano.....
» 15/10/2012 8:02:21 AM DiamondPete, I agree that by definition Gillard didn’t lie. However, having made the orig.....
» 12/10/2012 7:58:34 PM Soggy, I presume you mean that those 4000, to come here over four years if we were to impl.....
» 12/10/2012 7:28:26 PM We definitely need TPVs. And we need the definition of a refugee to be interpreted toughly.....
» 11/10/2012 9:51:13 AM << The point is that the Speaker is supposed to be "holier than thou". >.....
» 11/10/2012 7:35:48 AM Yes, well said DaimontPete. We have such an enormous tendency to get hung up on minutiae,.....
» 10/10/2012 9:14:47 AM Hold on SM, the strategy of enticing a member of the opposition to become speaker and aban.....
» 9/10/2012 8:51:47 AM Herbert Stencil, Peter Andrews’ ideas are all well and good, up to a point. But there are.....
» 8/10/2012 8:06:36 PM << It is for this reason that personal recordings of speeding drivers can't be used .....
» 8/10/2012 8:58:27 AM < We need a better water plan. Australian governments are dismantling the irrigation se.....
» 8/10/2012 8:31:21 AM Rechtub, I strongly disagree. Something does not have to be tamper-proof in order to be a .....
» 7/10/2012 8:56:02 PM << So what about randomly placed cameras on civilians vehicles… >> Interestin.....
» 7/10/2012 9:30:34 AM << Who is served by ability to over ride the will of Parliament. >> Good poin.....
» 7/10/2012 6:39:19 AM << Police if it saves life should be in the open or in hidden family cars life matte.....
» 7/10/2012 6:38:05 AM Belly, better quality roads are certainly a factor. But to turn the Bruce Highway into th.....
» 6/10/2012 8:26:56 PM Thanks Belly. << However Ludwig, in the short term only can extra police work. >.....
» 6/10/2012 10:37:46 AM Crackcup, you seem to be interpreting my comments in a very polarised, end-of-the-spectrum.....
» 6/10/2012 8:04:41 AM I’ve got to admit that I’m very disappointed in the lack of interest on this thread with i.....
» 3/10/2012 11:22:28 AM << How is more policing or more bureacracy going to prevent tyre blow-outs, mechanic.....
» 3/10/2012 7:46:37 AM I can see exactly why we have a road toll as big as we do. It is because of the absolutely.....
» 2/10/2012 11:18:49 AM Haz I agree that speed limits are too low a lot of the time. But it really is a non-issue .....
» 2/10/2012 11:16:16 AM << Can't agree with you on this one Ludwig old mate. >> Can’t agree with what.....
» 1/10/2012 8:05:05 PM I suggest that a good part of the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on roadworks.....
» 1/10/2012 8:02:27 PM Hazza you old bean, I’m nowhere near as ancient as you!! ( :>/ Hey I agree that we sho.....
» 1/10/2012 1:49:01 PM Yes the camber sometimes changes without warning. I have often thought that this is really.....
» 30/09/2012 10:19:19 AM Rehctub, I envisage big problems with the ‘buying shares’ approach. Firstly, it is only .....
» 30/09/2012 8:23:34 AM << The big problem we face now is the MRRT, as miners now face the prospect of not o.....
» 29/09/2012 8:52:23 AM Agreed Rehctub; a transaction tax sounds like a good move. http://www.democrats.org.nz/Ou.....
» 28/09/2012 1:24:59 PM Yuyutsu, you are completely missing the imperative of sustainability, and what it means to.....
» 28/09/2012 10:53:25 AM Greg, there is something major missing from this article. This is the manner in which we a.....
» 28/09/2012 7:58:28 AM << To begin with, birds and fish are free to immigrate to Australia and had we not b.....
» 27/09/2012 10:34:01 PM What’s unfair about it Yuyutsu? Otherwise I agree with your post. I bet when it is all wo.....
» 27/09/2012 7:48:47 PM Reduce immigration to net zero......
» 27/09/2012 10:04:29 AM All too true, Taswegian. But the biggest problem is something that most people just don’t.....
» 22/09/2012 8:11:49 PM EQ, it seems to me that learning a second and third language is a long path to improving o.....
» 21/09/2012 8:17:26 PM Agreed Yabby. It just doesn’t add up. There are many much more important things to learn t.....
» 19/09/2012 8:00:51 AM Everald, happy octogenarianism!! So, what about Australia’s ever-growing population? How.....
» 19/09/2012 7:46:05 AM Oh dear Ross, something huge is missing from this article. It seems to be the same with al.....
» 16/09/2012 8:07:40 PM Yeah, I’ve had enough of discussing the boring old public service too. Hey I picked a flo.....
» 16/09/2012 1:33:19 PM Belly, we’ll just have to agree to hold fundamentally different views on this. Australia .....
» 16/09/2012 9:41:19 AM << I confess to knowing very little about "the environmental management part of.....
» 16/09/2012 9:18:51 AM << Either we populate it in a measured way… or the teeming masses of Asia will popul.....
» 16/09/2012 8:21:14 AM Morning Belly. Wonderful day here in Cairns. You know my views on this. Better policies, .....
» 15/09/2012 8:35:52 PM Well said Divergence and eyejaw. . << So, in a pragmatic world, how do we persuade.....
» 15/09/2012 8:00:02 PM The important point Belly is that Rudd has ufcked up so badly that he had to go! His colle.....
» 15/09/2012 3:47:51 PM <<@Lugwig… Your not thinking holistically at all, the population issue is global and.....
» 15/09/2012 8:21:37 AM Prompete, the global population growth rate could be reined in without draconian policies,.....
» 14/09/2012 8:31:33 PM << The only mechanism I have seen for Effective population control is both the Chine.....
» 14/09/2012 8:22:59 PM Rhrosty, up until now I haven’t really had any major issue with your posts. But suddenly, .....
» 14/09/2012 11:59:58 AM Black ducks are dapper ducks (although the person who named them would have to be daffy, c.....
» 14/09/2012 9:21:01 AM << tired of incompetence. Election is coming soon. >> Yeah but runner, we won.....
» 14/09/2012 8:05:44 AM There is no solution without Temporary Protection Visas. Agreed SOG......
» 14/09/2012 8:01:25 AM Oh David, this is all just so wrong-headed! Rather than some pie-in-the-sky dream of enor.....
» 13/09/2012 8:24:13 PM << But you have piqued my curiosity. I confess to knowing very little about "th.....
» 13/09/2012 8:22:10 PM << …the problem is those barnacles. >> Pericles, you seem to think that the .....
» 12/09/2012 10:35:37 AM Pericles, we are in full agreement about the need for better efficiency, and about some as.....
» 11/09/2012 12:36:23 PM << We have become accustomed to pouring billions of dollars of taxpayers money into .....
» 11/09/2012 8:34:20 AM You are all leaving out the biggest issue of all – the rapidly and constantly increasing d.....
» 11/09/2012 7:14:55 AM Yesterday I slowly traversed the Flinders Hwy from Charters Towers to Townsville and photo.....
» 11/09/2012 6:58:09 AM << I specifically exempt those who actually work for a living - the nurses, the teac.....
» 10/09/2012 9:24:07 AM In my part of the world (Townsville – Cairns), the most enormous number of agile wallabies.....
» 9/09/2012 7:49:15 PM << ...undo the injustice done to Rudd... >> Oh Belly, he so totally deserved .....
» 7/09/2012 10:35:49 PM Yes but Indi there are no village idiots in the running to lead the country. Oh... hold o.....
» 7/09/2012 9:37:42 PM So who's gunna do a better job Indi?? Any better suggestions than Bobby Carrtoonface?.....
» 7/09/2012 11:18:15 AM Ahh Haz, get rid of this fool, get rid of that fool…. and install who exactly?? Who’s gun.....
» 7/09/2012 6:24:34 AM << It appears that some of the media are censoring or just deliberately not reportin.....
» 7/09/2012 6:00:29 AM Take your pick Yabby.... Homo abhorrentius Homo blunderingfoolsii Homo dumbarsiana Homo i.....
» 6/09/2012 9:13:51 PM A very confused government caught in between all-powerful big-business vested-interests an.....
» 6/09/2012 8:39:02 PM Poirot, thanks. ( :>( . Pericles: << I suspect that much of the Green support .....
» 6/09/2012 9:43:51 AM Rehctub, Lib and Lab are poison in my view, with the critically bad maximised rate of immi.....
» 6/09/2012 8:54:31 AM The amazing thing is how high the Greens’ level of support has been, given how far off the.....
» 4/09/2012 10:28:40 PM << It’s time that we calmed down and faced the fact that we cannot believe that it i.....
» 30/08/2012 9:26:55 PM Wow. Did I kill off this thread or what ??.....
» 29/08/2012 1:44:11 PM << ...Mr Abbott's vacuous performance on the 7.30 Report... >> Agreed Poirot......
» 28/08/2012 11:37:10 AM Here’s a suggestion Ross: nude beaches! Very popular spots! And yet, in Queensland at lea.....
» 28/08/2012 8:33:50 AM In conclusion you say: < Because, at the end of the day, there’s no ‘industry’ in a wi.....
» 28/08/2012 8:31:10 AM Now, I really am failing to see the connection between significant tourism promotion and m.....
» 27/08/2012 10:18:30 PM << Those heady days are remembered for booming Japanese and Asian inbound tourism co.....
» 27/08/2012 9:38:59 PM Yeah Soggy, I’ve got to admit I share your concerns, at least to some extent. I said in m.....
» 27/08/2012 9:21:28 PM While Howard did the right thing with respect to onshore asylum seeking, he certainly didn.....
» 27/08/2012 9:16:16 PM So we BOTH feed them lovely little feral featherfaces!.....
» 27/08/2012 9:12:13 PM As I write this, I look at a large print on the wall 2 metres in front of me, of gnarled o.....
» 27/08/2012 9:06:27 PM What a weird thread! No one was much interested in condiments. But it ended up going all o.....
» 27/08/2012 8:39:12 PM Or maybe there is a third factor that has caused both: oil. No, it is not that simple, bu.....
» 27/08/2012 1:37:57 PM Thanks Houellie. All those queries are really quite easily answered. No long and detailed.....
» 27/08/2012 12:04:18 PM Sheesh PEST, what on earth is your problem?!? On another thread, we were just starting to.....
» 27/08/2012 8:28:29 AM << When Ms Hanson Young chokes up as she did (again) this week, rises to her feet an.....
» 27/08/2012 8:12:34 AM What does this improvement in the polls means? It has surely got to mean that most people.....
» 26/08/2012 8:06:42 PM SOG, you list some very interesting points, which sound pretty damning. But it doesn’t a.....
» 26/08/2012 11:09:04 AM << Do we see any slowing-down in scientific progress now? On the contrary, it's not .....
» 26/08/2012 11:07:25 AM << But Ludwig, nobody is 'doing nothing' as such. You're upset because we are 'doing.....
» 26/08/2012 8:55:56 AM RIP Neil Armstrong. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-neil-armstrong-20120826.....
» 26/08/2012 8:35:55 AM Very interesting Poirot. << Free market - it appears the only freedom is the freedo.....
» 26/08/2012 8:24:43 AM << Time to ask why was Rudd dumped. Why was Gillard installed. >> Oh goodness.....
» 25/08/2012 10:26:12 PM << Ludwig; I agree generally with you about population; population for its own sake .....
» 25/08/2012 9:39:06 PM Jon, you still seem to be completely ignoring the bigger picture; that of sustainability v.....
» 25/08/2012 8:51:49 PM Ahh fungus! Sheesh, do I HATE typos, especially after you spell- and grammar-check your po.....
» 25/08/2012 8:36:01 PM << Then with any sort of luck voters will convince politicians to get rid of those o.....
» 25/08/2012 8:23:29 PM << Ludwig, let me repeat my question: in what universe is imposing crippling taxes o.....
» 25/08/2012 1:00:21 PM << I do not agree that we should increase refugee numbers, I think 13000 is ample. &.....
» 25/08/2012 8:11:29 AM My earlier general thread on raising the refugee intake: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.a.....
» 25/08/2012 3:57:35 AM << Sure Urban heat island is a huge effect. >> Ahh so you DO believe in some .....
» 25/08/2012 3:22:53 AM So what do you say – do you agree with me and Herbert Stencil that we should be broadening.....
» 25/08/2012 3:21:47 AM Cohenite, in your second post you condemn the precautionary principle, which I must say is.....
» 24/08/2012 11:31:37 PM << If indeed Singapore is by your measurement "overcrowded", then clearly .....
» 24/08/2012 7:37:02 PM << …shipping all the asylum seekers arriving on our shores to New Zealand to replace.....
» 24/08/2012 1:43:48 PM << My understanding is that the "extinction" that Mr Lee is concerned abou.....
» 24/08/2012 12:14:40 PM So Haz, do you believe in any form of anthropogenic climate change? What about the massiv.....
» 24/08/2012 11:59:15 AM Something has definitely improved there in the way you are responding, cohenite. Well…towa.....
» 24/08/2012 11:32:07 AM Yes, and SUX when you mean SEX!! ( :>/.....
» 24/08/2012 9:57:39 AM Alright, so then how would the people efficiently organise themselves outside of governmen.....
» 24/08/2012 9:17:17 AM < Many city administrations approach sustainability as an opportunity to save money, or.....
» 24/08/2012 9:00:12 AM Interesting article Julian. < The solution to this unsettling problem is quite simple.....
» 24/08/2012 8:08:40 AM All good stuff babs, May we continue to welcome Kiwis as new Australian residents, but not.....
» 23/08/2012 11:09:31 PM PM Gillard announced today that Australia’s annual refugee intake would be boosted from 13.....
» 23/08/2012 8:21:48 PM Thanks Pericles I have really enjoyed the discussion and would be happy for it to continu.....
» 23/08/2012 5:12:17 PM << You can't see it, because you don't want to see it. >> You’ve make this so.....
» 23/08/2012 5:10:38 PM < 24 years in Perth. Does that count? > << Nope >> Haaa hahaha! No wo.....
» 23/08/2012 12:31:46 PM Herbert. I agree that human disturbance of the earth’s surface and hydrology by way of cl.....
» 23/08/2012 11:41:44 AM << …they refuse to even consider the influence of increasing population on the use o.....
» 23/08/2012 10:24:23 AM Mug throwing?? ( :> |.....
» 23/08/2012 10:12:17 AM Belly, for as long as we have the absolutely despicable and totally anti-democratic donati.....
» 23/08/2012 9:38:17 AM << And I think that it is "fair to say" that Cronulla is only dragged into.....
» 23/08/2012 8:54:40 AM Yesterday I wrote: < So broaden your outlooks, get away from the narrow insistence th.....
» 23/08/2012 8:27:50 AM << Whether or not the problem is real, doing anything effective about it is proving .....
» 22/08/2012 9:01:05 PM << Did you read the reality behind our puny eforts at "recycling", which i.....
» 22/08/2012 8:59:39 PM << One isolated incident of rowdiness, seven years ago >> And didn’t it cause.....
» 22/08/2012 4:48:34 PM Thanks for the clarification Pericles. << …it seems eminently sustainable to me. &g.....
» 22/08/2012 4:43:00 PM Pericles, you write: << We all know from the experience of the past few decades tha.....
» 22/08/2012 4:40:24 PM << I suspect that you only read the intro, and chose not to read the rest >> .....
» 22/08/2012 1:44:40 PM ….instead of a bloody big stick for those who get caught just exceeding the limit! This i.....
» 22/08/2012 1:40:31 PM David Leyonhjelm’s 85 percentile agreement rate is good in theory, but impossible to imple.....
» 22/08/2012 12:14:05 PM PEST, I would certainly like the article and photos that you have offered, but I've tried .....
» 22/08/2012 11:30:58 AM Leo, Jon and Atman, I think you’re all on the wrong track entirely. It is surely not up t.....
» 22/08/2012 10:08:45 AM Herbert, where’s the conclusive evidence that AGW is not real? In the absence of any such.....
» 22/08/2012 7:58:21 AM I’d make two very significant points about the Climate Commission: Firstly, it should abs.....
» 22/08/2012 7:55:21 AM Alright Anthony, the message being presented by Flannery and the Climate Commission may be.....
» 22/08/2012 4:34:46 AM In short you really think that we will have a better society with a very low level of gove.....
» 22/08/2012 4:33:42 AM << I know you will disagree with everything Lomberg writes, simply because you choos.....
» 22/08/2012 4:26:20 AM << Or do you believe we can trust our government to do it differently? >> No .....
» 21/08/2012 3:30:51 PM << I suggest you start thinking how to solve the problem. >> PEST, have you r.....
» 21/08/2012 2:53:11 PM So poor old Tony got ‘imself ejected from the ‘ouse!! Hahaha! No one’s condemning him fo.....
» 21/08/2012 7:12:03 AM << The circus started yesterday! >> What is this? To what are you referring? .....
» 21/08/2012 7:05:55 AM The whole business is enormously frustrating. I travel all over the country. Those who k.....
» 21/08/2012 7:02:53 AM 7. Speed camera address only one aspect of road safety. They do nothing to prevent tailgat.....
» 21/08/2012 7:01:02 AM Some problems with speed cameras: 1. The authorities won’t tell us exactly what speed the.....
» 21/08/2012 5:48:10 AM << Aha! So you would ride roughshod over the will of the people who prefer to keep t.....
» 21/08/2012 5:45:12 AM << What "terrible management regime", Ludwig? >> Oh dear Pericles, .....
» 20/08/2012 1:35:53 PM Why is it cohenite that I detect you as being nothing more than protagonist for the sake o.....
» 20/08/2012 9:25:05 AM Cohenite, the second law of thermodynamics is hardly relevant here. For as long as the sun.....
» 20/08/2012 9:02:23 AM Deear o dear! Poor little Pinky Pyne! You never know Belly, he might actually say somet.....
» 20/08/2012 8:10:10 AM Kerry, I detect a fundamental level of wrong-headedness in this article. You say: <&l.....
» 19/08/2012 9:29:42 PM << sustainability is a joke, a catch-all, meaningless, feel good bit of tripe around.....
» 19/08/2012 7:23:53 PM << Is she gone yet >> No...... I’m afraid Bob Carr isn’t our new PM yet! [sig.....
» 19/08/2012 12:41:29 PM Thanks Killarney The Greens’ policy is good. They want a complete ban on corporate donati.....
» 19/08/2012 9:33:19 AM << …it costs the State more to prosecute the offender than the State can hope to rec.....
» 19/08/2012 9:17:08 AM Peter McMahon, you write of the Greens: < Should they focus on core environmental issu.....
» 19/08/2012 7:52:37 AM << …LibLab's politics are shams in which the only interests either component party s.....
» 18/08/2012 9:37:31 PM D’Oh gawd, there’s another invader on Luddy and Belly’s private thread!! << From wh.....
» 18/08/2012 9:14:22 PM Please, make a good case as to why we should support the DLP, Soggy. They've got to be wo.....
» 18/08/2012 8:09:08 PM << People who come for a new life from the middle east and other Muslim country's ha.....
» 18/08/2012 1:20:41 PM <<The problem is, any offense committed… is only ever an alleged offense, which, by .....
» 18/08/2012 9:37:08 AM << What I do disagree with, though, is the transplantation of people from a city to .....
» 18/08/2012 8:32:56 AM From Hartcher’s article: < Tony Abbott would thrash around for a winning cause if he d.....
» 17/08/2012 8:57:05 PM << Sorry Luddy, got to disagree with you on the speed bumps. Have a chat to an ambul.....
» 17/08/2012 8:42:44 PM << They are a part of city living, not separate from it. One of the joys of living i.....
» 17/08/2012 7:59:25 PM << See my thoughts re your small Australia policy, even if I support it,and I do, fi.....
» 17/08/2012 12:47:58 PM << Luddy just what is it that you have against plants? The poor things were responsi.....
» 17/08/2012 10:21:05 AM 4. The powerlessness of the public to assist in policing. I’ve tested this out with a numb.....
» 17/08/2012 10:18:22 AM While I do decry inappropriate speed limits here and there, especially ridiculous 50kmh zo.....
» 17/08/2012 10:12:47 AM I agree with you all the way Rhrosty, except for school zones. I originally thought that .....
» 17/08/2012 9:22:34 AM << In preparing for a future emissions constrained economy, investment in coal seam .....
» 17/08/2012 8:02:33 AM << REFORM in both party's must come! >> Absolutely! And it is about time peo.....
» 16/08/2012 10:06:20 PM << It may surprise you to learn, Ludwig, that Sydney is surrounded by National Parks.....
» 16/08/2012 8:44:36 PM Ahh, Pericles, you are waaay off track, as usual. << What about people exercising t.....
» 16/08/2012 8:11:09 PM << I firmly, think our country deserves better than our two leaders. >> By cr.....
» 16/08/2012 12:42:39 PM << How can anyone justify the intake of the refugees when in Australia we have in ex.....
» 16/08/2012 9:43:23 AM Hi Belly. I’m sitting here at a café on the Cairns Esplanade, and guess what I’m doing – f.....
» 16/08/2012 9:28:55 AM I also totally disagree with 50kmh limits in urban areas as the standard unless otherwise .....
» 16/08/2012 9:26:44 AM Good article David. This is a subject on which I hold a great deal of passion. < Previ.....
» 16/08/2012 7:24:25 AM Yes Belly, we’ll obviously have to agree to strongly disagree here. It is a good discussi.....
» 15/08/2012 10:10:13 PM < The government is trying desperately to boost the birth rate with generous benefits, .....
» 15/08/2012 9:38:01 PM Agreed Hasbeen. Some sort of work-for-the-benefits that they receive once having been foun.....
» 15/08/2012 9:21:24 PM << You want to add more restrictions on top of what we already have? >> No I .....
» 15/08/2012 8:56:26 PM << Bribery only works for a short time, Ludwig.>> I think you are entirely on.....
» 15/08/2012 7:58:09 PM Davidf, I am surprised at your vehement disagreement. << I don't feel competent to .....
» 15/08/2012 2:41:26 PM << Oh sure, and who decides what is fair… >> What? Are you really poo-pooing .....
» 15/08/2012 2:23:02 PM << Does any one, knowing the dislike/distrust building against Gillard think she can.....
» 15/08/2012 11:47:53 AM << It was a huge back down by Gillard! So, did the endless opposition by the cock-a-.....
» 15/08/2012 11:27:49 AM I fully agree, popnperish. I made similar comments on another thread: http://forum.online.....
» 15/08/2012 9:46:40 AM < The second is that the problem is partly one of Australia's own making. Australia has.....
» 15/08/2012 9:18:35 AM Here’s an interesting read for you Hasbeen: http://www.crispinhull.com.au/2012/07/28/lear.....
» 15/08/2012 9:10:44 AM < Australia received only 23,434 refugees in all categories under UNHCR mandate in 2011.....
» 15/08/2012 8:45:05 AM The Houston Report recommends increasing our refugee intake to 20 000 and then to 27 000 w.....
» 15/08/2012 8:20:51 AM Thanks drab. Yes I think Crispin Hull is absolutely right. Belly, I can’t imagine that yo.....
» 14/08/2012 9:40:02 PM << What is necessary for a properly functioning democracy is not free speech but FAI.....
» 14/08/2012 8:29:18 PM << Would that be at Scagary point, on the western side, in site of Cardwell old mate.....
» 14/08/2012 8:02:30 PM Having just seen Morrison’s 7.30 Report interview, my well-developed view of him has been .....
» 14/08/2012 7:59:37 PM Banjo I just watched an interview with Scott Morrison (Shadow Minister for immigration) on.....
» 14/08/2012 7:36:01 PM Belly, you wrote a few posts back: << Any chance we get to review the lies Morrison.....
» 14/08/2012 10:44:22 AM Hehehe! Well it’ll probably come as no surprise to you Hazza, but I do enjoy grating my o.....
» 14/08/2012 10:15:56 AM << And what does the government do? Nothing - because it cannot. …. I'd say that is .....
» 14/08/2012 10:02:49 AM << In that bracket, you have Albury/Wodonga, Launceston, Toowoomba, Darwin and Cairn.....
» 14/08/2012 8:21:59 AM << We are drifting a little from the point, I suspect Ludwig. >> I think it i.....
» 14/08/2012 7:54:20 AM The tide is turning? Doesn’t look like it from where I sit!.....
» 14/08/2012 7:40:43 AM << And you over look Liberals, I promise, are a growth for growth sake party too. &g.....
» 14/08/2012 7:20:22 AM Aha Belly, the truth comes out….. you FEED the myna birds! No wonder you have so many of .....
» 14/08/2012 7:16:45 AM Haz, you old salt, sailing around tropical islands. Your fav is coconut milk. I shoulda k.....
» 13/08/2012 11:27:55 PM Yep. Howard was right. And amazingly, Labor has finally realised this: http://www.theaus.....
» 13/08/2012 11:04:57 PM Thanks Belly for continuing the debate. Again I have to disagree with the article that yo.....
» 13/08/2012 10:03:41 PM Indi, no I’m not. It does indeed look like it could be!!.....
» 13/08/2012 9:53:31 PM Aaaaaah Haaaahahahahaaa. Hasbeen, you are a very funny old fart!! You enrich my life gre.....
» 13/08/2012 9:35:54 PM << I confess to being totally unmoved by art, as in pictures, paintings, sculptures .....
» 13/08/2012 9:23:37 PM Yes Indi, I do just very vaguely remember that… I think. << People are overawed yet.....
» 13/08/2012 8:50:42 PM Belly, it is so totally the time for a major change! You can see the need for it, but you.....
» 13/08/2012 8:45:16 PM << …the truth is both party's, no matter what they say, want a big Australia >>.....
» 13/08/2012 1:59:01 PM Belly, I know you basically agree with me about population and sustainability. But that ma.....
» 13/08/2012 10:17:30 AM << Ludwig, If you lived in NSW you would not hold your view of Bob Carr. He just got.....
» 13/08/2012 10:03:29 AM Further to your previous post Pericles…. I reckon there is a balance point, or an optimum.....
» 13/08/2012 9:39:21 AM Good article Sophie. Welcome to OLO. We’ve also got to be very mindful of the demand side.....
» 13/08/2012 8:42:41 AM << In fact a return to Rudd now,and Shorten next, fixes the ALP >> I couldn’t.....
» 12/08/2012 8:03:21 PM << Bob is not now that man, he once was. >> Why do you say this, Belly? Shou.....
» 12/08/2012 7:52:53 PM << Both the major parties and the Greens are controlled by large business interests......
» 12/08/2012 7:29:29 PM Thanks Belly. We now have one vote for salt and one for pepper! << Not a bad cook b.....
» 12/08/2012 7:20:09 PM Soggy!! You give ME a break. If you aren’t interested in the subject, then don’t comment.....
» 12/08/2012 10:09:34 AM << How on Earth can we hope Labor, sorry ALP, expect to manage sustainability when t.....
» 12/08/2012 9:32:51 AM What is your favourite condiment? Salt, sauces, mustard, mayonnaise, etc. I guess any fla.....
» 12/08/2012 9:02:31 AM I don’t get it Belly. Why is no one thinking about this in the same way that I am? My of.....
» 11/08/2012 9:15:08 PM << Did it have any direct bearing on economic prosperity, though - what commercial b.....
» 11/08/2012 8:15:19 PM Exactly Indi. We can’t blame the Chinese or anyone else for trying to buy Aussie land or g.....
» 11/08/2012 7:55:37 PM << But don't underestimate the power of a blank page. >> Indi, I’ve been thin.....
» 10/08/2012 8:23:15 PM Smythe, I watched the show, a long time ago. I would presume that anything deemed inapprop.....
» 10/08/2012 7:39:13 AM Agreed mac; the racial and ethnic implications made by the author are most unfortunate, en.....
» 10/08/2012 7:13:00 AM Belly, look at every Federal and state leader over the last few years, both Lab and Lib. E.....
» 9/08/2012 2:31:52 PM << He may also have been restricted by the papacy under whose direction he worked &g.....
» 9/08/2012 8:29:34 AM Interesting Lexi. Somewhat proportionally larger face and hands makes sense, in order to.....
» 8/08/2012 7:13:04 PM << …I posted it merely for the photos of Michelangelo's superb artistry in depicting.....
» 8/08/2012 7:01:16 PM Lovely post, david f......
» 8/08/2012 9:37:57 AM Here’s a lovely artistic photo by Bill Henson (don’t look runner!): http://www.google.com.....
» 8/08/2012 9:12:15 AM I agree Tristan that public ownership and operation wins hands down when it comes to the o.....
» 7/08/2012 11:07:14 PM Julian Beever’s references to Picasso and Rembrandt: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=julia.....
» 7/08/2012 11:05:16 PM Thanks folks for your comments. There is pretty universal approval of Beever’s works......
» 7/08/2012 8:32:43 PM I wrote: >>Push for greater efficiency, but certainly don’t push for less governmen.....
» 7/08/2012 8:29:18 PM << Trouble is, "the planning and regulatory roles of government" are merel.....
» 7/08/2012 7:03:59 PM Yes Belly, that is the little blighter. The article is a shocker! It is pretty clearly wr.....
» 6/08/2012 11:10:58 PM So often I look at renowned artworks and think nothing less than; what a load of rubbish! .....
» 6/08/2012 9:19:43 PM Today New Orleans, tomorrow Cairns! It is a wonderful sunny winter's day here in north Qu.....
» 6/08/2012 1:14:48 PM << That is precisely what I am saying. >> Hmmmm. We do indeed have a fundamen.....
» 6/08/2012 10:30:22 AM Today New Orleans, tomorrow Cairns! It is a wonderful sunny winter's day here in north Qu.....
» 6/08/2012 10:19:18 AM << If the jobs are in the city, that's where people will be. And if you somehow mana.....
» 6/08/2012 9:09:03 AM Interesting article Edward. But I feel that something major is missing. You talk of overs.....
» 6/08/2012 8:35:01 AM There is no good reason why we can't retain ties to England and be a totally independent n.....
» 5/08/2012 10:13:29 PM Old CJ was an enigma if ever there was one. He implored people to write under their real n.....
» 4/08/2012 9:50:03 AM Graham, I have no doubt that anonymity is a contributing factor to abuse, but I wonder to .....
» 3/08/2012 9:17:19 PM << While pontificating that "Sydney’s population should be capped at its presen.....
» 3/08/2012 9:15:12 PM << I have to confess up front that I wouldn't live and work outside a major city eve.....
» 3/08/2012 10:08:48 AM Voterland, I feel very strongly that it is time to pull immigration right back to net zero.....
» 2/08/2012 8:43:26 PM << Ludwig agree with it all but not population. >> Eh? Belly you surprise me.....
» 2/08/2012 8:14:09 PM << Ludwig - "peak oil" .. time to start reading. Even the environmental mo.....
» 2/08/2012 9:18:48 AM Good article Geoff. One has got to wonder: if Infrastructure and Transport Minister Alban.....
» 2/08/2012 8:41:31 AM Belly, the carbon and mining taxes are policies implemented in the right direction. But th.....
» 1/08/2012 9:20:39 PM Yes but Belly, policies matter much more than leaders. And the party that needs to change.....
» 1/08/2012 8:50:09 PM Thanks PEST. Here’s the article. Well worth reading: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/po.....
» 31/07/2012 8:39:19 PM << Viv perhaps you should remember that attempting to undertake traditional European.....
» 31/07/2012 10:28:09 AM So….. is this article written with tongue firmly planted in cheek or does the author have .....
» 31/07/2012 10:09:22 AM Good post Bigmal… ‘cept I think you are misattributing similar opinions to Marylin! She w.....
» 30/07/2012 8:59:11 PM << we do not own the oceans and seas and cannot by law dictate to anyone who sails o.....
» 30/07/2012 8:55:42 PM Marilyn, you pay absolutely no regard to the numbers of onshore asylum seekers, the fact t.....
» 30/07/2012 3:28:05 PM Rehctub, that is far too generalised. It is nowhere near that sraightforward......
» 30/07/2012 11:31:35 AM I neglected to say: Good morning Graham. Excellent article. Hello Bigmal. You’ve got to .....
» 30/07/2012 9:25:34 AM WA is free of mynas and also free of the most significant feral birds of the east – starli.....
» 30/07/2012 9:23:34 AM I neglected to mention common starlings, which are probably Australia’s worst feral bird. .....
» 30/07/2012 8:44:24 AM Labor has so totally stuffed up on this issue, it is no wonder that they have become an ab.....
» 30/07/2012 8:16:28 AM << All that cash! Could have funded a whole new series of Grumpy old men. >> .....
» 29/07/2012 9:43:37 PM << Australia has been giving 1.2 million Dollars a day to New Guinea since that coun.....
» 29/07/2012 8:56:19 PM Belly, even if mynas are as bad as you think, they are but one of hundreds of feral specie.....
» 28/07/2012 9:14:16 PM I wrote:: < There probably is a whole lot of inefficiency in local government. > .....
» 28/07/2012 8:20:18 PM Belly, yes I feel that myna birds are not a major problem. There are many hundreds of fe.....
» 28/07/2012 7:48:20 PM Jayb, myrtle rust could possibly have come here via migrating birds, but I would think tha.....
» 28/07/2012 7:31:01 PM Thanks for your comments Jayb, Bazz and Belly. There is hope for this thread yet! Bazz,.....
» 28/07/2012 9:01:09 AM Ah Jayb, if you are looking for something different to have a good old bicker-fest over, h.....
» 27/07/2012 10:40:10 PM AGW scare is officially over!? PHOOOOOWEY !! !!.....
» 27/07/2012 8:43:02 PM Rehctub, in response to your opening post:: I appreciate your concerns. I can certainly u.....
» 27/07/2012 12:05:23 AM << Let's play that one out. You're in a darkened cinema. Suddenly, someone starts sh.....
» 26/07/2012 11:30:02 PM Indi, you wrote:: << if we were to keep the academics out of everyday life policy m.....
» 26/07/2012 9:00:53 PM Lexi, I agree most murders happen in very heated circumstances and that premeditated murde.....
» 26/07/2012 7:51:25 PM This is truly extraordinary. NO ONE GIVES A HOOT!! !! !! !! The introduction and now wid.....
» 26/07/2012 11:05:12 AM You are probably right Hasbeen. There probably is a whole lot of inefficiency in local gov.....
» 26/07/2012 10:54:53 AM Further to Banjo’s comments, Belly we need to set a good example here in Oz. The best thi.....
» 26/07/2012 10:45:17 AM < Ludwig, as I said in my post, each case has to be evaluated. > Rehctub, you wrote.....
» 26/07/2012 9:36:35 AM Yes but Grim, how much more of an informed opinion would you get with optional voting? Wi.....
» 26/07/2012 8:05:03 AM Ahh… eat, drink and be merry today. For tomorrow is fraught with trouble!.....
» 26/07/2012 7:52:50 AM Belly, this thread does indeed tie right into yours. We need tight border protection agai.....
» 26/07/2012 7:37:30 AM < Votes should only become informal at a point where it is not clear who they are votin.....
» 25/07/2012 5:39:20 PM Treat each case on its merits. No mandatory sentencing. Harsh penalties? Yes, definitely......
» 25/07/2012 9:20:07 AM Myrtle rust. This introduced pathogen has enormous potential to change the Australian lan.....
» 25/07/2012 8:36:40 AM Voterland, you make a sensible suggestion…. in part. But there’s one huge factor missing.....
» 25/07/2012 8:16:03 AM Sue, I agree that the political direction in Australia, from both Liberal and Labor, at bo.....
» 24/07/2012 9:42:17 AM Crikey, this hang-up about academics that you have Indi, and Hasbeen as well, really is un.....
» 24/07/2012 9:06:22 AM John D, I agree totally that the voter should be able to declare preferences, as they see .....
» 24/07/2012 8:32:11 AM Ross, you started your article with:: < Housing starts continue to slide to record low.....
» 24/07/2012 8:12:39 AM Well Ross, if new home buyers aren’t going to pay these taxes, who is?? This tax money go.....
» 23/07/2012 7:51:26 PM In 1996, his first year as Prime Minister, John Howard tightened Australia’s gun laws, fol.....
» 23/07/2012 3:46:08 PM ( :>| !! !! !! !!.....
» 23/07/2012 3:00:52 PM Stephen, I would have said thankyou for responding, but really, your post is a shocker. .....
» 23/07/2012 11:54:56 AM No I didn’t miss those words Grim. Of course it is the final vote, after the allocation .....
» 23/07/2012 9:47:58 AM << It is a legal requirement in Australia that a candidate must have 50% + at least .....
» 23/07/2012 8:13:20 AM FPTP is no good because as Grim says, it can only really work with a two-party system. We .....
» 23/07/2012 8:10:19 AM Everyone seems to be missing my main point regarding optional preferential voting and comp.....
» 22/07/2012 6:48:27 AM << What do you base that assumption on ? >> Indi, I base it on the principle .....
» 21/07/2012 9:13:29 PM Indi, optional preferential voting is not a scam. It is the best voting system. Better tha.....
» 21/07/2012 9:14:05 AM Cuunt. It registers 10 on the NO-NO-ometer! It does indeed Poirot. No word is worse in ou.....
» 21/07/2012 8:04:02 AM Parallel Universes, there are two very different preferential voting systems in use in Aus.....
» 20/07/2012 9:17:40 AM Many towns… < face a situation where the wealth generated in the region is not creating.....
» 17/07/2012 10:53:35 AM < A government can be both pro-business and pro-environment > Well, I certainly hop.....
» 16/07/2012 2:02:14 PM Harking back a few of your posts Hasbeen, you wrote: << Luddy mate, it comes totall.....
» 16/07/2012 1:45:06 PM Banjo, I used to be very sensitive to Americanisms, especially after my wife ran off with .....
» 14/07/2012 9:30:50 AM Marilyn, you are far too narrowly focussed. What about our offshore refugee programs? Y.....
» 13/07/2012 7:47:09 PM << Yes it's official, the scam is over >> Hahaha Hasbeen. If you try hard eno.....
» 13/07/2012 1:26:09 PM Eminently sensible comments from Mark McGowan, I would say! When the Federal govt is not .....
» 13/07/2012 12:25:21 PM Well said Curmudgeon. Of course we should have full control over our borders. It is just.....
» 13/07/2012 11:39:17 AM << Ludwig … I agree wholeheartedly that we need a new approach so here's a couple of.....
» 12/07/2012 11:25:58 AM << What has what Labor thinks got to do with it ? >> Indi, it is enormously i.....
» 12/07/2012 12:23:06 AM << I agree completely with your views re the myth of eternal growth. Problem is, I d.....
» 11/07/2012 11:48:20 PM << Luddy it comes down to policy and the DLP say the things that I think are reasona.....
» 11/07/2012 10:03:34 PM << I watched Monday's "Q and A," and saw Malcolm Turnbull's eloquent perfo.....
» 11/07/2012 9:42:06 PM << I really doubt I will live long enough to vote Labor again….. They are just too t.....
» 11/07/2012 10:54:10 AM Penalties should be applicable to councils that don’t act on early-detection information o.....
» 11/07/2012 10:49:39 AM Belly, I perceive a few problems with harsher penalties. They have got to have a signific.....
» 11/07/2012 10:00:30 AM < We cannot show leadership because we've abandoned that ideal. We cannot teach ethics .....
» 10/07/2012 11:42:38 PM Alright Hasbeen. What about Kelvin Thomson then? Now there's a long-serving Labor MP who .....
» 10/07/2012 8:43:27 PM Sonofgloin, I share your despair. But as I have often expressed, there is hope. I can se.....
» 10/07/2012 9:19:32 AM There are also problems with the scientific fraternity. Six years ago I collected Begoni.....
» 10/07/2012 9:15:57 AM Belly, it’s all about prevention and early intervention. Prevention is virtually impossib.....
» 7/07/2012 10:40:25 AM Yes Spinny, a very old sci-fi movie that I have somehow managed to never see!.....
» 7/07/2012 10:17:48 AM Ross Elliot writes: < In Victoria, the state government has announced the release of a.....
» 6/07/2012 10:55:10 PM Phoowey to chemtrails. There's no such thing. Only contrails!.....
» 6/07/2012 10:42:44 PM << It's my humble opinion we should first, put our collective head(s) down, and work.....
» 6/07/2012 10:42:00 PM Spindoc, thanks for the reminder; I’ve got to see Soylent Green. It’s all about overpopula.....
» 6/07/2012 12:15:34 PM << It is a food resourse that should be used as long as it is sustainable. >> .....
» 6/07/2012 1:17:06 AM Yeah Hasbeen, I’ve had similar thoughts. What on earth are they really doing? They could.....
» 6/07/2012 12:00:23 AM Getting a bit off-topic, but one thing that eternally bugs me is that whenever you open up.....
» 5/07/2012 11:50:39 PM Love your post o sung wu! It is very good to get an ex-copper’s perspective on this stuff.....
» 5/07/2012 11:00:24 PM South Korea has just announced that it is going to recommence whaling after a 26 year mora.....
» 5/07/2012 10:36:28 PM Cohenite, that’d be absolutely wonderful if we could develop ‘renewable petroleum’ using b.....
» 5/07/2012 9:08:41 PM Alright, I’m not quite fiction-illiterate! My favs which I read again not so long ago are.....
» 5/07/2012 10:05:41 AM Thanks for the support Banjo. There is one more requirement to my idea of allowing ~3000.....
» 4/07/2012 11:25:53 PM This is a good thread, but I’m not a reader of books. Calvin and Hobbes was a great way .....
» 4/07/2012 10:04:42 PM Thanks Lexi. But how can I not be disgusted by this? Any thinking person, except perhaps.....
» 4/07/2012 9:06:01 PM I share your abject disgust, Philip......
» 4/07/2012 11:10:04 AM Poirot I’m not into fiction. Only one book comes to mind: Calvin and Hobbes, ~1990 pub.....
» 4/07/2012 11:00:05 AM << Here I take a mild exception to Ludwig's assertion that children ought not be tau.....
» 4/07/2012 8:45:37 AM Hello Rebecca. It is good to see students writing articles on OLO. << The key is to.....
» 4/07/2012 6:40:55 AM Dear o dear Haz. Your denialism really makes no sense. You and all denialists should be eo.....
» 3/07/2012 8:13:08 PM Jurplesman, it’s an interesting idea from dear old Clive. This is my considered opinion. .....
» 3/07/2012 9:23:36 AM Geoff, your ‘cornucopians’ and ‘doomers’ are not the only camps on the subject of peak oil.....
» 2/07/2012 10:53:07 PM Who is responsible for carbon emissions? Firstly, the consumer. Secondly, well ahead of .....
» 2/07/2012 9:49:48 PM Hypocrisy? You're not wrong, DEN71. See my previous post. Cheers......
» 2/07/2012 1:31:02 PM << Nobody, other than a barefaced liar could ever propose, or argue for a carbon tax.....
» 2/07/2012 10:23:21 AM << The ETS and ‘Carbon’ taxes have never been about peak oil.>> I believe yo.....
» 2/07/2012 9:56:53 AM Correction to my last post: That should have read: < And one of the relatively few AR.....
» 2/07/2012 8:29:57 AM Good article Tom. You wrote: << The concept of an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) h.....
» 1/07/2012 11:23:00 PM Uhhhh… those gremlins are raging! I’m as horny as this guy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne.....
» 1/07/2012 1:49:57 PM Oh come on Hassa, we all know that the Rio thing was a genuine attempt to address enormous.....
» 1/07/2012 10:30:38 AM The CSG boom and the mining boom and whatever other sort of boom we might be having, are o.....
» 1/07/2012 8:46:46 AM Whoow Lexi, that sounds like my kind of place! . Ahh Soggy, we are of similar age. I reme.....
» 30/06/2012 7:55:53 PM Oh FFS, that should have been DIY );>( Hrrrgh! . << Waiting in anticipation is .....
» 30/06/2012 7:40:43 PM << …you should be fully recovered by tomorrow : ) >> Poirot, I’m all better. .....
» 29/06/2012 10:51:11 PM << Lexi and I got frisky right back - and you headed for the hills >> Bahhh. .....
» 29/06/2012 9:51:27 PM << Drawing Gothic vaulting or a flying buttress is just as satisfying as drawing a.......
» 29/06/2012 9:50:06 PM Woohoo Lexi, they’re already off in anticipation!.....
» 29/06/2012 8:48:25 PM << Ludwig, I had no idea you were just a kid. Here I have been, all this time, think.....
» 29/06/2012 8:07:43 PM << Looks like a dweeb, which would be because he is one >> Oow. Not nice. Bu.....
» 29/06/2012 7:47:08 PM Labor has other potentially good leaders, not least Bob Carr. Labor has other potentially.....
» 29/06/2012 9:09:41 AM Bridget, aren’t human rights inherent in the concept of sustainability and in the struggle.....
» 29/06/2012 8:51:50 AM << …you have advocated not voting… >> Yes Divergence, as a matter of the prin.....
» 29/06/2012 8:26:53 AM Anyone who supports Rudd needs their head read!! Why are most people thinking so damn nar.....
» 29/06/2012 8:04:14 AM Ilsa, welcome to OLO. First time author and almost first time poster. And one of the r.....
» 28/06/2012 10:25:12 PM << All signs point toward yet another challenge from Rudd but this time it will end .....
» 28/06/2012 9:59:37 PM I was in the Yungaburra newsagents today. Had a bit of a browse, which I haven’t done for .....
» 28/06/2012 8:58:46 PM I’m with you all the way, Alik. You wrote: << The freedom of the Internet does not.....
» 28/06/2012 7:44:11 PM Alright Ilsa, by way of serious debate…. What is wrong with a bit of ‘colour’ working its.....
» 28/06/2012 9:40:41 AM Poor old Laurie Oakes! He said: “Smith will need balls to tackle the top brass”. He said.....
» 28/06/2012 9:19:05 AM Yes Banjo, regarding the donations regime; big business literally buys government policy. .....
» 27/06/2012 6:22:37 PM Bazz, could you possibly summarise this lecture and highlight the main points, given that .....
» 26/06/2012 8:44:20 PM Dr Ozdowski, you wrote: < The governments that prosper will be those that are most ad.....
» 26/06/2012 7:50:37 AM << … if this governments actions of introducing both these taxes costs one single jo.....
» 26/06/2012 7:47:42 AM << Ludwig, my main concern with the carbon tax is that it is simply a licence to pol.....
» 25/06/2012 9:39:55 PM Thanks for your quite considerable input OUG. . Belly, we need to be very careful about t.....
» 25/06/2012 8:19:22 PM Rehctub, if you think our government can’t proceed with the carbon and mining taxes withou.....
» 25/06/2012 11:49:28 AM Here’s a bit of background info on Thomson and Carr, just to demonstrate how strongly at o.....
» 25/06/2012 7:39:35 AM G’moornin Hasbeen I did indeed sleep well after reading your entertaining post. Hehe haaa.....
» 24/06/2012 10:25:17 PM Well…. he is a friend some of the time! { :>\ << I disagree with the thrust of y.....
» 24/06/2012 9:56:31 PM I have a friend who has been an ardent OLO reader ever since I started in 2005, but who ha.....
» 24/06/2012 9:34:27 PM I wonder how sustainability-oriented our government would be if they had free rein to make.....
» 24/06/2012 7:04:19 PM Yes I’ve been wondering where Pelican has got to for a while now. Poirot, you have writte.....
» 23/06/2012 8:23:54 PM Lexi, you wrote: << It can be a bit frustrating for the initiators of the threads a.....
» 23/06/2012 8:22:19 PM I have the strong desire for the law and rules to match accepted practice. I find it quite.....
» 23/06/2012 7:54:35 PM << What we need is to use our present cheap energy to manufacture the alternative sy.....
» 22/06/2012 11:21:41 PM But Oto, it was that despicable Rudd character that opened up the wound that Howard had la.....
» 22/06/2012 10:59:02 PM Yes agreed, Philip and Hasbeen......
» 22/06/2012 10:38:54 PM Kevin Kruddy Rudd is responsible for this!.....
» 22/06/2012 10:31:05 PM I love this quote from Hasbeen: << I believe an original poster gives a thread air,.....
» 22/06/2012 8:08:38 PM Peter Mac, you wrote: << I think the carbon tax is wrong on so many levels, but con.....
» 21/06/2012 11:22:12 PM << Ludwig, I am disappointed >> So am I Banjo. Very much so indeed. I have .....
» 21/06/2012 9:21:08 PM << Can you, or anyone, tell me why the supporters of hunan caused climate change nev.....
» 21/06/2012 1:45:35 PM << The reason that I tend to write in such a black-and-white manner, Ludwig, is to p.....
» 20/06/2012 9:52:25 PM Anthonyve has put it just perfectly in perspective in his first two posts......
» 20/06/2012 9:14:32 PM << For example, take the native vegetation acts; exactly the kind of “integrating” o.....
» 20/06/2012 8:31:58 PM Cheryl, that article to which you refer me, by Malcolm King, erm.. you… was a shocker! I .....
» 20/06/2012 2:52:16 PM << True >> Wahoo, Pericles! It is so good when we occasionally find something.....
» 20/06/2012 11:36:38 AM << Your 1 million would have no chance of getting any where near me. They would neve.....
» 20/06/2012 8:32:30 AM Thanks for the comprehensive reply Hasbeen... I think! ( :>| << Then on the seco.....
» 20/06/2012 8:20:12 AM Rehctub, you asked of Luciferase: << …what are the benefits of a huge tax, on an ex.....
» 20/06/2012 1:08:20 AM And one more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5taXY3hrOY&feature=related.....
» 20/06/2012 12:59:00 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO7C7Fuayrw&feature=related.....
» 19/06/2012 11:01:50 PM I am a huge Bee Gees fan and have been since the 70s. One fav with Barry Gibb doing lead .....
» 19/06/2012 9:57:24 PM << Sustainable development is the code word for enviro fascism >> Oh please, .....
» 19/06/2012 9:33:14 PM http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5157#139548.....
» 19/06/2012 8:23:47 PM Jardine, continuing my reply to your post of Tuesday-19-June-2012-10:24:16-AM: << H.....
» 19/06/2012 7:49:10 PM Thanks for the comprehensive reply Hasbeen... I think! ( :>| << Then on the seco.....
» 19/06/2012 2:06:12 PM << How do you reconcile these two statements: “You are branding my solutions or sugg.....
» 19/06/2012 11:04:26 AM Ian, I detect a couple of fundamental flaws in your line of reasoning: 1. The demand for .....
» 19/06/2012 9:23:12 AM Hasbeen, I share your disdain for Gillard and Swan when it comes to managing our economy, .....
» 19/06/2012 9:12:56 AM << The weight of evidence is that the world has become more congenial and supportive.....
» 19/06/2012 9:10:23 AM I wrote: < Come on Pericles, you know that net zero immigration does amount to a ‘fort.....
» 18/06/2012 1:24:40 PM Pericles, further to your previous post: << To impose any "solution" is i.....
» 18/06/2012 10:19:18 AM << Sadly, due to the nature of the problem itself - in that it involves human beings.....
» 17/06/2012 7:54:37 PM Soggy, thanks for the explanation…. I think ( :>? I could never have imagined that th.....
» 17/06/2012 1:26:12 PM << Luddy it seems you also share Belly's intelect. >> SOGGY, that’d be ‘intel.....
» 17/06/2012 1:16:59 PM << …I'd like you to tell me what Labor has done for us.. >> Indi, they’ve don.....
» 17/06/2012 8:11:39 AM I share your great concern Belly. There is absolutely no one to vote for! Not Labor, Lib.....
» 16/06/2012 7:45:58 PM Mac, you wrote: << if Uluru had been a hunting area for wolves not dingoes, the out.....
» 16/06/2012 11:13:45 AM Aww gee Pericles, I haven’t got the balance quite right for your liking. A little more lob.....
» 16/06/2012 10:33:55 AM << Therefore, Ludwig’s argument that the solution to poverty is to cut population is.....
» 15/06/2012 11:33:09 PM No worries Poroit. ( :>).....
» 15/06/2012 11:15:34 PM Heeee hehehehee!.....
» 15/06/2012 11:07:20 PM Why is this thread under Technical Support and not General Discussion??.....
» 15/06/2012 10:52:23 PM Belly I completely don’t know what might be involved in introducing a minor additional fe.....
» 15/06/2012 9:48:44 PM Now let’s see Cheryl, how many things did you get totally wrong in your last post? 1. Ant.....
» 15/06/2012 9:10:18 PM Sonofgloin, your youtube implies that contrails disappear very quickly and that anything t.....
» 15/06/2012 1:36:18 PM I wrote; << Crikey I get sick of saying this, in response to so many OLO articles. .....
» 15/06/2012 9:54:34 AM << Its also clear that binary marriages can do great harm to men, women and children.....
» 15/06/2012 4:48:38 AM Perhaps if italics is a bit difficult, we could have a limited range of different font siz.....
» 15/06/2012 4:38:19 AM Contrails can stay in the sky for hours. They can remain fairly discrete or can just conti.....
» 14/06/2012 10:22:43 PM Contrails can be quite spectacular and at times form a significantly large part of the clo.....
» 14/06/2012 10:08:28 PM Aargh, this is so terrible. I just throw my hands in the air with despair! Shenggen Fan, .....
» 14/06/2012 7:57:55 PM << One thing I am noticing in the lead up to the end of the financial year is the ra.....
» 13/06/2012 8:48:40 PM << …they make every kilometer of road so expensive >> Hasbeen, I agree!! <.....
» 13/06/2012 8:07:12 PM << Ludwig, I came in to argue with you about the Chamberlain fiasco. ; ) Nevertheles.....
» 12/06/2012 8:20:39 PM Plant3.1, I've taken a big interest in this case right from the start. Our justice system.....
» 11/06/2012 10:07:37 AM << I like the idea of mandatoey sentences, & elected judges. >> Oh heavens no.....
» 11/06/2012 9:58:04 AM Voterland, I feel that you have made a very firm judgement on this case without knowing an.....
» 11/06/2012 8:15:47 AM Rehctub, that sounds reasonable. I’m just not sure which would be the most effective way.....
» 11/06/2012 8:13:17 AM Hasbeen, you are presenting the most optimistic possible scenario regarding the future sup.....
» 9/06/2012 9:08:03 PM Banjo, I wonder if one K Rudd will ever be brought to account for this mess. I mean, of c.....
» 8/06/2012 10:06:56 PM << Lexi/Poirot… It should be of some comfort that it only takes the two of you to ra.....
» 8/06/2012 9:45:30 PM << Ludwig! Bloke! Why not? bit feeble now come on admit it, how would we ever become.....
» 8/06/2012 10:29:25 AM Where is everyone?? This thread’s gone all quiet! Peter Mac, can I ask you; do you think .....
» 8/06/2012 10:07:12 AM << Republic please >> Belly, why?? What would we gain out of it? Would we g.....
» 7/06/2012 3:37:10 PM << Do you [think] there will be a time when there will be no cost of asylum seeking?.....
» 7/06/2012 9:58:34 AM Peter Mac, thanks very much. I’ll have to study all of that before offering further commen.....
» 7/06/2012 9:53:44 AM << Ludwig I am totally against bull sh1t. Peak oil is bull sh1t… >> Dear o de.....
» 7/06/2012 9:41:54 AM << Nice try Ludwig, but you know full well I support a ETS in favor of a permit to p.....
» 6/06/2012 8:53:57 PM NewcastleSWDane, that’s a great overview from ACFID. Lots of good arguments for increasing.....
» 6/06/2012 1:12:58 PM << But don't give it up, Hasbeen. You will always have a valuable place - somewhere .....
» 6/06/2012 12:57:47 PM << What about all those well meaning people who voted for the ALP, only to wake up t.....
» 6/06/2012 8:37:40 AM The vast majority of people will be voting for one or other major party on the basis of th.....
» 6/06/2012 8:09:24 AM << The timing is simply wrong. >> Rehctub, when would it be the right time to.....
» 6/06/2012 7:59:16 AM << WA collected $4.9 billion in royalties last year >> Peter Mac, could you p.....
» 5/06/2012 6:29:29 PM But I digress, because climate change should not be the main concern with the carbon tax. .....
» 5/06/2012 6:28:16 PM << Ludwig please explain why we should reduce our use of oil. >> Aww Haz do I.....
» 5/06/2012 11:30:41 AM << … everywhere I visited, the science is accepted, and they are getting on with fin.....
» 5/06/2012 11:13:53 AM Fair enough Joe. I’m all for ideas and debate on how we can make the carbon tax work more.....
» 5/06/2012 10:19:46 AM << So, do you think labor are getting the message, that now is not the time to impos.....
» 4/06/2012 8:59:46 PM Here’s another truly staggering quote from your YouTube, Arjay: < Sustainable developm.....
» 4/06/2012 11:18:10 AM Arjay, who is this crazy woman (she's not your beloved Dr Laibow) in the youtube to which .....
» 4/06/2012 11:02:56 AM << What say you give Charlie a go? >> Oh goodness no! Whatever you do Liz, d.....
» 2/06/2012 8:57:24 PM << …Ludwig, there is an essential contradiction in your assessment of the country's .....
» 2/06/2012 12:44:38 PM Ok Yabby, but in supporting EMAs and the large-scale expansion of mining, aren’t you just .....
» 2/06/2012 8:18:10 AM < Humanitarian organisations like Red Cross are currently working in the Sahel region t.....
» 2/06/2012 7:38:55 AM << Our current account is still running at a deficit of around 3%, despite record mi.....
» 1/06/2012 9:51:55 PM Runner, you wrote: << The ten commandments along with the rest of the Jewish laws s.....
» 1/06/2012 9:28:12 PM Thanks Pericles Well I tried. Played quite a few Philip Glass tracks. Just doesn’t real.....
» 1/06/2012 8:31:49 AM Heavens Marilyn, I said on the other thread: << For children, sure in some if not a.....
» 1/06/2012 8:11:49 AM << If we try to limit the mining,artificially control out puts, we declare economic .....
» 1/06/2012 7:34:51 AM << Well Poirot, I guess we can just call it primordial instinct >> Yeah Yabby.....
» 31/05/2012 9:20:37 PM This character Seal has got sex appeal?? ( :< | Wow, you women are weird! Well, at .....
» 31/05/2012 8:16:17 PM Lexi, well, it seems as though you might be right. I mean, I put up fair and reasonable p.....
» 31/05/2012 7:48:00 PM Crikey, how much mining do we want? Some people here seem to think that for this project .....
» 31/05/2012 6:59:28 PM Hells bells Marilyn, what aaare your writing?? It is so close to being sensible that for .....
» 31/05/2012 10:06:40 AM < Parliamentarians who can't be trusted to act ethically will only find loopholes in co.....
» 31/05/2012 9:06:02 AM But SM, being childish just comes so naturally to me!! Besides, dull boring threads like .....
» 30/05/2012 6:46:43 PM Haaahaha The carbon tax did it, the carbon tax did it, the carbon tax did it, oh yeah. T.....
» 30/05/2012 10:07:45 AM Aaargh, that damn 4-posts-in-24-hours thing! I can fiiinally post again on this thread. Ya.....
» 30/05/2012 9:43:27 AM Well said Squeers. I was an avid cyclist for about 40 years. Haven’t ridden for a couple .....
» 30/05/2012 7:23:14 AM << Here's the thing Ludwig, there is no such thing as granting protection visas off .....
» 29/05/2012 11:06:41 PM I couldn't agree more rehctub......
» 29/05/2012 11:04:59 PM << Well all the children illegally jailed are jailed only on the pretext that the pa.....
» 29/05/2012 10:50:22 PM Marilyn, I wrote this in response to you on your similar thread on 15/5: <<< And.....
» 29/05/2012 2:09:10 PM << There's a lesson in all this. And that is: that passionate intelligent women are .....
» 29/05/2012 1:41:30 PM Well, that was the ad that appeared on this thread. And then as soon as I posted, the ad .....
» 29/05/2012 1:39:07 PM Sponsor a child like Lily. Gorgeous kid. Doesn’t that ad pull at the heart-strings. But .....
» 29/05/2012 11:32:32 AM Hasbeen, did you read my whole post? Big proviso – there should be strong conditions plac.....
» 29/05/2012 9:56:37 AM < The Federal government had committed to increase foreign aid from 0.35 per cent to 0......
» 29/05/2012 9:20:05 AM Yet again we see an article that just completely ignores the fact that mandatory detention.....
» 28/05/2012 11:49:54 PM I'm a huge Rod Stewart fan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfGkq1uRXew.....
» 28/05/2012 11:12:52 PM There is so much more that I’d like to express about the art, or the skill of driving. An.....
» 28/05/2012 9:56:30 PM Move on to what, Arjay? We need to move on from Gillard, but not to Abbott. Hell no! Let.....
» 28/05/2012 9:18:30 PM << I thought that this was the funniest ABC program since Q&A >> Haaahahahh! .....
» 28/05/2012 9:05:44 PM Just signed it......
» 28/05/2012 8:44:07 PM Dear passionate Poirot and foxy Lexi, Yes… what on Earth HAVE I got myself into here?? (.....
» 28/05/2012 8:22:58 PM Labor MP Kelvin Thomson spoke on Gina’s 1700 imported workers this morning: http://www.yo.....
» 28/05/2012 11:32:52 AM << He believed that to get top people to live & work in bloody awful places … they h.....
» 28/05/2012 9:26:45 AM Wow Spinny, you’re having a real hissy fit this morning! So can you now admit that you ar.....
» 28/05/2012 8:28:02 AM Agreed Hasbeen; more regulation and tax imposition wouldn’t go astray on our banks. Speci.....
» 27/05/2012 10:49:18 PM << do not know if I should, have thought about it for years,but considering a thread.....
» 27/05/2012 10:36:25 PM Spindoc, wow you are powering along on this thread! Harking back a few posts – after defi.....
» 27/05/2012 9:49:41 PM << I could go on, but then, I suppose I all ready have. >> Heheheheee. Yes, y.....
» 27/05/2012 9:16:37 PM Rechtub, you’ve given me heaps to respond to in those two posts! << …miners are pay.....
» 27/05/2012 8:52:37 PM << I Like Poirot, I would willingly entertain you with a sport (and dress) of my cho.....
» 27/05/2012 11:42:55 AM But rehctub, something doesn’t add up here. In fact there is the most enormous disparity. .....
» 27/05/2012 12:05:40 AM << I'll let you buy the lingerie if you let me show off my torpedo >> Deal!! .....
» 26/05/2012 11:46:35 PM << Why would the labour government through all that money away by offering a carbon .....
» 26/05/2012 11:08:13 PM What the Wiggles should be looking for is someone with flair, exuberance, humour, sex-appe.....
» 26/05/2012 10:41:55 PM << Except that passionate intelligent women wouldn't play football while wearing lin.....
» 26/05/2012 8:50:04 PM << Gymnos is the Greek adjective meaning naked… >> Ahh yes david, as in the b.....
» 26/05/2012 8:45:08 PM << LF demeans women's sexuality, makes the men who come to gawk look neanderthal and.....
» 26/05/2012 7:55:43 PM << And then Gillard said she for Australian jobs What a joke.? >> 50startinga.....
» 26/05/2012 7:42:31 PM Ok Yabby and Lexi. I am pleased that you are confident that Australian workers will defini.....
» 26/05/2012 10:51:24 AM Aww gee Yabs, this is just too hard for my vwery small botwanical bwane to gwapple wif! ( .....
» 26/05/2012 10:06:19 AM Hello 50startingagain. I’ve started a new thread on the same subject. Sorry, didn’t mean .....
» 26/05/2012 9:30:46 AM 579, yes the world’s biggest carbon tax is 35 days away. World’s biggest! Wow. And yet i.....
» 26/05/2012 9:26:44 AM Spinny, in your double post on sustainable development, you didn’t… 1. Address my questio.....
» 26/05/2012 9:23:44 AM << Ludwig, if oil & coal become too expensive for us, we will have to change our usa.....
» 25/05/2012 11:14:26 PM << Any piece of clothing can be sexy, with a quietly passionate woman inside it. >.....
» 25/05/2012 10:41:29 PM << Ancient sports were performed naked, in specific homage to the "gods". .....
» 25/05/2012 9:04:13 PM The Federal government has unveiled a historic agreement with mining magnate Gina Rinehart.....
» 25/05/2012 7:55:19 PM Spindoc, what on Earth are you saying?? Peak population?? Where does this come from?? P.....
» 25/05/2012 12:24:52 PM Spindoc, thanks for the comprehensive response…I think! ( :>| Don’t know whether to re.....
» 25/05/2012 11:32:55 AM Let me guess before I read this article: there is no mention of population growth! . rea.....
» 25/05/2012 11:03:38 AM << We all agree we need to get off this oil bizo but no-one knows what to replace it.....
» 25/05/2012 9:25:59 AM Yair, as soon as you become the slightest bit slack about thorough proof-reading, you are .....
» 25/05/2012 9:17:21 AM I implore you to set climate change aside and think about peak oil and the development of .....
» 25/05/2012 9:15:37 AM Professor Plimer, this article is a shocker. You are way off on the wrong track here, for.....
» 24/05/2012 8:25:05 PM Indi, you agree with me, but then you have this weird dig: << Ah, I see, something .....
» 24/05/2012 9:29:37 AM SM, from your linked ABC News article: Opposition's environment spokesman, Greg Hunt said.....
» 24/05/2012 8:38:33 AM < The Gillard government must get its own house in order - immediately. > Well, of .....
» 23/05/2012 9:10:16 AM << Australia can continue to be compassionate AND resolve our population growth pred.....
» 23/05/2012 4:03:09 AM Yep, I agree with you there, Belly......
» 23/05/2012 3:54:59 AM Rhian, you wrote: << We don’t need overbearing governments or natural catastrophes .....
» 22/05/2012 12:51:06 PM << King's article is a first class demolition job on those who favour cutting the po.....
» 22/05/2012 12:14:24 PM Oow! I think you might have hit the nail on the head there, WmTrevor! ( :>|.....
» 22/05/2012 10:38:27 AM I don’t understand why politics is such an unethical arena. With two parties willing to ju.....
» 21/05/2012 10:47:52 AM SM, if you want someone to fail, it is easy to highlight the negative comments or perceive.....
» 21/05/2012 9:43:22 AM Cheryl, the huge problem with your article is your amazing anti-people and eco-fascist rhe.....
» 20/05/2012 10:00:22 PM Bob Ellis on Craig Thomson: http://www.ellistabletalk.com/2012/05/20/the-innocence-of-cra.....
» 17/05/2012 10:16:43 AM << In a recent survey conducted amongst businesses along Parramatta Road … used car .....
» 17/05/2012 9:06:41 AM The trouble with this, phooey, is that if all bills get passed or blocked by the majority .....
» 16/05/2012 8:42:27 PM << I suspect also that what you are advocating for is withdrawal from the convention.....
» 16/05/2012 8:31:42 PM So, where does my profession rank on this list? I know all you huuuundreds of contributo.....
» 16/05/2012 8:21:14 PM << Such a poll reflects more the public perception, more so than reality >> A.....
» 16/05/2012 8:56:35 AM Ross, you are very good at putting up incredibly one-sided articles and then terribly bad .....
» 15/05/2012 10:48:51 PM Simple. We will export our coal and gas so that someone else can burnt it and it can be o.....
» 15/05/2012 10:04:55 PM A just-released annual poll conducted by Roy Morgan ranks 30 professions in order of the r.....
» 15/05/2012 8:46:22 PM << Tony is hardly the answer >> Um, yes, that’s a rather large understatement.....
» 15/05/2012 8:22:30 PM << Ludwig, did you read or are you spraying out the same old ignorant crap. >>.....
» 15/05/2012 7:41:03 AM Look, no doubt some people involved with this whole sorry onshore asylum-seeking saga get .....
» 14/05/2012 9:28:04 AM Our society is so confused about the presumption of innocence. As far as the police and co.....
» 14/05/2012 9:18:08 AM I went and did a bit of Google searching, in the absence of information in the opening pos.....
» 14/05/2012 8:49:50 AM A wise man once said that if you don’t know whether something is true or not, you shouldn’.....
» 12/05/2012 8:28:54 PM << … if you were sacked after 20 years, what would say in your moment of discussed? .....
» 11/05/2012 11:41:23 PM And this is my long-time second fav: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujr8dQJgQUU.....
» 11/05/2012 11:14:41 PM Whoa there Planty. Perhaps tomorrow when you’re sober you will reflect on your post and w.....
» 11/05/2012 8:06:57 PM Sorry KM4005, please see my SECOND post re: children in detention......
» 11/05/2012 8:04:28 PM KM4005, you wrote: << I am a little unsure, however, about your comment saying that.....
» 11/05/2012 9:36:34 AM Haaa hahaha. Please Pericles, don’t fart. It might trigger a cyclone bigger than Yasi of.....
» 11/05/2012 8:13:07 AM I have long thought that there is probably a very strong connection between human activity.....
» 11/05/2012 7:25:54 AM Rehctub, I’m highly disgusted by this piece of blatant vote-buying bribery. It’s disgust.....
» 11/05/2012 7:09:48 AM Phooey, welcome to OLO. << Cost of living increase the symptom of ever increasing t.....
» 10/05/2012 8:37:48 PM KM4005, welcome to OLO. As I have said many times on this forum in response to such comme.....
» 10/05/2012 8:06:19 PM << … cen …>> ?? That’s a new one for me!! D’Oh sorry Lexi, Just being a dork.....
» 8/05/2012 11:43:50 AM The title of this article and the one-sentence brief are misleading. They are about the po.....
» 7/05/2012 9:37:44 PM Well, so far we’ve got six posters who are right on the ball and one article writer who ju.....
» 7/05/2012 7:28:02 PM Hi Noisy Perhaps the biggest problem of all is the thinness of the thin blue line! So fe.....
» 7/05/2012 6:58:47 PM Interesting posts, Belly and StG. I have only been involved in one other forum and that w.....
» 6/05/2012 10:58:16 PM Thanks Belly. I can’t imagine that introducing italics would be complex or expensive, but.....
» 6/05/2012 8:24:03 AM That’s an awful lot of predictions. It will be interesting to see in five years’ time how .....
» 5/05/2012 11:05:11 PM It’s a very good point Hasbeen – speed limits are often just patently too low!! Of cours.....
» 5/05/2012 9:24:50 PM AT Alexandria Bay! AAaaarrrGH!.....
» 5/05/2012 9:19:45 PM Oh and I forgot to mention hootin rootin tootin loosa goosa Noosa! Wonderful place ……… wi.....
» 5/05/2012 9:15:02 PM I note the title of this article: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=135.....
» 5/05/2012 8:43:36 PM Lexi, some of my special places are: Mt Zero – The Australian Wildlife Conservancy proper.....
» 5/05/2012 7:44:17 PM << But the highway is something else. >> Yes StG the highway is different to .....
» 5/05/2012 9:05:56 AM Haaa haha Hasbeen. Crikey, you’re and old HOON! ( :>).....
» 5/05/2012 8:51:37 AM << Do the right thing and you will not be fined. >> But 579, we need to know .....
» 4/05/2012 8:27:17 PM 579, you wrote: << The police should move their tolerance to cut out at 60, so driv.....
» 4/05/2012 12:02:07 PM Ham, you wrote: << The entire population of Australia has had it with the constant .....
» 4/05/2012 8:23:40 AM The latest local government elections in Queensland … may point to a fundamental shift in .....
» 3/05/2012 10:41:47 PM 579, here's your chance to teach me the art of driving: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au.....
» 3/05/2012 9:19:40 PM Some would argue that a good driver is one who sticks fastidiously to the law. I would ar.....
» 3/05/2012 9:01:56 PM Very good Lydia. Dance-walking. Love it! I’ve been an almost daily runner for many years.....
» 3/05/2012 2:45:44 PM << …there is no renewable energy that can service a modern city >> Right Hasb.....
» 3/05/2012 11:47:39 AM If Labor really wants to minimise its upcoming election disaster, they should keep the car.....
» 2/05/2012 9:47:16 PM Haaaa haa haa haaaaa Hasbeeen. I’m too pissed to respond sensibly so here’s my enieb…eneb.....
» 2/05/2012 7:34:28 PM Rainier, what a terribly depressing thought….that Rudd could yet become Labor leader and P.....
» 2/05/2012 7:23:09 PM Jayb, good posts. So there should be a huge proviso to our aid expenditure - that we get .....
» 2/05/2012 10:10:03 AM << World population is the big stumbling block in sustainability and I think we shou.....
» 2/05/2012 8:31:25 AM << If anyone has an answer spare us your humbug. >> Oh but Luciferase, I can’.....
» 1/05/2012 9:10:55 PM Banjo, yes I almost posted the same sort of thing this morning. The huge expenditure on as.....
» 1/05/2012 8:24:09 AM Bob oh boy, are you two competing to see who can write the least comprehensible posts on O.....
» 1/05/2012 8:11:02 AM A rich country like Australia should be putting at least the UN-recommended 0.7% of GDP in.....
» 30/04/2012 10:11:05 PM << Can some one show me the link to National service and this threads subject? We al.....
» 30/04/2012 8:59:13 AM < Yet once Peak Oil bites, energy-producing countries may hoard the increasingly precio.....
» 30/04/2012 8:24:15 AM Yes I could go along with that sort of national service. But not before we get a governmen.....
» 29/04/2012 8:29:52 PM OK, now I've got the basic idea at least. Thanks Indi......
» 29/04/2012 7:22:48 PM This is still my absolute favourite. I play it every day. Just exquisite: http://www.yout.....
» 29/04/2012 6:53:56 PM Thanks Indi. That's um.... extremely helpful. So... I have absolutely no idea of what yo.....
» 29/04/2012 6:48:49 PM 579, this could be a long discussion. I’ll start a new general thread if you think you are.....
» 29/04/2012 5:28:46 PM << Tailgaters are booked in vic >> Yeah on the very rare occasions that a cop.....
» 29/04/2012 5:26:13 PM << There is no such thing as cruising speed >> Hey?? Well that’s not someth.....
» 29/04/2012 9:55:43 AM Haaaa hahaha! Abbott is doing a superb job at concealing his true nature! Yeah? No. He .....
» 29/04/2012 9:23:20 AM << The art of driving is to never put yourself at risk of being booked for anything......
» 29/04/2012 8:32:06 AM Indi, no doubt you’ve stated this previously on OLO, but could you please explain what you.....
» 28/04/2012 10:36:08 PM Earth to Cheryl……. Earth to Cheryl……. No. No reply. She’s so far off the planet that w.....
» 28/04/2012 9:09:27 PM Hobsons choice or no choice? Yeah, exactly Belly. Two peas in a pod. One identity; the .....
» 28/04/2012 11:24:45 AM < Few acts better exemplify reckless indifference to the value of human life than drink.....
» 24/04/2012 9:03:13 AM Please, please, please, DON’T call an election! Rehctub, if an election were to be held i.....
» 24/04/2012 8:35:46 AM << Unfortunately, the mainstream media paints a false picture of the Greens >>.....
» 24/04/2012 5:37:25 AM Singapore has shown that older workers can be employed, to their benefit and the benefit o.....
» 23/04/2012 10:52:58 PM Just watched Bob Brown on Q&A. I agree with him about 98%, the main difference of opinion.....
» 23/04/2012 10:41:21 PM Yair, there is still some damn good TV viewing out there. Watched 4 Corners and Q&A tonit.....
» 23/04/2012 8:23:21 PM << Well speak for yourself there, Ludwig. >> Not just speaking for myself, Ya.....
» 22/04/2012 6:56:42 PM Skyj, welcome to OLO. While TV still seems to have a lot going for it, the internet has s.....
» 22/04/2012 8:47:39 AM Hahahahaaaa! Poirot, thanks for reminding me of that weird thread. Aunty Jack was scary e.....
» 21/04/2012 7:31:28 PM I never did get into Poirot, Poirot! That character looked like a dill to me with that ri.....
» 21/04/2012 12:16:46 AM I posed the question in the opening post: < …do the good people of OLO find themselves.....
» 21/04/2012 12:05:18 AM << …I Dream of Jeanie, Bewitched, The Munsters and Top Cat.....>> Ahh Poirot,.....
» 20/04/2012 2:13:08 PM As far as the legal situation goes, Australia as a sovereign country has every right to pr.....
» 20/04/2012 2:10:36 PM Paul, I appreciate you explaining your position on asylum seekers. My views are very diff.....
» 20/04/2012 9:58:36 AM << You are still looking at it through your population-control-at-all-costs lens, Lu.....
» 20/04/2012 9:30:55 AM Hahahaha. Trust you to put a negative spin on it Peri-o. I’m also an eco and a geo, or ro.....
» 20/04/2012 9:12:24 AM I seem to recall that the Democrats were quite green to start with - well, they certainly .....
» 20/04/2012 7:29:25 AM Paul. I’d like to think that we are reasonably close in our views. But I do have serious a.....
» 19/04/2012 8:05:25 PM DreamOn, you’ve picked a very appropriate pseudonym!! Love your musings. Now you’ve struc.....
» 19/04/2012 7:28:27 AM I wrote: < Surely our future as a nation and the quality of life of us all therein an.....
» 19/04/2012 7:25:29 AM Pericles, THANKYOU! You’ve directly addressed my question! Wonderful! Mind you, it start.....
» 19/04/2012 6:25:43 AM Ultimately, the future of the Greens is all about their policies and their vehemence in ac.....
» 18/04/2012 9:27:17 PM Zorka, you wrote: << Australia could afford double intake of refugees and asylum s.....
» 18/04/2012 7:31:23 PM Ahh DreamOn, you’ve got me (a mad birdo) dreaming about eclectus parrots at Iron Range. Br.....
» 18/04/2012 8:28:50 AM Paul, regarding asylum seekers; the Greens’ policies are just TERRIBLE! I find it just so.....
» 18/04/2012 8:24:49 AM Paul, you wrote: << When big business has put the demand on, the knee jerk reaction.....
» 18/04/2012 8:22:48 AM Paul1405, yes total immigration in 2010/11 was about 169 000, not including Kiwis! That’s.....
» 17/04/2012 10:42:30 PM Lexi, you’re a veritable TV fiend! Where DO you find the time to be so prolific on OLO??.....
» 17/04/2012 9:53:46 PM D’Oh Houellie, Keating was a complete and utter klutz! Bob Brown is a saint in comparison!.....
» 17/04/2012 9:12:05 PM I’ve basically given up the teev. There’s just so much stuff online to keep me occupied al.....
» 17/04/2012 8:24:06 PM << You keep asking the same question, Ludwig. >> Ay?? Pericles, for starters,.....
» 17/04/2012 8:29:39 AM Yep, I’ve got the answer, crystal clear. Thanks SPQR. I find Sarah Hanson-Young to be one.....
» 16/04/2012 10:45:19 PM Thanks Paul. That all sounds pretty good, except for one bit which seems to be in conflict.....
» 16/04/2012 9:52:44 PM Pericles, what do you want to see – continuous growth of the scale we have now in Australi.....
» 16/04/2012 11:32:13 AM Paul1405, could I solicit your views on my last post. What’s your feeling about the Green.....
» 16/04/2012 11:20:03 AM Have a Go, you wrote: << I agree in part with Ludwig’s posting that “if it can be s.....
» 15/04/2012 10:13:55 AM Thanks Hasbeen. That certainly helps me to understand your perspective. I’m surprised; you.....
» 14/04/2012 7:51:13 PM But Haz, you condemn politicians of all persuasions as nutters! In fact, there isn’t a si.....
» 14/04/2012 8:22:21 AM << I am not sure what Turnbull actually 'stands for'… >> Yes Prompete, it wou.....
» 13/04/2012 8:27:06 PM Bob Brown is an enigma. A great environmentalist, but never able to put the whole environm.....
» 12/04/2012 9:05:37 AM Excellent article, John. Totally agree, Michael and Dan......
» 11/04/2012 8:11:59 PM Wade, it is good to see this article on OLO. The main concern for me is that this enormou.....
» 11/04/2012 7:27:01 PM SM, I refer you back to my last post and add a few more pertinent questions. What would A.....
» 11/04/2012 7:12:08 PM Thanks for responding Cheryl. I’m glad I was sitting down when I noticed it! You wrote: .....
» 11/04/2012 1:17:05 PM Boy oh boy Cheryl, do you ever need a cold shower! Twice recently I’ve tried to entertain.....
» 11/04/2012 7:02:46 AM Ham, you can clearly understand what ‘unsustainable’ means but you need a precise definiti.....
» 10/04/2012 9:34:27 PM Lexi and SM, I consider you both to be very good OLO mates with whom I share a lot of comm.....
» 10/04/2012 7:10:15 PM Ham, it makes all the difference in the world whether this enormous project is implemented.....
» 10/04/2012 12:09:58 PM Crikey, is this really a big problem? I’ve seen scant little indication of it in Australi.....
» 10/04/2012 11:47:18 AM I'm with you all the way there, Bernie......
» 10/04/2012 8:19:47 AM Interesting post, Have a Go. You write: << The plan presented is clearly born in s.....
» 8/04/2012 8:11:15 PM Hello Otokonoko, fellow Townsvillean. Thanks for those links. I’ve never been into U2, bu.....
» 8/04/2012 7:24:20 PM Bazz, no prizes for guessing my angle on this. If Sydney is just going to be allowed to ke.....
» 8/04/2012 7:36:24 AM Yes, fair comment Stezza. Cheers......
» 7/04/2012 10:42:37 PM Policies Nell. Meaningful policies that will take Australia towards a healthy future. That.....
» 7/04/2012 9:35:28 PM Fwaaark that's annoying! < ....closer and closer to GENUINE sustainability. >.....
» 7/04/2012 9:29:07 PM Lexi, yes I remember Environment Minister Turnbull as being reasonably green. However, tha.....
» 7/04/2012 8:38:30 PM Nigel Kennedy plays Hendrix: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7r7ib_nigel-kennedy-play-j.....
» 7/04/2012 7:39:35 PM Yair, Turnbull? I dunno. I used to despise him bit he’s sorta grown on me. I reckon he’s.....
» 7/04/2012 8:21:06 AM Cheers Pete the potatohead. It is sort of comforting to know that there is at least one ot.....
» 7/04/2012 2:46:07 AM << …are you a Green voter? >> No dozer. The Greens are too redneck for me! I.....
» 7/04/2012 2:44:54 AM Dozer, you wrote; << I still don't think that anything you have said negates my arg.....
» 6/04/2012 6:48:48 PM Ah bugger! I suffer really badly from missing word syndrome in my OLO posts! No amount o.....
» 6/04/2012 6:43:37 PM << Ludwig, comparing speed limits and potato marketing regulations is silly >>.....
» 6/04/2012 9:26:58 AM SM, what about Carmen Lawrence, Joan Kirner, Clair Martin, Lara Giddings and Katy Gallaghe.....
» 6/04/2012 8:12:42 AM Rhian, you wrote: << There is a broader principle at stake here, as well as just ec.....
» 6/04/2012 8:10:49 AM << Actually, the expenditure was related to one farmer >> Yes Rhian, but in e.....
» 5/04/2012 6:34:31 PM Rhian I objected to David’s Leyonhjelm’s premise that the sort of regulation present in t.....
» 5/04/2012 9:20:26 AM Interesting article, David. But let’s be careful of the Orwellian, Stalinist and communis.....
» 5/04/2012 1:42:13 AM Hasbeen, regarding global warming; I have asserted quite a few times in our discussions th.....
» 5/04/2012 1:20:31 AM Crikey, that article is almost as long as Jared Diamond’s book; ‘Collapse’! Looks well wo.....
» 4/04/2012 8:27:10 AM Hey Paul, what about population growth in SEQ? You haven’t mentioned it. Traffic congesti.....
» 4/04/2012 8:12:07 AM Thanks for the comprehensive reply dozer. I admire your knowledge of Australian politics. .....
» 3/04/2012 11:00:48 AM OK dozer, so Labor’s done all those things you mention. But what would have the Libs done .....
» 3/04/2012 10:33:27 AM << the poor performance of Bligh, Gillard and Keneally are not because they are wome.....
» 3/04/2012 8:10:23 AM I totally share your concerns wanderer-001. I wish that this mob would gain a huge follow.....
» 3/04/2012 8:04:26 AM << I'm a bit bored, it's too peaceful >> Well Hasbeen, me old mate, why don’t.....
» 2/04/2012 3:23:58 PM Aww crikey, they’re both as rotten as each other. One is not rottener than the other one. .....
» 2/04/2012 2:55:42 PM Eyejaw, interesting. I’ve raised the issue of preferential versus compulsory voting on OLO.....
» 2/04/2012 10:47:54 AM Eyejaw, optional preferential is the best voting system. Vastly better than the disgusting.....
» 2/04/2012 10:38:38 AM Hehehehe! Daff, you’re a funny man…er, duck. As much as I love ducks, this is what I thi.....
» 2/04/2012 10:24:01 AM Good article Crispin. But the things you discuss are overwhelmed by bigger consideration.....
» 2/04/2012 9:51:28 AM Instead of all this enormous pie-in-the-sky expansionism, why don’t we do the opposite: Re.....
» 2/04/2012 8:51:20 AM Thanks for your reply Jon J. We do have the most enormous disagreement. I am very strongl.....
» 1/04/2012 8:19:38 AM Jon J, this is perhaps the critical question that climate change sceptics need to answer, .....
» 31/03/2012 12:08:28 PM SPQR, glad you agree with my assertions that we need to do take the sort of remedial measu.....
» 31/03/2012 10:20:08 AM Bonmot, that graph puts it very nicely. Jon J, what about the other points in my last pos.....
» 31/03/2012 7:49:46 AM Haaahahahaha! You mob crack me up! Beeny you’re a bunny if you are going to keep insistin.....
» 30/03/2012 9:21:44 PM << Is it a day for celebration ? Or should it be eternally consigned to that, of a d.....
» 30/03/2012 8:54:47 PM Ahh Boylsey, such passion. Good on you. Cheers......
» 30/03/2012 9:12:28 AM Oh dear, I failed to mention to whom I was responding in the previous post. Jay of Melbou.....
» 30/03/2012 9:01:44 AM Hello Hasbeen. I am really interested to know what you think Newman might do that is nove.....
» 30/03/2012 8:51:57 AM All good stuff, Valerie. But you haven’t mentioned the P factor – population. This is sur.....
» 30/03/2012 8:22:09 AM << So when are the Anti Growth lobby going to toughen up and tackle the big issue, i.....
» 29/03/2012 7:38:45 AM But why, Ross?? Why would you want to build vast new suburbs or satellite cities, especia.....
» 29/03/2012 12:36:01 AM << I like the way Newman has some novel approaches to things, rather than a big stic.....
» 28/03/2012 9:44:05 AM I have completed your survey Lauren. Cheers.....
» 28/03/2012 8:26:45 AM << Some of the major issues identified in exit polling include the mismanagement of .....
» 26/03/2012 7:01:46 PM Oh crikey SM, how can you still be talking about Rudd? He’s gone to where he belongs – fa.....
» 26/03/2012 11:14:13 AM More info and opinions on the ANZAC Day centenary: http://www.news.com.au/national/fury-a.....
» 26/03/2012 11:06:40 AM Rehctub, I guess you know this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n552gP9X40&feature=y.....
» 26/03/2012 10:28:49 AM << The LNP is the party of the developers. Incompetence has been replaced by greed. .....
» 26/03/2012 9:51:58 AM I largely agree Pericles, except for one thing: I would definitely NOT include Dick Smith.....
» 26/03/2012 7:26:03 AM Wow Arjay, old Clive doesn’t hold back does he! I think it is a very complex situation, b.....
» 25/03/2012 7:45:13 PM There are two songs that I keep playing over and over and that bring tears to my eyes ever.....
» 25/03/2012 9:49:00 AM Full agreement from me Yabby. << Living in Europe, where language can change within.....
» 25/03/2012 9:32:51 AM Hwaaaw!! ( :>(.....
» 25/03/2012 9:30:50 AM So Can-do is Premier. ( :>| Um….. isn’t…. that….wonderful! ( :>\ So…… now Queens.....
» 25/03/2012 8:01:02 AM So far so good. Bob Carr seems to be doing well at sticking to his long-held guns about po.....
» 24/03/2012 8:21:00 PM It is all very well to espouse the virtues of a second language, but I wonder how this sit.....
» 23/03/2012 8:24:09 PM I’m not sure that’s right, Shadow Minister. How strongly do people relate state Labor to F.....
» 23/03/2012 7:56:14 PM Agreed Arjay. Should there be good opportunities for kids to learn second languages? Yes.....
» 22/03/2012 6:22:31 PM G’Day Noisy << Personally I think they should all be shot >> Ooohw!! I’m u.....
» 22/03/2012 8:37:49 AM This is really stating the obvious. I mean; of course government policy will have a huge i.....
» 20/03/2012 8:24:48 AM Yeah but rehctub, what do you think Newman will do that will be a significant improvement?.....
» 20/03/2012 7:45:38 AM Sting sings beautifully??!!?? ( ;># Hold on…. I’ll just go outside and throw up! Oh a.....
» 19/03/2012 9:59:49 PM The most interesting thing I found about that youtube Yabby was that you can basically cre.....
» 19/03/2012 9:12:16 PM Bonny Raitt. Good one Thinker 2. . Lexi, that takes me back to the purest female voice e.....
» 18/03/2012 6:55:58 PM << Ah, the purpose of government is to give business a helping hand, and that's abou.....
» 18/03/2012 7:54:18 AM Rehctub, you wrote: << …if Cando and the LNP win, business confidence will skyrocke.....
» 17/03/2012 9:38:47 PM I’m going to have to really explore that Yabby, when I get home. I’ve been drifting around.....
» 17/03/2012 9:12:30 PM I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain, what a glorious feeling I’m happy again.....
» 17/03/2012 8:36:53 PM Too true Fester. But rapid population growth in southeast Queensland it is not entirely th.....
» 17/03/2012 8:12:11 PM That’s phenomenal Yabby. I want one!! I watched all three Jordan Rudess segments and the .....
» 17/03/2012 3:37:12 PM Hehehehe! Yeah little Can-do Campbell. He’s da man! Well, I guess we are going to find .....
» 17/03/2012 3:28:42 PM Ah Yabby, I think we have quite similar tastes. I don’t mind the old Led Zzzz: http://ww.....
» 17/03/2012 2:37:27 PM Ybgirp, I’m not so sure that the Greens do really care about some of that stuff. Certainly.....
» 17/03/2012 2:30:48 PM << And Ludwig, there comes a time when one has to ask, not whether the LNP is any be.....
» 17/03/2012 10:03:06 AM << Pffffft to Mozart, Brahms etc.I'll leave them for the old fuddy duddies :) Music .....
» 17/03/2012 9:39:36 AM Ok, so Germany has run off the rails to some extent in its desire to exercise a strong env.....
» 17/03/2012 8:17:42 AM Yeah but rehctub, will the Libnats be any better?? I can’t see that they would. And wou.....
» 17/03/2012 7:25:12 AM I wrote: >>Can’t you see that your freedoms HAVE been reduced quite a bit over the .....
» 17/03/2012 7:24:17 AM << Who does the lowering? >> I would have thought it obvious, Pericles. Gove.....
» 16/03/2012 8:31:49 PM Pfpfpfpfpfpfffff to sex. Music is much better!!.....
» 16/03/2012 7:51:46 PM Sorry Shadow Minister, my response was a bit impersonal. I appreciate your input. Cheers......
» 16/03/2012 7:45:14 PM No, totally taken out of context. Too many people are ready to jump on him at the slightes.....
» 16/03/2012 7:03:33 PM Here’s another favourite, especially for me ol’ mate Hasbeen: http://youtu.be/Dmq7gA1S9KI.....
» 16/03/2012 6:31:32 PM Thanks csteele for telling us your favourites. I don’t mind old Leonard Cohen. But I part.....
» 16/03/2012 10:44:52 AM << Music though, seems to go straight to our emotive centre. >> Certainly doe.....
» 16/03/2012 10:25:20 AM << At least put a line and an abusive comment that reflects your view to make sure t.....
» 16/03/2012 8:21:49 AM Rehctub, it doesn’t matter!! The Libs’ and Labs’ are two peas in a pod. Their politics ar.....
» 15/03/2012 10:00:09 PM Music is such a big part of our lives. What would life be like without it? Here’s my abso.....
» 15/03/2012 8:07:23 PM I wrote: <...whatever methods are implemented to do this are going to reduce some peop.....
» 15/03/2012 8:04:04 PM That’s a very telling post Pericles. Thanks for being so frank. Regarding reducing the wo.....
» 15/03/2012 9:08:21 AM Rehctub, you wrote: << The wealth does not belong to Australia, it belongs to the s.....
» 15/03/2012 8:25:19 AM From Mark O Connor on the Pop Forum: A Productivity Commission survey (PC, 2011a.) of nea.....
» 14/03/2012 9:29:23 PM Actually, the Cairo event was a population conference… United Nations International Confe.....
» 14/03/2012 9:21:26 PM You’ve got it Belly. . Pericles, your questions are taking us right away from the thread .....
» 14/03/2012 10:57:10 AM I reckon you are right Anthony. The mining tax, and the carbon tax, are baby steps. They r.....
» 14/03/2012 9:24:19 AM Rehctub, can I please clarify your position: Are you totally against any mining tax, or an.....
» 14/03/2012 9:07:48 AM This is bizarre and of course quite absurd. If Professor Matthew Liao and his cohorts put.....
» 12/03/2012 8:20:23 PM .... to get right in there AND strongly express this sort of sentiment. Rrrrgh!!.....
» 12/03/2012 8:18:39 PM Belly, it is great that you support Bob so strongly. You wrote: << …our [Labor’s].....
» 12/03/2012 8:11:33 PM Crikey Hasbeen, you’ve got the knives out for poor old Bob real bad! I can’t see that his.....
» 11/03/2012 8:34:41 PM Whatever issues there might be with Bob Carr’s consultancy to the Macquarie Bank or Gillar.....
» 9/03/2012 8:49:20 AM Swan’s ‘attack’ on Forrest, Palmer and Rinehart was one of the best things he’s done in a .....
» 8/03/2012 7:34:09 PM So I can’t really see how Carr could have done that much, other than insist even more vehe.....
» 8/03/2012 7:30:40 PM Regarding the public service Arjay, I don’t think that cutting it back would be the right .....
» 7/03/2012 9:27:02 AM Treasurer Wayne Swan takes aim at 'wildly irresponsible' billionaires: http://www.perthno.....
» 6/03/2012 3:49:21 AM << Ludwig ,China can handle rapid pop and economic growth.They've have growth of 9-1.....
» 5/03/2012 10:37:00 PM << But the morons in the ALP had no evidence of anything to use against Rudd. >&g.....
» 4/03/2012 9:13:04 PM Arjay, you wrote; << Bob Carr left NSW in economic ruins… >> He tried to add.....
» 3/03/2012 10:42:33 PM << Mr Bob Carr is one of Labors finest,…. >> Agreed Belly. << …. a tru.....
» 3/03/2012 10:19:51 AM It’s an interesting move Hasbeen. Here’s an angle on it that no one’s gunna see ‘cept me….....
» 3/03/2012 10:03:37 AM From Houellie’s link in the opening post: < In its defence, The Sofa King said the phr.....
» 2/03/2012 12:11:25 AM hELLO crackcup. Yooohooo, are you out there?.....
» 1/03/2012 10:25:08 PM I’m cruising around South Australia at the moment. There are these huge billboards all ove.....
» 1/03/2012 10:07:43 AM Hello ozideas. I have been reliably informed that you are Valerie Yule. I have enjoyed y.....
» 29/02/2012 8:15:37 AM Yes Saltpetre, there certainly is a great need for fire mitigation, but we need to be care.....
» 28/02/2012 3:24:03 PM << This is not true for most countries with similar climates to Australia >> .....
» 28/02/2012 10:34:49 AM In most cases where fire management is conducted, it approaches to some extent the fire re.....
» 28/02/2012 10:31:40 AM I don’t think the fire-management regime is highly important amongst the enormous environm.....
» 28/02/2012 9:39:18 AM The author and all respondents on this thread seem to be totally missing the most importan.....
» 27/02/2012 10:41:43 PM Who’re you callin a moron Ms Shepherd??.....
» 27/02/2012 11:22:20 AM But Cam, you haven’t got to the point! What is the point of Rudd winning or losing? In wha.....
» 27/02/2012 11:08:09 AM Rudd’s been absolutely trounced!! Ahh, that has really brightened my day ( :>) What a.....
» 27/02/2012 8:28:49 AM I agree fully Klaas. But what would really be achieved if we did have selection of ministe.....
» 27/02/2012 8:07:46 AM < Rudd crashing not crashing through > Well Jo and Scott, I just hope to goodness y.....
» 26/02/2012 8:35:12 PM << Now that the dopes are confessing Kevin's "crimes" they seem to have be.....
» 26/02/2012 9:47:29 AM << As Kevin Rudd said, politics is about trust, and Juliar has lost the trust of the.....
» 25/02/2012 7:23:13 AM << How about this ? If Rudd gets anywhere near thirty votes on Monday, then they BOT.....
» 24/02/2012 10:42:58 PM Gillard, absolutely. That’s not an endorsement for her as a good PM, it is simply a prefe.....
» 19/02/2012 8:50:50 PM But Rainier, what would sacking Rudd achieve? He’d still be there. His party could still .....
» 18/02/2012 9:22:17 PM Crackcup, quoting from your opening post: << I flounder in the knowledge that regar.....
» 18/02/2012 7:06:37 AM << But unfortunately, there solution... >> What?? I didn't write that! But u.....
» 17/02/2012 10:24:47 PM One set of dumb twits talks the economy up while the other set of dumb twits talks it down.....
» 17/02/2012 8:07:00 PM Ahh yes Belly, the internet is a wonderful thing.... I think! Or perhaps it isn't. I don'.....
» 31/01/2012 1:10:11 PM << News that Sydney Uni has banned smoking on its campuses entirely… > But they .....
» 31/01/2012 10:11:57 AM G’Day OUG Where am I when I’m not here? All over the place. If ‘here’ is home, I’m far.....
» 27/01/2012 8:14:19 AM < His basic point is well made. That Australia is a success, that it owes its success t.....
» 24/01/2012 8:34:01 AM It’s not racism Banjo. It is very important that the likes of Telstra employ people that c.....
» 20/01/2012 1:45:23 PM What a crying shame that someone as astute and articulate as George Carlin didn’t get into.....
» 16/01/2012 11:46:44 AM << One can only hope the ALP wash their hands of Gillard at the same time as the Lib.....
» 16/01/2012 8:52:30 AM < Gillard and Abbott have been in many ways a double act, each making the other look be.....
» 5/01/2012 10:37:20 AM << Andreas Berg; What a load of rubbish ! >> Agreed Bazz. Howard’s primary f.....
» 30/12/2011 6:49:22 AM Agreed Luciferase. But could you outline just exactly what the Greens policy is. Thanks......
» 30/12/2011 6:46:10 AM I agree with the general tenet of Jenny’s article. But immigration is of far more concern.....
» 24/12/2011 9:03:55 AM What about the things that really matter? An improved quality of life and environment, un.....
» 24/12/2011 8:00:26 AM Yeah. Good point Indi!.....
» 23/12/2011 8:59:23 PM How extraordinary. Nowhere in this article or in any of the comments is there any mention .....
» 20/12/2011 11:15:01 PM You are neglecting to consider a few important points; The scale of onshore asylum seekin.....
» 20/12/2011 11:11:16 PM << Ludwig, how, exactly, are you going to close the borders to the largest Island on.....
» 20/12/2011 5:39:44 PM < "Is the alternative of onshore processing, as Richardson argues, a viable one?&q.....
» 20/12/2011 5:37:43 PM Lexi, you quote this Michael Clarke character: < Offshore processing of asylum seekers.....
» 20/12/2011 9:30:00 AM << We need to work with the Indonesian/Malaysian Governments to stop the boats leavi.....
» 20/12/2011 9:25:37 AM WWG, your ‘logic’ defies….um…logic! Australia’s open border ‘policy’ presents a HUGE pull.....
» 19/12/2011 2:39:11 PM << In your mind, Labor is to blame for every problem Australia has, even when the Li.....
» 19/12/2011 12:42:49 PM Suseonline, from your first post: << Labor is not to blame. People smugglers, their.....
» 19/12/2011 9:19:05 AM Thanks Lexi for referring me to this article: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2011/09.....
» 18/12/2011 1:50:38 PM Shadow Minister, I applaud your efforts to keep this issue in the spotlight on OLO. I sha.....
» 17/12/2011 8:07:43 PM GDay Belly Is consumerism an illness? No but overconsumerism is. And increasing popula.....
» 16/12/2011 9:45:20 PM Welcome to OLO, phildobbie!. << Questioning immigration levels is one thing - but t.....
» 16/12/2011 9:01:29 AM < DIAC's Diversity and Social Cohesion offers these two aims in a program that opened i.....
» 16/12/2011 8:59:39 AM How racist were Australians when Hanson was flying high and what has changed? We were not.....
» 16/12/2011 8:19:12 AM Hmmmm! ( :>|.....
» 13/12/2011 11:41:31 PM Advance our economic growth, Suse?.....
» 13/12/2011 8:36:57 AM I could unravel?? Oow. I think I already am! ( :>|.....
» 13/12/2011 8:24:02 AM Yep, we’re a pretty nice bunch, relatively speaking….at the moment. But crikey, there is .....
» 12/12/2011 7:35:47 AM The author’s intent would appear to be the complete denunciation of euthanasia, given that.....
» 5/12/2011 9:31:46 AM Forrest, yes you’ve got to wonder. Read between the lines, be suspicious, doubt everything.....
» 5/12/2011 7:47:23 AM SPQR, I fully share your concerns. I doubt there are many who would be more cynical than m.....
» 4/12/2011 8:11:35 AM Hello Noisy. Thanks for your warm welcome back. ---- << Perhaps we need to go strai.....
» 4/12/2011 7:22:21 AM Peter Hume wrote: << Agree with your points 2 and 3 >> But not 1? You’ve gi.....
» 4/12/2011 7:18:49 AM Pretty Good Saltpetre. << Mining has been our saviour… >> Yes, but it would .....
» 3/12/2011 3:48:55 AM That’s a very big question Peter. But thanks for asking. I’ll show you mine if you show m.....
» 2/12/2011 7:21:35 AM We are indeed in a sweet spot with the mining boom. It gives us the means to develop a sus.....
» 2/12/2011 7:19:55 AM Great article Gavan. < In September, Tony Abbott announced that if elected the coaliti.....
» 1/12/2011 8:51:14 PM Diver Dan, not quite sure what you are getting at. ---- Thanks Belly. Yes the 20 000 is .....
» 1/12/2011 8:29:01 AM Immigration Minister Chris Bowen wants to boost Australia’s refugee intake by 50% to 20 00.....
» 30/11/2011 9:26:08 AM But Clancy, we KNOW what is mooted to happen to Tuvalu, etc. We didn’t really need another.....
» 29/11/2011 10:13:58 PM << Sustainability will increase probably growth. >> Not sure what you mean At.....
» 29/11/2011 9:31:00 PM Whether Jared Diamond has exhibited serious flaws in Collapse and other books or whether h.....
» 29/11/2011 8:11:40 AM I agree all the way, Geoff. We really do seem to be utterly hooked into an acceleration t.....
» 25/11/2011 8:10:27 AM Sorry Paul, I disagree strongly. < On a visionary and high strategic level, however, t.....
» 17/09/2011 11:02:49 AM << You guys really ignore basic human nature at your peril >> Yabby, there is.....
» 17/09/2011 10:59:45 AM Very interesting Yabby. I thought that you and I have basically agreed on this issue over .....
» 16/09/2011 12:30:39 PM Hello Noisy I’m in Perth on extended leave. I am pretty much a fulltime carer, for an unk.....
» 16/09/2011 12:24:31 PM What are the barriers to sustainability? Well, in Australia and probably most of the wor.....
» 15/09/2011 10:13:20 AM Banjo: << It is simply a matter of government deciding NOT to give the illegals wha.....
» 12/09/2011 9:58:27 PM I fully share your concerns Banjo. I wonder when all the misguided ‘high moral grounders’.....
» 12/09/2011 9:43:30 PM Yeah but Hasbeen, get rid of them to what end?? I mean, there is no better alternative. .....
» 6/09/2011 1:44:35 PM Eminently sensible stuff Max. I'm in full agreement......
» 5/09/2011 2:07:43 PM << Bring back Rudd the failure.... Six months would be enough to prove everyone was .....
» 5/09/2011 12:29:02 PM < Is a Rudd rebirth now inevitable? > Ohh good lord, what a thought!! Crikey Malco.....
» 26/08/2011 8:52:34 AM The biggest problem with the green movement, or the general environmental philosophy of ou.....
» 24/08/2011 11:12:44 AM Very good. Thanks Tony......
» 23/08/2011 9:59:00 AM If Gillard is turfed out and Abbott becomes PM, so what?? What will be the essential diff.....
» 23/08/2011 9:54:06 AM I am somewhat dismayed at the narrow focus of this article. There is not even a mention o.....
» 14/08/2011 10:50:57 PM < It’s social movements that create market expectations > Well… I’m not so sure abo.....
» 5/08/2011 11:43:40 AM Do you not think the essence of it is real, Pericles? < Then after a while he just sor.....
» 3/08/2011 11:29:24 PM << Well, the grumpy old misogynists are out in force today! >> You’re not wro.....
» 3/08/2011 1:08:49 PM Wow TRTL, if I had the time to read the rantings, er… I mean, writings of all those charac.....
» 3/08/2011 12:14:18 PM Agreed Ken But it all needs a good solid push along from government. Instead of governme.....
» 2/08/2011 1:26:15 AM Arjay, I still don’t understand why you are so irate about the carbon tax and see it as th.....
» 2/08/2011 12:36:07 AM Alright Soggy. No worries. Thanks......
» 1/08/2011 12:57:31 PM Mark I'm not quite sure what the point of the article is. You've gone to great lengths to.....
» 1/08/2011 1:23:54 AM Arjay, not wanting to get offside with a good OLO mate, but there seems to be something fu.....
» 1/08/2011 12:45:55 AM << next time put some thought behind it Luddy. >> Sheesh Soggy, you’re a piec.....
» 31/07/2011 12:09:38 PM On the front page of the Weekend West I see an article titled ‘$190 000 forklift drivers’......
» 31/07/2011 11:32:58 AM Arjay, it’s the wrong debate, as I keep saying on OLO. It really doesn’t matter if AGW is.....
» 31/07/2011 11:00:26 AM Hwaaaaw! How depressing. ( :>(.....
» 30/07/2011 5:36:46 PM Under what circumstances would you support WA secession? Good question Ludwig. Thanks for.....
» 30/07/2011 1:22:28 AM << smaller democracies invariably function better then large ones >> This sou.....
» 30/07/2011 1:13:01 AM << What improvements we have in the bush, were hard fought for, not by pleading, but.....
» 30/07/2011 12:14:40 AM Haaa hahaha Love your humour Hasbeen ( :>) Ooow...... I hope it was humour, and not a.....
» 29/07/2011 1:50:03 AM Presumably a referendum would be required for secession to succeed. And the history of ref.....
» 29/07/2011 1:47:52 AM Yabby, while there might be merit in some of your arguments, secession is surely not the w.....
» 28/07/2011 10:33:31 PM << WA has huge infrastructure costs right now, to deal with the growth that is takin.....
» 28/07/2011 10:28:52 PM << Firstly Ludwig, minerals do in fact belong to the States, as was agreed at Federa.....
» 28/07/2011 4:38:04 PM Hi Noisy Wishing you a quick recovery from the winter sniffles. Hasbeen, I was suggestin.....
» 28/07/2011 12:33:18 PM Yabby, you wrote: << At the moment the place is treated like a cash cow and little .....
» 28/07/2011 3:05:46 AM << So retire young, & often, it's more fun. >> Sounds good to me! I’m workin.....
» 28/07/2011 3:02:31 AM Noisy << …strangely I have a bird phobia, I love to watch them and feed them, but i.....
» 28/07/2011 2:32:39 AM CURRANT affairs?? Pfffffff!.....
» 28/07/2011 2:28:33 AM Noisy, I say a big fat NO to the secession of WA. WA Premier Barnett was right to raise .....
» 26/07/2011 10:34:57 PM Hasbeen, I reckon I’ll be very busy in retirement. I’m not one to just kick back and medit.....
» 25/07/2011 2:31:46 PM Noisy, I agree; Esperance is a wonderful place. I'm fairly familiar with it. Love that r.....
» 24/07/2011 10:23:55 AM Hold on rehcub. The economy hasn’t stalled. Far from it. The carbon tax might reduce inves.....
» 24/07/2011 10:07:39 AM Hwaaaw…. This guy actually has a real chance of becoming our next PM!! !! Where is thi.....
» 24/07/2011 9:57:31 AM Yabby, yes the AWC appears to be doing very well in terms of habitat protection for rare s.....
» 23/07/2011 10:56:33 AM << but if its Govt, then it seemingly does not matter how many billions are peed up .....
» 23/07/2011 10:54:13 AM Ammonite Thanks for the clarification. << …we can still make room for immigrants -.....
» 23/07/2011 12:57:59 AM Hello Noisy I’m sorry about any tetchiness between us previously. I’m a mad birdo. I re.....
» 22/07/2011 11:47:18 PM << Surely we could do something to protect their habitats >> We are, Lexi. .....
» 21/07/2011 1:00:47 PM Yabby, I wrote: < the greatest problem is that the corporate world pushes for continuo.....
» 21/07/2011 12:30:08 PM Ammonite, the greatest problem is that the corporate world pushes for continuous growth. T.....
» 21/07/2011 11:23:04 AM There are probably many species that are just surviving and would be pushed out by small c.....
» 21/07/2011 11:20:52 AM << If this process continues, according to biologists, more than a million species w.....
» 21/07/2011 10:40:43 AM << Then we're totally screwed >> Yeah. That’s about the size of it!! <<.....
» 21/07/2011 1:04:57 AM << Australian Government has shown its leadership in climate change issues…...How to.....
» 21/07/2011 12:57:07 AM Harking back to your second post Rob, you wrote: << What can we do about it ? The f.....
» 21/07/2011 12:55:39 AM Corporations or large companies, or small companies for that matter, can be excused for be.....
» 20/07/2011 12:36:44 AM It is not possible. I couldn’t possibly have read an article like this, which is basically.....
» 19/07/2011 11:47:47 PM Michael_in_adelaide and colinsett are on the mark with their comments about population gro.....
» 19/07/2011 11:13:58 PM Agreed Rob. Corporate greed rules. And it is doing us in. So, what do you think we can d.....
» 19/07/2011 1:07:14 PM David Leigh writes; < The U.K. is so far ahead on alternative energy because instead o.....
» 19/07/2011 11:11:48 AM Well Kerryanne, out of all the respondents I’ve exchanged comments with on this forum you .....
» 18/07/2011 9:31:29 PM << Shame on you >> Shame on who, Kerryanne? You seem to be addressing me in.....
» 17/07/2011 12:15:21 PM < The flood, mining tax, and carbon taxes, putting the brakes on Australia's economy. &.....
» 15/07/2011 1:32:36 AM Banjo Things that spring to mind are: 1. Rudd’s big increase to immigration as soon as h.....
» 15/07/2011 1:04:03 AM Lexi, I read the article thoroughly and then picked out the most important points that I t.....
» 14/07/2011 10:16:03 PM Well, that answers my question. Thanks SPQR. PHOOWEY to a one world parliament, Mr Brown!.....
» 14/07/2011 10:10:28 PM << I watched Brown, on an ABC news bulletin, promote one world government, with, & h.....
» 14/07/2011 10:00:28 PM Rehctub, responding to your criticism of the Greens: << gay marriage >> Not .....
» 14/07/2011 11:59:52 AM << Ludwig, it is very interesting that you think a tax should be imposed for some ot.....
» 14/07/2011 2:52:46 AM Lexi, problem solved. I was sent a password by email. I have now posted on New Matilda: h.....
» 14/07/2011 1:53:33 AM Hazza, how real are these things that you have listed? Are they just hearsay or exaggerati.....
» 14/07/2011 1:36:58 AM Lexi Regarding the article to which you have referred us… The author tries to explain wh.....
» 14/07/2011 12:41:31 AM Rechtub, can I ask you just what you think the radical aspects of the Greens are. I have .....
» 14/07/2011 12:05:14 AM Ahh FFS. That shoulda read: < Oh yes there is Leo. >.....
» 13/07/2011 10:11:50 PM << There is no possible justification for a carbon tax. >> Oh yes is there Le.....
» 13/07/2011 9:25:00 PM << The price of carbon will keep going up, and up, and up. >> Not sure about .....
» 13/07/2011 10:35:25 AM OK Andrew, let’s assume that the new carbon pricing will lead to people changing their hab.....
» 12/07/2011 10:21:22 PM << However we both agree that Howard was successful - he did stop the boats. >>.....
» 12/07/2011 12:03:36 PM Rstuart, you wrote: << To Howards eternal credit, at a deeper level he was a very h.....
» 12/07/2011 1:47:19 AM The motivation here is all wrong. This carbon tax should have been part of a sustainabilit.....
» 12/07/2011 1:45:29 AM << The 5% reduction over 2000 figures is based on buying $bns from other countries i.....
» 11/07/2011 6:52:33 PM Noisy, who on this thread is regarding refugees with contempt?.....
» 11/07/2011 6:36:36 PM << Unless we take this first step - nothing will be achieved. >> Lexi, this .....
» 11/07/2011 3:37:28 PM << And there we have the conundrum of Howard - a lying bastard who was an honest pol.....
» 11/07/2011 12:11:25 PM While there is the intent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Australia via the carbon t.....
» 11/07/2011 11:35:24 AM I wrote: < I don't think Howard did it for election reasons at all. He did it for pri.....
» 10/07/2011 10:23:12 PM << That's a bit of revisionist history there Ludwig. They did keep coming after the .....
» 10/07/2011 9:50:34 PM Dear Noisy I asked you a simple question which is of fundamental importance to this discu.....
» 10/07/2011 10:23:33 AM So Noisy, it begs the question as to just what you would have had Howard do. I can only gu.....
» 10/07/2011 10:21:30 AM Rehctub, I agree that the suspension of live exports was one of the most phenomenally stup.....
» 10/07/2011 12:36:51 AM Ah phoowey, I got the wrong decade in my first post. My reference to the early 90s should .....
» 8/07/2011 11:51:39 PM Noisy, here’s a different perspective, which I’ve expressed on this forum umpteen times (I.....
» 8/07/2011 11:22:03 PM Perth has got some pretty foul traffic congestion problems, as have all our capital cities.....
» 8/07/2011 11:02:00 PM Aquarius, population stabilisation is incredibly easy in Australia. All we need to do is w.....
» 8/07/2011 10:30:36 PM No worries Belly. Thanks for that. I wonder if we will agree or disagree on the next subj.....
» 8/07/2011 1:58:38 AM Ooow! ( :>|.....
» 8/07/2011 1:54:12 AM << As for population growth I doubt whether we'll ever be able to control it unless .....
» 7/07/2011 9:53:41 AM << … Abbott should be proactive, step up to the plate, and call for a full scale deb.....
» 7/07/2011 2:21:19 AM Aquarius, what about continuous population growth? All else being equal, this factor mak.....
» 3/07/2011 4:57:51 PM << … they are well on the way to being as bad as cane toads. >> Belly, now I .....
» 3/07/2011 11:19:25 AM Yes planting indigenous flora with bird-pollinated nectiferous flowers would certainly hel.....
» 3/07/2011 10:14:28 AM Belly, you say: << My blue tail finches are dead red tits are too. >> You ar.....
» 3/07/2011 10:12:27 AM Ammonite wrote: << 'Green' doesn't necessarily mean back to grass huts, it simply m.....
» 2/07/2011 8:44:36 PM Belly, unfortunately you are not likely to get rid of these pests. If you catch a few in.....
» 2/07/2011 1:15:21 PM Belly, yes just to confirm: I am talking about the black-headed brown birds with yellow be.....
» 2/07/2011 11:55:59 AM There’s another aspect to this story. It is one that has cost me a great deal of angst ove.....
» 2/07/2011 11:53:24 AM Belly, thanks for seeking my opinion. For many years, in fact all of the 28 years that I.....
» 28/06/2011 1:24:22 PM Belly, I don't think mynas are half as bad as some people make them out to be. I've lived .....
» 17/06/2011 12:47:58 PM Just about everything we could do to address AGW we would also need to do to address our t.....
» 17/06/2011 12:41:33 PM Chris, you are right to be skeptical. However, skeptics should be just as ardent about the.....
» 16/06/2011 3:18:50 PM We should be treating this Rudd character as an international outlaw, for reopening the as.....
» 16/06/2011 3:03:48 PM Lexi, I wasn't particularly concerned about the disruption due to the ash cloud over Perth.....
» 16/06/2011 2:11:25 PM Cheers Lexi and Yabby. Unfortunately I was exquisitely PINCERED!! Managed to fly from To.....
» 14/06/2011 11:02:50 PM I saw enough of the program to get the message. I’m flying from north Queensland to Perth .....
» 10/06/2011 9:38:55 PM << But still we get the oddest of claims. Ludwig takes today's prize: >> Yay!.....
» 10/06/2011 8:55:21 PM << Ludwig, I would be intrigued to know you easy solution to population growth. >.....
» 10/06/2011 11:45:07 AM << The present economy is driven by the quest to get richer. This motive is what get.....
» 10/06/2011 11:43:30 AM < Dick Smith on growth; emphatically yes...and no > I disagree. Emphatically yes….....
» 7/06/2011 7:16:04 AM < The DSK affair has developed into a Shakespearian tragedy with the French media not s.....
» 3/06/2011 8:33:12 AM I knew there’d be an article on this profoundly important subject on OLO this morning. I j.....
» 2/06/2011 9:15:37 AM Good article Julian, but may I add one very important point: Re-think continuous growth! .....
» 25/05/2011 8:31:38 AM So, if the author considers the increased mining tax in WA to be a really bad thing, I won.....
» 24/05/2011 11:07:24 PM << Meh, you're both living in conspiracy theorist lala-land. Can't be bothered with .....
» 24/05/2011 10:54:35 PM << All life is precious, and in my view unless there's significant mitigation, all c.....
» 24/05/2011 8:56:37 AM < Deliberation enhances the legitimacy of decisions because a range of people have part.....
» 24/05/2011 8:21:15 AM << You might need to look up the term "murder" by legal definition, Ludwig.....
» 24/05/2011 7:35:50 AM Peter Hume, what a Wing ah Ling of a post you wrote in response to me! Firstly you wrote.....
» 23/05/2011 12:47:36 PM Dear oh dear Shadow Minister! Innocent people DO get jailed, given life sentences and dea.....
» 23/05/2011 10:04:03 AM Exactly Bugsy. As if a mandatory life sentence would act as a greater deterrent! Of course.....
» 23/05/2011 8:56:47 AM The New South Wales Government says it will introduce legislation into Parliament this wee.....
» 23/05/2011 8:18:36 AM Wow. The word ‘narcissist’ (including narcissists, narcissistic and narcissism) appears in.....
» 22/05/2011 2:50:57 AM Wow, Hume’s a fumin’! Old Peter comes along and headbangs everyone, ‘cept Cheryl!? Well, .....
» 20/05/2011 7:50:07 AM < As much as some would like to see a slowdown in the pace of growth, the socioeconomic.....
» 19/05/2011 10:02:06 PM Lexi Let me add: and who can BE believable, trustworthy, and worthy of respect. Before h.....
» 19/05/2011 2:09:22 PM The author’s basic desire is to keep local planning within local government and consequent.....
» 17/05/2011 11:01:27 PM << Our branches are as interesting and attractive as spending the night up to your a.....
» 17/05/2011 10:33:08 PM Do you want to know how long you've got left before you die? Hell no! Simple question, w.....
» 16/05/2011 12:43:46 PM It is certainly unfortunate that the Brits chose to stay with the first past the post voti.....
» 13/05/2011 1:10:21 PM I wonder how robust China’s economy really is? I started new general thread on this. It r.....
» 12/05/2011 8:42:19 PM Actually, when you think about it, Nuttall’s actions weren’t really far out the norm at al.....
» 12/05/2011 8:40:15 PM Crackcup, I think that there is a very high chance that Nuttall has copped it much more se.....
» 12/05/2011 8:58:20 AM In light of the budget emphasis on getting back to surplus, it has been stated by some kno.....
» 11/05/2011 6:34:13 PM << Everything I see in this article says "bring them on, the more the merrier&q.....
» 11/05/2011 9:13:32 AM Good article Lyle. I wonder though why Gillard agreed to a five-fold acceptance of refuge.....
» 10/05/2011 12:14:24 PM Yes, well, of course Dee and Dum have got essentially the same style of fiscal and economi.....
» 9/05/2011 8:48:13 AM Fundamental problems with this article: 1. Shale gas MIGHT be exploitable at a price that.....
» 6/05/2011 8:36:17 AM Meanwhile, the person who is most responsible for reopening this terrible onshore asylum-s.....
» 4/05/2011 8:33:16 AM Great stuff Julian. Why indeed are we not doing everything possible to explore this tech.....
» 3/05/2011 1:30:41 PM Pelican, you wrote; << It is possible to be a Republic and still enjoy the spectacl.....
» 29/04/2011 11:34:27 PM Well I guess they must be married by now (11pm, Qld time). When I last looked, the royal w.....
» 29/04/2011 9:32:53 PM << So what do we do, take no boat people >> We implement strong disincentives.....
» 29/04/2011 9:29:56 PM Belly, addressing your opening post: << Try to talk about these matters of concern .....
» 29/04/2011 11:22:47 AM Hello Banjo and Belly Thanks for thinking of me. << …he is not fond of me… >>.....
» 29/04/2011 8:00:31 AM And here’s another interesting point – if there were to be a further escalation, the chanc.....
» 29/04/2011 7:59:53 AM I don’t think you’ve thought this through properly, Graham Thorn. There is no mention in .....
» 28/04/2011 12:51:49 PM A difficult article to grasp and therefore to respond to. But I think Ralph Bennett has hi.....
» 27/04/2011 3:06:24 PM << Whine Swan is pleading poverty in spite of having the greatest revenue stream eve.....
» 27/04/2011 3:04:24 PM << When we talk about numbers can we ignore where the numbers are coming from – thei.....
» 26/04/2011 2:04:19 PM Hi Jewely. Thanks for the response. << What costs Ludwig? >> I’m referring t.....
» 25/04/2011 9:37:44 AM Shadow Minister, there’s another enormous cost, which doesn’t get mentioned in this sort o.....
» 23/04/2011 7:43:40 AM << Rather than blame the government, the West, the UN, Bugs Bunny or even the refuge.....
» 22/04/2011 2:23:15 PM Deeeeear oh dear o dear. That’s funny David! Thanks for bringing that to our attention. M.....
» 22/04/2011 10:23:22 AM I don’t feel as strongly anti-asylum-seeker as you appear to, Crackcup, but yes I agree – .....
» 22/04/2011 8:56:42 AM Vanna, our birthrate is not below replacement level. This is a furphy spread by unscrupulo.....
» 21/04/2011 7:40:47 AM << Our pop would be falling if not for immigration. >> Arjay, this is a falla.....
» 21/04/2011 7:31:26 AM Peter You requested my response to your general thread of 1 August 2010: I’m not sure ho.....
» 20/04/2011 10:18:31 PM Ah this is great. At last this subject seems to be getting the attention it deserves from .....
» 19/04/2011 10:51:55 PM Yes. Well said VivKay......
» 19/04/2011 9:36:40 PM << How silly not to talk about curbing population growth! Like seven steps to cure a.....
» 19/04/2011 9:21:16 AM Spindoc, I seem to have stumped you with the simple assertion that there is nothing in the.....
» 18/04/2011 9:51:51 PM What a doozy of a post, PaulL. First problem - what an utterly polarised and stupid posit.....
» 18/04/2011 11:17:26 AM Feeling alright there Amicus? Careful of that blood pressure! You do the silliest thing, .....
» 18/04/2011 10:45:24 AM Hello Pericles, long time no squabble! In fact, we are communicating here without squabbl.....
» 18/04/2011 9:12:35 AM Let’s be careful here. How sure can we be that Gaddafi is the demon that Obama, Cameron or.....
» 17/04/2011 9:33:29 PM << You have confirmed this by doing as I suggested, post after post of re-direction,.....
» 17/04/2011 6:56:47 AM You’ll note here that there is nothing in the science definition about the motivation for .....
» 17/04/2011 6:54:26 AM << Sorry Ludwig, dousing yourself in liquid Teflon is not going to work.>> Yo.....
» 16/04/2011 12:22:16 PM << You would like funds to go into research intended to reduce consumption and conse.....
» 16/04/2011 12:19:32 PM << Ludwig, obviously what concerns you is that government funding of science is bein.....
» 16/04/2011 11:50:13 AM << Medical Science and the mapping of genomes is simply a scientific process that in.....
» 16/04/2011 11:43:12 AM << Yeah, in many cases by selling out - both by need and greed. >> Yes Ammoni.....
» 16/04/2011 11:42:35 AM << But it's not exactly what Hume means is it? >> No Bugsy, it’s not. But it .....
» 16/04/2011 9:15:27 AM Aw gee spindoc, do I really need to? It’s a complete no-brainer, isn’t it! All science g.....
» 15/04/2011 3:34:23 PM << There is not and can never be any element of “science” in economics. >> Wh.....
» 15/04/2011 7:07:43 AM << Is there such a thing as economic science? >> Of course there is Peter. I.....
» 15/04/2011 6:44:30 AM < …our population pressure is arguably the opposite: we need more people, not less. >.....
» 14/04/2011 1:53:02 PM ….humanity and the environment in the first place. >> Not at all. The desire for ba.....
» 14/04/2011 1:49:48 PM Thanks for your carefully considered response Peter. I wrote; < I’m striving for a ba.....
» 13/04/2011 8:03:51 AM The CSIRO has done a lot of research into how to improve productivity on the land, amongst.....
» 13/04/2011 8:01:41 AM << You are only exemplifying the view I described: the idea that human beings are a .....
» 12/04/2011 10:15:14 AM << Far from being entrenched, the state funding of science should be abolished. >.....
» 12/04/2011 6:44:49 AM All too true, Julian, especially the last bit – < Above all it could better inform th.....
» 10/04/2011 9:17:49 AM << This bloke hasn't fallen from his tree. He's actually trying to preserve "th.....
» 8/04/2011 11:00:30 AM < How puny are you? > Very puny. In fact, very veeerry puuuuuuuuny!! I’ve been a p.....
» 7/04/2011 8:03:30 AM << I think he was out standing. >> Oh Belly! My poor head! ( :> O.....
» 6/04/2011 12:46:47 PM Hey, you are all forgetting something…. What about K Rudd’s extraordinary boost to immigr.....
» 1/04/2011 1:10:51 PM I wrote: < I would strongly argue that we are close to a sustainable population and th.....
» 1/04/2011 10:28:21 AM Thanks Klaas and Helen for continuing this discussion. But I feel that I’m not getting any.....
» 1/04/2011 10:02:29 AM << I think we should go for sustainability. I really do, but only after I'm too old .....
» 31/03/2011 2:03:44 PM Pfff, you’ve got to be so vigilant about refreshing the thread before you post anything!! .....
» 31/03/2011 1:48:38 PM << …I also support compulsory preferential voting… > But WHY Isabel, erm… Helen?.....
» 31/03/2011 11:32:07 AM << No doubt optional preferential voting is slightly better than compulsory preferen.....
» 31/03/2011 10:27:49 AM Valerie, I fully support you in principle, but I just wonder whether the use of china or h.....
» 30/03/2011 8:37:17 AM Thanks King Hazza. I’m pleased that someone can appreciate what I am saying. I’ve condemn.....
» 29/03/2011 12:03:13 PM Alan, you wrote; << …it was depressing to hear NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrel.....
» 29/03/2011 11:23:53 AM Oh dear Patrick, I think you are fundamentally off-track. You wrote; << …the bigge.....
» 29/03/2011 8:45:47 AM Alan, in response to Chris Sidoti’s article; of course there is a better way to deal with .....
» 28/03/2011 1:51:42 PM << So here's my modest proposal: we should work to bring the requirements for a form.....
» 27/03/2011 3:41:30 PM << At last there is a possible alternative for Queen slanders and they know it. >.....
» 26/03/2011 7:26:26 AM Pffft.. that should have read: < Gillard's inability to FIX it. > |:>\.....
» 26/03/2011 7:23:12 AM Thanks for that Alan. I am surprised that we seem to be very largely in agreement, given t.....
» 25/03/2011 10:05:33 PM I agree with Lawrence Springborg that there is something very wrong with the elevation of .....
» 25/03/2011 9:44:31 PM So um, Alan, old maaaaaaaaate... Do we have a discussion happening here or have you conce.....
» 24/03/2011 2:37:00 PM I just don’t get it Alan – why are people of yours and Bruce’s persuasion so hung up on al.....
» 24/03/2011 2:34:39 PM << We should stop treating legal asylum seekers as criminals. >> This is such.....
» 24/03/2011 1:47:24 PM David, I am pleased that you share my concerns. I too am a member of SPA and have been for.....
» 24/03/2011 10:42:04 AM Thanks rehctub. You wrote: << I would firstly suggest that he does not have to be .....
» 24/03/2011 10:03:10 AM Thanks for the response Alan Austin. You wrote: << Your criticisms of Bruce’s piec.....
» 23/03/2011 11:11:12 AM So rehctub, in what significant ways do you think Newman and the LNP would be better than .....
» 23/03/2011 11:08:08 AM << The LNP remains the party of the real estate developers, corporate polluters… >.....
» 23/03/2011 10:34:35 AM Bruuuuce!! Come on!! You wrote: << It beggars belief that the Minister for Immigra.....
» 31/01/2011 9:43:20 PM Hold your hosses there Edward. Wait for the super-cyclone to hit Queensland in a coupla d.....
» 18/01/2011 8:32:46 PM Great article Dave. It is all just so eminently sensible. I mean; how utterly stupid is i.....
» 13/01/2011 9:34:22 PM Ah phoowey……..lukkihans. Sheesh that is piss poor when I can't even get the name right! .....
» 13/01/2011 9:16:23 PM Hello Lukkimans and welcome to OLO. Don’t worry about our old resident rogue Pericles. A.....
» 26/12/2010 11:48:43 AM Hasbeen, I cannot see how any reasonably intelligent educated person can insist that anthr.....
» 26/12/2010 12:01:06 AM Happy Boxing Day OUG......
» 25/12/2010 9:16:53 PM Oh AL, you devout Christian, what are you doin on OLO at 8pm on this particular day? Hey,.....
» 25/12/2010 12:25:40 PM Words can be stressful, like a fox in the hen-house Or exquisite, like a flame-haired bea.....
» 25/12/2010 10:50:35 AM << Ludwig, just why should everyone have to conform to your ideas(?) >> Becau.....
» 25/12/2010 10:20:39 AM Wow Peter, that’s a lot of questions – 20 in one post! ( :>o I’ll just note one thing .....
» 24/12/2010 10:24:05 PM << Sometimes, we do tend to go overboard on political correctness. >> Wow, do.....
» 24/12/2010 1:23:46 PM << The main problem with your idea Ludwig is addled thinking. Yes mate, we don't nee.....
» 24/12/2010 1:08:23 PM << So there's no use blaming the "big business" bogeyman. >> Peter,.....
» 24/12/2010 1:06:25 PM << We can let the market set a genuine price for coal (which is what we're talking a.....
» 24/12/2010 9:42:45 AM << The very idea that we need an *increase* in prices to make new technologies more .....
» 24/12/2010 9:22:20 AM John, yes we need a price on carbon so that we can get stuck into developing clean energy .....
» 24/12/2010 8:51:16 AM < The only humanistic and legally viable solution to the refugee crisis is to adopt a c.....
» 23/12/2010 10:28:59 PM Graham I can’t see a thing in the world wrong with Hasbeen’s comments: << A little.....
» 22/12/2010 2:18:12 PM Thankyou Brian. I am very pleased to see this article. It just resonates so strongly with .....
» 21/12/2010 8:42:32 AM Okaaay Gavin. Thanks for this...um......article. For the last half hour I’ve been trying .....
» 19/12/2010 11:22:13 AM Yep. Well said Yabby......
» 18/12/2010 10:28:22 PM Helloooow CJ…. Ooow, I mean talisman. Trust you to concentrate on the racist element, whi.....
» 18/12/2010 10:18:56 PM [from hasbeen’s first post] << …where I & the dog were working on an old car. >&.....
» 18/12/2010 9:49:10 PM << Ludwig, doesn't care about anything, except being cautious, but on ly on AGW, if .....
» 18/12/2010 9:42:21 PM << Ludwig I have asked in here numerous times who is the "we" referred to .....
» 18/12/2010 9:18:56 AM << Ludwig, for heavens sake mate, the time to give up fossil fuel will be when it is.....
» 17/12/2010 2:20:26 PM Eminently sensible stuff, Professor Ridd. But as I have said umpteen times on this forum,.....
» 17/12/2010 1:28:11 PM Phoowey to Christmas! I wish my friends a good break or a happy holiday or a happy summer.....
» 17/12/2010 9:53:43 AM Thanks Anti for entertaining some discussion on the all-important point that I was making......
» 16/12/2010 8:46:15 PM << But, of course, when politicians feed the clamouring for 'lower taxes' all the ti.....
» 16/12/2010 8:45:01 PM Hmmm, I missed half that post when cutting and pasting! Here's the other half .... We are.....
» 16/12/2010 8:42:53 PM << Ludwig, I don't think the problems with education have much to do with population.....
» 15/12/2010 10:51:40 PM NSW Labor should have a long and deep meditation over these comments by Kelvin Thomson, Fe.....
» 15/12/2010 10:25:41 PM Bugger bum poo… that should have been: < and he was PREMIER for a very long time > .....
» 15/12/2010 9:56:08 PM << Carr who gave us more conservation than the greens dream of… >> Yes Belly......
» 15/12/2010 8:46:37 PM << Mr Howard's policies are looking far more compassionate everyday. Shame on Labour.....
» 15/12/2010 9:51:30 AM Long time no squabble Bronwyn. Welcome back. Hope you hang around. ---- Could the bigges.....
» 15/12/2010 8:55:44 AM < We can curb the growth in electricity demand through energy efficiency and conservati.....
» 14/12/2010 1:33:58 PM That’s taking it right to the end of the spectrum, Stezza. So I presume you are a strong.....
» 14/12/2010 1:03:44 PM << I am arguing look to life values to think through this issue. >> Paul you .....
» 14/12/2010 10:14:10 AM << Ludwig, you have never broken the rules? >> Paul, what ARE the rules? The.....
» 14/12/2010 9:46:48 AM Of course you are right in principle, Valerie. Whether the cap be one million $ or higher .....
» 14/12/2010 8:35:17 AM I was naïve for a long time. I used to think that my department valued its own rules and g.....
» 13/12/2010 9:01:13 PM I asked the same sort of question here: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?artic.....
» 13/12/2010 12:01:58 PM << Hospitals NO! Schools? NO! Roads? NO! >> JamesH, I disagree. YES, to all .....
» 10/12/2010 8:56:46 AM The very notions of a skilled city and a city twice as big as it now is are in direct conf.....
» 9/12/2010 8:48:37 PM Talking of the onus of proof being back to front, I totally agree with Independent MP Andr.....
» 9/12/2010 8:26:15 PM So, how do we get our government to really embrace sustainability, including a stable popu.....
» 9/12/2010 7:58:32 AM << The US should aim to protect Julian Assange, whether he is in Britain, Somalia or.....
» 8/12/2010 2:48:05 PM << It's about time we had a meaningful debate on population in this country, even a .....
» 4/12/2010 10:25:12 PM << And jinny earns a chocolate frog for posting the 400th post to the thread! >&g.....
» 4/12/2010 10:13:26 PM Wellllcome back Jewely. Long time no OLO posts!. Nearly 18 months in fact! Yeah I know; y.....
» 3/12/2010 10:14:19 PM Actually, it should be called noxious acid. It’s those hydrogen radicals that make it an.....
» 3/12/2010 9:41:34 PM << I for one want to lodge a protest. From what I remember of the deleted post there.....
» 3/12/2010 12:48:10 PM Understood Rhian. However, while there may be some merit in providing gas to Asia and as .....
» 3/12/2010 10:22:44 AM No wonder there’s so much confusion here; the correct name for the stuff is oxygen dihydri.....
» 3/12/2010 9:48:39 AM Surely the videos had very little to do with FIFA’s decision as to who would host the 2022.....
» 3/12/2010 8:30:24 AM Old King Coal is a merry old slob He could provide the oilixir of life For us Aussies he.....
» 2/12/2010 9:18:15 PM << … WA’s natural gas developments are part of the solution, not part of the problem.....
» 2/12/2010 2:11:57 PM << Assigning causation is a major problem in science. >> Abslutely right, ant.....
» 2/12/2010 11:58:07 AM << This is not about whether CO2 causes warming or not. It however now seems as thou.....
» 2/12/2010 11:30:56 AM Anti-green, you acknowledge that: << humans do modify climate to a certain extent, f.....
» 2/12/2010 10:42:40 AM < The Water Corporation pointed out that this situation is absolutely dire, “far worse .....
» 2/12/2010 7:47:57 AM << Political contenders tailor their policies according to the hegemonic centre: the.....
» 1/12/2010 11:07:20 PM Vanna << “People sought for appointment to the Board ideally have an interest in, a.....
» 1/12/2010 10:14:27 PM << Australia would become a richer country as the export of profits overseas was pha.....
» 1/12/2010 7:35:30 PM << Ludwig, Federal Labor won in 2007 because people wanted it to win. >> Yes .....
» 1/12/2010 9:56:53 AM Erm... has there been one single instance in the last decade where a change of governamnt .....
» 1/12/2010 7:59:29 AM Interesting discussion. But what really matters in Australia is how we might address the i.....
» 30/11/2010 8:54:13 PM << As I said, they [the Greens] are fulfilling a perfectly legitimate function, capt.....
» 30/11/2010 1:07:48 PM << Crikey Ludwig, what on earth makes you think I expect the Greens to do anything??.....
» 30/11/2010 10:41:30 AM << They will at some point in the future simply morph into a vaguely trendy rump of .....
» 30/11/2010 9:44:51 AM << I think Squeers and Yabby agree with each other, it is just that they are using d.....
» 30/11/2010 7:33:33 AM Dear oh dear, the author just completely misses the most important stuff! This country is.....
» 29/11/2010 8:48:18 PM << All I'm saying, Ludwig, is that a steady-state economy cannot, by definition, be .....
» 29/11/2010 11:10:50 AM << …you've done a little dreaming about sustainable capitalism but you haven't made .....
» 28/11/2010 9:28:18 PM Alright Squeers. Let’s say that you are right and capitalism is dependent on continuous gr.....
» 28/11/2010 1:58:12 PM R0bert, it appears that Huggins won’t be responding to you: http://forum.onlineopinion.co.....
» 28/11/2010 11:39:45 AM << Ludwig, I'm not too ceretain about whether any publicity is good publicity. >&.....
» 28/11/2010 11:16:24 AM Haaaaa hahahahahaaaa Al, that Cyberia ‘discussion’ is hilarious! In it we see just the .....
» 28/11/2010 7:47:41 AM Talisman, capitalist economies have been around for a very long time, in many countries si.....
» 27/11/2010 9:28:40 PM << If the add was suposed to sell jeans it doesnt seem to work very well hey? >&g.....
» 27/11/2010 11:00:02 AM Leo You were quick to respond to my first question, which I appreciate. But it seems that.....
» 27/11/2010 8:08:42 AM << It's not going to be a long conversation, Ludwig. Unless you've got something sen.....
» 26/11/2010 11:30:46 PM << I want to know if anybodys brought a pair of Clavin Klien jeans since this artica.....
» 26/11/2010 11:08:47 PM Rudd has called on China to step in and help diffuse Korean tensions. While there is stu.....
» 26/11/2010 10:55:30 PM Flamin’ cricket! It’s got absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this thread. Houe.....
» 26/11/2010 10:25:03 PM << What we need is a dynamic steady state economy - goods are made, bought and sold .....
» 26/11/2010 9:28:32 PM Squeers, from your first post: << …capitalism will go on extracting the last drop a.....
» 26/11/2010 6:00:43 AM This is a hard article to digest. I don’t believe the main tenet: that capitalism is inher.....
» 25/11/2010 9:57:46 PM Philo wrote: << UOG, Are you incapable of posting concise ideas rather than irrel.....
» 25/11/2010 9:12:30 PM Corny, aren’t the Poms a bunch of old stodges for banning an ad like that! Pfff!.....
» 25/11/2010 9:10:09 PM Thanks Helen. Appreciated. I perceive a real problem though with this self-regulation bus.....
» 25/11/2010 10:39:06 AM << There is plenty of other material around which suggests that as a fantasy goes it.....
» 25/11/2010 9:48:37 AM Haz, methinks you are taking on a very polarised position. Yes there are dangers in over-p.....
» 25/11/2010 9:20:01 AM This thread has been really disappointing. The failure for basic infrastructure to keep u.....
» 25/11/2010 8:57:38 AM Helen, you wrote: << In a rare move, the Australian Advertising Standards Bureau (A.....
» 25/11/2010 7:56:36 AM < The FAO/IFAD report recommends short-term research focused on producing superior clon.....
» 25/11/2010 6:33:09 AM << "Things" in every category will get worse..........no matter how much m.....
» 24/11/2010 9:05:44 PM Fascinating. There is very little interest in Australian aid or our efforts to help refug.....
» 24/11/2010 8:40:31 PM << Don't worry Ludwig, I think you'll get your wish out of this one. I just saw the .....
» 24/11/2010 8:39:24 PM << So how come 2012 is the year things will go bad? >> Pied Piper, a whole lo.....
» 24/11/2010 6:34:38 PM Very interesting post Mrs Piper. << …my first thought was #$%@ it we’re all dead. &.....
» 24/11/2010 1:12:25 PM Thanks Leo That answers my first question. But the second one remains unaddressed: Can .....
» 24/11/2010 12:54:47 PM Well Belly, if it happens, it happens. There's nothing that we in Oz can do about it, is .....
» 24/11/2010 12:39:53 PM I wrote: < A ban on billboards and other stuff that can distract drivers would also be.....
» 24/11/2010 10:41:30 AM Pericles, yes you can see why many companies try to push the limits of acceptability in th.....
» 24/11/2010 10:33:12 AM R0bert, agreed. Ads for all those things that you mentioned are much worse than the likes.....
» 24/11/2010 8:10:42 AM Kevin Rudd seems to be on the right track… at last.. after his appalling stint as PM! I a.....
» 24/11/2010 7:15:46 AM So, this billboard passed the advertising standards to start with (?) and was then condemn.....
» 24/11/2010 6:18:13 AM Very good Graham. I agree; the standard certainly seems to have lifted. My friend, who ha.....
» 23/11/2010 10:12:05 PM So Leo, you can prove that AGW is not real or not significant? Or very strongly indicate t.....
» 23/11/2010 4:52:57 PM JacobusZeno, interesting point about the constant production of heat due to the burning of.....
» 23/11/2010 1:56:53 PM << know god is watching >> OUG, I often feel that if god is out there, he's w.....
» 23/11/2010 12:08:46 PM << I’m not sure if Greymouth has local females >> Oohh! ( :> # That almos.....
» 23/11/2010 10:21:11 AM Houelly: << I'm sure if there was a woman in there anti, it would be that much more.....
» 23/11/2010 8:37:49 AM << The biggest time waster that I can see, is people travelling to and from work. &g.....
» 23/11/2010 8:23:16 AM << Go Home on Time Day also provides an opportunity for workers to discuss their wor.....
» 22/11/2010 10:36:19 PM Not sure that you can make the case for nuclear being safer than coal as an energy source,.....
» 22/11/2010 9:28:46 PM The problem is, that no matter how clear the rules might appear to be, they don’t necessar.....
» 22/11/2010 9:27:21 PM I am pleased to see Graham’s explanation regarding Deep Blue’s suspension. I didn’t see th.....
» 21/11/2010 11:37:33 PM I’m a skeptic, but I think that we should be acting to reduce GHG emissions just as strong.....
» 21/11/2010 11:35:33 PM Congrats Steven on your first article on OLO. I note that you’ve been a poster for a long .....
» 21/11/2010 10:15:39 PM To all you hundreds of thousands of readers out there who are critically concerned about t.....
» 21/11/2010 9:29:16 PM Well said Arjay. Further to your comments, I wonder what’s happening about Gillard’s purp.....
» 20/11/2010 10:20:11 AM Fester, I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at. Could you please clarify. Thank.....
» 20/11/2010 10:07:17 AM OUG, I can't see that it would make much difference if we only had two tiers of government.....
» 19/11/2010 11:46:46 AM Here's a bit more info on the Engineers Australia 2010 Queensland Infrastructure Report Ca.....
» 18/11/2010 8:55:10 AM Queensland’s transport infrastructure has failed to keep pace with the state’s booming pop.....
» 17/11/2010 11:56:08 PM << And what do you suggest we might do about the refugees from countries from which .....
» 17/11/2010 11:54:57 PM Briar Rose, to answer your questions of 15 November: << … how would you suggest the.....
» 15/11/2010 12:45:28 PM My goodness, CJ's back!! Nearly fell awf me chair with shock!! Welcome back old buddy. -.....
» 15/11/2010 9:45:57 AM I'm with you there peter piper. There is the most enormous opportunity for Pauline Hanson.....
» 13/11/2010 10:15:36 AM Thanks anti-green for elucidating your philosophical position. I'd like to explore it fur.....
» 12/11/2010 12:05:25 PM << ouch, ludwig, what next? skeptics and deniers are heretics? burn them at the s.....
» 12/11/2010 7:52:45 AM Anti-green, I guess that is the difference between us in a nutshell - you are optimistic a.....
» 11/11/2010 6:17:12 PM << What's your basis for saying that skeptics and denialists just sit back and say s.....
» 11/11/2010 6:09:29 PM << The more one reads and learns about climate change, severe and devastating effect.....
» 11/11/2010 8:28:18 AM Meanwhile, the human population continues to grow rapidly and we as a species continue to .....
» 9/11/2010 9:14:28 AM I guess the merits of a hung parliament largely come down to the merits of those that hold.....
» 8/11/2010 1:41:58 PM Rich ALGORE suggests that we should... << CHARGE THE CAPTAINS AND CREWS WITH PEOPLE.....
» 22/10/2010 3:39:59 PM Hasbeen, I agree that the Murray and Darling are very different geomorphological and clima.....
» 22/10/2010 3:33:24 PM Of COURSE multiculturalism was doomed to failure. How obvious is it that the majority of .....
» 14/10/2010 12:18:37 PM << The joke ... is on us, the mug-punters who diligently believe in 'democracy' and .....
» 13/10/2010 3:45:05 PM There is nothing less than the most extreme hypocrisy inherent in Nuttall's condemnation. .....
» 9/10/2010 7:26:30 AM A Pom calling Australia a cultural void?? Pffff, hypocritical mongrel! This country has.....
» 7/10/2010 12:28:47 PM < Boys look for good role models... > Do they? If they really do, then they'd see .....
» 7/10/2010 11:30:49 AM Hey, what do you think we can achieve here in Australia even with the most efficient carbo.....
» 7/10/2010 7:03:17 AM Excellent article John. This huge subject is now getting some of the attention that it de.....
» 3/10/2010 7:01:03 AM << Ludwig …. truly is blind to the fact industry and both party's want a big Austral.....
» 2/10/2010 8:24:13 PM Gillard cannot possibly be serious about meaningful emissions reductions while she continu.....
» 1/10/2010 8:10:06 AM << Ludwig, I think all the problems I mentioned are caused by over rapid growth. >.....
» 30/09/2010 8:16:49 PM Hasbeen, I’ve got to agree with your list of ‘incompetences’ of the Blight government. Bu.....
» 30/09/2010 7:16:45 AM We can also not have any faith that a magistrate will look past the fact that a person has.....
» 30/09/2010 7:14:24 AM I’m not so sure that you’ve made a mistake Jinny. And even if you have, I’m strongly incli.....
» 29/09/2010 9:40:19 PM Should Scott Rush die? No. Absolutely not......
» 29/09/2010 9:37:07 PM Hasbeen Could you possibly tell us what it is you think the Bligh Government is so incomp.....
» 29/09/2010 9:16:49 PM Jinny, welcome to OLO. Notwithstanding the fact that I don’t know the full story, I total.....
» 29/09/2010 7:26:29 AM Foxy, that’s not a post I would have expected to see from you. I’m referring to your first.....
» 28/09/2010 7:49:49 AM Agreed popnperish and Yabby. But I think you are being far too gentle with Shenggen Fan. .....
» 28/09/2010 7:03:52 AM What’s wrong with just calling it a draw and leaving it at that? Why is everyone apparent.....
» 28/09/2010 6:49:54 AM Yes Shadow Minister, we can’t believe a word she says. OK, so she is presumably trying to.....
» 25/09/2010 9:28:45 PM Thinker 2, it is great that you concerned about this issue. Good thread too. OLO could do .....
» 25/09/2010 8:24:16 PM << Anyone who believes that expotential growth can go on forever in a finite world i.....
» 25/09/2010 8:05:43 PM Aaah, Bob's a genius at getting publicity if he wants it. And he's in a position where the.....
» 25/09/2010 6:35:08 PM Hear hear Foxy......
» 25/09/2010 8:11:09 AM Squeers, I appreciate your frustration VERY much indeed. It is a crying shame that subjec.....
» 24/09/2010 9:37:19 PM Hellow Squeers Not sure I get your drift. Could you please elaborate a bit and I'll enga.....
» 24/09/2010 9:26:50 PM Hmmmm. Bob had such a high profile after the election, and now nothing. Haven’t heard boo.....
» 24/09/2010 9:16:29 PM So Kerry, you are departing. Well, departing the front line at least. Keeping your foot in.....
» 21/09/2010 7:22:38 AM Sure Chris, we need to economically diversify, in order to give us a bit more of a buffer .....
» 20/09/2010 7:12:00 AM << BTW the way >> ?? Oh phoowey! |>(.....
» 20/09/2010 7:04:43 AM Belly, I’m not sure why this woman would be a wreck from seeing a couple of poofs going at.....
» 20/09/2010 6:30:53 AM Nicnoto writes: << I look around and what I see is destruction, war, murder, rape… .....
» 19/09/2010 2:07:25 PM Jockey, I totally sympathise with your views on Aboriginal Australia and our (European-cum.....
» 19/09/2010 8:14:17 AM << It's also alleged he was reprimanded about 10 times "concerning his inapprop.....
» 19/09/2010 8:12:04 AM Jockey, welcome to OLO. << “some of the conduct which is alleged is not contested&q.....
» 18/09/2010 10:58:34 PM As Pelican says, the definition of sexual harassment is nebulous. This is very important. .....
» 18/09/2010 10:39:09 PM Foxy, I didn’t see Insight, but here’s my take on it… As I understand it, Kristy Fraser-K.....
» 18/09/2010 9:11:13 PM Moving forward... into the new environment! ( ;> / Pfpfpfhhhh!.....
» 17/09/2010 8:41:50 AM << … the internet pales into insignificance compared to the must haves of security, .....
» 15/09/2010 10:05:55 PM Yes Shadow Minister, I understand that the lower price of E10 fuel is more than offset by .....
» 15/09/2010 9:32:05 PM Great thread Nicnoto. Two things immediately spring to mind – Firstly, the most importa.....
» 13/09/2010 10:03:51 PM << Remember when you were young >> Only vaguely, Pelican! ( :<| << .....
» 13/09/2010 9:12:24 PM << The average divorcee takes approx. 18-24 months to “get over it”. >> Jayb,.....
» 13/09/2010 8:52:06 PM Thanks for the response Johnny. << Unlike you I have a life and am not constantly m.....
» 12/09/2010 8:46:52 PM So Johnny Rotten, you are not going to take me up on this debate. I take it then that you.....
» 11/09/2010 10:02:44 PM Fascinating stuff, TTM and Johnny30. Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality!.....
» 11/09/2010 9:38:16 PM That's about the size of it. Well said Yabby......
» 11/09/2010 9:28:30 PM << I don't know why you whipper snipers don't grow up, & have fun, like us old farts.....
» 11/09/2010 9:18:30 PM Borne? BORNE? Did I really write that….... twice?? 'Born', that should have been. Rrrrrg.....
» 11/09/2010 8:23:45 PM << Sorry Ludwig at that age you are not a baby boomer. >> Interesting point B.....
» 11/09/2010 8:06:44 PM << Pink bats in every school >> << Mission accomplished >> Haaaa.....
» 11/09/2010 2:12:04 PM Foxy, I was divorced 21 years ago. It didn’t take me long to see it as a blessing. I’ve st.....
» 11/09/2010 1:47:41 PM I’m feeling gloomy! But it is such a lovely sunny north Queensland spring day. I’m fit, he.....
» 11/09/2010 7:10:43 AM The history of humanity is littered with enormous paradoxes. But they all point to one thi.....
» 9/09/2010 8:20:10 PM Nicnoto, welcome to OLO. I don’t feel inclined to get embroiled in the nitty-gritty of th.....
» 9/09/2010 8:09:54 PM There is an enormous paradox confronting us – The planet's ecosystems are in terrible sh.....
» 9/09/2010 8:27:33 AM What a mind-blowing position to be in for Rob Oakeshott. The other two independents had de.....
» 8/09/2010 9:08:11 PM << Into the whisky it went…. >> Into the whisky WHAT went?? Oh THAT! Ooooow.....
» 8/09/2010 12:22:34 PM << After the calling of an election, all parties should have one week to declare the.....
» 7/09/2010 10:20:20 PM Hehehehehe You picked the wrong thread to put this message on, TZ…. after I had just conc.....
» 7/09/2010 9:41:48 PM Hello Bushbred Very nice to meet you again on this forum after long-time-no-contact. I r.....
» 7/09/2010 9:25:41 PM Haaaaa hahaahahahaaahaaahha Or maybe that should be …. Chi hua hua hua hua huaaaaaa!!.....
» 7/09/2010 8:45:03 PM Well, Bob Katter supported the LNP, while the other independents supported the ALP, result.....
» 7/09/2010 8:28:38 PM << The fantastic thing that happened today is that Abbott is not Prime Minister and .....
» 7/09/2010 8:16:57 PM King Hazza, understood and agreed. But Dick Smith made his position abundantly clear, an.....
» 7/09/2010 9:50:11 AM < Rob Oakeshott, perhaps unlike the other musketeers, will make trouble for whichever s.....
» 7/09/2010 8:15:47 AM What a BIZARRE article! Dan Denning calls James Lee crazy!! As CJ Morgan would say: Pot.....
» 7/09/2010 8:05:38 AM Hello Angry Oak Could you please tell me just what you think is wrong with the Greens tax.....
» 7/09/2010 6:36:12 AM Well said Yabby. I agree on all points. If it came to the crunch, I’d be happy to contrib.....
» 6/09/2010 10:10:10 PM Dear Ms Rotten At the time of the Tampa incident in August 2001, the number of boats arri.....
» 6/09/2010 9:29:52 PM There are a couple of rather important things that you didn’t mention Andrew – Australia.....
» 6/09/2010 8:51:43 PM ALGOREisRICHFATUGLYLAZY&BONKERS I find two things humorous – making fun of your latest mo.....
» 6/09/2010 8:36:51 PM << More joy comes from peeing in your neighbors pool than your own. >> Aaaaa .....
» 6/09/2010 8:26:19 PM << As for population- sadly as they don't actually give a toss about population poli.....
» 6/09/2010 8:21:54 PM << This issue overshadows all others >> Forrest, yes it SHOULD overshadow all.....
» 6/09/2010 8:12:59 AM The bull will turn. Ol’ Malcolm will be back! He’ll take up a sensible part of the Green .....
» 6/09/2010 7:57:51 AM While I obviously think that OLO is great, I’ve got to say that my recent suspension, my f.....
» 6/09/2010 7:56:18 AM Belly I guess that few of us have got any idea about how well OLO is doing via profits fr.....
» 4/09/2010 7:38:39 AM << Surely the best way for Katter, Oakeshott and Windsor to demonstrate this is to f.....
» 3/09/2010 10:30:52 PM << Hi Ludwig - while you're no bigot, when it comes to asylum seekers I think you're.....
» 3/09/2010 9:56:17 PM << The issue here is that this woman was trying to fulfil her expected duty and hold.....
» 3/09/2010 9:53:11 PM << I don't think that a single-mother leaving her child at home for a day makes her .....
» 3/09/2010 9:05:03 PM CJ asserts: << Obviously, you haven't had much to do with raising kids. >> .....
» 3/09/2010 8:26:58 PM << The three indipendents that are yet to decide are in my view caught between a roc.....
» 3/09/2010 8:21:28 AM Aww AL, I'm such a BOF that nothing humorous ever happens in my life! ( :>(.....
» 2/09/2010 10:57:35 PM Oh dear! (:>( What about my post then CJ? Anything there worth commenting on?.....
» 2/09/2010 10:52:03 PM There is no paradigm shift in this hung parliament per se. But there so easily could be........
» 2/09/2010 10:26:18 PM Independent MP for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has released his wish-list, which he has presented.....
» 2/09/2010 9:57:15 PM << I'm aware you do not much like me >> Belly, I’ve always considered you to .....
» 2/09/2010 1:28:13 PM << From the tenor of your post, I would deduce that you would have been satisfied wi.....
» 2/09/2010 12:43:06 PM << … if Gillard manages to form a government, the Greens will have one MP out of 73 .....
» 1/09/2010 10:01:29 PM Good thread runner. Yes Jessica was impressive. And she's very spunky as well! ( :>).....
» 1/09/2010 9:55:52 PM A SINGLE working mother who left her nine-year-old daughter home alone for a day was charg.....
» 1/09/2010 9:08:50 PM From Crackcup’s opening post: << With the Election drawing closer, and Population S.....
» 1/09/2010 8:39:38 PM Today, the Greens and Labor have sealed a deal. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09.....
» 1/09/2010 9:30:35 AM I have the most total disagreement with you Osmond. The most humane policy towards refuge.....
» 1/09/2010 8:03:27 AM << Let’s hope that the underwhelming nature of campaign 2010 and the initially incon.....
» 31/08/2010 1:17:04 PM There is just one small problem with the two-party preferred vote – it is based on the com.....
» 31/08/2010 1:04:00 PM << With both Labor and the Coalition focusing on negative campaigning, sloganeering .....
» 31/08/2010 12:40:46 PM Now, I just don’t understand why the independents are required to back one or other major .....
» 31/08/2010 12:37:52 PM << That has to be a positive result, no? >> Not sure about that CJ. The obvio.....
» 27/08/2010 8:47:14 PM << …please never ever say progressive politics and the Greens in the same sentence &.....
» 27/08/2010 3:16:24 PM Dick Smith has done a wonderful thing with his ‘Population Puzzle’ documentary. He has rea.....
» 27/08/2010 12:31:14 PM New election - a disaster for the Coalition? I’m not sure about that, but it would certai.....
» 27/08/2010 12:21:49 PM Rehctub wrote: << By your own admisions, you have no right what so ever to enter i.....
» 27/08/2010 11:51:34 AM << But I'd agree even without the slightest self interest other than I hate being re.....
» 27/08/2010 11:10:11 AM << …with an unhealthy measure of the former East Germany thrown in. >> Wow CJ.....
» 27/08/2010 8:45:08 AM Dear oh dear Amicus. The all-important point that I’m making is entirely pertinent to thi.....
» 27/08/2010 8:11:30 AM Future of Australia, you might be right about being able to circumvent the problems I envi.....
» 27/08/2010 7:36:34 AM In a previous post on 24 August I asked: << Why can’t the independents and the Gree.....
» 27/08/2010 6:57:27 AM Thankyou Horus and Colinsett…and raspberries to the rest of the crew on this thread ! At .....
» 26/08/2010 2:53:58 PM Future of Australia, all the necessary technology might now be possible, but that doesn’t .....
» 26/08/2010 12:03:11 PM I don’t think that life experience is very important at all. How many members of parliame.....
» 26/08/2010 11:37:34 AM You are quite right StG. The visa-overstayers part of this issue could be so easily fixed .....
» 26/08/2010 11:21:29 AM Future of Australia In theory your ideas have merit, but I don’t think it would be as eas.....
» 26/08/2010 8:40:53 AM Future of Australia Welcome to OLO. From your website: << …we will be targeting .....
» 26/08/2010 8:17:50 AM Mjpb I wonder if I can pick up on your comments after this thread had lain dormant for a .....
» 26/08/2010 7:44:53 AM Belly, it is not the Greens that are or will be ‘holding us to ransom’, so to speak. It is.....
» 25/08/2010 3:14:34 PM Ahh yes, dogged old Bob Katter! From Wikipedia….. In 1996, Katter supported his National.....
» 25/08/2010 1:20:07 PM << Today I think you have “lost it”. >> Ooow Dan, that’s nice….coz it presum.....
» 25/08/2010 12:16:06 PM ALGOREisRICHFATUGLY&LAZY, I support the concept of a global citizen as outline here: http:.....
» 25/08/2010 11:30:57 AM There is something decided wonky about the need for the independents to support either maj.....
» 25/08/2010 9:49:24 AM Latham was excellent value. Thank goodness someone who would be noticed had the gumption t.....
» 25/08/2010 9:05:47 AM << Three cheers for Julia and Tony… >> Huh? This title doesn’t seem to fit wi.....
» 25/08/2010 8:38:49 AM Hmmmm, the voters rule eh? Most voters felt compelled to vote for a party/candidate that .....
» 25/08/2010 8:09:19 AM Colinsett writes: << Scoreboard: planet versus the rest in the Global Warming stake.....
» 24/08/2010 2:47:54 PM The title of this article is; ‘Dawn of a new political era’. Well…..I can’t see it. Wha.....
» 24/08/2010 1:39:43 PM Wilson, thanks for your reply. I’m sure the independents would remain essentially indepen.....
» 24/08/2010 1:17:05 PM I can’t get enthused about the whole climate change thing. While I believe that AGW is rea.....
» 24/08/2010 11:47:18 AM The very notion of independents supporting one or other big party is fundamentally flawed......
» 24/08/2010 9:49:54 AM An eminently sensible article James. << Hiding the face in public is incompatible w.....
» 24/08/2010 9:19:51 AM << In the end, all that matters is who can secure enough support to command a majori.....
» 24/08/2010 8:19:00 AM In response to CJ Morgan, 21/08/10: << I think that much of the disillusionment of .....
» 23/08/2010 12:09:47 PM << A statement that a voter would prefer to go unrepresented in Parliment than be re.....
» 23/08/2010 10:31:33 AM << I believe strongly in compulsory voting and in the right to cast a "blank&qu.....
» 23/08/2010 9:47:12 AM Helen, a good article, but there is something fundamental missing – the absolute right tha.....
» 23/08/2010 6:37:11 AM What an excellent result! The libs and labs have scored practically identical votes, whic.....
» 22/08/2010 9:38:26 PM Congratulations Wyatt!.....
» 21/08/2010 7:24:15 AM << The Greens have to take who they get and who they got, ain't really Green. >&g.....
» 20/08/2010 9:54:24 PM Great article Michael. I am another disillusioned former Greens member. But hey, maybe t.....
» 20/08/2010 2:50:08 PM Helloooooow CJ. Welcome back. << All this clamouring by the disaffected for others .....
» 20/08/2010 9:59:40 AM Arrghh, to correct my last post: Brett, you and Latham ARE spot-on! . << The outcom.....
» 20/08/2010 9:38:40 AM Good article Tim. . Make your vote count where it is most needed – put in an informal vot.....
» 20/08/2010 8:50:17 AM Thanks Brett Walker. It is excellent to see this article on the day before the election. .....
» 20/08/2010 8:22:44 AM Two very basic things need to happen with the voting system in order to break the two-part.....
» 20/08/2010 7:49:34 AM Well said Ericc. You’ve posed a bunch of very pertinent questions. Greg, it would be grea.....
» 19/08/2010 11:54:34 AM Hehehe. Ooow yeah, a good solid steel-capped stinky old pig-farmer’s RM Williams boot or t.....
» 19/08/2010 11:41:34 AM << My concern is that the Liberals will win the most number of seats but won't win t.....
» 19/08/2010 10:00:52 AM Belly! That’s unbecoming of you! . Yes getupgo there are certainly a few things that I’d .....
» 19/08/2010 9:34:40 AM Holy Moly, it would appear that this article is actually NOT tongue-in-cheek, but that the.....
» 19/08/2010 7:44:18 AM << I love the way you make it sound as though there is a tap that we simply turn one.....
» 18/08/2010 10:26:09 PM << Anyone who does an informal vote this weekend should not then complain about who .....
» 18/08/2010 3:02:31 PM Examinator, any voting system that can possibly make your vote count where you specificall.....
» 18/08/2010 12:18:09 PM Andrew, I find it very odd that in an article explaining how preferences work, you have no.....
» 18/08/2010 11:58:43 AM << This “giving” of preferences can only occur in the Senate… >> Yes, if we v.....
» 18/08/2010 10:18:47 AM << Highly dangerous, even if you get it only slightly wrong. >> YES pericles......
» 18/08/2010 10:05:05 AM Dear ALGOREisRICHFAT&UGLY, while there may indeed be shady deals involved with the example.....
» 18/08/2010 8:13:11 AM John Le Mesurier, I think that you have entirely missed the point about why so-called dire.....
» 17/08/2010 8:09:08 AM We wouldn’t wear budgie-smugglers or a bikini down the main street of town. We can’t go na.....
» 16/08/2010 10:15:32 PM << Abbott would win in a landslide if he announced a cut in immigration to around 12.....
» 16/08/2010 9:55:45 PM Very interesting thing about that poll (hit the second link in my last post and scroll dow.....
» 16/08/2010 9:29:04 PM Well, I think that Latham is right on the money. Here’s the 60 Minutes segment. Well wort.....
» 16/08/2010 1:54:33 PM Foxy, Pelican, I don’t think that Latham’s past is important. What is important is the mes.....
» 16/08/2010 6:33:22 AM I understand that Mark Latham is imploring people to put in a blank ballot paper, as the u.....
» 15/08/2010 10:58:57 PM Speed cameras are largely a revenue-raising tool rather than a road-safety tool. For as l.....
» 15/08/2010 10:34:23 PM Belly writes: << Get used to it rechtub we are about to re elect the ALP. >> .....
» 13/08/2010 10:09:43 AM << You're not still bearing a grudge from when CJ Morgan wouldn't meet up with you o.....
» 13/08/2010 9:44:50 AM Yes Eric..... you are right. I was trying to put a positive spin on it. But yep, I'll bel.....
» 13/08/2010 8:48:02 AM The importance of a stable population was driven home beautifully by Dick Smith in his doc.....
» 13/08/2010 8:26:18 AM Future population sustainability took a huge step forward last night. Dick Smith’s docum.....
» 13/08/2010 8:06:22 AM GilbertHolmes writes: << We are currently using on a global scale approximately 13,.....
» 12/08/2010 11:35:02 PM << The first and obvious step (as well as a huge save in our taxes) is to: STOP THE .....
» 12/08/2010 11:31:23 PM << Come on Ludwig mate. I'm sort of in agreement with you, but you do go on. >>.....
» 12/08/2010 12:10:51 PM Oh dear, the CJ fan club has hijacked Graham's thread!! << Where is CJ Morgan? I mi.....
» 12/08/2010 11:57:46 AM An excellent comprehensive article Eric. Trouble is, long articles with lots of links and.....
» 12/08/2010 11:36:30 AM << This would be a good time for sustainability to enter the nation’s political deba.....
» 12/08/2010 9:25:08 AM Bob, while I admire your motivations, I think that you are on the wrong track! We’ve got .....
» 12/08/2010 8:26:11 AM Thanks for continuing with this discussion Pat. But this is a bit of an unfortunate commen.....
» 10/08/2010 12:48:09 PM << …I cannot see much to brag about anywhere from either side of the near-identical .....
» 10/08/2010 12:22:16 PM 4. The police should be more covert. ALL police cars on our roads should be unmarked, and .....
» 10/08/2010 12:19:31 PM << You would be OK with needing a police officer to investigate a rape/murder etc, a.....
» 10/08/2010 11:32:11 AM So, a high level of moderation with a low workload for Graham is all very simple, is it no.....
» 10/08/2010 10:27:35 AM << There are many reasons to vote against Abbott in the coming election… >> T.....
» 10/08/2010 8:44:39 AM << So the ABC leans to the left - so what? Most of the main stream media -ie,News an.....
» 8/08/2010 9:25:43 AM Poirot, I'm not familiar with the term; 'guided democracy', but my immediate inclination i.....
» 6/08/2010 10:20:27 AM Further to my first point: the rules have to be clear and upheld at face value…. I concur.....
» 6/08/2010 6:35:54 AM I see the way forward as being quite simple: Firstly, the rules have to be clear, and uph.....
» 5/08/2010 10:38:04 PM Yes ozzie, let’s keep it coming. At long last this all-important issue has really hit the .....
» 5/08/2010 9:19:38 AM << Gillard's small Australia and Australia's demographic time-bomb amount to an agei.....
» 5/08/2010 8:25:04 AM Forrest, yes of course the notion of stopping the clock and surprising the parties was a t.....
» 5/08/2010 7:59:04 AM Curmy, I gave you a straight answer to your first question. I didn’t answer your second qu.....
» 4/08/2010 2:52:55 PM << Well said, Ludwig! >> Thanks Forkes. << The political parties that .....
» 4/08/2010 2:36:39 PM Curmy, you asked me: << How is it costing us an arm and a leg? >> By way of .....
» 4/08/2010 8:36:10 AM << A bigger population can be more sustainable, with the right policies. >> Y.....
» 4/08/2010 7:25:06 AM A reviewing ‘senate’ of panelists might also be a good idea. The good folk from Gruen Nati.....
» 4/08/2010 7:22:02 AM Stop the clock and surprise the parties? No, I don’t think this would be a good idea. Eve.....
» 3/08/2010 1:23:59 PM Ralph Bennett writes; << Julia and Tony...Bob has done all the hardwork for you. &g.....
» 3/08/2010 10:20:36 AM This is Bob Birrell’s first article on OLO. I hope there will be many more......
» 2/08/2010 10:49:25 PM …..or 90 to 95 as you should if you want to make sure that you don’t exceed the speed limi.....
» 2/08/2010 10:46:21 PM Oto I’m just back from an extended weekend in Mackay and Bowen. Drove along the Ring Road.....
» 30/07/2010 8:56:37 PM Hrrrgh !! There’s that confounded missing word syndrome again. That last line should of c.....
» 30/07/2010 10:43:53 AM Peter, I do feel that a major change in baseline thinking and political expression has occ.....
» 30/07/2010 10:21:43 AM Forrest We << …will shortly be looking down the barrel, a barrel that doesn't have .....
» 30/07/2010 9:53:48 AM Good article Matthew. << Dwindling global oil supplies are leaving the world ever m.....
» 30/07/2010 9:29:54 AM Peter, what a crying shame it is that you can’t recognise a monumental change in Australia.....
» 30/07/2010 8:47:01 AM John, you list a whole lot of ominous things that are likely to happen this century if CO2.....
» 30/07/2010 7:20:58 AM It stinks! Any sort of alignment between the Greens and Labor is just repulsive. I mean,.....
» 30/07/2010 6:45:05 AM I suggest that climate change policy should basically be a spinoff of policies directed in.....
» 30/07/2010 6:16:37 AM Peter, in my experience over three decades of ‘greenieism’, most fellow environmentally-or.....
» 30/07/2010 5:28:30 AM Well Foxy, if you and your hub genuinely think that the babbling Abbott is significantly w.....
» 29/07/2010 9:18:35 PM << My husband feels the same way as Poirot. He's telling me that he's simply going t.....
» 29/07/2010 8:58:19 PM << Ludwig, how can you say that? >> Hasbeen, I presume you are referring to m.....
» 29/07/2010 10:34:08 AM The other all-important policy area is the development of a sustainable society, which nec.....
» 29/07/2010 10:32:22 AM But Xammy, hasn’t it all effectively been done? Isn’t there a strong indication from the g.....
» 29/07/2010 9:37:51 AM Forrest I’m not so sure that tight scrutineering is all that important. There is a big c.....
» 29/07/2010 9:30:49 AM << The minute a party shows up that shows its worth by pointing our society in a mor.....
» 29/07/2010 8:57:04 AM << ALP strategists are reportedly already distancing themselves from the Prime Minis.....
» 29/07/2010 8:02:57 AM Good on you Belly for being involved with the scrutineering process. I disagree with your.....
» 28/07/2010 8:18:32 PM I am pleased to report that it has all been working perfectly for the past week. Yay!.....
» 28/07/2010 12:09:06 PM I don’t see a lot of point in critically examining Gillard’s past. She was part of the dis.....
» 28/07/2010 7:59:55 AM I was not a great supporter of Howard, but his asylum seeker / border protection policies .....
» 28/07/2010 7:55:32 AM Susan, thankyou for your response of 23 July. << …the Pacific Solution was designed.....
» 27/07/2010 8:04:09 PM << Do I have to vote ! ? no please , don't make me do it. >> No you don’t hav.....
» 27/07/2010 1:22:36 PM It is really unfortunate that the good thinking people of OLO are finding this election ca.....
» 27/07/2010 1:21:34 PM << Just observe how much impact that pathetic 'debate' has had on peoples views on t.....
» 27/07/2010 10:38:06 AM More political rhetoric? Or a Prime Minister with the courage to tackle climate change and.....
» 27/07/2010 7:33:13 AM Local representation just doesn’t seem to count for much at all. Over the years I have bee.....
» 26/07/2010 9:25:33 PM Thinker 2, I’m interested in the federal election this time around more than probably ever.....
» 26/07/2010 6:35:01 AM Benq, I’ve had a similar experience, to the extent that I have realised the complete futil.....
» 25/07/2010 6:04:27 AM Agreed Pelican. There are a number of variables that seem to be more important than the a.....
» 24/07/2010 9:26:00 AM Nicely put Forrest. I left a message on Wyatt’s website notifying him of this OLO discuss.....
» 24/07/2010 8:57:11 AM If your local member of federal parliament is only concerned with matters within his/her e.....
» 24/07/2010 8:47:25 AM Yes Poirot, it is a frequent source of frustration to me that we can't edit comments after.....
» 22/07/2010 9:58:34 PM Moving forward requires conviction! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0_avwKo4S0.....
» 22/07/2010 8:58:33 PM Hrrgh! I'll try that again.... I’d be interested TO know a bit more about this experienc.....
» 22/07/2010 8:53:30 PM << My answers surprised me >> Hahaheheeeee. That’s funny Oto! ( :>) I’d b.....
» 22/07/2010 8:35:44 PM Listen to Wyatt Roy on PM this evening: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2961478.htm.....
» 22/07/2010 1:30:36 PM << If the ALP wins government, Australians will have endorsed the right of non-elect.....
» 22/07/2010 9:21:56 AM Julia Gillard’s ridiculous ‘moving forward’ has made me move sideways away from supporting.....
» 22/07/2010 6:40:38 AM << Oh - I almost forgot - he did say sorry to the Stolen Generation, but it’s a pity.....
» 21/07/2010 8:26:38 PM A couple of days ago, Julia Gillard was in Townsville as part of her election campaign, ac.....
» 21/07/2010 9:32:49 AM << Yet despite such a range of important and conflicting issues, the major parties s.....
» 20/07/2010 9:49:43 PM Good thread Custard. Very disturbing stuff. I think our rule of law is pretty damn sick i.....
» 20/07/2010 9:10:28 PM << We support sustainable economic growth >> This should be; we support a sus.....
» 20/07/2010 9:04:33 PM On the day after the Great Deletion, I would like to thank you Forrest for your comments. .....
» 19/07/2010 10:58:13 AM << I'm not sure what you have in mind… >> Pat, it is simply a matter of the p.....
» 19/07/2010 10:28:14 AM Well, I don’t have any problem with a 20 year-old being elected to federal parliament. If.....
» 19/07/2010 10:09:40 AM Banjo, it looks as though the 'mushroom factor' with discussing immigration might have bee.....
» 19/07/2010 9:50:34 AM When you cast your vote, please remember…. You don’t have to vote for anyone. You are not.....
» 19/07/2010 9:40:09 AM << Holding refugees in Nauru was designed as a punitive measure >> No it wasn.....
» 19/07/2010 9:01:35 AM << JG has tried to ditch all the Labor policies and pretend to adopt Abbott's. >&.....
» 18/07/2010 9:31:21 AM Pat, I think that one of the main causes of road rage is the powerlessness that people fee.....
» 18/07/2010 9:07:33 AM Wyatt is the LNP candidate for Longman, just north of Brisbane. He is 20 years old. I que.....
» 18/07/2010 8:13:56 AM Only on two occasions did the police actually follow my complaints through and let me know.....
» 18/07/2010 8:10:39 AM Blue Cross wrote; >> there are quite a few of the really bad drivers that have thei.....
» 18/07/2010 7:47:24 AM CJ, go back to bed! Then in an hour or three, wake up and get out of the other side!.....
» 18/07/2010 7:22:14 AM This discussion is already progressing on a different thread. Please see my comments there.....
» 18/07/2010 7:16:05 AM << …not all people who choose not to vote are necessarily apathetic, some are simply.....
» 18/07/2010 7:14:31 AM << …suggesting that our system is voluntary because one may cast a null vote is not .....
» 17/07/2010 10:42:38 PM Yair not bad Gary! Pooowr old Kevvie The factional leaders of the ALP certainly did do j.....
» 17/07/2010 10:12:41 PM Interesting post, vociferous. But….voting IS voluntary! We are not obligated to vote for.....
» 17/07/2010 9:16:55 PM << Ludwig, come on mate, you can't see "Pyney" as a weak link? >> N.....
» 17/07/2010 9:02:06 PM Deeeear oh dear oh dear! { :> ().....
» 17/07/2010 8:18:28 PM Severin, it is good that you have checked out the SPP and considered them worthy of at lea.....
» 17/07/2010 1:51:55 PM There IS actually a new party with the RIGHT policies... The Stable Population Party of A.....
» 17/07/2010 1:39:34 PM Benq, I can't see that Pyney is any weaker than lots of others. I actually thought he did.....
» 17/07/2010 8:56:14 AM << While your article was interesting, I don't think you have demonstrated with any .....
» 16/07/2010 9:59:15 PM << As a result of THAT habit I AM getting older and....wider! >> Haaahahaha!!.....
» 16/07/2010 9:33:22 PM As it is now, there is one speed limit for the principled law-abiding citizen or the citiz.....
» 16/07/2010 9:31:35 PM << I defy anyone to drive from the Gold Coast, up the expressway [at or just under t.....
» 16/07/2010 8:15:36 PM Shadow Minister, at the moment it is just speculation that Gillard had made an agreement w.....
» 16/07/2010 2:17:40 PM As for asylum seekers, you’ve lost me there too Peter. The crux of the issue should be too.....
» 16/07/2010 2:15:47 PM Sorry Peter, but I’m not impressed. << Both major parties’ talk about sustainable p.....
» 16/07/2010 9:18:45 AM << Julia Gillard is an insubstantial leader of a major Australian political party, c.....
» 16/07/2010 8:27:22 AM Ooow Foxy, you really are FOXY!! A few loose screws in an old rocking chair, eh! Now tha.....
» 16/07/2010 8:07:27 AM << Allowing a learner driver to exceed the speed limit at all during a 30 minute dri.....
» 15/07/2010 1:56:38 PM Woah! There it was Forrest, five minutes ago - that whacky phenomenon where every article.....
» 15/07/2010 1:48:44 PM << One of the side effects was that mail was sitting in a queue….The reboot emptied .....
» 15/07/2010 12:46:01 PM << "Today, invasions don't have to be military...they can be of diseases, they .....
» 15/07/2010 12:17:53 PM Hi Col << Rudd & Co were elected on a campaign of “mee too” >> Yes…what a st.....
» 15/07/2010 9:53:40 AM CJ, here’s the new thread that you prompted me to start: http://forum.onlineopinion.com......
» 15/07/2010 8:36:27 AM I pinched this title from the editorial in the Courier Mail of 14 July. The editor put it.....
» 15/07/2010 8:04:52 AM Morn’n Foxy Thanks for that little poetic ditty. ---- Wether he ewesed The threes or th.....
» 14/07/2010 9:53:32 PM << …the language used by shock jocks and the Howard government about the boat people.....
» 14/07/2010 8:38:30 PM Sevvie’s on about her plum trees and AL’s on about his gum trees. http://www.youtube.com/.....
» 14/07/2010 7:49:31 PM Ah yes AL, Eucalyptus scoparia – Wallangarra whitegum. Very nice. But Eucalyptus apocynif.....
» 14/07/2010 6:24:28 PM YES !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! YAAAAAARHOOOO !! !! !! YEEEHAAAAR!! !! !! !! The email aler.....
» 14/07/2010 4:17:18 PM Benq, I wasn't there during that era, or at least not tuned into any of those artists back.....
» 14/07/2010 4:07:49 PM << Isn't it a shame that not either party has the cojones (ovaries or balls) to real.....
» 14/07/2010 3:58:36 PM << The use of "extremely strong and condemnatory language" in the article .....
» 14/07/2010 3:32:41 PM << A bi-partisan effort from the Libs and Labor to assist with refugees with other c.....
» 14/07/2010 9:40:41 AM It is not at all surprising to me that quite different recommendations would be reached in.....
» 14/07/2010 9:23:33 AM Well, the front page did come up, but it was excruciatingly slow. Accessing the new artic.....
» 14/07/2010 9:07:49 AM Yes, the front page appears to be problematic. I've just managed to pull it up, but wasn't.....
» 14/07/2010 8:55:47 AM Bungled that - wattles in the Warrumbungles!.....
» 14/07/2010 8:54:21 AM Do I have something I really love? Not my car, not my job or house or any particular pers.....
» 14/07/2010 8:11:15 AM << …the 1951 UN Convention needs updating by 60 years >> It certainly does Ya.....
» 13/07/2010 11:25:40 PM << And you have not yet taken into consideration the 170 people that have drowned tr.....
» 13/07/2010 10:45:40 PM Leigh asks: << Why are there so many people coming here, legally and illegally, if .....
» 13/07/2010 10:38:20 PM Wow, what a hysterical article! There are certainly legitimate concerns about Gillard, or.....
» 13/07/2010 9:57:23 PM Well said Fester.....
» 13/07/2010 9:37:08 PM After an initial reading of this article (I wasn’t able to access it all day!), it seems q.....
» 13/07/2010 2:55:23 PM The Liberal National Party had a full-page ad in last weekend’s Townsville Bulletin and pr.....
» 13/07/2010 2:51:08 PM Gee thanks for the link to the Wikipedia emoticons CJ. That’s all new to me. :-* :-* :-* .....
» 13/07/2010 1:07:22 PM Man, this really is starting to peeve me. I've got a day off work, and a whoooole lot of .....
» 13/07/2010 12:35:26 PM I couldn't access the forum just now. Again I had to go back to an old email alert to get.....
» 13/07/2010 10:47:11 AM << Decentralisation is clearly necessary if Australia to unclog its capital cities a.....
» 13/07/2010 10:16:27 AM Graham, OLO has gone into super slow mode. This page came up quickly, but others are extr.....
» 13/07/2010 9:48:28 AM Thanks CJ. You’re right, that’s got my dander up. Stay tuned for a new general thread. Rr.....
» 13/07/2010 9:42:21 AM A threadhog ?? !! ?? who, Li’’le ol’ Luddie? Neeeever!! Oh….oow…um… ok... perhaps occasio.....
» 13/07/2010 8:58:15 AM You are right benq – the Beatles were great. I was too young to appreciate them at the tim.....
» 12/07/2010 11:37:06 PM CJ, what are these things supposed to mean that you put at the end of your posts - :P and .....
» 12/07/2010 11:11:48 PM I’ve never really concurred with Christopher Pyne much before, but I think he was pretty m.....
» 12/07/2010 10:55:45 PM Here’s a general thread that I started exactly two years ago on the utter duplicity betwee.....
» 12/07/2010 8:57:43 PM Hello good people of OLO. I was just wondering how many of you contribute to other fora o.....
» 12/07/2010 8:38:26 PM What about the simple point that I made in my first post on this thread, to which no one r.....
» 12/07/2010 6:54:38 PM << Give me the old big bands of the thirties and forties… >> I’m with you the.....
» 12/07/2010 12:40:17 PM << I was twenty when John Lennon died... >> That makes us about the same age .....
» 12/07/2010 10:22:02 AM Aww phoowey! This old fogey’s getting right away from this depressing thread….and away fro.....
» 12/07/2010 9:23:07 AM A very good overview Gary. But what on earth can we realistically do about it??.....
» 12/07/2010 8:59:52 AM Isn’t it amazing how we all think. On other subjects, I find myself aligned with Cornflow.....
» 12/07/2010 8:48:31 AM << I think your time has already come, old mate. You've clearly lost your marbles &g.....
» 12/07/2010 8:44:43 AM << Another form of predictable irrationality is procrastination. >> Huh?? I a.....
» 12/07/2010 8:22:55 AM Hmmmm The real disaster was that the Beatles became so huge, with their very ordinary voi.....
» 12/07/2010 8:21:23 AM << That means I'm… >> only a few short years away from a horrible disaster eh .....
» 12/07/2010 8:02:58 AM << Our police force is at 'breaking point' and the last thing we need to waste this .....
» 11/07/2010 9:14:21 PM Erm.... but I'm still not getting email alerts (:>(.....
» 11/07/2010 9:10:00 PM Well, it is running like a pearler this evening (:>).....
» 11/07/2010 8:59:43 PM Rehctub wrote: << yet, had this guy not been blind rotten drunk, there would have b.....
» 11/07/2010 9:22:36 AM She’s stripping on the Rock What an almighty sight to see And I’m wishing I had been there.....
» 11/07/2010 8:09:57 AM Yes OLO is very slow this morning, with server error messages all over the place. Second a.....
» 11/07/2010 12:30:45 AM AL, hey AAAAL, that nasty CJ doesn't like your vid or our mate Glenn, and he's giving me a.....
» 10/07/2010 11:53:42 PM << Of course the general public aren't agitating for an increase in the formal refug.....
» 10/07/2010 11:14:58 PM << 50,000 visa overstayers does not translate into 50,000 new Aussies >> I un.....
» 10/07/2010 9:34:00 PM Graham, I had set the email alert for this thread but no alert has come through......
» 10/07/2010 9:29:24 PM Xam Have you ever in any way lobbied our federal government to increase our formal refuge.....
» 10/07/2010 8:57:38 PM Nice one Foxy. May I add another verse? Will our dame PM be great Or plonk us deeper in .....
» 10/07/2010 8:40:06 PM Thanks for the personal email Graham regarding this problem. ---- My email alerts are not.....
» 10/07/2010 7:55:42 PM << If the polys think there are votes in it, they will act. >> That seems to .....
» 10/07/2010 10:04:21 AM << Of course there is, it's just not as emotive a political weapon… >> I’ve g.....
» 10/07/2010 10:03:10 AM << The numbers of asylum seekers arriving by boat is still very low >> Yes Gr.....
» 10/07/2010 9:10:43 AM Xammy! Fair go! I’m just not too sure what you are trying to say, but it all sounds way o.....
» 10/07/2010 9:01:37 AM Foxy, the person to whom you refer might have balls, but a brain?? C'mawwn, that’s pushin.....
» 10/07/2010 8:35:35 AM I put this up on another thread, but no one responded (:>( With so many lawyers in our.....
» 9/07/2010 9:19:08 PM There once was a PM called Rudd Who turned out to be a total dud Everything he touched tur.....
» 9/07/2010 8:49:10 PM In relation to the point that Ross Barnett made at the end of the article about the enviro.....
» 9/07/2010 8:46:01 PM CJ, I can’t imagine that the public could get anywhere near the military facilities at Jer.....
» 9/07/2010 1:38:11 PM << There's something disturbingly neocolonial about the way the Australian governmen.....
» 9/07/2010 1:34:43 PM << It would be nice to think that Gillard could be a good Prime Minister - but, let'.....
» 9/07/2010 10:40:11 AM << Don't worry Ludwig - I won't rub it in too much >> Crikey CJ, aren’t you b.....
» 9/07/2010 10:07:43 AM Oh dear. I’d better put my photos of Uluru and Booderee away, never to be seen again! I w.....
» 9/07/2010 8:00:50 AM << Lawyers have traditionally been the largest professional sub-group not only in th.....
» 8/07/2010 11:57:04 PM CJ Morgan writes: << If two people are silly enough to want to marry each other, wh.....
» 8/07/2010 11:38:23 PM << The police are being seen to be protected. Respect for the law and for rigorous t.....
» 8/07/2010 10:59:52 PM Bugger! I so badly want Julia to be good PM. But she’s suddenly looking very wobbly!.....
» 8/07/2010 10:50:46 PM << Sgt Hurley knew (hell, he's the one who told me) that he was responsible for ensu.....
» 8/07/2010 10:26:48 PM Custard, I don’t understand how the Crime and Misconduct Commission Chairman Martin Moynih.....
» 8/07/2010 9:33:37 PM Nice to know you worry, if only a teeny weeny bit, about my political position, CJ. ---- .....
» 8/07/2010 8:17:37 PM In my last post I wrote: << And as far as population and sustainability policy goes.....
» 8/07/2010 12:44:40 PM RICH AL, you reckon CJ is a progressive !! ?? !! ?? !! Wow……that reaaaally floored me !!.....
» 8/07/2010 12:27:03 PM Banjo, thanks for the low-down on other forms of asylum-seeking and immigration law infrin.....
» 8/07/2010 11:51:40 AM Blue Cross, Australia should certainly be having more of an input into refugee issues in A.....
» 8/07/2010 10:46:51 AM ALGOREis RICH&FAT, my understanding of ‘progressivism’ is that it is just another neologis.....
» 8/07/2010 9:46:04 AM << For all the variety in their many progressive policies, the Greens can’t shake of.....
» 8/07/2010 9:24:29 AM << …don't pedal this crap about this being an "URGENT" issue that we simpl.....
» 8/07/2010 9:09:42 AM << New Zealand has a lot to gain economically by joining the federation. >> B.....
» 8/07/2010 8:33:12 AM << As Labor luminary Graham Richardson put it so succinctly, Labor will do 'whatever.....
» 8/07/2010 8:24:43 AM StG, that little graphic is quite striking. But of course it is oversimplistic and hence q.....
» 7/07/2010 10:46:11 PM << Has anyone commenting here done any research into the benefits for the people of .....
» 7/07/2010 10:11:58 PM << I think we should dispense with parliament and install Queen Julia in our very ow.....
» 7/07/2010 9:49:29 PM Good on you Belly. I understand your anguish about expressing such things – things which .....
» 7/07/2010 9:34:18 PM Custard, I share your concern about what has happened on Palm Island. I have had a lot to .....
» 7/07/2010 8:32:34 PM << Hardly anything to boast about is it? >> No, Gillard’s achievements to dat.....
» 7/07/2010 6:38:21 PM << First you create the notion that everybody is under imminent threat by some kind .....
» 7/07/2010 2:55:03 PM << I'm big-eared and proud... >> Er... does he wear budgie-smugglers?.....
» 7/07/2010 1:13:13 PM << What Gillard said yesterday, about stopping the boats coming, was all lies and sp.....
» 7/07/2010 12:26:44 PM << …the most interesting thing about this 'debate' is that such a relatively trivial.....
» 7/07/2010 11:35:06 AM << It's called "grab the parcel" - Howard grabbed it from Hanson, and now .....
» 7/07/2010 11:33:20 AM << After her frequent and vociferous condemnation of the pacific solution and off sh.....
» 7/07/2010 10:59:58 AM << The kiwis wouldn't have a part of it and I don't blame them. Our politicians are .....
» 7/07/2010 10:57:34 AM << Ludwig, I am so disappointed in the limited range of your thinking. I expected mo.....
» 7/07/2010 10:28:48 AM << Advantages for E Timor seem to me that it would bring quite a lot of intellectual.....
» 7/07/2010 10:15:37 AM Blue Cross, this is my checklist of differences between the Rudd and Gillard governments. .....
» 7/07/2010 8:38:12 AM Wow CJ, a politician with balls and a brain! What more could you ever want in a pollie? .....
» 7/07/2010 8:26:02 AM Bruce, what has Howard’s history or your interpretation of it got to do with Gillard? Gil.....
» 7/07/2010 7:50:05 AM Did you see Scott Morrison on Lateline last night? Impressive! http://www.abc.net.au/lat.....
» 7/07/2010 7:47:05 AM << …but to say it would bring the roof down on me. >> Say it Belly! Express y.....
» 6/07/2010 11:33:13 PM << I know that it's only early days yet, and there is much still to be done - but at.....
» 6/07/2010 11:16:00 PM << I never thought I'd say this but.. JULIA GILLARD IS BRILLIANT :) >> I don’.....
» 6/07/2010 8:52:03 PM << The liberals are in a win win situation, as if JG continues with previous Labor p.....
» 6/07/2010 8:02:39 PM Australia and New Zealand united? The name of the new country could be….. Auszealand…. (o.....
» 6/07/2010 1:27:38 PM Not quite sure what you mean by the first domino to fall, spindoc. I hope that it will be.....
» 6/07/2010 1:21:09 PM rehctub, it makes you wonder just how autocratic our supposed democratic system really is,.....
» 6/07/2010 1:02:26 PM To quote spindoc from another thread: << The ALP said they would close the “White E.....
» 6/07/2010 12:41:01 PM Bugger! That should have read: I see HER immediately as being strongly unbalanced and no.....
» 6/07/2010 12:38:55 PM << Sure there should be a debate in which issues surrounding asylum seekers, refugee.....
» 6/07/2010 12:25:54 PM CJ, it beats me how you can call Gillard's sensible call for debate that is uninhibited by.....
» 6/07/2010 9:51:45 AM Foxy, I totally agree with your last post re Gillard’s partner. ---- Gerrit, you make an .....
» 6/07/2010 9:14:25 AM I’d be very reluctant to support nuclear energy in Australia for all the reasons that have.....
» 6/07/2010 8:39:19 AM G’mooorn’n CJ Ok, so you’ve put up two posts on this thread, with a grand total of 19 wor.....
» 6/07/2010 8:14:37 AM If we are going to make any changes, then let’s concentrate on how we can improve our syst.....
» 6/07/2010 7:48:23 AM No one has responded to my last post, particularly my suggestion of Scott Morrison for Lib.....
» 6/07/2010 7:31:51 AM One Hanson supports Gillard while another Hanson condemns her! PM Gillard yesterday said:.....
» 5/07/2010 8:58:00 PM I heard an interview on ABC radio yesterday with this silly woman who is a car rally co-dr.....
» 5/07/2010 8:35:38 PM << Why criticise those who choose to push the limits? >> For a number of reas.....
» 5/07/2010 11:31:26 AM The CSIRO does indeed seem to have lost its way with the fundamental notion of more from l.....
» 5/07/2010 10:45:29 AM Dammit. Stuffed it up in the last sentence. It should read: And then we should double ou.....
» 5/07/2010 10:39:02 AM I think that any boats currently on the way need to be accommodated. The people on them,.....
» 5/07/2010 10:36:53 AM Good article Stephen. Welcome to OLO. <<Again I ask you, at what point does the con.....
» 5/07/2010 9:42:29 AM Poirot, judging by the opinions of renowned physicists around the world, there seems to be.....
» 5/07/2010 8:42:28 AM Einstein was obviously a daftarse!! (:>/ He never really got old and grey. He was alwa.....
» 5/07/2010 8:24:16 AM <<…the world's economy will only get BETTER, not worse!>> How do you figure t.....
» 4/07/2010 10:25:15 PM Arjay, you can't vote for an independent without your vote ending up counting for one of t.....
» 4/07/2010 9:58:29 PM Well I did carefully proofread that last post after giving it the mandatory spell and gram.....
» 4/07/2010 8:59:04 PM Does capitalism drive population growth? It is good question Squeers, and a very importan.....
» 4/07/2010 10:06:37 AM I can’t imagine how the Libs could have a snowflakes chance in hell of winning the next el.....
» 4/07/2010 9:09:21 AM Good points colinsett. One of the reasons for keeping Rudd right out of it is his horribly.....
» 4/07/2010 9:01:37 AM Keep Rudd away from foreign policy? Yes. Stephen Smith is doing an excellent job. No mat.....
» 25/06/2010 12:09:46 PM Rudd made two fundamentally terrible mistakes. On all the talkback radio that I've been li.....
» 21/06/2010 8:49:36 AM GDay CJ. I'm in Loosenoosa on holidays. I've just been out around Birdsvile. Might head to.....
» 20/06/2010 5:47:48 PM Banjo, you've got it. At the moment it is more rewarding to sit on the beach and do a bit .....
» 18/06/2010 7:08:45 PM I've been a beach bum in Noosa for three weeks. The weather has been a mixture of lovely s.....
» 18/06/2010 6:32:45 PM I don't like Obama's condemnatory rhetoric about BP. We don't know if BP is guilty of negl.....
» 14/06/2010 4:06:48 PM The best thing they could do to make soccer a better game would be to simply make the goal.....
» 21/05/2010 10:30:31 AM Great article Eric, as always. << It is more surprising that the average Australian.....
» 7/05/2010 9:19:38 AM Wonderful stuff. Clear and concise, and spot-on. The best article I've read on OLO yet. .....
» 6/05/2010 10:54:34 AM Very good, Cory Bernardi. Rudd has certainly stuffed up the population issue good and pro.....
» 4/05/2010 12:16:47 PM << On balance, the problems associated with a growing population are more manageable.....
» 4/05/2010 12:15:33 PM <<… faster GDP growth driven solely by faster population growth does not mean that p.....
» 4/05/2010 12:13:07 PM Perhaps, but I wonder what the average per-capita effects would have been. For Australia’s.....
» 4/05/2010 12:08:39 PM Something is gravely amiss with your reasoning Saul. Here’s a critique of your article (~.....
» 29/04/2010 9:23:30 PM Then if one of the trusted group turns whistleblower, they are all in deep doo doo. But if.....
» 29/04/2010 9:21:37 PM Xammy, yes I’ve been madly botanising as it is the best time of the year to do it – at the.....
» 26/04/2010 8:52:19 AM Suze, you wrote: << They deserve everything they get.>> But who’s ‘they’? I.....
» 24/04/2010 7:34:36 PM Within our democracy and legal system, even the most severe of crimes result in suspects b.....
» 24/04/2010 11:26:37 AM From today’s editorial in the Courier Mail: <<Cancers must be attacked swiftly and .....
» 16/04/2010 6:37:40 PM < Be Positive, Continue to Knock up the Missus and You Will Reap the Green Rewards >.....
» 16/04/2010 2:21:03 PM Fred, a huge contradiction just leaps out of this is article at me. You write; <The “g.....
» 25/03/2010 1:47:27 PM I’m not sure about this ‘one size fits all’ notion. The fact that popular parks with lots .....
» 20/03/2010 9:36:23 PM G'donya Ginxy (:>).....
» 11/03/2010 12:35:36 PM Well, of COURSE higher housing density will create serious problems, especially if the bas.....
» 7/03/2010 1:15:51 PM The trouble is that we have an absolutely disgusting level of respect for the rule of law,.....
» 1/03/2010 11:26:07 AM I appreciate your concerns Keith, but there is one big problem - you seem to have just acc.....
» 26/02/2010 9:12:39 PM I could possibly turn gay for my daaarling CJ Morgan. pffffffwa (kisses) ( ;>#).....
» 26/02/2010 8:28:29 PM Poirot, I think that it is almost definitely both a case of Homo sapiens killing off or di.....
» 25/02/2010 11:53:47 AM << Oh man! I vote Foxy and Examinator and CJ! They're made for the Job! >> C.....
» 24/02/2010 7:52:04 AM << “As the immigration rate drops, so will the emigration rate.” On what basis do y.....
» 23/02/2010 7:19:13 AM Thanks for asking Peter. I’ve said it all before a bunch of times on OLO, but repetition .....
» 22/02/2010 10:32:45 AM Excellent article Charles. But I’d like to know which country is represented by the dot .....
» 20/02/2010 1:42:55 PM Population is the debate Australia has to have. I think that we are finally going to get .....
» 18/02/2010 11:30:20 PM << …what do you consider more of a risk to other road users, DUI or minior speeding .....
» 16/02/2010 8:23:14 PM << Like many others, I feel that if the rest of the world is doing close to b*gger a.....
» 16/02/2010 9:53:12 AM << …the government's global warming challenge is not how it can fashion a more effec.....
» 15/02/2010 9:35:08 PM Foxy, my favourite travel destination – and why: Austraaaylia mate, coz it offers just ab.....
» 15/02/2010 3:40:32 PM Rob, we’ve reached the point where we need to do it quickly. No more dilly-dallying around.....
» 15/02/2010 12:13:46 PM Hey, we should be advocating a green society, not just a small portion of the workforce! .....
» 11/02/2010 1:29:25 PM << But I would still like to ask you which is the more likely. We manage to find eff.....
» 11/02/2010 1:16:13 PM << Don't worry about the CO2 Ludwig, everybody else is in the process of forgetting .....
» 8/02/2010 9:17:09 PM Good on you Foxy for raising the subject. You wrote (Sunday, 7 February 2010 9:36:44 PM):.....
» 8/02/2010 8:54:55 AM << Until and unless someone is able to bring some common sense to bear, Ludwig, it i.....
» 8/02/2010 5:30:06 AM Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has just signed a deal with China to sell $69 billion .....
» 6/02/2010 10:41:33 PM Spot on Ericc......
» 6/02/2010 9:31:46 AM Just remember at the forthcoming election you don’t need to vote for anyone!! You don’t n.....
» 1/02/2010 11:44:51 PM << Ludwig, who exactly is 'we'? You said: "I don't know which is correct CJ. B.....
» 1/02/2010 11:33:15 PM << Ludwig, others of like mind, please tell us how can this country, any country con.....
» 1/02/2010 11:08:03 PM Well isn’t this thread the lead balloon of the century!! By way of the lack of response, .....
» 31/01/2010 2:52:18 PM << This thread was never intended to debate world population. It was simply a stalki.....
» 31/01/2010 1:37:05 PM An article in Yesterday’s Townsville Bulletin gives the reader some basic information on a.....
» 31/01/2010 1:04:37 PM << Would you believe one southern hemisphere country is actually paying people to ha.....
» 31/01/2010 12:56:16 PM << But if we do [limit our population in Australia] … we will still be seen as vacan.....
» 30/01/2010 11:54:16 PM << Ludwig,It would not be difficult to reduce the world's pop by billions with weapo.....
» 30/01/2010 8:41:23 AM Belly, you’ve certainly highlighted just how hard it would be. Even to achieve a populatio.....
» 29/01/2010 10:10:50 PM << His figure for 100 million is too low, however, partly because it is based on Ame.....
» 29/01/2010 9:15:38 AM << I know that it is an unwelcome reality, but it is reality nonetheless . >> .....
» 28/01/2010 4:08:24 PM << over what time period would you see us achieve the death of five billion people? .....
» 28/01/2010 11:57:47 AM << You're still not going to convince anybody much with those figures, Ludwig. Is th.....
» 28/01/2010 8:15:08 AM As I would have expected, the reaction to Jack Alpert’s video is strongly negative. Of cou.....
» 27/01/2010 4:42:23 PM Individual, good thread. But the list of things that are taxed is actually vastly longer .....
» 27/01/2010 4:03:36 PM I say; leave the flag alone. As there is only one possible end-design for the new flag, ou.....
» 27/01/2010 3:04:19 PM Antiseptic, that's an interesting claim. Can you provide any more information? Thanks......
» 27/01/2010 2:53:55 PM Examinator, you wrote; << …most people will defend vigorously a know habit regardle.....
» 27/01/2010 1:53:56 PM Thanks for explaining your use of CJ, CJ! I accept that. I can see why you would rather be.....
» 27/01/2010 11:46:49 AM This is an interesting short video. http://population.org.au/ Jack Alpert gives a very b.....
» 27/01/2010 11:06:06 AM Sounds sensible JMCC. << No change to our system of government. >> Yes, in t.....
» 27/01/2010 10:49:32 AM We’ve had ‘Climategate’ and now we’ve got Christopher Monckton running around denouncing A.....
» 27/01/2010 9:03:39 AM << no, you'd have to pay me for me to participate in that snake pit! Talk about redn.....
» 26/01/2010 9:33:03 PM << I think a new flag is the least of our concerns at the moment. >> That is .....
» 26/01/2010 1:30:19 PM Wow, that Agmates forum is something to behold isn’t it! It’s is just so totally different.....
» 26/01/2010 8:48:54 AM << It boils down to people being reasonable in how they drive on the roads. >>.....
» 25/01/2010 12:29:06 PM Robp, you wrote; << …whenever they draw a firm line in the sand, there will always .....
» 24/01/2010 10:19:45 AM If the cops are rushing off to a job and they witness infringements on the road, of course.....
» 24/01/2010 10:15:59 AM Robp, there are various problems with the regulation of laws, not least a lack of resource.....
» 22/01/2010 3:51:53 PM << What's the point of adhering to the law when it only gets you into trouble… >&.....
» 22/01/2010 10:05:30 AM Good stuff Ms Skeptic Claw. Yer on the right track here! In another life I would have be.....
» 21/01/2010 11:22:09 AM << The focus on global warming and changes in climate and greenhouse gases is too na.....
» 20/01/2010 9:11:43 PM Then when Australia’s most eminent Eucalyptus botanist, Ian Brooker from the National Herb.....
» 20/01/2010 9:09:55 PM A fascinating story Roger. I can see the motivation for the sort of fraud that Heslop Har.....
» 20/01/2010 11:30:58 AM Ian, I support your concept. But I wonder about the practicalities. < This approach h.....
» 19/01/2010 11:53:04 AM < …let's make it clear that just because ASIO assesses someone as a security threat mea.....
» 16/01/2010 9:13:40 AM CJ, you are perplexing. It seems to me that you are just putting up a mental brickwall to.....
» 16/01/2010 8:37:57 AM << …what "fundamental violation of our constitution" exactly? >> A.....
» 15/01/2010 9:01:39 AM < To conclude, I hope Abbott and the Coalition will challenge Labor on a variety of pol.....
» 15/01/2010 8:38:45 AM What a weird little post CJ! It is completely off-topic. And it is something that I would.....
» 14/01/2010 5:34:16 PM That's very good news Graham. I've got to admit that it has been frustrating at times, st.....
» 14/01/2010 9:24:10 AM < So Peter Spencer, and thousands of Aussie farmers, have been expropriated of their li.....
» 14/01/2010 8:50:43 AM The concept is very simple and eminently sensible. Thanks for this article Robert and Nick.....
» 13/01/2010 9:27:42 PM Muffed it... That should have read... But does that really mean he has an IQ of over 120.....
» 13/01/2010 9:24:44 PM Squeers (x +y)x = z Yes, me ol' mate CJ is corrrect. But that does reeeally mean he ha.....
» 13/01/2010 8:05:51 PM He’s down, after 52 days. Well done Peter. May your mighty effort lead to some commonsens.....
» 13/01/2010 11:15:37 AM CJ, you continue to condemn Peter, but without having addressed the all-important point of.....
» 13/01/2010 6:42:45 AM Have debates on OLO degenerated into name-calling and hatred? No, they haven’t degenerate.....
» 12/01/2010 9:57:13 PM << I think we should agree to disagree on this issue.>> I’m not sure just wh.....
» 12/01/2010 7:54:07 PM Bugger! I muffed that. From my last post: << No Belly, I don't think I'm not wrong......
» 12/01/2010 11:57:40 AM No Belly, I don't think I'm not wrong. I reckon you'd be in the tiny minority by hitting.....
» 12/01/2010 11:36:24 AM Andrew, I agree that Abbott is not going to cut it. But is there anyone in the Libs who w.....
» 12/01/2010 9:43:19 AM Sounds reasonable Arjay, just so long as we start seriously reducing carbon emissions in o.....
» 11/01/2010 12:43:55 PM Peter Spencer put up an article on OLO on 27 Jan 2006, titled: ‘War on farmers’. http://ww.....
» 11/01/2010 12:39:10 PM CJ, I do indeed have a depth of feeling about Rudd that could be described as hatred. But .....
» 10/01/2010 3:09:54 PM Don’t forget the population growth factor. This leads to ever-bigger turnover, all else be.....
» 10/01/2010 9:59:49 AM << Joyce says the farmers should be compensated. Tanner says compensation would be m.....
» 10/01/2010 9:56:28 AM CJ, thanks for the Lavartus Prodeo link. I haven’t read all 327 comments, but I think I’ve.....
» 10/01/2010 9:51:11 AM Belly, please! Every one of us has the right to comment whether or not we have a detailed.....
» 9/01/2010 9:59:01 AM In response to CJ’s first post (23 December)…. << land clearing laws were enacted b.....
» 9/01/2010 5:49:24 AM << ...but we have to be sensible and assume that the banks have put safeguards in pl.....
» 7/01/2010 9:31:33 AM Thanks Wybong. Beautiful post. Brought tears. You have prompted me to pick up my act and .....
» 7/01/2010 9:19:46 AM < Australia now has an opportunity to be a catalyst for the world to consider the effec.....
» 6/01/2010 11:00:43 AM Good article Roger. But there are several other factors of vital importance to cyclists’ s.....
» 2/01/2010 2:01:24 PM I share your concerns Belly. What he is reported to have said doesn't sound good at all. H.....
» 2/01/2010 1:56:20 PM OK, now this thread has dropped off the general thread main page, as it is over a month ol.....
» 31/12/2009 11:59:40 AM Oh I see Phoenix - we aren't gonna roast therefore we shouldn't do anything! Mmmm hmmmm. .....
» 31/12/2009 10:27:09 AM < The greatest temptation is the naïve hope for a quick fix that will spare us from the.....
» 31/12/2009 10:00:41 AM I fully share Dr Glikson's concerns. However I think that nothing meaningful coming out Co.....
» 31/12/2009 8:33:16 AM It is good to see that The Australian is running a series of articles on the merits of a b.....
» 28/12/2009 7:28:10 AM Well at least there’s few intull…intellechew…intellekchuwal…ahm…sort-of-smartsh people on .....
» 27/12/2009 7:52:53 PM Hello Graham I’m seriously asking for four posts per day on the article threads. I reall.....
» 25/12/2009 1:54:39 PM Hi Atheistno1, atheistno2 here. Yes of course, everyone who has the opportunity should wa.....
» 25/12/2009 8:00:54 AM The Pope really does need to get a handle on the population component of environmentalism......
» 24/12/2009 10:48:52 AM Er, yeayus Q&A, strictly medicinal beverages were consumed last evening! ---- DEVK2AAB......
» 24/12/2009 10:17:32 AM Nothing whatsoever on human population size or growth. No balance. No sense of sustainabil.....
» 23/12/2009 9:39:30 PM Here's wishin yuz all a not too messy Crassmess and a very happy new year......
» 23/12/2009 1:43:52 PM The overriding lesson is that we humans don’t belong in the desert! Rhodanthe floribunda,.....
» 23/12/2009 7:14:49 AM Isn’t this fascinating. In this thread it was my intention to tie together the different a.....
» 22/12/2009 12:57:01 PM A new thread continues with a similar line of discussion: http://forum.onlineopinion.com......
» 22/12/2009 12:21:19 PM < The western world is on the brink of sliding into fascism with the rise of a creed th.....
» 22/12/2009 12:18:57 PM At the bottom of the article under ‘About the author’ is: < Justin Jefferson is an Aus.....
» 22/12/2009 11:03:54 AM << Think of government offices, they're putting in new ones everyday, I know I do it.....
» 21/12/2009 2:05:21 PM 1500 air-conditioners are being installed in homes in southeast Queensland every week! Qu.....
» 21/12/2009 12:44:48 PM Kevin, congratulations on striving to find a few answers. But there’s something huge miss.....
» 21/12/2009 10:58:19 AM Agreed Indi. Strikes at this time of the year stink! Hey, why worry about Christmas at al.....
» 21/12/2009 10:17:17 AM This could well be the key. When the business sector embraces the need to stop expanding a.....
» 21/12/2009 10:15:17 AM An interesting read Greg. I think you are right. But I’d go a big step further and sugges.....
» 18/12/2009 11:32:47 PM << Do you have any pets? >> No dog or cat. But a family of curlews that live .....
» 18/12/2009 9:08:40 PM How about this: James Bain was released from jail today after.... 35 years.... for a crim.....
» 18/12/2009 8:50:42 PM << Have you gained weight since being married or moving in with someone? Foxy, I’ve.....
» 18/12/2009 8:25:24 PM Thanks Belly for listing a few things that you like about Rudd. I guess it goes without s.....
» 18/12/2009 1:25:00 PM Oscar, it’s a bit of a rude awakening to be slammed for simply putting up your views for s.....
» 18/12/2009 12:41:39 PM Belly, I’m a bit perturbed that you haven’t responded to any of the direct questions that .....
» 18/12/2009 8:38:34 AM Lyndon, rather than freeing up the movement of people in Australia, we should be tightenin.....
» 18/12/2009 7:15:31 AM Dibbsy, I share your concern. We are indeed pissing around the edges of the fire. In fact,.....
» 17/12/2009 9:20:08 PM << However at State level I believe that the best marketing and best government are .....
» 17/12/2009 4:02:43 PM << If Australia were to propose such an organisation [a human union], or seek others.....
» 17/12/2009 12:27:21 PM Poirot, Howard’s luvvy-duvvy relationship with Bush was indeed spurious, and I mean spew-r.....
» 17/12/2009 11:29:13 AM Copenhagen as a monumental tragedy of the Commons. Yep, that’s a good way of putting it! .....
» 17/12/2009 8:39:50 AM Belly, you've put up two more posts that add nothing the subject of this thread. You are .....
» 16/12/2009 7:54:14 PM << There is nothing wrong with the present (State) leader of the LNP. His more measu.....
» 16/12/2009 10:39:50 AM << Ludwig, your complaint … would be more credible if you didn't spend so much time .....
» 16/12/2009 10:27:37 AM 3143 1535 1608! Ripping along! Oh the obsessiveness. When am I going to get a life?? W.....
» 16/12/2009 8:47:09 AM Belly! Attack the grouch, er I mean the man instead of addressing the subject, why don’t y.....
» 15/12/2009 8:54:21 PM I basically agree Cornflower. Just one comment in response to this: << …she is not.....
» 15/12/2009 1:00:47 PM << No matter how Bligh may turn, the lady is for burning. >> I don’t know abo.....
» 15/12/2009 11:43:23 AM From the article by Gregg Borschmann (link provided by Examinator in the opening post): &.....
» 15/12/2009 8:38:08 AM Thanks Poirot. Yes, Fritz Schumacher was on the ball. Such simple but profound messages –.....
» 15/12/2009 8:09:59 AM Good advice Prof. Thankyou......
» 14/12/2009 10:33:05 PM Interesting, Oto. A cyclone could actually raise property values and increase population g.....
» 14/12/2009 10:04:14 PM Isn’t it weird that Mrs is short for Missus! I can see why unmarried women are called Mis.....
» 14/12/2009 7:50:08 PM With respect Belly, you haven’t answered my question – you haven’t said what it is about R.....
» 14/12/2009 4:19:01 PM Eeegh! Please accept my extreme and extensive apologies your Exterminancy…er, Egomaniacy…e.....
» 14/12/2009 12:28:41 PM Good article, Benjamin. I’m in just about full agreement. Just a couple of comments… <.....
» 14/12/2009 11:28:15 AM Now let me see if I’ve got this right…. We have Mrs Missus, Mr Morgan, Dr Divorce, Profes.....
» 14/12/2009 9:54:35 AM What a sweet little rendition that is CJ. But I like this version better: http://www.you.....
» 14/12/2009 7:45:03 AM Thanks Arjay. Yeah the whole caboodle is about as robust as house of cards. Except that it.....
» 14/12/2009 7:00:07 AM Belly, you know why I call the Krudd government catastrophic. But for other readers, I’ll .....
» 13/12/2009 9:23:10 PM TheMissus I thought there might be a renewed call for the statehood for north Queensland .....
» 13/12/2009 1:36:36 PM Arjay, I guess most people, myself included, find something like this very hard to comment.....
» 13/12/2009 1:13:58 PM << My mother possessed moustaches.. >> ( : > O Pray tell Poirot, just how.....
» 13/12/2009 12:49:29 PM Setting aside the quite bizarre assertion from Peter Hume and others on this thread that A.....
» 13/12/2009 10:12:14 AM Haaa haha... Poirot, that reminds me of m’ ol’ aunty Jack!! http://www.abc.net.au/corp/i.....
» 13/12/2009 9:19:43 AM MWS (that confounded missing word syndrome) strikes again, as it does in just about half o.....
» 13/12/2009 9:10:01 AM Oh no Forrest, (from the link you provided) the cultural portal is going to close on 1 Jul.....
» 13/12/2009 8:32:10 AM I’m not sure CJ. There is plenty of time on your average flight to do both a lot of readin.....
» 12/12/2009 9:15:59 PM << I'm intrigued how you come across the first site >> Xammy, I just came acr.....
» 12/12/2009 8:18:30 PM AAAAArrrghh!! Please tell MEEEE you see it differently Belly.....or anyone!!.....
» 12/12/2009 8:02:02 PM << …so very many, fail to understand the true catastrophic damage he [Abbott] has al.....
» 12/12/2009 1:47:11 PM I've got to agree Scott. While summits, conferences and the like sound good in theory, mos.....
» 12/12/2009 1:16:47 PM Our education system is becoming run down primarily because of overall funding cuts, or at.....
» 12/12/2009 12:54:27 PM The hormone produced primarily by males and blamed for all sorts of blokey things is not w.....
» 12/12/2009 10:04:21 AM Good on you Oscar for raising your concerns here. Walk with me is grossly out of line to l.....
» 12/12/2009 9:16:06 AM Peter, the ideal result would be to have our population at a stable level that can be sust.....
» 11/12/2009 2:18:07 PM << I await Ludwig’s response >> Aww gee, it’s nice to feel wanted. Thanks Col.....
» 11/12/2009 12:51:30 PM In light of Ericc’s comment that this article is clearly from the heart, I have re-read it.....
» 11/12/2009 12:19:14 PM You know, there is another huge factor here, which has obviously been completely beyond th.....
» 10/12/2009 5:02:26 PM A similar theme to this derailed thread was commenced here: http://forum.onlineopinion.c.....
» 9/12/2009 12:12:30 PM This article (or its author?) is crackers! OF COURSE the population size and rate of grow.....
» 9/12/2009 11:21:02 AM CJ, I too desperately hope that the denialists are right. NOTHING of any substance can co.....
» 9/12/2009 11:09:36 AM << Recent growth has given us traffic, boxy housing estates and a whole heap of stra.....
» 9/12/2009 10:27:54 AM Divergence, yes Rudd’s position has got to be one of the most obvious and absolute pieces .....
» 9/12/2009 8:16:50 AM Yes Otokonoko, the roads were cut last wet season for quite a while, to the point that the.....
» 8/12/2009 10:24:32 PM << …what the constitution requires and what political parties in government are up t.....
» 8/12/2009 9:37:01 PM Rrrrrrgh! I’ve just become REALLY annoyed at not being able to put up a third post on toda.....
» 8/12/2009 8:19:52 PM << I'll lose a top little source of entertainment. >> Hahaha. Yair me too!! (.....
» 8/12/2009 2:55:55 PM I empathise, Individual. North Queensland has a fantastic natural environment. As well as.....
» 8/12/2009 1:51:46 PM << The first thing that you learn in a science degree is that all scientists should .....
» 8/12/2009 1:04:13 PM << It’s the height of hypocrisy for PM Kevin Rudd to call for world leaders to show .....
» 8/12/2009 12:42:37 PM Pelican, you wrote: << I am not totally unhappy with some of the current Government.....
» 8/12/2009 9:35:58 AM All this hoopla from the denialists and skeptics has put doubt in a lot of peoples’ minds .....
» 8/12/2009 8:40:20 AM “That's probably why people hug the southeast rather than venturing north” Ah but they AR.....
» 7/12/2009 11:22:16 PM Good evening Otokonoko. So you are a fellow Townsvillite and cyclist. Yes cycling is a go.....
» 7/12/2009 9:18:51 PM This has been a most interesting thread. Nice one CJ. Lots of goodwill has been expressed.....
» 7/12/2009 5:16:47 PM “Can you point me to the peer reviewed paper that conclusively proves global warming is dr.....
» 7/12/2009 1:39:42 PM From the front page of today’s Courier Mail: Shut the gate. Residents want cap on populat.....
» 7/12/2009 11:50:22 AM A sincere global warming skeptic? What an oxymoron. Or perhaps that should be a CO2moron…......
» 7/12/2009 11:19:12 AM “Julia Gillard …said a very sensible thing last weekend: this is not about climate change .....
» 7/12/2009 11:15:58 AM Have a nice day Pericles.....
» 7/12/2009 9:10:37 AM “Ludwig, I doubt we can move this conversation forward until you make your position clear......
» 7/12/2009 8:23:54 AM Most voters are reluctant to vote for minor parties as they are perceived to be single-iss.....
» 7/12/2009 8:22:56 AM “Why have we moved so far towards big business interests to the detriment in some cases to.....
» 7/12/2009 4:19:40 AM I’m sure these by-election results are not an endorsement of Abbott nor of the Liberals st.....
» 6/12/2009 9:01:45 PM “…more like the American tumbleweed. Goes which ever way the wind blows.” Yes. I can’t di.....
» 6/12/2009 8:35:21 PM Thanks Foxy I’m so disgusted by the missing word syndrome and small but infuriating typos.....
» 6/12/2009 8:02:02 PM “…if the Liberals had lost the seats, it would have been clear indication that the new lea.....
» 6/12/2009 1:45:35 PM The hugs vid brought streaming tears to my eyes. Beautiful! 'F-off communism! We don't ne.....
» 6/12/2009 1:37:57 PM Dear mud-dwelling lotus (growing in the OLO mud-puddle?) Let's all hope that Mad Monk, ah.....
» 6/12/2009 9:23:40 AM G’mooorn’n Bronwyn “I didn't notice it at the bottom of my screen or I would have chimed .....
» 6/12/2009 8:24:40 AM Crikey odo, I’d hardly call it a walloping for the Greens in either Bradfield or Higgins. .....
» 6/12/2009 7:55:18 AM “Some people talk a lot of dribble and it becomes illegible…” Maybe so, Desmond, but if t.....
» 5/12/2009 10:52:19 PM Grouchy, er ….Oscar, welcome to OLO. Yes. I do sort of … vaguely… feel sorry for Malcolm .....
» 5/12/2009 9:24:45 PM Thanks Peter. But as I read it, there is nothing to prevent the implementation of monetar.....
» 5/12/2009 9:07:38 PM “…one must judge people on what's on the inside that comes out in their actions.” Well, o.....
» 5/12/2009 1:20:00 PM Queensland Premier Anna Bligh recently floated the idea of dishing out $3000 bonuses to pe.....
» 5/12/2009 9:47:33 AM “Ludwig, Abbott's all over the place……” Yes RobP, I fear you are right. I said earlier t.....
» 5/12/2009 9:20:09 AM Forrest, your opening comments quacked me up! (:>) “My first reaction is to endorse th.....
» 5/12/2009 8:30:15 AM “Ludwig, if you took some responsibility for the clarity of your position, I wouldn't have.....
» 4/12/2009 8:48:58 PM The name’th Daffy D Duck, Ethquire. Don’t you worry, Thith little black duck ithn't goin.....
» 4/12/2009 8:00:48 PM “Cornflower - go away, you waspish old sourpuss” Oooooooo, thatththththththth deththththt.....
» 4/12/2009 9:57:41 AM Understood Shadow Minister. As I say, it is a balancing act, to come up with the right so.....
» 4/12/2009 8:11:32 AM “Ludwig, I apologise if I misunderstood you.” Cheers. “Actually, it is partly your fault.....
» 4/12/2009 7:36:43 AM "i got sick of getting the no post allowed message..in articles so stopped going ther.....
» 3/12/2009 11:40:12 PM It’s a bit of a tangent to the subject of this thread, but neither am I a fan of Citizen I.....
» 3/12/2009 10:52:39 PM G'Day Bushbred. Thanks for the support. "...the Thrill of the Business Chase" .....
» 3/12/2009 9:23:37 PM “I'm suggesting that lack of regulatory checks and balances is an encouragement for unethi.....
» 3/12/2009 8:29:23 PM You initially voted for Howard, Examinator!! Eeergh! Um, no I don’t think Howard should h.....
» 3/12/2009 8:20:18 PM Well Rees is gone. I bet you’re elated Belly. Let’s hope that NSW Labor can now get thei.....
» 3/12/2009 7:47:46 PM Hey CJ, where (the bloody hell) aaaare you? I’ve been hangin out all day for you to come .....
» 3/12/2009 5:15:18 PM “The limit should be at least 10”. Agreed rstuart. Four posts per thread and ten per day.....
» 3/12/2009 12:36:11 PM I’m struggling Shadow Minister to make sense of your post. So rather than respond to what .....
» 3/12/2009 10:52:56 AM And yet more ducktails…… A twaddle of ducks (ducks that waddle around in a T formation!! .....
» 3/12/2009 9:50:13 AM Costello is to blame?? I don’t think so! I’ve thought very poorly of Costello all along. .....
» 3/12/2009 8:22:11 AM Well pluck a duck!! Now I know why CJ is such an old goose! More duck tails…er…tales…. .....
» 3/12/2009 7:06:45 AM Scenario: You, a small retailer, wants to buy stock for the Christmas period. You are tol.....
» 3/12/2009 7:03:48 AM “”The more government control you exert on the retail trade, Ludwig, the emptier the shelv.....
» 3/12/2009 6:16:34 AM That’s a very good article that you referred us to, The Missus. Puts it right into perspec.....
» 3/12/2009 5:49:27 AM “Ludwig, writing slow for you…” Believe it or not, if you write slower, I will still read.....
» 2/12/2009 9:08:05 PM Sancho, I’m proposing a small increase in posting freedom on this forum. Not something tha.....
» 2/12/2009 8:59:25 PM “The problem with the ETS is that hardly anyone understands it. A half-decent journalist w.....
» 2/12/2009 4:51:43 PM ‘Integruity’. Good word. Something in between integrity and incongruity. Describes Mad.....
» 2/12/2009 4:33:21 PM “I'm not sure if I should extend my sympathy to plants. I might be in danger of sympathy b.....
» 2/12/2009 3:59:56 PM All too true, thinker 2. Like I said yesterday in another thread, the free market is a cro.....
» 2/12/2009 10:27:16 AM An open letter to our esteemed OLO founder and moderator... Graham, can I please request.....
» 2/12/2009 9:28:52 AM Chris Lewis writes; “Abbott notes that a ‘narrow focus on reducing carbon emissions could.....
» 2/12/2009 8:44:37 AM “Is anyone else hankering for some honest, colourful and real people in politics…” Um yes.....
» 2/12/2009 8:14:16 AM “Whats the betting that population control will not get a mention.” An almost certain bet.....
» 1/12/2009 8:40:32 PM Awww CJ, sometimes I think you are just a big kind-hearted cuddly bear underneath that pri.....
» 1/12/2009 8:07:51 PM “…this re-engineering of CJ's image…” Yes Cornflower, CJ is behaving in a very strange ma.....
» 1/12/2009 4:30:26 PM “Turnbull might well make a comeback once educated into not going along with Green dogma w.....
» 1/12/2009 4:09:39 PM Isn’t it just perfectly obvious to any thinking person that the conservative free market f.....
» 1/12/2009 12:50:21 PM Sair f>ck uvth zorce bodl mate. Ttthat beer with 320 pssssssssssent al alc alcol is b.....
» 1/12/2009 12:34:54 PM Abbott wins! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHH!! !! !! !! ( ;>O ( :>O ( :>0 ( ;.....
» 1/12/2009 9:41:35 AM “CJ, I'd have to be one of your biggest fans here on OLO” Oh Bronny, how COULD you?? ?? ?.....
» 1/12/2009 8:03:03 AM “I come here to chill CJ” Hahahahaha. Yes, our old Ceej often needs a good chilling, bein.....
» 30/11/2009 9:50:10 PM “I tolerate posters who disagree with me all the time” Huh? And you watch a herd (flock?).....
» 30/11/2009 7:59:54 PM Kelvin Thomson spells bad news for Ruddite Labor but good news for Labor in the longer ter.....
» 30/11/2009 4:22:27 PM Crikey CJ, sometimes I think that you and I are very mcuh alike. It is quite spooky really.....
» 30/11/2009 3:50:27 PM “I'm not sure if to admire your optimism or be dismayed by your political bias, to the exc.....
» 30/11/2009 3:32:26 PM What an enormously speculative article. Yes I suppose Patrick Baume’s scenario could happe.....
» 30/11/2009 2:34:04 PM Examinator, if that article wasn’t so close to the truth it’d be hilarious!! ‘Chances of .....
» 30/11/2009 12:14:21 PM Good question Examinator. I won’t attempt to answer it in this post. I just want to say .....
» 30/11/2009 11:35:48 AM OLO is my means of chilling out! Ah yes, to just sit down at the ‘puter and read CJ Morga.....
» 28/11/2009 1:32:32 PM From today’s Courier Mail: ‘Million dollar munchkins’. ‘The cost of raising kids has hit.....
» 28/11/2009 11:32:08 AM Further to my last post; Perhaps, perhaps perhaps!! ( :>| http://www.youtube.com/watc.....
» 28/11/2009 7:57:16 AM Rache, I basically agree, except for the bit about asylum seekers. My major concern is th.....
» 27/11/2009 9:08:19 PM “…it is up to Catholics themselves to change” Well, yes runner, it is up to them to make .....
» 27/11/2009 8:52:47 PM “Okay I'm headed out on a limb here but I'm sticking my hand up for Turnbull as the next P.....
» 27/11/2009 3:42:14 PM Examinator, what do you see as the significant differences / conflicts between what you ca.....
» 27/11/2009 2:04:04 PM Aaaargh. The confounded missing word syndrome strikes again. This is one of the bad thin.....
» 27/11/2009 1:24:34 PM Wonderful stuff Col. It is posts like this that really do make me feel as though old OLO h.....
» 27/11/2009 12:54:20 PM Amicus, I don’t buy this scientific conspiracy or ‘cartel’ theory. I believe that just t.....
» 27/11/2009 12:48:37 PM “The ETS/CPRS as now proposed has been so compromised as to be worse than useless.” (CJ Mo.....
» 27/11/2009 10:37:55 AM It's time for the Catholic church to change? Er...yes. Ain't that the truth. And absolu.....
» 27/11/2009 8:32:40 AM Thanks for the thoughtful responses to my questions Pericles. This is very good feedback, .....
» 26/11/2009 10:05:07 PM Pffff!! Pfffericles, stick it to ‘im why don’t ya. Wow!! Well, if Belly calls him a dunce.....
» 26/11/2009 8:51:38 PM Yes Amicus, that’s me – Mr Hysteria himself! Oh uh, hang on, wait a minute, hold your hor.....
» 26/11/2009 8:21:38 PM Apparently so you mean, old buddy. I learnt, as I said, that I should have ignored you. .....
» 26/11/2009 12:53:20 PM ‘The world can not be held to ransom by the greed or self interest of the largest economie.....
» 26/11/2009 12:41:44 PM What will it take to rally people behind the need to take strong action on cutting carbon .....
» 26/11/2009 12:17:40 PM OF COURSE our government should be keeping a very tight reign on urban development, and no.....
» 26/11/2009 12:14:35 PM Yes Wendell Cox, housing affordability is indeed a major problem. So what do you think we.....
» 26/11/2009 7:45:29 AM Suze, you wrote; “…there is one thing I have noticed among the elderly people. The ones .....
» 25/11/2009 9:20:39 PM Oh hullo CJ. You said bye bye but you didn’t leave, you just lurked and loitered around ou.....
» 25/11/2009 9:00:11 PM Cheers Belly and Arjay. I’m not going to leave OLO. …. Forrest, old buddy, thanks for i.....
» 25/11/2009 4:19:14 PM This is my 3000th post on OLO, 1500 of which are article comments and 1500 general comment.....
» 25/11/2009 3:58:00 PM Rudd’s greatest flaw has not even been alluded to by the article author or one single resp.....
» 25/11/2009 7:39:20 AM Ooow, no respondents! Pity about that. The silly exchange with CJ has sent everyone scoot.....
» 24/11/2009 10:02:22 PM Jeepers CJ, you’ve had a few accidents. No wonder you’ve only got one arm and one leg!.....
» 24/11/2009 9:48:58 PM “…there is one thing I have noticed among the elderly people. The ones that never had chil.....
» 24/11/2009 4:12:48 PM TheMissus, you wrote; “You have to go to work everyday to feed the little bludgers.” Hmm.....
» 24/11/2009 3:23:09 PM “I now view being a signatory to the convention as being little more than another pull fac.....
» 24/11/2009 2:51:00 PM “The restrainer on curtailing numbers for the on-shore refugee program is in the 1951 UN C.....
» 24/11/2009 12:17:29 PM I am very pleased to have not had rugrats, although I guess there is still the possibility.....
» 23/11/2009 3:59:57 PM Bye bye Ceej …. Now we might be able to get down to some meaningful discussion! If Bligh .....
» 23/11/2009 12:24:40 PM You are so right Peter A. Sustainability in Australia has got to come first. An essential.....
» 23/11/2009 11:18:48 AM An eminently sensible article Tanveer Ahmed. And well said odo. Rudd’s watering down of b.....
» 23/11/2009 10:34:01 AM Thanks for the summary CJ. Not sure why you felt the need to express it though. As I impl.....
» 23/11/2009 7:04:57 AM So then CJ, you have admitted that you are quite out of touch with the party that you are .....
» 23/11/2009 5:44:04 AM Belly, I don’t understand your post of 18 November that is directed at me. Could you pleas.....
» 23/11/2009 5:28:12 AM Dear oh dear CJ, what do you expect me to say now? How about the obvious – If you could.....
» 21/11/2009 1:05:35 PM Thanks for that particularly good post CJ. Possibly the best you've ever written, or perha.....
» 19/11/2009 6:24:44 PM "... which other political party is *trying* to address the population issue?' None .....
» 19/11/2009 11:51:07 AM The editorial in today's Courier Mail is excellent. Here are some quotes: 'The Premier .....
» 19/11/2009 11:37:37 AM As a result of Bligh's mooted decentralisation bonus, there have been calls for her to cap.....
» 19/11/2009 8:34:14 AM "Australia has significant raw resource availability, it drives the nation’s economy,.....
» 18/11/2009 8:25:08 PM I very strongly feel that there should be concerted efforts made to encourage lay people t.....
» 18/11/2009 8:06:14 PM "Geez Louise - don't hold back, tell us what you really think!" Always Dear Fox.....
» 18/11/2009 7:34:08 PM Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is considering offering a $3000 boost to the Federal Governm.....
» 18/11/2009 7:03:05 PM Rehctub, I presume that this is a current issue? But all that I can find is this: http://w.....
» 18/11/2009 8:29:38 AM "No Ludwig it was not high on the agenda. Mate keep your balance on this issue" .....
» 17/11/2009 8:57:25 PM Gee CJ I wonder what proportion of your posts have got absolutely nothing to do with the t.....
» 17/11/2009 8:04:10 PM TheMissus, who knows what lies out there in the deep dark rainforests of the far north. So.....
» 17/11/2009 7:40:16 PM 'As with so many decisions we make, the policies we’ve chosen are based on emotions rather.....
» 17/11/2009 7:23:22 PM "So far Krudd & Co have blown the budget surpluses and driven the country into debt. .....
» 17/11/2009 6:44:01 PM TheMissus, no worries. I reckon there are enough unnamed ironbarks out there for a Eucalyp.....
» 17/11/2009 6:36:24 PM "They'd have a file on you by now, Ludwig, you've made so many of these reports! They.....
» 17/11/2009 9:46:18 AM Boy 12 to fight Freddo Frog charge: http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/national/natio.....
» 17/11/2009 9:20:04 AM Fair comment Bronwyn. There are certainly positives and negatives to name 'buying' and ca.....
» 16/11/2009 9:32:55 AM A recently discovered snail has just been descibed. This is a very rare and restricted spe.....
» 16/11/2009 9:04:22 AM "I just made fun of yet another OLO redneck rant about asylum seekers" Yes well.....
» 16/11/2009 8:49:58 AM So Belly, did they discuss Rudd's 'big Australia' policy? Or wasn't it worth discussing co.....
» 16/11/2009 8:37:58 AM Ah yes, typical stuff from our one and only CJM - straight into offensive diatribe with no.....
» 11/11/2009 10:21:56 AM Xammy, the Libs DO have the same agenda! The differences between them and the Kruddites is.....
» 11/11/2009 9:58:57 AM So, while all this pathetic in-fighting rabble goes on and on, attention is being diverted.....
» 11/11/2009 9:39:07 AM "Ludwig what policy was Steven referring too in your post?" Xammy, I take it th.....
» 9/11/2009 9:55:11 AM "Usually when the government announces an important policy it cites some sort of stud.....
» 9/11/2009 9:17:40 AM Yes Divergence, isn't it interesting that Krudd is following a line that he never even men.....
» 5/11/2009 10:07:44 AM What a load of hopeless twaddle this article is!! Come Prime Minister, what we need from .....
» 5/11/2009 9:47:54 AM Cornflower "CJ Morgan your behaviour is always predictable - insults and personal ab.....
» 1/11/2009 11:21:09 AM "That is just the usual Bob Brown political opportunism and grandstanding - all B.S. .....
» 1/11/2009 11:09:31 AM "Ludwig. Come on old fella, be realistic. The Greens will not continue any sustainabl.....
» 29/10/2009 8:19:22 AM "Ludwig, I don't 'hate your guts' ..." Really! Well that IS news to me Ceej. Wo.....
» 29/10/2009 7:53:28 AM Good post CJ. Bob Brown is getting a fair bit of media about his opposition to Rudd's ma.....
» 26/10/2009 11:45:25 AM I totally agree Sarnian. Rudd is NOT the right person to lead this country. This has becom.....
» 26/10/2009 11:31:49 AM Dear oh dear CJ. You were doing reasonably well there for a bit. But you had to go and mak.....
» 25/10/2009 9:27:01 AM Actually I do know why Yabby is bothering with you CJ. It is because your arguments are so.....
» 23/10/2009 3:12:15 PM CJ was prattling on about social etiquette. Ahhhh hahahahaha!! That's still very amusing.....
» 20/10/2009 7:10:03 PM Ahhh fungus! That should have read; 'could you please proffer an answer' . Hey runner .....
» 20/10/2009 7:06:51 PM Yikes Sykes, you're almost as bad as CJ Morgan! Extremist to the extreme in your intolera.....
» 19/10/2009 7:12:32 PM "We were somewhere like this in Britain in 1938-39, and we changed the way we organis.....
» 19/10/2009 6:36:16 PM "The slope should be 2-3 degrees towards the centre of the platform." Yes of co.....
» 19/10/2009 1:11:49 PM "WHAT IDIOT..DESIGNS THE PLATFORM TO SLOPE..INTO THE TRAINTRACKS" Yes OUG. It m.....
» 19/10/2009 9:42:46 AM Good morning Ceej. I can just imagine you as a child. You must have been the world's wor.....
» 19/10/2009 8:48:36 AM "My suspicion is that Peak Oil not weird weather will force the issue within a few sh.....
» 19/10/2009 8:38:26 AM Baby survives after being run over by train. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/83112.....
» 18/10/2009 6:40:44 PM "It's not enough to want a sustainable existence - you've got to achieve it using pea.....
» 17/10/2009 9:36:49 AM "I'm not George Bush either. Where is my prize?" Yes benk, I bet there are a fe.....
» 17/10/2009 9:33:48 AM "...It's probably unsurprising that a couple of childless middle-aged singleton men a.....
» 16/10/2009 7:59:51 PM In answer to your questions Xammy; yes and no to all of them. In other words, opinion pie.....
» 16/10/2009 7:23:11 PM Xammy, I think we just have to accept that a big business like Newscorp is going to try al.....
» 16/10/2009 6:42:31 PM Aaah hahaha, this IS getting entertaining - even runner is boring it up CJ!! ( :>) . &.....
» 16/10/2009 9:39:13 AM Ugh! Correction: 'Well, if he hadn't done this sort of thing, he would have virtually bee.....
» 16/10/2009 9:32:01 AM The Norwegian Nobel committee explained its rationale as to why Obama won the Nobel Peace .....
» 16/10/2009 9:14:55 AM "Ludwig - Woof woof. Would you like a Schmacko?" Aaaah hahahaha. That's funny C.....
» 15/10/2009 7:32:08 PM "Dog-whistle" this, dog-whistle that. Broaden your vocabulary CJ. You're using .....
» 14/10/2009 6:22:42 PM "One moment we offer them first prize of a cushy Aussie lifestyle if they sail over t.....
» 14/10/2009 8:54:46 AM "There's that mean streak coming out in you again, Ludwig. :)" Oh piffle! You d.....
» 13/10/2009 6:38:48 PM Bronwyn, you make fair and reasonable comments. It was indeed a major move forward for Ob.....
» 13/10/2009 9:39:18 AM "...are you seriously suggesting the Australian Liberal party should/would ever give .....
» 13/10/2009 9:28:22 AM Thirdly, surely the effort and money involved would be much better put into our offshore r.....
» 13/10/2009 9:02:22 AM Thanks Bronwyn for your four-post response. "I said I UNDERSTOOD the deterrence log.....
» 12/10/2009 6:43:47 PM "Australia is not being 'flooded' with asylum seekers from the north and the numbers .....
» 12/10/2009 9:22:45 AM Give it back Barack! It is a major embarrassment to yourself and to the veracity of the N.....
» 12/10/2009 9:13:01 AM If these comments can strike a chord with the very high level of latent concern in the com.....
» 12/10/2009 9:09:34 AM "....and my warning establishes legally and unequivocally that I do not want to meet .....
» 10/10/2009 10:36:31 AM Pelican "Harry Connick comes from a country steeped in racism and it will only be wh.....
» 10/10/2009 10:31:40 AM "We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future but for what he (Oba.....
» 10/10/2009 10:21:12 AM Huh? CJ, my identity is not hard to find if you do a bit of digging. So keep trying if yo.....
» 9/10/2009 3:35:02 PM Morgan, I've got a friend who has followed our exchanges religiously right from the start......
» 9/10/2009 3:08:14 PM Bronwyn, you are still plugging away on this thread. Great. But you have passed over my qu.....
» 8/10/2009 9:13:18 AM WILLIE, you're talking about sustainable societies without even mentioning our very rapid .....
» 6/10/2009 7:29:41 PM "Cripes - now he's stalking me IRL" By goodness KK you've got this negativity d.....
» 5/10/2009 7:05:15 PM Ludwig: << When Howard tightened up border-protection policy, this is exactly what h.....
» 5/10/2009 6:51:00 PM "I understand the deterrence logic. I agree with you that it would be better all roun.....
» 5/10/2009 6:27:53 PM "CJ, that was a rather stupid and ignorant comment." Hahahaha. Yes indeed Yabby.....
» 4/10/2009 9:53:22 AM "I wonder how many people on this forum who are concerned about overpopulation have f.....
» 4/10/2009 9:47:57 AM Ludwig: "However, the main tenet of this article is of course rock solid. The human p.....
» 3/10/2009 11:29:55 AM From today's Courier Mail: 'Now 22 million reasons to fret.' Australia became a nation o.....
» 3/10/2009 11:17:18 AM Xammy, creationism and intelligent design were never realistic concepts worthy of anything.....
» 2/10/2009 7:26:26 PM Ludwig: << That presents us with a very difficult balancing act; to make the lives o.....
» 2/10/2009 7:24:29 PM "Howard's policies were never sustainable in the long-term." Yes they were! Mos.....
» 2/10/2009 7:04:06 PM Ludwig :<< So Bronwyn, the number of deaths would be greater if there was a tight bo.....
» 2/10/2009 5:29:32 PM "Every single person, with the possible exception of desert Aborigines and other hunt.....
» 1/10/2009 1:53:43 PM KHUUUUURRRR KHU Khu khu khu khou kough cough cough splutter dribble snort.... Oh my head .....
» 1/10/2009 1:29:49 PM "I wasn't 'desserting' anything." Hmmm. Three days absence Bronwyn, whereas you.....
» 30/09/2009 1:18:42 PM desserted? ah poo! deserted |;>/.....
» 30/09/2009 1:16:37 PM "It shows that with less boat people, the Govt is taking refugees from various parts .....
» 30/09/2009 1:09:29 PM Surely not Bronwyn. Surely you haven't desserted this thread, mid-discussion....again!?!? .....
» 29/09/2009 9:59:40 AM "Ultimately it is the general public that does not accept pedophilia in any form no m.....
» 29/09/2009 9:50:29 AM "Hey Suze, I don’t think it blasé as much as very realistic. We have the laws and an .....
» 28/09/2009 6:27:42 PM "...all those men should definitely have been punished. No matter who the perpetrator.....
» 28/09/2009 11:11:07 AM Graham, I don't know why you are confused. Things like this a just all over the place. Alw.....
» 28/09/2009 10:50:21 AM Aww come on folks. How about some meaningful comments!.....
» 28/09/2009 10:47:00 AM "Next time you hop into the supermarket for a loaf of bread or a juicy steak, you nee.....
» 27/09/2009 8:36:20 PM "Experience elsewhere indicates little or no risk of absconding." No it doesn't.....
» 27/09/2009 12:52:50 PM So then, no we don't turn boats around. We fairly and reasonably deal with those caught en.....
» 27/09/2009 12:42:08 PM "<< ... What deaths and misery was created by Howard's policies? >> All o.....
» 27/09/2009 10:09:25 AM "The deaths I'm talking about in the implementation of any 'Stop-the-boats' policy ar.....
» 26/09/2009 8:31:33 PM "Dog-whistling" "I've used that term many times before. It's the perfect de.....
» 26/09/2009 7:50:29 PM "But mate let me say it is blindness to judge Rudd for our growth. How could you and .....
» 26/09/2009 1:20:16 PM "It is pleasing that Bob Brown has changed his stance, as I recall he was once all fo.....
» 26/09/2009 11:28:25 AM "According to todays Tele, plans are being drawn up to house many additional illegals.....
» 26/09/2009 11:25:58 AM My god Fractelle, you've turned out to be an absolute shocker of a poster! I am flabbergas.....
» 26/09/2009 11:00:04 AM Sheesh, what is your problem Fractelle? Haven't we always got along well? You've previou.....
» 25/09/2009 11:20:26 AM "Ludwig for the benefit of us all, and to claw back some credibility, please explain .....
» 25/09/2009 11:08:59 AM "You could begin by explaining how we can stop the boats coming without condemning pe.....
» 25/09/2009 10:35:05 AM Australia's population growth is soaring at an unprecedented rate. This is just wonderfu.....
» 24/09/2009 1:18:15 PM "No Ludwig, as CJ has already pointed out, you very clearly used Julie Bishops's dog-.....
» 24/09/2009 1:09:25 PM "How wrong you are Ludwig" Thanks for bringing that to my attention Fractelle. .....
» 24/09/2009 10:13:08 AM This sounds excellent. The key point here is that a big company, of the sort that is tradi.....
» 24/09/2009 9:53:10 AM Thanks to all those who have responded here, on both sides of the debate, except for old C.....
» 24/09/2009 9:37:14 AM "Do you really think that a Liberal govt would significantly increase O/S aid to wher.....
» 23/09/2009 10:05:44 AM "Be careful what you wish for Ludwig. I cannot see Julie B or any of her cohorts push.....
» 23/09/2009 9:59:55 AM Bronwyn Bronwyn Bronwyn, how on earth can you condone people jumping in leaky boats and ma.....
» 22/09/2009 11:32:55 AM There must be an urgent review into Australia's border protection laws to deter asylum see.....
» 22/09/2009 11:07:42 AM Do you think she got the message. Of course not. Then a while later I did the same thing......
» 22/09/2009 11:03:17 AM Yesterday, travelling from Mossman to Cairns along the Cook Hwy - PINCERED! Caught betw.....
» 22/09/2009 10:58:33 AM Hellooooo..... CJ, where art thou??.....
» 20/09/2009 6:04:25 PM RAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNT RAANT RANT rant rant rant rararaarararaaaaararaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnt .....
» 20/09/2009 9:27:21 AM Xammy, I agree with your list of priorities. But they aren't mutually exclusive. If our sy.....
» 18/09/2009 12:11:26 PM I have asked a bunch of questions that I don't know the answers to. Nor can I even offer s.....
» 18/09/2009 10:33:21 AM Very good. Thanks for that CJ. I haven't encountered those chevrons. I haven't encountere.....
» 18/09/2009 9:44:54 AM Corny, you can't just move over to the left if you are roaring up a single-lane highway at.....
» 17/09/2009 10:47:43 AM Queensland Premier Anna Bligh wants to spend a few million dollars of taxpayers' money on .....
» 17/09/2009 10:31:58 AM Agreed rehctub. So if a community policing regime for road safety was to be implemented, t.....
» 17/09/2009 10:16:51 AM "If there is someone driving too close to me i slow down." But of course Desmon.....
» 14/09/2009 9:58:41 PM “I dispute that….” Antiseptic, I agree that if you make yourself conspicuous by driving a.....
» 14/09/2009 9:24:20 PM “Try telling this to the family of a guy who got shot and killed recently in brisbane. All.....
» 14/09/2009 9:24:47 AM Me not understand that Des. Can you elaborate. Thanks.....
» 14/09/2009 9:19:32 AM Antiseptic, You've responded to my statement: "Do you realise that there are a lot o.....
» 13/09/2009 8:42:05 AM And yet, when it comes ot reporting tailgaters, speeders, dangerous overtakers, etc on our.....
» 13/09/2009 8:38:59 AM "The problems with reporting someone for 'doing wrong' can lead to ramifications for .....
» 12/09/2009 7:04:33 PM Good ideas Examinator. Well worth exploring them. But you know what I'm gunna say... we co.....
» 12/09/2009 11:10:10 AM Desmond, on the north side of Cairns on the Cook Highway there is a whole series of big do.....
» 12/09/2009 10:49:04 AM "There is no doubt that drivers slow down in the vicinity of radar units. How many 't.....
» 12/09/2009 10:34:20 AM Right, now maybe this time I'll be allowed to post on this thread, after the most bizarre .....
» 7/09/2009 12:48:37 PM From wonderful sunny Port Douglas.... "Off you go Ludwig". Ok benk, here's the.....
» 7/09/2009 9:09:17 AM "If the speed limit is 100 shouldn't your cruising speed be 95" Yes indeed it s.....
» 7/09/2009 8:47:39 AM Examinator, yes we need to look at the root causes. BTW, upon reflection, I retract my co.....
» 6/09/2009 7:04:38 PM Forrest, just a quick response from Ellis Beach. I'm travelling around for the next severa.....
» 6/09/2009 9:34:51 AM Desmond I disagree that the answer lies with bigger penalties. I think the answer lies fa.....
» 5/09/2009 11:51:14 AM Dear oh dear Mrs Piper. You're a sick puppie!! But a bloomin funny one!! ( :>).....
» 5/09/2009 11:47:05 AM CJ, I empathise. Of course there are going to be driving behaviours which are not detectab.....
» 5/09/2009 8:07:35 AM Just how tailgating is defined I’m not sure. But it should include any unsafe following di.....
» 5/09/2009 8:04:46 AM Forrest, you wrote; “The integrity I imply is missing is that as to whether the primary o.....
» 4/09/2009 10:37:46 AM “It is in part a traffic calming zone, slowing traffic down both leaving and coming on sit.....
» 4/09/2009 10:22:52 AM “I wonder if we couldn't have a sub force of officers…” Examinator, you’re onto something.....
» 3/09/2009 4:25:30 PM “I take it that you agree that the broadened role of women in our society has been directl.....
» 3/09/2009 4:11:21 PM Alright, that’s it. I’m out of this office and down to the beach for a swim and a run in m.....
» 3/09/2009 2:38:23 PM The rest are no better than Rudd. You are right there rstuart. “You say you aren't going .....
» 3/09/2009 2:18:26 PM “I think that Ludwig would probably find that incidents where he is tailgated would decrea.....
» 3/09/2009 1:58:35 PM Examinator, what do you think can be done to improve road safety? Or should we just learn .....
» 3/09/2009 7:01:48 AM Whichever way you look at it, the Rudd government’s immigration policy is just foul beyond.....
» 2/09/2009 9:42:38 PM “…I would suggest that instead of 'community policing', what is needed is integrity and pe.....
» 2/09/2009 8:48:57 PM Examinator, thanks for giving my proposals some pretty thorough thought. Appreciated. “Fu.....
» 2/09/2009 1:55:30 PM Agreed Yabby. Especially; “It is exactly because people think that we are above the laws o.....
» 2/09/2009 1:47:20 PM “…the other two approaches will ultimately found to be inadequate/unsustainable.” Examina.....
» 2/09/2009 1:43:58 PM “…what you don't acknowledge is that we are the only species that is capable of imagining .....
» 2/09/2009 9:42:21 AM “Still, don't forget the people you are going to be taking snaps of, are likely to be the .....
» 1/09/2009 9:25:32 PM I don't have anything whatsoever to add to this thread!! I just noticed that the total nu.....
» 1/09/2009 8:58:00 PM Hasbeen, I share your disgust with some planners and managers. We’ve got a new bypass roa.....
» 1/09/2009 4:08:40 PM CJ, the broadening of gender roles especially where women have much more opportunity to fi.....
» 1/09/2009 1:01:48 PM Ludwig - I didn't concede anything. Rather, I apologised for being ill-mannered. It's not .....
» 31/08/2009 10:40:39 PM “I drive far too many kilometers every year, mostly on secondary "highways" that.....
» 31/08/2009 10:06:52 PM “… it remains unclear to me exactly what you mean by a 'tailgating camera' “ Forrest, I’m.....
» 31/08/2009 2:36:08 PM Belly, yes roadworks sites are highly problematic. Temporary speed limit signs are just so.....
» 30/08/2009 8:18:18 PM Congrats Bronwyn, you actually got Ceej to concede! . Ah, it’s fun to be puerile sometime.....
» 30/08/2009 1:19:24 PM Haah….this stuff about environmental care and sustainability has got knobs all over it! As.....
» 30/08/2009 12:01:44 PM A little birdie told me that CJ is Mr Unpopular on this thread and that even Bronwyn is bu.....
» 30/08/2009 11:35:46 AM Queensland police are considering implementing tailgating cameras in a bid to slash the st.....
» 28/08/2009 8:24:53 PM “….spring also signifies the end of bloody football for the year?” I’ve gotta agree that .....
» 28/08/2009 7:07:23 PM “Ludwig, I could take you up on a few points…” Well come on then Bronwyn, be a devil, sta.....
» 27/08/2009 10:33:16 PM Foxy, I knew you were foxxy, but sunbaking foxes in your garden. Now that’s really foxxxy!.....
» 27/08/2009 7:54:12 PM Now Bronny, you really are a very naughty girl. I hope you are still in the corner, faci.....
» 27/08/2009 7:46:41 PM Ah yes Xammy, a dollarbird! I didn’t make the connection between ‘clicking’ and the harsh .....
» 27/08/2009 4:47:32 PM Thanks Foxy My turn to daydream…… . Atop a rocky headland on Magnetic Island Through th.....
» 26/08/2009 8:43:19 PM The other thing that signals spring is the arrival of the rainbirds or koels, with their s.....
» 26/08/2009 3:34:57 PM Oh boy Foxy, you sure do know how to daydream! ( :>).....
» 26/08/2009 3:32:24 PM Xammy, the kapok trees (Cochlospermum gillivraei) do it for me. They’re coming into flower.....
» 25/08/2009 10:32:07 PM David, I remember some years ago while exploring caves as part of a potential new national.....
» 25/08/2009 10:25:10 PM “What is a simple way to tell the difference between a flutter-bys and moths?” Examinator.....
» 21/08/2009 7:00:16 AM Wonderful stuff David. Aren’t fungi fascinating! They constitute a different kingdom, no .....
» 21/08/2009 6:57:32 AM And next we’ll have Fractelle saying that she is a fun gal! (;~{.....
» 21/08/2009 6:30:11 AM “I think it's far more likely that a minor party like the Greens might be persuaded from w.....
» 20/08/2009 9:24:52 PM “I must admit to finding it difficult to remain optimistic when intelligent people like Lu.....
» 20/08/2009 7:34:49 AM Well said MaryE. Belly, a nuclear power in this country would be a particularly bad idea.....
» 19/08/2009 9:02:20 PM “Rudd worse than Howard?” Absolutely Fractelle. He considerably boosted immigration as s.....
» 19/08/2009 8:02:36 PM Ditch, I’m sure that if you put up your views on population or ask a few questions, then y.....
» 19/08/2009 8:43:50 AM Ah phoowey. The second link should be: http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/4065847/1616857852/nam.....
» 19/08/2009 7:43:05 AM Federal member for Wills, Kelvin Thomson has just made a parliamentary speech on the probl.....
» 18/08/2009 12:41:14 PM Onya Kelvin Thomson! Check out the enormous support that he is receiving, as is evident f.....
» 18/08/2009 10:19:33 AM “The very reason and rationale of the latest SEQ Regional Plan is predicated on never endi.....
» 18/08/2009 9:41:29 AM It would appear that you are right Examinator!.....
» 18/08/2009 7:18:37 AM Rehctub, I think you have misread my post. The essence of a more socialistic regime would .....
» 17/08/2009 9:57:49 PM Good thread David. I saw that article in the Sunday Mail and brushed over it very quickly......
» 17/08/2009 2:17:56 PM “That’s if voters are all that interested in these issues in the first place.” Yes Graham.....
» 16/08/2009 9:18:29 PM “Dear Ludwig, Ever swam in the nude?” Indeed I have Foxy, on this very day, on wonderful.....
» 16/08/2009 9:16:26 PM Yes Yabby. I can understand why chicks have impure thoughts when they see me in my cockato.....
» 16/08/2009 7:56:29 AM It is most interesting Andrew that you haven’t even mention the absence of an upper house .....
» 15/08/2009 8:46:55 PM “Here budgie, budgie, budgie...” Ooow Foxy, you really are foxxxy! . You’ve set the budg.....
» 15/08/2009 8:38:03 PM “I think that we should get rid of the bikini & the budgie smugglers all together. We shou.....
» 15/08/2009 7:59:30 AM For goodness sake, some people can get totally hung up on the most superficial stuff. Come.....
» 14/08/2009 8:51:32 PM Aaaaaa hahhahaha Funny stuff Jewely! Burkini banned! It is all over the news this evening.....
» 14/08/2009 9:09:45 AM We should be way past discussing the veracity of the population / continuous growth proble.....
» 14/08/2009 8:35:40 AM ‘They’ve long divided public opinion and now speedos and other tight swimming briefs have .....
» 13/08/2009 9:38:35 AM An eminently sensible article Professor Ridd. Not sure about the nuclear power bit, but th.....
» 12/08/2009 10:38:20 PM Welcome to OLO DaveK. Nice website. As a botanist, I particularly like the Pandanus photos.....
» 12/08/2009 9:04:57 PM “Ludwig, I agree with your objectives - but you're living in cloud cuckoo land if you thin.....
» 12/08/2009 1:54:24 PM Thankyou Pelican for your considered response. “But we can all dream and it ain't gunna h.....
» 12/08/2009 1:11:09 PM “The author is not interested in the truth or even other alternatives.” Examinator, I don.....
» 12/08/2009 8:19:40 AM Ross You might be interested in this from the Centre for the Advancement of a Steady Sta.....
» 12/08/2009 8:04:45 AM There’s one very clear direction that this thread should be taking…..and it just ain’t doi.....
» 11/08/2009 9:17:44 AM “Hay Malcome baby, you are getting it all wrong. This business of me too policies just won.....
» 10/08/2009 12:55:28 PM We need to start measuring growth in terms of technological improvements, improved resourc.....
» 10/08/2009 12:53:31 PM Obviously the SEQ plan is complete crap, for one simple reason: it just panders to rapid n.....
» 8/08/2009 10:16:24 PM What a contrast between those two ‘tubes Jewely. Blackjack and old Lenny – I like them bot.....
» 8/08/2009 8:11:06 PM ‘Queensland is also the only Australian state to lack an upper house. It is not difficult .....
» 4/08/2009 11:30:10 AM What an extraordinary contradiction: To promote Costello as leader and then say; “The Op.....
» 3/08/2009 9:18:31 PM Hey Jacksonn, are you going to partake in the discussion that you instigated? Are you even.....
» 3/08/2009 8:02:27 PM “Ultimately, trying to beat an incumbent Prime Minister with "Me-To" policies on.....
» 3/08/2009 2:07:40 PM Col Sustainability is not necessarily just about rational argument. It could be quite emo.....
» 3/08/2009 1:39:49 PM “Ludwigg, politics is not about running the country/state, it's all about winning votes.” .....
» 1/08/2009 8:36:03 AM Well now isn’t this interesting; Qld Premier Anna Bligh wants to ban all political donatio.....
» 1/08/2009 8:29:43 AM Who’s time-poor? Not any of us on OLO! We wouldn’t be blabbering away on this silly forum .....
» 1/08/2009 8:23:05 AM European-cum-multicultural Australia exists directly because of the same fundamental reaso.....
» 1/08/2009 8:15:59 AM The human history of this continent says it all: 40 000+ years of occupation by indigenou.....
» 31/07/2009 8:21:11 PM “Luddy, you couldn't possibly be serious in expecting Mr Turnbull to implement a meaningfu.....
» 31/07/2009 1:38:46 PM I find it quite extraordinary that the line of thinking expressed in threads like this one.....
» 31/07/2009 8:37:23 AM Wonderful stuff Houelly. I feel so much better after reading that. I can go off to work h.....
» 31/07/2009 8:03:24 AM Do you know what the libs’ ONLY chance of gaining power at the next election is? Susblood.....
» 30/07/2009 9:48:03 PM “Peter Costello will one day make a GREAT Prime Minister.” Aaaaaaaah hahaahahahhaaaaaha h.....
» 29/07/2009 8:40:44 AM Headline from yesterday’s Courier Mail: ‘ALP caught out – Labor party failed to declare $.....
» 28/07/2009 8:50:20 AM Interesting David. So does this mean that the Yanks have a much more tolerant view of dona.....
» 27/07/2009 8:36:30 PM “Of course an expanding world population is the central problem but that subject is for an.....
» 27/07/2009 9:37:11 AM A very worrying article Peter. Yes, there are some positive signs of change with the Barn.....
» 26/07/2009 9:59:00 PM Very good Master. Thanks for that clarification......
» 26/07/2009 9:50:50 PM Master, you wrote: “Some companies believe it's their role to support the democratic proc.....
» 26/07/2009 9:30:09 PM “I believe that the acceptance of any donation by any party or politician is wrong.” I ce.....
» 26/07/2009 9:10:01 PM Thanks for directly addressing my questions Master. “It's vital that the reasons why ref.....
» 25/07/2009 4:07:34 PM I mean, the people overseeing this extraordinary mismanagement really should have been cha.....
» 25/07/2009 4:05:58 PM Antonios I appreciate your interest and I accept your questions as being sincere, despite.....
» 25/07/2009 3:58:37 PM “Yes Canada has done it, and what's been the result regarding business influence on govern.....
» 25/07/2009 12:47:50 PM That has got to be the weirdest little glitch of the century - the way the last character .....
» 25/07/2009 9:57:17 AM Rudd recently reduced Australia’s immigration intake, by a tiny token amount, after strong.....
» 25/07/2009 8:52:55 AM And suddenly this rip-roaring thread dies in the arse!! There were several intertwined st.....
» 24/07/2009 8:41:26 PM To densify or sprawl, that is the issue……isn’t it? Well it shouldn’t be. We have SURELY g.....
» 24/07/2009 7:32:59 PM “Ludwig, please” What’s the problem Pericles? “And yes, we know that your current hobby-.....
» 24/07/2009 5:48:29 PM “Yep, it is all just sooo easy and simple” Huh? Did I write that? I think that should hav.....
» 24/07/2009 9:21:26 AM “Queensland needs a royal commission to probe the depth of the relationship between govern.....
» 24/07/2009 8:53:12 AM Very good Wobbles. Canada has a ban on contributions from corporations, unions and organ.....
» 22/07/2009 9:49:38 PM Please see this new thread for discussion on political donations: http://forum.onlineopin.....
» 22/07/2009 8:58:10 PM I thought that the media hype over the conviction of former Queensland Minister Gordon Nut.....
» 22/07/2009 12:28:43 PM It was not my intention to get bogged down in the guilt or innocence of Nuttall. It was my.....
» 22/07/2009 10:56:31 AM Kellie, I couldn’t agree more. We just so desperately needed a major change of direction .....
» 22/07/2009 9:26:58 AM “I think we need to divide this discussion into two sections, one being in relation to wor.....
» 21/07/2009 9:28:04 PM Ok CJ, in response to your comment: “…or when dear old Belly exaggerates the numbers of p.....
» 21/07/2009 8:30:34 PM “You seem to be placing an unrealistic limitation on the discussion, Ludwig, through two k.....
» 21/07/2009 7:54:38 PM Ludwig: >>There remains an enormous grey area around integrity, conflict of interest.....
» 21/07/2009 7:52:53 PM “I find your protestations unconvincing, Ludwig.” This is a crucial point Pericles. It sh.....
» 21/07/2009 1:49:46 PM CJ’s done a runner! Ceej, there’s so much more to discuss here, centred on my responses t.....
» 21/07/2009 8:37:33 AM “What a cop-out!” What a cop-out straight back at ya CJ! Do you want me to address Banjo,.....
» 21/07/2009 8:28:09 AM There has been a lot of discussion about population growth on OLO. The intention of this t.....
» 20/07/2009 7:54:51 PM Alright, I’ll try that again…. I fullY agree Cornflower. Antonios, I’m sorry but all of .....
» 20/07/2009 7:35:27 PM Master: “We have a HUGE family here on great expanses on land; we'll all welcome ya!” Yab.....
» 20/07/2009 10:39:33 AM CJ, rather than comment on your interpretation of what Banjo, Belly or Cornflower have sai.....
» 20/07/2009 10:13:47 AM What sort of a system have we got when one person, who has not done anything manifestly wr.....
» 20/07/2009 10:10:11 AM The editorial in the Courier Mail of 18-19 July starts; ‘Gordon Nuttall’s ignominious dem.....
» 20/07/2009 8:27:18 AM Master, I was going to continue progressively addressing your comments, but I don’t think .....
» 19/07/2009 8:02:59 AM To start my systematic response to your comments Master…. “The current Labour Government .....
» 18/07/2009 9:37:44 PM Apparently their trials are pending Fester. So we’ll hopefully find out!.....
» 18/07/2009 9:22:13 PM “Oh you sod, I sat in my kitchen covered in baby drool typing with one hand. Where are the.....
» 18/07/2009 4:06:55 PM “Magnetic Island or Pallarenda would be good right now ;)” CJ, I lay on the beach on Bald.....
» 18/07/2009 12:39:20 PM To clarify the last point I made in my last post: The first charge was for receiving 60 .....
» 18/07/2009 9:25:57 AM Very good Philo. Religion could be utilised so effectively to galvanise people into undert.....
» 18/07/2009 8:38:08 AM “The evidence presented refutes your argument of 'good friend's innocent free loan'.” Exa.....
» 17/07/2009 9:30:23 PM “Ok let's get back to the original, and ongoing, 2 purposes of this thread for many people.....
» 17/07/2009 9:10:01 PM “Every now and again a political killing has to take place to convince the people we have .....
» 17/07/2009 12:47:51 PM Aww phoowey! From my last post; “The only reason that I kept answering a couple of key q.....
» 17/07/2009 12:37:32 PM One has to assume that, given that the accounting and legal assistance that Nuttall undert.....
» 17/07/2009 12:35:29 PM Pericles, you wrote; “If I understand you correctly, you are saying that if Nuttall is cu.....
» 17/07/2009 7:58:13 AM “I love the way you and your cohorts accuse me of ‘running away’’- I haven't gone anywhere.....
» 16/07/2009 10:39:55 PM “No longer will I be badgered by dear Luddie demanding that I answer his paranoia-driven q.....
» 16/07/2009 3:11:20 PM Boy oh boy you’re a grumpy old coot Mathter Blathter! At least Luddie has a bit of fun on .....
» 15/07/2009 11:20:01 PM Dear PP WTF have you been drinkin….or smowkin? ( : > {.....
» 15/07/2009 9:53:58 PM “I gave up on you a long time ago, old chap.” Ohhh. Er um… so why have you kept on respon.....
» 15/07/2009 9:03:20 PM Horus Morgan deconstructed…. Mwa mmmhhua muuhuwaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaaa HAAAAAAAA hahahahah.....
» 15/07/2009 8:25:39 PM “In a threatening world religions gave security, explanations and a sense of community.” .....
» 15/07/2009 7:49:38 PM Former Queensland Government minister Gordon Nuttall has today been found guilty of corrup.....
» 15/07/2009 1:21:09 PM “That's a brilliant effort at ‘reasonable discussion’, Ludwig” Firstly CJ, I was just say.....
» 15/07/2009 7:58:56 AM Mathter, your last post was about 3000% better than your previous several responses to me......
» 14/07/2009 2:43:39 PM “What superior wisdom do commonsense atheists have above those you supose are still have p.....
» 14/07/2009 1:30:08 PM Woops, in my last post that should have read ‘abrogate one’s responsibilities’. Not abdica.....
» 14/07/2009 5:55:16 AM Ahhh hahahaha. Another maththterpiethe of a potht Mathter! . “baby boots”? Could you ela.....
» 13/07/2009 9:38:41 PM G’Day Philo What is commonsense atheism? It is simply the practical management of our w.....
» 13/07/2009 8:58:57 PM That’s the way CJ, when all else fails, resort to your trademark slurs of ‘racist’, ’xenop.....
» 13/07/2009 7:27:14 AM Der gee Mahther, that’s say s it all. What a wonderful contribution this debate! Just a re.....
» 12/07/2009 9:49:19 PM Good points SJF. Wouldn’t it be great to know just what the threat might be to our nation.....
» 12/07/2009 9:32:05 PM “… I see a bright and wonderful future for this country and the rest of the world. A futur.....
» 12/07/2009 9:07:13 PM Ahh yeth Mathter, what an intelligent piece of work your response to me was. You assert t.....
» 12/07/2009 8:25:36 AM “Lastly, there is always an inherent contradiction between the interests of humans and tha.....
» 12/07/2009 2:36:08 AM Derrrr…aaahm Maahthter (thayth Ludwig, with tongue hanging out of thide of mouth and drool.....
» 11/07/2009 11:09:46 PM Yes well OUG, dunno what you are trying to say, but.... God's a bloomin drongo. And by .....
» 11/07/2009 10:18:28 PM God’s a bloody drongo......
» 11/07/2009 9:55:21 PM ‘totally frank’, that should have read. Bloody piss-poor spell and grammar checker! Grrrrr.....
» 11/07/2009 8:39:47 PM Hey CJ, thanks for commending me for answering your questions in a comprehensive and forth.....
» 11/07/2009 9:49:57 AM SJF, do you place any value at all in us having at least a half-reasonable defence capabil.....
» 10/07/2009 10:13:21 PM I’ve got to agree with the general trend of the comments so far. The ADF is very good at.....
» 10/07/2009 8:49:30 PM Fourthly, it is just impossible as far as I can see, and CJ you seem to agree by way of no.....
» 10/07/2009 8:45:49 PM “Ludwig: << Onshore refugee arrivals are only distantly related to population growth.....
» 10/07/2009 1:54:28 PM “Ludwig ‘believes’ Australia's ecology can't sustain any more people. That's utterly ludic.....
» 10/07/2009 1:50:46 PM Thanks Master for addressing my questions, well…sort of addressing them. You are making a.....
» 9/07/2009 8:25:45 PM “It's an ABSOLUTE FURPHY that Australia can't take more people due to ecological reasons, .....
» 9/07/2009 1:22:54 PM The answer to me is very straightforward – strive to shut it right down. Process those who.....
» 9/07/2009 1:19:52 PM And as for visa overstayers, well I’m authoritarian well and truly. It should be absolutel.....
» 9/07/2009 1:17:36 PM Thanks for the reply CJ. Here’s another triple post in response…for you reading pleasure! .....
» 7/07/2009 10:51:35 PM Good questions Cornflower. And good to see CJ actually address them directly and systemat.....
» 7/07/2009 10:48:45 PM “3. John Howard didn't stop the boat people from trying to reach Australia…” Yes he did, .....
» 7/07/2009 10:45:21 PM CJ: “1. The vast majority of 'boat people' who came to Australia under the Howard regime .....
» 1/07/2009 8:20:51 AM Good thread Belly. Yes CJ, asylum seekers trying to come to Australia are only going to i.....
» 30/06/2009 7:26:57 PM Rick S, yes it seems that the promotion of the good type of growth to which I refer in my .....
» 30/06/2009 8:23:23 AM Excellent article Tim. But we should always differentiate between good growth and bad gro.....
» 26/06/2009 9:55:56 AM Aaaargh. Sorry Martin. What a silly mistake - getting the author's name wrong. Ooooow (:&.....
» 26/06/2009 9:52:35 AM “Technology improvement to renewable energy continues, so the longer the transition takes,.....
» 24/06/2009 9:09:31 PM Shadow Minister "are we better off after 11 years of Costello or not"? He and .....
» 23/06/2009 10:21:44 AM The first thing that needs to happen is for the likes of Doug Struck and other passionate .....
» 19/06/2009 9:42:19 PM “…I think that you are barking up the wrong tree, blaming it all on big business.” No no,.....
» 19/06/2009 7:28:47 PM “Ludwig, if you worked in the building industry, you would want a job.” Yes Yabby, so you.....
» 19/06/2009 10:42:11 AM “Ho ho ho Ludwig, methinks that you really are kidding yourself, about how politics really.....
» 18/06/2009 8:37:30 PM “Oh no, its far more then that. Demographers, econimists etc, tell us that we will be a na.....
» 17/06/2009 8:11:57 PM “The people want ever higher paying jobs and ever more money in their pockets.” Of course.....
» 17/06/2009 8:09:57 PM “…but there were loud screams that the birthrate was too low, that Australia was doomed, o.....
» 17/06/2009 1:44:38 PM Yabs, politicians don’t just reflect what the people want. Far from it. This is certainly .....
» 17/06/2009 9:42:08 AM I’ve got to admit, Costello’s planned political exit was amusing. That’s one less highly i.....
» 17/06/2009 8:42:53 AM Oh pfff I muffed it. I’ll try again… ‘Costello a loss to nation’’ Oh puuullllleeeeeeeee.....
» 17/06/2009 8:38:54 AM ‘Costello loss to a nation’ Oh pleeeeaaase!! ( : > |.....
» 15/06/2009 10:31:47 AM It is good to see a steady stream of articles on OLO addressing the entwined issues of sus.....
» 12/06/2009 7:23:34 AM Bronwyn, you have inadvertently outlined the great problem with the Greens; they are only .....
» 10/06/2009 11:10:39 PM Eric, I almost slashed my wrists after reading your first article. Thank goodness for this.....
» 10/06/2009 10:35:50 PM RawMustard, where do you think people are going to head when the going gets really tough? .....
» 10/06/2009 7:26:25 AM “We don't need another green party. It will only split the green vote and further reduce i.....
» 9/06/2009 9:05:33 AM All too true Eric….unfortunately. Jeez, there goes my happy day full of enthusiasm. I th.....
» 9/06/2009 8:28:41 AM So how did Bligh manage to secure the support of 60% of the delegates at the Labor confere.....
» 8/06/2009 10:06:22 PM Antonios, I still don’t understand why you are so concerned about New Australia ‘allocatin.....
» 8/06/2009 8:53:54 PM I share your concerns Daggett. But in order to get a better perspective of this issue, co.....
» 8/06/2009 9:23:11 AM I fully support Sandra. . Yes Kulu, the economy continues to grow while per-capita GDP fa.....
» 7/06/2009 8:11:02 AM NewAustralia, I’ve noticed something that worries me a little. In your response to Foxy’s.....
» 6/06/2009 8:44:11 PM Xammy, I can’t work out what you are objecting to! In the interests of a healthy debate,.....
» 6/06/2009 8:47:25 AM NewAustralia, I’m very interested in your views on my previous comments, re: electoral ref.....
» 6/06/2009 8:24:47 AM There is certainly a flagrant contradiction within governments that impose significant wat.....
» 5/06/2009 1:48:00 PM “What do you say Ludwig? Do not you see that its preferences go to coalition?” No I don’t.....
» 4/06/2009 11:25:18 PM I checked out the website and a few policies. Looks good. I think that this is just what .....
» 4/06/2009 8:03:23 PM ‘The way ahead, or why we should all waste water’. This is the title of the final chapter.....
» 3/06/2009 1:27:57 PM We don’t need a one-child policy in Australia or other developed countries. We’ve definit.....
» 2/06/2009 8:41:22 AM “I am always amazed at these populate or perish advocates who pick the extreme end of an i.....
» 2/06/2009 6:37:33 AM Ginx, I can’t accept that argument. They have a voice. They are choosing not to use it. G.....
» 31/05/2009 8:54:14 PM “It is NOT easier for your generation, it is much harder.” Ginx, I’m not so sure about th.....
» 31/05/2009 8:14:38 PM “Every election, federal or state, I am faced with a dilemma. Who do I put last on the bal.....
» 31/05/2009 12:04:25 PM “It's pretty clear that the self-righteous holier-than-thous have won this particular skir.....
» 29/05/2009 9:30:35 PM “I just love the way people insist on convenient pigeonholes, Ludwig.” Sheesh Pericles. I.....
» 29/05/2009 4:06:55 PM Excellent stuff Rick S (on your blog). Welcome to OLO. . Pericles, you wrote; “It is not.....
» 28/05/2009 9:30:41 PM NF, let me see if I can interpret this bizarre statement correctly: “Ludwig posts blame e.....
» 28/05/2009 3:40:31 PM Well I’d encourage you all the way Melanie. I hope we see more articles from you on this f.....
» 28/05/2009 12:28:05 PM Thanks Aime for having a shot at the questions I posed in my first post and to others who .....
» 28/05/2009 10:34:08 AM Thanks Ricardo. “Rather than loading up on salt, we are far better off cutting down on sa.....
» 28/05/2009 9:51:41 AM ‘There is nothing to differentiate Labor and Liberal in Tasmania except the artificial bat.....
» 27/05/2009 11:13:40 PM I’ll exclude myself from your sorry sack of idiots NF and thank you for your excellent res.....
» 27/05/2009 9:13:18 PM Thanks Melanie for a very interesting article. “…we are ready to boil over” Well…I shoul.....
» 27/05/2009 8:05:16 AM Good on you Arjay for starting threads like this. This sort of stuff is of great importa.....
» 26/05/2009 1:56:41 PM A demographic pyramid scam. That’s exactly what our growthist economy that is based on rap.....
» 26/05/2009 9:21:47 AM “But our present financial situation has nothing to do with money, or the concept of money.....
» 26/05/2009 8:21:18 AM That’s a shocker Arjay – The US Federal Inspector General’s ineptitude, I mean. The paral.....
» 25/05/2009 2:07:43 PM Thanks Bruce. Appreciated. It seems that it is safe for me to assume that even though I p.....
» 25/05/2009 9:42:22 AM The notion that those in Australia that desire an end to the onshore asylum seeker saga ha.....
» 25/05/2009 9:13:12 AM ‘What it is about Australia that makes us so alarmist about our relatively small number of.....
» 25/05/2009 8:37:38 AM NF, if respondents feel the need to express hate, then why shouldn’t they be able to? We.....
» 25/05/2009 7:31:10 AM Well FFF has come and gone. Didn’t hear anything about it on the news. Didn’t see a mentio.....
» 24/05/2009 8:38:48 PM Fractelle “We can't just suddenly turn our backs on the world while ‘cleaning up our own .....
» 23/05/2009 10:19:01 PM I don’t get it. The author is either not monitoring his thread or not interested in answer.....
» 23/05/2009 9:40:47 PM Fractelle, “As for screening immigrants for 'quality' how does one do that?” I don’t th.....
» 23/05/2009 9:38:53 AM “Ludwig what I'm on about is the wider picture....even the revenue goes to pay for state c.....
» 23/05/2009 9:27:19 AM Oh dear OUG, such negativity. Of course there are numerous other areas of concern about he.....
» 23/05/2009 8:48:50 AM “Ludwig are you the old, known greeny Ludvig or you are a new one close to Banjo and other.....
» 22/05/2009 8:20:29 PM “…how do you screen for attitude or willingness to integrate?” As you say Pelican, with g.....
» 21/05/2009 10:10:04 PM Good thread Banjo “For many years the Australian community has been tolerating the intole.....
» 21/05/2009 8:04:10 AM Tomorrow is Fatality Free Friday – an initiative to raise awareness about Australia’s road.....
» 20/05/2009 9:13:04 PM Examinator, further comments on your previous post: Again I see a contradiction in your s.....
» 20/05/2009 8:11:42 PM Bruce, I just saw you on Food Investigators on SBS, talking about salt. Good program. htt.....
» 20/05/2009 8:19:25 AM Examinator, further to my last post regarding costs: we need to consider the enormous cost.....
» 19/05/2009 1:51:47 PM Examinator, I found your comments very hard to get my head around! You say; “the law is t.....
» 19/05/2009 12:39:28 PM Bruce, what is the relationship between salt intake and sweating? I like my salt, but I a.....
» 19/05/2009 8:49:17 AM “…is a nation that cannot secure its borders against the immigration of ‘illegals’ be they.....
» 19/05/2009 8:00:09 AM With respect Ceej, you again have completely avoided the questions that I asked of you, as.....
» 18/05/2009 8:22:29 PM Dallas wrote; “Green politicians have lost their ability to deliver sustainable thoughts.....
» 18/05/2009 8:09:59 PM Starship, I don’t find the smell of raw roo meat at all off-putting. Lots of people must f.....
» 18/05/2009 10:50:58 AM I’ve become a great fan on roo meat, now that it is readily available in supermarkets. It .....
» 18/05/2009 9:11:55 AM But hey, the government could have considerably increased revenue and road-safety could be.....
» 18/05/2009 9:09:57 AM Yes Arjay and Antiseptic, unfortunately revenue-raising seems to be a major motivation a l.....
» 18/05/2009 8:07:40 AM Non Farmer, you wrote; “You suggest in your response that I hate police? Forgive me for b.....
» 17/05/2009 9:57:50 PM Crikey Arjay, that’s a hell of concept to grasp, for an ordinary dumbarse like me. All I .....
» 17/05/2009 9:30:57 PM ‘New fixed speed cameras will be switched at six accident blackspots by July as the [Queen.....
» 17/05/2009 6:24:55 PM Non Farmer, I don’t get it. Bikie gangs are being targeted, but bike riders per se are not.....
» 29/04/2009 9:26:20 AM Dear oh dear! The basic tenet of this article is just ridiculous! How on earth can you Sus.....
» 29/04/2009 7:18:53 AM That's about the size of it mikk......
» 28/04/2009 9:50:47 PM CJ My questions to you were: What do you think Howard should have done at the time? Do .....
» 28/04/2009 10:56:25 AM Bronwyn, I consider you one of the most respectable posters on this forum. But your last p.....
» 27/04/2009 11:26:04 AM Boy oh boy CJ, who got out of the wrong side of bed this morning then ?!? Some ‘salient’ .....
» 27/04/2009 10:04:21 AM “There are so many things wrong with this Malthusian proposal that it’s hard to know where.....
» 27/04/2009 9:31:13 AM “Of course we decide who comes to this country and the means by which they come.” YES Kim.....
» 25/04/2009 7:44:12 AM CJ, I strongly agree and strongly disagree with you. In your second last post, you wrote; .....
» 23/04/2009 9:48:52 AM “It is extraordinary that despite warnings from the UK Government's own advisory body the .....
» 22/04/2009 9:12:35 AM “It’s the great taboo, I hear many environmentalists say. Population growth is the driving.....
» 18/04/2009 9:40:29 PM Kevvie Kevvie Kevvie, what aaare you doing?? The difference between your rhetoric and you.....
» 16/04/2009 1:03:27 PM “There is an amusing note on the Sustainable Population site about how much return fire an.....
» 14/04/2009 9:59:54 AM “Now that's a wild stab in the dark for sure.” Wobbles, the notion that the cost would be.....
» 13/04/2009 7:16:03 AM “It's also about accommodating rapidly increasing traffic volumes and coming growth in are.....
» 12/04/2009 4:57:31 PM An absolute waste of money indeed Arjay. The best use of a sum in the order of 43billion$.....
» 31/03/2009 12:07:45 PM “Earth Hour is a con, a fraudulent excuse to show we care while doing nothing useful to ma.....
» 26/03/2009 9:10:34 AM A wonderfully optimistic article Paul. I am sure you are right; the change is coming..and.....
» 25/03/2009 3:21:34 PM You know who is to blame Teresa – mad-arsed politicians that promote rapid population grow.....
» 18/03/2009 6:36:48 AM Banjo I agree, it is certainly confusing. And the exclusion of Kiwis can only be called do.....
» 16/03/2009 8:16:07 PM Australia’s immigration intake was today cut by 14% for next year, down from this year’s 1.....
» 14/03/2009 7:50:23 AM Andrew, what about the core issue here – that of continuous population growth with no end .....
» 13/03/2009 9:49:59 AM Excellent stuff Michael. Anyone who considers the points that you have expressed in this .....
» 12/03/2009 9:06:32 PM There was a good overview of the whole treatment process for recycling sewage water on Cat.....
» 7/03/2009 3:05:16 PM Yep, I agree with all posters so far. Crikey, when are those silly Liberal drongos just g.....
» 2/03/2009 1:01:13 PM Howdy Forrest, half-mad Ludwig from Herbaria here! Not yet the bearer of full madness. But.....
» 2/03/2009 8:47:51 AM I probably get much more out of the native vegetation and landscapes than most people do. .....
» 2/03/2009 8:05:54 AM Meanwhile the rate of consumption of recyclable and non-recyclable materials alike continu.....
» 25/02/2009 4:04:40 PM I don't think the ecological consciousness is the problem. The vast majority of people in .....
» 24/02/2009 2:21:34 PM For goodness sake, can't we just forget the smirking lurker! He hasn't got the slightest .....
» 19/02/2009 1:51:33 PM “The Federal Government has a target of 20 per cent renewable electricity by 2020. This re.....
» 13/02/2009 1:01:00 PM “The fact is that immigration policies are controlled by world opinion.” Foxy, Australia’.....
» 13/02/2009 5:52:14 AM “I that enough for you Ludwig?” Thanks for your comments Foxy, but no it isn’t enough. E.....
» 12/02/2009 9:32:08 PM “James Sinnamon … is working hard to get the message out. I don’t have to agree with every.....
» 11/02/2009 1:17:35 PM “Libs are for supporting the rich and the powerful, Labor is for equity.” Foxy, can you p.....
» 11/02/2009 6:55:19 AM “Since the Liberal Party has become little more than a shill for Big Business at its stupi.....
» 11/02/2009 6:50:01 AM Wing Ah Ling, don’t tell me you’ve abandoned this thread…..for the second time! Come on m.....
» 10/02/2009 11:13:08 AM “Ludwig, you are rightly concerned about population stabilization and I agree yet when I'v.....
» 9/02/2009 1:47:05 PM “Would anybody else like to add to the practical measures I've suggested above?” Yes CJ. .....
» 9/02/2009 10:39:26 AM “Although the ‘money directly where it is needed.’ Wrong” Col, could you please explain t.....
» 9/02/2009 10:19:40 AM Very good James. I find it fascinating as to how the growth lobby has so comprehensively .....
» 9/02/2009 8:34:07 AM “Australia's laissez-faire approach to political funding has not served it well and has re.....
» 8/02/2009 9:13:20 PM “Somehow I doubt we will be workshopping our way out of this, we're pretty much pharked.” .....
» 8/02/2009 8:52:32 PM “Swan concerns me, Rudd thrills me” Belly, I just hope that Rudd doesn’t disappoint you w.....
» 8/02/2009 8:44:40 AM “What a stupid psychology to warn about how bad things will get,depressing expectation eve.....
» 7/02/2009 6:54:18 PM This has got to be a first; Ludwig supports Turnbull !! !! (:>\ http://www.youtube.com.....
» 7/02/2009 5:31:04 PM “Because of the seriousness and gravity of the financial crisis the Prime Minister has to .....
» 7/02/2009 2:58:59 PM “The Government's bail-out package is in the interest of all Australians…” Is it Foxy? Ca.....
» 6/02/2009 9:29:22 AM Very good Michael. I’m with you all the way. “ ‘Progress’? ‘Issues’? ‘Platform’? Am I the.....
» 6/02/2009 8:08:10 AM Wing Ah Ling, this has reached the ‘too stupid’ stage. You implore people to answer your q.....
» 3/02/2009 2:15:15 PM “You have not refuted the arguments that show that 1. sustainability is not necessarily a .....
» 3/02/2009 2:10:43 PM Wing, your criticisms of flawed logic conflict so totally with the fundamentally flawed lo.....
» 3/02/2009 8:55:02 AM Thanks Dickie for sharing your experiences. I worked in a restaurant in the early 80s. I .....
» 2/02/2009 1:31:46 PM Aaar poo! That should have read; ‘You DO become just as bad if you do that’......
» 2/02/2009 1:27:16 PM Daggett, you wrote; “Of course, intended victims of trolls should learn to restrain thems.....
» 2/02/2009 9:02:51 AM Folks, can I solicit some responses to my ‘basic principles’, as expressed in my first pos.....
» 2/02/2009 8:28:48 AM continued from my last post… Everyone should be entitled to access the resources needed t.....
» 2/02/2009 6:32:06 AM Sancho, if the Libs had won power, we’d have almost exactly the same style of governance. .....
» 1/02/2009 11:11:51 PM Wing Ah Ling, in response to your original questions of 25 Jan: I’ve answered 1 & 2. 3. .....
» 1/02/2009 8:46:38 PM Foxy, don’t you think that favours beget favours? Some (probably many) police would be i.....
» 1/02/2009 9:17:37 AM Customers in a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Brisbane were appalled to witness a police of.....
» 1/02/2009 7:50:59 AM “The problem is not a shortage of plants, nor of labour, nor of time, nor of land, nor of .....
» 1/02/2009 7:46:07 AM Wing Ah Ling, here’s my response to your post on the ‘Fresh idea on remote gardens’ thread.....
» 31/01/2009 10:53:04 PM “We live in a democracy, where the riff-raff is otherwise known as the general public.” C.....
» 31/01/2009 8:39:02 PM Interesting comments m2catter. Isn’t it just mindbogglingly absurd as to how we can accept.....
» 31/01/2009 8:22:02 PM Some basic principles: A set of rules, with the parameters as clearly outlined as possibl.....
» 30/01/2009 9:24:55 PM “Costello had over ten years to move on climate change. He did nothing. Instead he handed .....
» 30/01/2009 12:53:22 PM Simon, have you seen this recent article about Scarborough Beach on OLO? http://forum.onl.....
» 30/01/2009 11:08:54 AM ‘Turnbull turns up clean, green’ Phuwheeer chhoowa khoower khoower khoower… phwaaaw (coug.....
» 29/01/2009 10:48:02 PM There are so many native bush tucker plants that can be grown in any community, along with.....
» 29/01/2009 10:14:52 PM Foxy, you wrote; “I have to be honest and admit that I would feel a slight unease of a to.....
» 29/01/2009 10:46:02 AM Good article Roger. Readjustments to land levels are certainly factors that need to be tak.....
» 28/01/2009 8:35:18 PM Wow, you’ve found a couple of doozies Houellebecq. Both examples are beyond outrageous. .....
» 28/01/2009 3:42:08 PM Check out Mark O'Connor's comments on 'Breakfast' as expressed on ABC Radio National this .....
» 27/01/2009 9:22:17 AM Wing Ah Ling, please answer my questions. You insist that others don’t avoid your question.....
» 27/01/2009 8:52:25 AM Thanks Fractelle I had a similar near-miss experience as a kid when my father crossed in .....
» 27/01/2009 8:19:59 AM The only thing Australia Day means to me is that it provides a badly needed long weekend! .....
» 27/01/2009 2:09:36 AM Keith Schneider writes; “Remarkably, it now appears that Obama plans to launch his presi.....
» 27/01/2009 1:11:56 AM “We need smaller Govt and less regulation.” Arjay and Col, how do you figure that? Surel.....
» 26/01/2009 9:02:45 AM “The problem with the sustainability school is that they are not making a coherent argumen.....
» 26/01/2009 8:28:07 AM “Ludwig, you cannot turn on the sustainability switch instantly…”” Of course we can’t Arj.....
» 26/01/2009 3:54:52 AM Arjay For any given person, the connection between spending more and significantly lesse.....
» 25/01/2009 8:55:53 PM “This was no youth. It was a 50 year old man who traveled that road every day.” Jayb you .....
» 25/01/2009 8:47:24 PM Rob, if Obama was to espouse sustainability as being the essential bottom line to all econ.....
» 25/01/2009 10:15:19 AM Yes Arjay, they are just propping up the current fatally flawed system. Now, as recession.....
» 25/01/2009 10:00:58 AM I don’t want to offend you, but maybe the hard attitude that you are expressing is a large.....
» 25/01/2009 9:58:08 AM Jayb, what does it matter if it is a main line or a little side line? If there is anything.....
» 25/01/2009 7:02:04 AM “Yet is it so very wrong that some have concerns that some want little to do with things l.....
» 24/01/2009 9:49:27 PM It’s invasion day. That’s all......
» 24/01/2009 9:32:35 PM Good comments RobP. Today I read in the Townsville Bulletin that 10 million $ is going to .....
» 24/01/2009 8:53:30 PM Jayb, last week the crossing at Home Hill just before the Burdekin Bridge was one of sever.....
» 24/01/2009 8:31:44 PM I just wish Obama would embrace sustainability as the most important principle of our time.....
» 24/01/2009 8:10:59 AM By the way Wing Ah Ling, welcome to OLO......
» 24/01/2009 7:30:59 AM Ah Wing Ah Ling, you are playing devil’s advocate, for the sake of a good cyber-stoush, ye.....
» 22/01/2009 9:51:20 PM Oh crikey yes, let’s hope to goodness that he’s a WHOLE lot smarter than KRudd. RDudd is.....
» 22/01/2009 9:22:29 PM Having just completed another big week of driving, to the lower Burdekin, Ravenswood, Cair.....
» 22/01/2009 1:48:40 PM What on earth is Rudd’s rationale for maintaining our ridiculously high immigration rate, .....
» 22/01/2009 7:25:54 AM “This is a question I've really grappled with. I'd love to be able to simply say yes and l.....
» 22/01/2009 6:40:05 AM Here’s an interesting piece. http://www.cirtl.org/buffett.htm It is written by someone wh.....
» 20/01/2009 7:06:18 AM I wrote this to the Gates Foundation on 13/01/09: _______________ Dear Madam/Sir There .....
» 20/01/2009 6:54:23 AM Disgusting is an understatement Yabby. Absolutely ficking shuthouse in the highest order.....
» 19/01/2009 4:27:25 PM Self-interest comes first, then ideological viewpoints that don’t directly affect one’s se.....
» 19/01/2009 6:14:14 AM “The reality is people understand our system is predicated on growth” TRTL, this is your .....
» 18/01/2009 6:54:23 AM “the public are spoonfed through the media.” TRTL, they pretty much are, aren’t they? I m.....
» 18/01/2009 1:26:44 AM “Ludwig, that push for expansion is coming from the people themselves..” Yabby, the appar.....
» 17/01/2009 7:27:04 AM This thread arises out of my previous thread; 'Melinda's mission'. Bill Gates wrote; “We .....
» 17/01/2009 6:49:32 AM “..you ignore the fact as to who drives big business…” Yabby, I don’t think I’m ignoring .....
» 16/01/2009 2:56:09 PM Dickie, I totally share your disgust with all this sort of animal cruelty and I support PE.....
» 16/01/2009 1:13:06 PM The craziest thing of all here seems to be that Rudd HAS apparently committed us to a 25% .....
» 16/01/2009 12:32:46 PM “If corporate Australia does not trust a Labor leader, as history amply demonstrates, then.....
» 16/01/2009 12:26:09 PM “To what can all of these disasters really be attributed? Indisputably, their sole and exc.....
» 16/01/2009 8:53:18 AM “Why should a person be forced to pay for services they never requested or contracted for,.....
» 16/01/2009 8:28:33 AM Dickie, I fail to see why you object at all to what I’m saying. PETA is doing a great job .....
» 15/01/2009 11:39:18 PM “I propose we stop worrying about who is right and wrong in the climate change debate, and.....
» 15/01/2009 11:13:17 PM Diocletian, you wrote; “Sustainability is merely the catch-cry for the new generation of .....
» 15/01/2009 10:06:22 PM “Those of us who have researched extensively … on the drastic environmental impacts of far.....
» 15/01/2009 9:12:43 PM Spikey, I’ve got no problem with any of your suggestions. Your main principle that non-u.....
» 15/01/2009 8:28:25 PM “Are you sure we're in a position with so many young 'breeding' people?” Yes TRTL. How e.....
» 15/01/2009 6:28:13 AM “Every time a question of fairness like in my last post is asked the answer never comes.” .....
» 14/01/2009 10:20:45 PM “KRudd's policies will make little or no difference to the Earth's temperature (whether or.....
» 14/01/2009 9:46:12 PM Mike Pope writes; “The Rudd Government justifies its 5 per cent target on the grounds that.....
» 14/01/2009 9:19:29 PM “in recent times our fertility rate has been below replacement level, but with migrant int.....
» 14/01/2009 2:24:29 PM Glad you support the push for sustainability Bronwyn [ I knew you did anyway (:>) ]. .....
» 14/01/2009 11:23:03 AM Foxy Further to your comments: What about; ‘The grossly unsustainable path that humanit.....
» 14/01/2009 11:08:46 AM Bronwyn, I think that PETA should stick to matters of obvious and unnecessary animal cruel.....
» 14/01/2009 8:16:40 AM Howdy Belly Is PETA pulling our leg? Either that or they’ve lost their marbles! Oh th.....
» 13/01/2009 2:58:36 PM I get the feeling that most truck – train accidents on the open highway are due to truckie.....
» 13/01/2009 2:20:22 PM Melinda Gates could just about be the most important person in the world. If she was to ge.....
» 13/01/2009 2:17:41 PM “The problem with your response is that it doesn’t address the issues I raise” Examinator.....
» 13/01/2009 9:57:36 AM “Suppose the population could be stabilized at say 3 billion would it actually solve the w.....
» 13/01/2009 9:55:33 AM “What would be needed to get such a policy up?” Examinator, a policy of greatly reduced p.....
» 13/01/2009 8:45:21 AM Good thoughts Forrest. Not sure about the potentially tyre-bursting raised rails though. .....
» 12/01/2009 8:31:47 PM I think we’ve got plenty of choice. All Rudd needs to do is to point how good an ally li’’.....
» 12/01/2009 8:13:14 PM Gibo, I’m not sure that it isn’t more the other way around. I mean, our treatment of sex a.....
» 12/01/2009 7:24:44 AM Foxy, you wrote; “Don't blame Bill or Melinda Gates too much however, they're at least doi.....
» 12/01/2009 7:23:02 AM Dickie, the investment in the Doomsday Vault seed stocks and GM crops seems pretty ethical.....
» 11/01/2009 10:59:05 PM RobP, yes rumble strips, alternating different road textures, little speed bump thingos, e.....
» 11/01/2009 10:45:57 PM R0bert, I can’t see that the Gates Foundation would consider overpopulation to be in the t.....
» 11/01/2009 10:43:45 PM Thanks for the support with the whole overpopulation thing Bronwyn and Pelican. I’m not s.....
» 10/01/2009 9:10:32 AM The Gates Foundation has donated 26billion$ since it began in 2000. A very large part of t.....
» 9/01/2009 2:37:03 PM Very interesting Belly that you as an ardent unionist should express such a view. You’ve.....
» 7/01/2009 7:22:29 AM Yes Jayb, I blame the Railways, and Departments of Transport and local, state and national.....
» 6/01/2009 9:31:03 PM “I think one of the problems is the low number of trains on many routes, these days. Peopl.....
» 6/01/2009 3:31:26 PM “Ah Ludwig, mate, get some nostalgia into yer.” Nosbloodystalgia?? I’m full of the stuff.....
» 6/01/2009 11:28:06 AM GDay Gibo I travel interstate a lot by road. I can agree that in some ways Qld is backwar.....
» 6/01/2009 9:46:13 AM “…the City of Stirling says ‘f-ck you’. To the ratepayers who protested loud and long at C.....
» 6/01/2009 9:15:25 AM The new year in north Queensland was marred by another death at a railway line / road leve.....
» 5/01/2009 1:11:46 PM I fully agree Bronwyn. So much basic commonsensical stuff could be done to improve the adv.....
» 5/01/2009 8:47:55 AM Ah haa hahaha. That gave me a real chuckle Bronwyn. I have this mental picture of your boo.....
» 5/01/2009 7:19:35 AM “ …how are we going to know whether we’re wasting natural resources in a given productive .....
» 5/01/2009 7:16:08 AM Diocletian, you wrote; “What you are saying assumes what is in issue, both: 1. whether s.....
» 31/12/2008 12:29:02 PM Hold on Yabby, you bought an infrared thermometer, but you'll see how good it is when it a.....
» 31/12/2008 12:02:46 PM Diocletian, give me a few days and I'll give you a full response. I'm travelling around at.....
» 30/12/2008 9:16:27 AM Aha Yabby, I see an other general thread that you and I could get embroiled in until the c.....
» 30/12/2008 7:46:24 AM “It is very sad though that a religious leader in his Christmas message, instead of focusi.....
» 29/12/2008 10:53:26 PM “Nothing you have said has either established your argument or refuted mine” Diocletian, .....
» 29/12/2008 9:37:47 PM Wow, I was so looking forward to meeting my luvly Ludwigella, but jeez Yabby and Meredith .....
» 29/12/2008 8:46:31 AM Good comments Pynchme. You’ve presented quite a lot of points that need careful considerat.....
» 28/12/2008 11:23:00 PM “I believe that as soon as the reasoning behind sustainability is examined, it crumbles.” .....
» 28/12/2008 10:48:57 PM That’s a pretty good overview Fencepost. There are also things that should be 100% on the .....
» 28/12/2008 6:36:52 AM Yabby, your cost-effective solution seems to fit within mine. I’ve been espousing a basic .....
» 28/12/2008 5:53:05 AM Woohooo, what a cutie! I’ll have to look into that idea. A nice little Ludwigella could b.....
» 28/12/2008 5:35:00 AM Hey, you’re onto something very interesting there CJ. THAT’S what we really need; a compul.....
» 27/12/2008 5:09:07 PM Diocletian, I don’t know about this; “The world is enough for everyone’s need, but not e.....
» 27/12/2008 3:14:01 PM Romany, the link works for me, so I don’t know what the problem might be for you. This als.....
» 27/12/2008 12:23:59 PM “The point is this Ludwig. Something like an ATV or 4wd or chainsaw, is either dangerous o.....
» 27/12/2008 8:41:01 AM Yabby, I’ll go back on what I said about dropping the recreational bit and ask you these q.....
» 27/12/2008 8:38:36 AM Poly, I don’t think that a ‘rich tapestry of life’ and a ‘dog-eat-dog world’ are mutually .....
» 27/12/2008 7:02:39 AM I reckon you are right TRTL. Such a drug would open this can of worms right up. While it w.....
» 27/12/2008 12:25:30 AM Another issue has emerged – I’m getting lots of blank pages with just ‘The Forum’ heading .....
» 27/12/2008 12:09:54 AM I wouldn’t want to marry anyone either CJ. But if I ever met someone just like me, I might.....
» 26/12/2008 10:33:03 PM A fascinating article indeed. Wow, wouldn’t it be great if you could just let the urge to.....
» 26/12/2008 9:13:03 PM Are you the sort of person that you would like to marry? I guess most peoples’ initial re.....
» 26/12/2008 8:11:52 PM Alright, by way of clarification – you are talking about upholding the same standard at wo.....
» 26/12/2008 1:43:26 PM Yabby, I don’t see a double standard in your example. If you purchase equipment at Bunni.....
» 26/12/2008 11:41:50 AM Check this out: ‘Islam is incompatible with democracy’ Radio National IQ2 debate: http://.....
» 26/12/2008 11:06:40 AM There is no bigger misunderstanding or deliberate misuse than that of the word; ‘growth’. .....
» 26/12/2008 10:24:25 AM “The idea of 'sustainability' hardly qualifies as rational discourse. It is more in the re.....
» 26/12/2008 9:18:34 AM Yabby, of course we shouldn’t be requiring courses to be run for every possible machine or.....
» 26/12/2008 8:36:01 AM Col, so you fully support the ACCC in principle. But what about in its overall effectivene.....
» 24/12/2008 7:40:11 AM “Farms are perfect places for teens to let their testerone flow” Recreationally, yes. But.....
» 23/12/2008 9:53:55 AM Crikey, who’d live in Melbourne? (:<| Here are some more ‘outside the square’ ideas: .....
» 22/12/2008 8:48:29 PM “You can go out and be a hoon, you can abuse the vehicle and kill yourself. In the end, if.....
» 22/12/2008 2:15:17 PM Examinator, this morning I went to my local police station and made four complaints of dan.....
» 22/12/2008 1:19:05 PM That’s interesting Col. I wouldn’t have picked you as an ACCC supporter. When it comes do.....
» 22/12/2008 9:37:01 AM “The point is, there is also a heap of trivial regulation, perhaps with good intentions, b.....
» 22/12/2008 8:54:58 AM “It seems that we see a regulator, in this case the ACCC, seeing itself 'in loco parliamen.....
» 21/12/2008 9:19:27 AM Another annoying little OLO quirk: what you see in the preview window just before you post.....
» 20/12/2008 8:32:42 PM God that pisses me off! It was Visy when I wrote it, Visy when I proof-read it.........and.....
» 20/12/2008 8:08:07 PM VISY, you moron Ludwig….not Visa !! Fwaark |:>(.....
» 20/12/2008 12:55:48 PM Forrest, yes I am a bit disappointed by the lack of interest in this subject. One of my ma.....
» 20/12/2008 8:53:01 AM Col, did you see my response at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=23.....
» 20/12/2008 8:49:31 AM I wrote; “The answer is resources and goals or outcomes.” Yabby replied; “Yup but there i.....
» 20/12/2008 7:32:23 AM Aaargh. The eucalypts and all flowering plants and indeed all vascular plants did evolve f.....
» 20/12/2008 7:18:22 AM OUG, the point of my last post was to indicate that I’m still here keeping an eye on this .....
» 18/12/2008 9:14:12 PM ......
» 18/12/2008 1:43:53 PM Alright so companies that are operating within a strongly competitive regime tend to have .....
» 18/12/2008 1:40:46 PM “What I can comment on is the many sectors of Govt that I have dealt with and there is eno.....
» 17/12/2008 9:52:38 PM Aww lordie me Ma Kettle……….Y’know them folks who wuz telling us that we wuz bein left outt.....
» 17/12/2008 8:42:17 PM “What you are suggesting is ‘compromise and mediocrity’ can produce an acceptable solution.....
» 17/12/2008 2:12:14 PM The two-posts-in-24-hours limit is a bit crippling here. So I’ve started a new general thr.....
» 17/12/2008 11:14:38 AM Rob, from Andrew Robb’s piece in The Australian: “Serious inroads into emissions will bes.....
» 17/12/2008 10:50:07 AM Forrest, this is good news. Well, at least it is something….which is probably better than .....
» 17/12/2008 9:26:05 AM There is a lot of criticism expressed on OLO about the quality of government regulation of.....
» 17/12/2008 9:19:29 AM If we all improve energy efficiency by say 10% and the population increases by 10%, what h.....
» 17/12/2008 7:57:02 AM Ideal Chrissy present. A brand new book: ‘Overloading Australia: how governments and med.....
» 16/12/2008 5:29:26 PM “You decline the role because – if you accept an inadequately resourced role, you are sett.....
» 16/12/2008 10:04:17 AM Yabby, you wrote; “What you need is better regulation, not more regulation.” We certainly.....
» 15/12/2008 1:21:15 PM Oow, I think I got out of the wrong side of the bed this Mundy mornin! Been and gone and d.....
» 15/12/2008 7:26:15 AM Col and Yabby, I’ve got to disagree with the basic tenet of your posts. I don’t think you .....
» 13/12/2008 9:59:08 PM Gibo, the only time I got the cane in school was on one occasion when I was heavily bullie.....
» 13/12/2008 9:22:40 PM Foxy From what I understand it makes no sense at all as to why multiple shots were fired......
» 13/12/2008 8:50:39 PM Rob, in response to your points; 1 & 2. It would be nice if Australia could take a leadin.....
» 13/12/2008 8:11:34 AM RobP; “The only rider I'd put on it is do it when the time and opportunity is right for us.....
» 12/12/2008 12:40:38 PM Craig, I fundamentally disagree with your tenet that the nurturing of imagination and the .....
» 12/12/2008 12:04:37 PM So Craig, where are the ideas in Rudd’s massive growth momentum? Not many new ideas there.....
» 12/12/2008 9:14:09 AM rstuart, by way of clarification; I want to see most of the money being spent on unnecessa.....
» 12/12/2008 8:04:46 AM Bazz; “Which infrastructure do you think will get the go ahead ? Which infrastructure shou.....
» 12/12/2008 8:02:55 AM Q&A; “…there are very powerful and influential vested interest groups that can hog-tie the.....
» 11/12/2008 10:49:43 AM Bronwyn, I’m not so sure that Rudd is any better than Howard. I’m fast getting the feeling.....
» 11/12/2008 8:46:45 AM On the ABC’s 7.30 Report a couple of nights ago was a story that struck a very deep chord .....
» 10/12/2008 1:02:30 PM Jeezuz, there’s a whole swathe of typos in my posts this morning, despite my 'religious' s.....
» 10/12/2008 8:46:20 AM Heaps of FACTS in support of evolution has been presented on this thread. There are zero f.....
» 10/12/2008 8:42:37 AM “NOW CAN WE HAVE THE FACTS” You’ve got to admit OUG that the contrast here is absolutely .....
» 9/12/2008 8:52:29 PM Homosexuality is not a choice for some, it is their natural inclination. For others it is .....
» 9/12/2008 7:48:12 PM Hello OUG, Eucalyptus dude here. “[like our eucalyptus dude earlier]who isnt a complete b.....
» 9/12/2008 8:37:48 AM Interesting stuff TRTL. Wouldn’t it be great if the Christian fraternity could tightly def.....
» 8/12/2008 10:10:37 PM StG, a little while back I was considering moving on from OLO. It was all looking a bit sa.....
» 8/12/2008 3:44:15 PM Celivia, I watched the second part of ‘Judgment Day - Intelligent Design On Trial’ yesterd.....
» 8/12/2008 1:01:01 PM Graham, I just got a whole gaggle of deranged little birds singing away at me when I poste.....
» 8/12/2008 12:50:49 PM The main reason that Kyoto is a bad joke is because it is only addressing one part of the .....
» 8/12/2008 11:47:40 AM Wow Gibo, that's pretty scary stuff. Certainly worth contemplating......
» 8/12/2008 10:25:10 AM Graham I can’t get anything now. I’ve tried opening article and general threads that I had.....
» 8/12/2008 9:32:38 AM Over the last few days, during the time that OLO has been acting up, a totally new phenome.....
» 8/12/2008 7:16:55 AM Polycarp, maybe television, the internet and the media in general are serving to drag us o.....
» 8/12/2008 6:46:00 AM CJ, I’d call Howard’s “We will decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances und.....
» 7/12/2008 10:42:33 PM Belly, the point is that these projects are directly in line with Rudd’s nation building a.....
» 7/12/2008 8:41:45 AM In my travels around the country over the last few months I’ve encountered some massive ro.....
» 7/12/2008 7:14:48 AM Oh the OLO yoyo! On again, off again. Very frustrating indeed. It was working, so I wr.....
» 6/12/2008 10:42:13 PM Bugsy; “Do you personally support the UN Convention Against Torture?” No. I have a proble.....
» 6/12/2008 3:07:21 PM CJ; “I don’t recall much in the way of ‘civil unrest’… “ Well, I think that the whole asy.....
» 6/12/2008 10:29:14 AM “…you were the person that convinced me that a policy of sustainable population just may b.....
» 6/12/2008 9:25:10 AM Bugsy, I find the notion of absoluteness on this issue… with no exceptions….to be impracti.....
» 6/12/2008 6:16:03 AM Hasbeen, I’m not quite sure what to make of your post. Could you clarify your position ple.....
» 6/12/2008 6:04:20 AM For me the question is not whether torture should or shouldn’t ever be used, it is how to .....
» 6/12/2008 5:22:21 AM Offline Opinion. For another long session - all of Friday evening!.....
» 6/12/2008 5:19:27 AM CJ, even if the rate of arrivals had not increased at all, you’ve surely got to accept tha.....
» 5/12/2008 4:46:08 PM Me tooo.....
» 5/12/2008 4:39:13 PM So when things get desperate in the US and people get wind of a lovely little tropical par.....
» 5/12/2008 8:06:48 AM Mr Right; “Anyway, CJ Morgan will be pleased to know that people smuggling and people atte.....
» 4/12/2008 9:38:13 PM CJ Morgan; “Ludwig - yes, Ruddock was making all sorts of claims prior to the Tampa incide.....
» 2/12/2008 5:56:16 PM Shadow Minister; "The answer is to put a bridle on the wild horse, not shackles.".....
» 2/12/2008 5:46:02 PM CJ; "There is no evidence to suggest that "thousands more people" would hav.....
» 2/12/2008 5:18:53 PM Examinator, I agree that a major adaptation from 4 to l.5 litre engines and entirely new v.....
» 2/12/2008 10:06:29 AM I agree Foxy that the most urgent thing is to save the plant. Then of course some profound.....
» 2/12/2008 9:57:08 AM O dear Alanta, you miss the most important point of NPEism; the blithe acceptance of conti.....
» 2/12/2008 9:22:36 AM Ford has got the go-ahead to maintain production of its 6 cylinder 4 litre engines until 2.....
» 2/12/2008 8:11:08 AM Interesting. No one has responded to my comments of 27 Nov. Not a peep. Just a complete pa.....
» 1/12/2008 10:52:31 AM This is an absolutely terrible article! Yep, the author has the same old blind spot that .....
» 1/12/2008 9:46:16 AM I fail to understand how obscene executive incomes were ever allowed to exist. Why wasn’t .....
» 28/11/2008 8:27:57 AM Heduana, Rolf wrote this about fifty years ago… ‘Let me Abos go loose, Lew; they’ve got n.....
» 27/11/2008 10:12:23 PM DGay Dan Polycarp’s and runner’s views seem to be poles apart. Surely within the Christia.....
» 27/11/2008 2:24:00 PM 3. Is anyone seriously suggesting that the Australian authorities didn’t do their damnedes.....
» 27/11/2008 2:21:21 PM I fully appreciate Phil Glendenning’s passion for finding out what has happened to returne.....
» 27/11/2008 12:17:09 PM Palimpsest, I think that there is a lot of merit in appealing directly to Christians and i.....
» 27/11/2008 11:48:07 AM Well I hope you’re right Polly. But it seems as though runner is fairly and squarely lamba.....
» 27/11/2008 6:55:52 AM ¿Costa geriatrica? ¿Y que te parece el costo del crecimiento de la población? (what about.....
» 26/11/2008 11:01:39 PM As I drive or ride my bicycle to work I see trees and birds and natural and humanised land.....
» 26/11/2008 9:54:22 PM “The record shows that in terms of policy, it has so far made a lacklustre start.” It is .....
» 26/11/2008 7:34:44 PM Examinator, it seems we have a miscommunication. I’m very strongly against letting the mar.....
» 26/11/2008 4:31:20 PM Hasbeen, I’m not quite sure what you say; “Ludwig, wrong mate” in reference to. Of COURSE.....
» 26/11/2008 4:05:14 PM “To the modern, it explains the spiritual - why am I not happy with my lot in life.” That.....
» 26/11/2008 11:37:14 AM We obviously think in a fundamentally different way mj. I can’t see the slightest underton.....
» 26/11/2008 10:43:21 AM Col, I don’t want to see governments propping up decaying and unviable industries so that .....
» 26/11/2008 10:10:09 AM A curious post indeed mj. I’ve asked straightforward questions. Where does your percepti.....
» 26/11/2008 9:01:08 AM “…ageing offers both challenges and opportunities. It is a rich resource for present and f.....
» 26/11/2008 8:14:21 AM The contrast between Polycarp and runner is very interesting. Polycarp supports the notio.....
» 26/11/2008 7:36:18 AM Well, despite a pretty solid effort, ol Ludwig just couldn’t get the discussion on Christi.....
» 25/11/2008 8:18:41 PM Good points Fractelle. . “Religion is a system of communally shared beliefs and rituals t.....
» 25/11/2008 2:17:34 PM Polycarp, of course people would never be willing to die for something that they felt was .....
» 25/11/2008 11:24:55 AM I like Alan Moir’s cartoon on the OLO main page this morning: the US car industry portraye.....
» 25/11/2008 8:04:43 AM Religion and god are constructs of man, IMHO. It seems to me that there is an element of v.....
» 25/11/2008 8:01:46 AM Interesting point Belly and Amjay – is religion a failure of the imagination or a product .....
» 24/11/2008 4:35:33 PM Mongrelisation indeed Cuphandle! The krappiest kruddiest policies anywhere in the world –.....
» 24/11/2008 1:18:16 PM Hey CJ, you might just be on the right track. I can see the resemblance between old Clappo.....
» 24/11/2008 7:39:12 AM "Why hasn't ludwig (and Bronny and CJ) done some READDDDDINGGGGG of Christian thought.....
» 23/11/2008 8:49:27 PM OUG “changes within a species isnt changing into a new species” Changes within a species.....
» 23/11/2008 4:07:03 PM Stevenlmeyer “I am not going to respond to OUG any further” I think that there is more .....
» 23/11/2008 9:47:05 AM OUG Ludwig wrote: “Are you willing to come right out and espouse creation as fact…or do y.....
» 23/11/2008 8:52:43 AM I posted this on the ‘Mass delusions’ thread (http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp.....
» 22/11/2008 9:05:37 PM OUG, thankyou for inquiring about Eucalyptus crosses (hybrids). They do indeed reveal a lo.....
» 22/11/2008 4:51:33 PM The big three auto companies in the US appear to be in dire strife. If they go under, it r.....
» 22/11/2008 4:02:13 PM OUG, it’s a bit rough implying that my posts were not on topic. The point is that evolut.....
» 22/11/2008 1:46:38 PM Yes and no Steven. Yes the evidence for evolution is utterly overwhelming. But no, I don.....
» 22/11/2008 10:17:00 AM The only consideration should be the significance of the advancements made towards peace…......
» 22/11/2008 9:21:05 AM OUG (or anyone else), did my last post count for anything? I mean, if you just get out th.....
» 20/11/2008 8:21:14 PM A botanist’s perspective: Take the eucalypts - Australia’s most dominant and well-known t.....
» 20/11/2008 1:20:37 PM Hmmm. Well, full marks Brian for thinking outside the box. OK, giving this idea serious c.....
» 20/11/2008 7:20:03 AM Wunderful! One little corner of the world might actually benefit from climate change. So t.....
» 17/11/2008 9:57:08 PM Colinsett, I’d also like to think that there is a glimmer of hope that China can not only .....
» 17/11/2008 1:59:10 PM Pericles; “If we were able to select the kind of Christian that we need, it would be the c.....
» 17/11/2008 6:06:32 AM Now we DEFINITELY need more Christians like this bloke. From Compass on ABC1 last night: .....
» 16/11/2008 8:40:18 AM I appreciate the overview of the international aid structure and its main problems. Certai.....
» 15/11/2008 7:47:37 PM “The answer has to be cricket politics” You might be right Rob. But on the other hand, it.....
» 15/11/2008 2:13:49 PM Awww Rudd schmud, revolution schmellovution! It has just been more of the same ‘çept for o.....
» 15/11/2008 9:33:49 AM Foxy; “High levels of atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health,.....
» 15/11/2008 8:36:27 AM That hurt! Fell clean awf me chair and cracked m’ numbskull on the tiled floor! OUWW! Oh .....
» 14/11/2008 8:09:02 AM TRTL; “…repeat offenders (older drivers, who may have open licences) who have displayed te.....
» 13/11/2008 10:10:18 PM CJ: “I reckon it'll take about that long, at least - to get it somewhere near right.” Yep.....
» 13/11/2008 9:41:05 PM Fractelle: “I shudder when I see a callow youth behind the wheel of a supercharged anythin.....
» 13/11/2008 2:37:41 PM Pelican, I think the answer lies predominantly in law-enforcement strategies and to a less.....
» 13/11/2008 1:31:01 PM “The next symposium is being planned for February or March 2009.” Excellent. “As to what.....
» 13/11/2008 1:27:25 PM Thanks for the well-considered response Tom. “Perhaps you would like to post details to t.....
» 13/11/2008 9:01:57 AM We desperately need to separate the continuous expansion part of economic growth from the .....
» 13/11/2008 9:00:19 AM James Ingram. “The nub of the long-term problem is that demand for food will double within.....
» 13/11/2008 7:24:58 AM God isn’t green (or I should say; the god delusion isn’t green). Far from it. NO major r.....
» 12/11/2008 4:52:33 PM Ludwig; “Your key questions …are entirely concerned with climate change ...” Tomw; “Yes, .....
» 12/11/2008 3:47:25 PM I’m inclined to agree runner. What gets on my goat though is when regular posters just ig.....
» 12/11/2008 3:04:11 PM Haaa hahahaha. Waffles as well! This is shaping up to be a real hoot of a party for all u.....
» 12/11/2008 12:47:55 PM Thanks to all contributors on this thread. But crikey, there really is very little inter.....
» 12/11/2008 12:12:36 PM Graham, you’ve commented here on a thread that was 18 hours old when you posted….and I tha.....
» 12/11/2008 4:39:09 AM Unbelievable! I think that the posters so far have been way too gentle with James Ingram......
» 11/11/2008 10:32:30 PM You might be right Q&A, but it would have been good to have just got a one-line post from .....
» 11/11/2008 10:19:01 PM That’s a pretty good wrap Foxy. I’ll just add one more weakness: A lack of feedback to .....
» 11/11/2008 9:41:39 PM Tom, I’m going to be rather critical. I think it is a good initiative, but something doesn.....
» 11/11/2008 7:51:58 PM Okaaay fungo. Thanks for letting me know I wuz right about the shallow goose bit ( :>/ .....
» 11/11/2008 8:08:47 AM Examinator, they’ve got this sort of thing in New Zealand. So it shouldn’t be dismissed to.....
» 11/11/2008 7:22:32 AM Fungo, you accuse me of being completely off-track with one very simplistic comment (“I co.....
» 10/11/2008 9:20:32 PM And MORE IMPORTANTLY, we everyday ordinary road-users ALL need to be empowered to do our b.....
» 10/11/2008 9:16:02 PM Polycarp; “I'm only beginning to feel 'vulnerable' now.. and I'm well.. 'getting on' in ye.....
» 10/11/2008 10:31:15 AM EVO; “Not even you could be that silly.” Huh? “In general, you know what is right and wr.....
» 9/11/2008 10:13:29 PM From 60 Minutes this evening: “Driving a car is the most dangerous thing a teenager can d.....
» 9/11/2008 8:59:17 AM Oo goodie….marshmallows! \ :> ).....
» 9/11/2008 8:55:27 AM Fractelle; “You can't provide a good reason for its continuation because there is no reaso.....
» 9/11/2008 8:12:05 AM Well they’re gone – executed a short while ago, in the dead of night. Agreed DEMOS and Br.....
» 8/11/2008 8:01:28 PM Thanks Q&A. Fungochumley; “3rd what? Not child I hope…” Ooow crikey no. Horrible little .....
» 8/11/2008 1:52:20 PM There might be an element of fundamentalism amongst ardent climate-change advocates. But I.....
» 8/11/2008 1:08:59 PM Hello Polycarp and runner. Did you see my request for your opinions in my previous post .....
» 8/11/2008 12:50:50 PM Blarst!! A damned typo…and in the first sentence of the post!! Pfpfpfpfff. ‘thanks’ shou.....
» 8/11/2008 8:50:46 AM Graham; “If anyone has changed their mind on an issue, I'd like to hear about it. Perhaps .....
» 8/11/2008 8:46:16 AM Wow, a bunch more people to thanks: Forrest, Romany, Bronwyn, and PALE…and all the unmenti.....
» 7/11/2008 8:36:51 AM Thanks for the kind words Foxy, Oly, dickie, Belly, Arjy, Hassy, pelly and Banjy. I’m hum.....
» 6/11/2008 1:58:56 PM Words fail you SV….and apparently any semblance of logical thought as well. Could you pr.....
» 6/11/2008 1:42:13 PM Anng, I think that Hasbeen is being entirely realistic. Has there been a leader in Oz or.....
» 6/11/2008 12:53:37 PM “Do I get a sense that you think arguing about issues with others makes you less effective.....
» 6/11/2008 10:29:59 AM As a middle-aged long-time single male, I’ve never even for a moment considered internet d.....
» 6/11/2008 10:01:53 AM So Kiashu, what do you want our immigration program and population policy to be like? You.....
» 6/11/2008 8:18:05 AM Today is Ludwig’s third anniversary of OLO involvement. Yarhoo! (pats himself on the back).....
» 5/11/2008 9:21:09 PM I’d like to ask if those true god disciples; runner, Polycarp, one under god, etc support .....
» 5/11/2008 8:50:01 PM Yabby I admire your positivity. It is true that Obama has won some momentous and highly i.....
» 5/11/2008 4:50:35 PM Oh yair. I'll believe it when I see some positive changes in the right direction... and I.....
» 5/11/2008 1:09:25 PM “Ludwig turns his blind eye, yet again.” Davo, what the….?? C’mawwn, put a bit of substa.....
» 5/11/2008 9:52:00 AM Excellent article Eric. Surely one of the most important articles ever posted on this foru.....
» 4/11/2008 11:33:39 PM "fligh" ?? !! ( :>#.....
» 4/11/2008 10:21:36 PM I’m sure southerners are no more criminally-minded than established Queenslanders. Any inc.....
» 4/11/2008 4:32:17 PM Yes colinsett, the ‘religion’ of voodoo economics is vastly more destructive to our future.....
» 4/11/2008 1:02:02 PM Well said DEMOS. ---- John Perkins blames the god delusion for all of our major global woe.....
» 4/11/2008 12:05:07 PM Having lived in Townsville for 25 years and travelled widely across the country in that ti.....
» 3/11/2008 9:20:03 PM ‘N. L. Wilbur, a journalist turned critic, believes that while the greats already said it .....
» 3/11/2008 8:49:51 PM When Bligh became premier, one of the first changes she made was to rename the Ministry of.....
» 3/11/2008 1:24:34 PM That’s a very disturbing article by Chris Graham. Thanks for bringing it to our attention .....
» 2/11/2008 9:24:41 AM David Can anything be done? Yes. We can continue with the same old same old until we have.....
» 2/11/2008 8:31:38 AM “Groups like WWF which run the argument that -Aust is using more than its per capita share.....
» 31/10/2008 6:47:41 AM Nicky, I can't think of anything else to add, other than that I agree with you all the way.....
» 30/10/2008 10:11:50 PM Nicky, we most definitely should stand up for the basic principles of the decent treatment.....
» 30/10/2008 1:26:06 PM The concept of an ecological footprint is a good one. But its quantification is extremely .....
» 28/10/2008 10:03:06 PM “Forrest thought an afterthought: "Ludwig needs to know that".” Thanks for thin.....
» 28/10/2008 8:47:15 PM By the way, welcome to OLO rw......
» 28/10/2008 7:51:19 PM Good point rw. So the question really should be; a market controlled by greed and vested .....
» 28/10/2008 1:06:09 PM Examinator, I’m not sure how you could consider my ponderance to be short-sighted. The pos.....
» 28/10/2008 12:40:15 PM Isn’t it all really very simple? We need two things; To get it through our thick heads t.....
» 27/10/2008 1:50:05 PM Another aspect of net energy analysis is whether it is actually better to just let the net.....
» 27/10/2008 8:00:07 AM Agreed CJ. Let’s dump the stupid thing …and replace it with silent time, so that the mob o.....
» 26/10/2008 9:05:28 PM Free Market yes or no? NOOOOOO NOOO NOO NO NO No no no nono nononononono nooooooooooooooo.....
» 26/10/2008 3:08:48 PM Your article brought a tear to my eye Brian. It took me back to my own experiences in the .....
» 26/10/2008 8:48:00 AM "Ï'm only an economist". Yes, and doesn't it show Nicholas! Your article is so .....
» 4/10/2008 3:17:47 PM Its a good point Bushbred - our government's management of the economy (in Australia and e.....
» 2/10/2008 12:41:30 PM 'Today's capitalism has run its course' You bet it has. "The Scandinavian countries.....
» 1/10/2008 5:01:27 PM " 'Some' people don't understand that the necessary bailout does NOT mean business as.....
» 1/10/2008 11:51:43 AM Bail them out...so that they can just continue with business as usual? Oh what a good idea.....
» 1/10/2008 11:32:26 AM DIPLOMAN, I can agree with you in part; some faults need to be let go, if only for the goo.....
» 30/09/2008 11:09:10 AM "Ludwig, I'm not trying to undermine your concerns with respect to unrestrained popul.....
» 26/09/2008 12:04:05 PM "it is important, ludwig. the transition to a republic is an opportunity to inject so.....
» 25/09/2008 12:14:06 PM 'Republicans are looking for responsible, bipartisan leadership from Rudd and Turnbull on .....
» 24/09/2008 1:58:21 PM Tomw, it is good to hear that there is a goal of an absolute 50% cut in power use. Howev.....
» 23/09/2008 1:14:09 PM As usual there seems to not even be a thought of the continuously rapidly never-endingly i.....
» 18/09/2008 2:52:32 PM 'Tuesday's Liberal party room vote has very likely dealt a mortal blow to Turnbull's prime.....
» 15/09/2008 4:39:31 PM It's a good subject Gibo. In fact, one of the utmost importance...second only to sustainab.....
» 15/09/2008 2:11:27 PM Thanks Paul. "I suppose what I most take issue with is the enormous part of your cla.....
» 15/09/2008 1:43:52 PM Oh dear, you're just not interested at all in real sustainability Jason... are you? I mea.....
» 13/09/2008 2:40:21 PM Jason, the amount of coalfired power will not be greatly reduced if a large number of peop.....
» 13/09/2008 2:33:45 PM Thanks Jason. But you haven't answered my questions. In fact, you haven't addressed my poi.....
» 13/09/2008 2:24:05 PM "Yeah Ludwig, international communists everywhere are enormously invigorated? What po.....
» 11/09/2008 3:01:34 PM I dunno Jason. I mean, good on you for starting new general threads. But you don't seem in.....
» 9/09/2008 10:09:33 AM It was surely of the utmost importance that fundamental democratic principles were upheld .....
» 9/09/2008 10:02:51 AM Sure Jason, great improvements in efficiency or frugality in household power usage can pot.....
» 8/09/2008 10:42:12 AM Arrrgh! I just can't possibly write a post quickly without it being full of sh!tty l!ttle .....
» 7/09/2008 9:16:13 PM Perhaps the most useful thing she could do is take up the cause of sustainability, and sta.....
» 7/09/2008 9:10:58 PM Foxy, I wish Ms Bryce all the best in the position. But I think that most people couldn't.....
» 7/09/2008 1:02:19 PM I'm on the fly, so just a quick note. I haven't read the thread so I hope I'm not repeatin.....
» 3/09/2008 12:58:51 PM Jason, it all sounds very nice for each and every one of us or each family or each little .....
» 20/08/2008 9:27:02 AM Yeah well, that is very interesting n all. But really, it is such a silly ditraction from .....
» 19/08/2008 5:34:05 PM Foxy and CJ, I'm not sure what you are objecting to here. Isn't it perfectly fair and rea.....
» 19/08/2008 11:21:09 AM How about something like the logo of Sustainable Population Australia as the main feature .....
» 18/08/2008 11:35:51 AM Paul, there may be great opportunities for making money in the dirty environment arena. An.....
» 18/08/2008 11:17:58 AM Forrest, I am referring to Microsoft Word. RobP, I use the Word spell and grammar checker.....
» 18/08/2008 11:08:06 AM Foxy, I don't have any problem with the ozzie flag being connected to our heritage by way .....
» 15/08/2008 7:33:14 PM Yes Fractelle. I very strongly support this. I can’t see why we OLOers shouldn’t have acc.....
» 15/08/2008 2:15:54 PM No Forrest I don’t know of any Australia tree called algum or almug. But then there are a .....
» 15/08/2008 1:42:52 PM “… but to also role with the flow…”…… “role”?.......ROLE??!!??!! I did NOT write that!! .....
» 15/08/2008 9:46:17 AM BTW thanks Forrest for that little diversion off topic. It was very interesting and fun. .....
» 15/08/2008 9:18:37 AM Yes, piddling little errors in your posts can be extremely irritating, as I have made pate.....
» 14/08/2008 10:34:08 PM This is a timely thread for me Belly as I’m just about to embark on a trip across the top .....
» 14/08/2008 10:00:10 PM Hold on Examinator and Pelican. Of course the obesity problem is not going to be solved by.....
» 14/08/2008 7:28:46 PM Int uther verds; Oh the shock! Ludwig has been Gazumpped!! His red underbelly has been ex.....
» 14/08/2008 4:03:33 AM Further to Antiseptic…. Cedrela toona is an old name for the great red cedar tree that gr.....
» 13/08/2008 4:08:56 PM With pleasure Antiseptic. Thirteen years ago some bright spark of a botanist decided that .....
» 13/08/2008 12:41:38 PM A good thread Polycarp. I think R0bert addresses the issue very nicely. The correlation be.....
» 13/08/2008 11:48:47 AM Yep I’m a fan of ol’ AB Paterson as well. He had a bit of a botanical bent….. ‘… "M.....
» 13/08/2008 11:19:22 AM Saint Polycarp of Smugboazia!! D’Oh…sorry Polycarp….just counldna resist that (:>) I.....
» 13/08/2008 10:30:14 AM Oh der stoß! Ludwig ist gazumpped gewesen!! Sein faul roter underbelly ist ausgestellt wor.....
» 12/08/2008 8:58:46 PM 'Hard'-numbered posts that is......
» 12/08/2008 6:56:54 PM “Nah Ludwig, you don't get out of it that easily. That was a freudian slip, mate. Only res.....
» 10/08/2008 9:07:54 PM ‘fascilities’. Ahh furballs!! |:<(.....
» 10/08/2008 9:24:04 AM Why did the multitude of good people on OLO who choose to contribute under a pseudonym [or.....
» 10/08/2008 8:38:49 AM I strongly agree Rob. In fact I find it very strange that these fascilities would be compl.....
» 8/08/2008 3:01:58 PM GYM-FISH, in the absence of a strong policy as implemented by Howard, we would have had a .....
» 8/08/2008 9:31:47 AM The more I think about it, the more I see the latest developments as bad news. Surely the.....
» 8/08/2008 7:22:59 AM “…I am all for population expansion…” Well, it really does beg the question rehctub; Ho.....
» 8/08/2008 6:35:40 AM Yabby I don’t think politicians necessarily reflect what the people want. When it comes to.....
» 7/08/2008 4:22:17 PM Australia’s mandatory detention policy was never shameful. It was absolutely necessary. .....
» 7/08/2008 2:58:18 PM I don’t see any reason why general threads that can no longer be posted on should stay on .....
» 7/08/2008 2:11:34 PM Rehctub, now you are confusing me. You say that you hear what I’m saying loud and clear. B.....
» 7/08/2008 1:56:49 PM Yes it would be good for tourism, So it begs the question; why hasn’t our state government.....
» 7/08/2008 1:49:33 PM The most important thing to consider is that Costello is absolutely entrenched in the cont.....
» 7/08/2008 1:35:57 PM Yesterday it appeared as though this thread had been removed. Even when I hit the ‘show 50.....
» 7/08/2008 1:24:30 PM Forrest, yes OLO is a valuable sounding board for the general community. Politicians and r.....
» 7/08/2008 1:19:16 PM Ah yes, the other OLO thread is now over a month old, so it has dropped off the end of the.....
» 6/08/2008 7:55:03 PM Aaaah haaa hahahaha. That was VERY funny! I’m referring to Keating’s comments on Costello.....
» 6/08/2008 7:43:03 PM Hi Sylwia So do you think that there is merit in putting a moratorium or a considerable s.....
» 6/08/2008 1:27:29 PM Alright, what on earth is going on?? The 'Suggestions for OLO' thread has DISAPPEARED!!.....
» 6/08/2008 8:40:40 AM A friend of mine said yesterday; “they just don’t get it do they” He went on to say somet.....
» 4/08/2008 10:37:31 PM Rehctub, I live in Townsville. We’ve got permanent water restrictions, which recently beca.....
» 4/08/2008 10:17:47 PM I wish that there was a bit more colour, different fonts, different text size, italics and.....
» 4/08/2008 10:15:55 PM Yair thanks for the figures rstuart. Phew, I’m not in the top five most obsessive nutcas.....
» 4/08/2008 8:04:58 AM Rehctub, my first thought is; how can anyone living in southeast Queensland possibly expre.....
» 4/08/2008 7:40:51 AM “…yet he has a track record and intellectual prowess to win the next election.” What? (:&.....
» 3/08/2008 8:11:09 PM The silly Libs want to install Costello as their leader. Oh dear. Talk about a mob a hopel.....
» 2/08/2008 8:09:25 PM In the latest poll the Libnats have slipped even further behind Labor than they were befor.....
» 2/08/2008 7:04:19 PM Very interesting Pelican. What WILL people make of OLO in fifty or so years time? I wonder.....
» 2/08/2008 12:39:26 PM “Worrying about cutting energy consumption and reducing emissions as the primary goal is n.....
» 2/08/2008 12:11:25 PM Thanks Susan “OLO is an egalitarian space where everyone can stand an equal chance of get.....
» 2/08/2008 12:02:53 PM It’s hot air Chaz. All that Brumby is espousing is a pause in the acceleration of the migr.....
» 2/08/2008 7:10:15 AM “Changing the shameful mandatory detention for refugees is long overdue.” Yvonne, I don’t.....
» 1/08/2008 9:51:51 PM Aw Polyboaz, haven’t we been over this before? Is you is just cruising for a rumble, yeah?.....
» 1/08/2008 9:17:15 PM Spikey “… in my view the daily articles should be the up to the very best standard of opi.....
» 1/08/2008 4:12:52 PM “…you know some of the articles are written by people with no particular expertise and no .....
» 1/08/2008 2:15:50 PM The following has been stated on this thread. But I’ll re-emphasise it…. Email alerts sho.....
» 1/08/2008 10:35:32 AM You got it PolyBoaz, I’m an old winker from way back! Hey yes, wouldn’t a video facility .....
» 1/08/2008 10:34:44 AM R0bert, yes I remember that article by Graham. It is interesting that there seem to be ma.....
» 1/08/2008 9:51:29 AM I think that the highest risk strategy that Nelson and the Libs can undertake is to be see.....
» 1/08/2008 9:20:58 AM ‘If we expect India to take a stand on controlling climate change, the existing culprits, .....
» 31/07/2008 10:43:06 PM “Perhaps the feeling of powerlessness is the cause of all this rage.” Yep Pelican, spot o.....
» 31/07/2008 7:44:09 PM Good point TRTL. I’ve often thought about writing articles and the problem that it would c.....
» 31/07/2008 3:13:12 PM Pell’s exhortation to have more babies is just fundamentally outrageous, no matter which w.....
» 31/07/2008 2:35:15 PM Anti-green, I notice that you have been on this forum for a long time, about a year longer.....
» 31/07/2008 1:43:37 PM Samsung, I have been for some time thinking about starting a general thread on the signifi.....
» 31/07/2008 1:39:46 PM Within the subject matter of this forum – broad-ranging social and political debate - how .....
» 31/07/2008 1:05:50 PM Rob, that’s an excellent article by Paul Sheehan. Now if we could just get Nelson to conc.....
» 31/07/2008 11:10:03 AM “I would of liked to see Peter Curson response to your question as well, but I suspect in .....
» 31/07/2008 10:41:52 AM Pelican, Costalotello IS the funniest man in parliament. I mean, the joke that he would ma.....
» 31/07/2008 9:17:09 AM RobP “…there were 178,000 people let in via the bona fide migration program last year. A.....
» 31/07/2008 8:53:21 AM Oh what hope have we got? Whether or not CO2 is going to have the enormous impact that it.....
» 30/07/2008 10:39:32 PM As a current public servant I really enjoyed this! So much of it just SOOO true! . “Dur.....
» 30/07/2008 10:15:59 PM Anti-green, you are so totally hooked into rapid and massive expansionism. How long do yo.....
» 30/07/2008 9:54:43 PM A couple more things. Both have been mentioned on this thread but let’s say it again anywa.....
» 30/07/2008 9:23:09 PM “I certainly will do my best to push the issue at every opportunity.” The best of luck wi.....
» 30/07/2008 6:30:05 PM “I suspect that is up to the submitters. I certainly don't want to see stuff added by OLO .....
» 30/07/2008 6:14:11 PM Ah yes. Just another beautiful sunny morning in Beijing! Interesting. This article has d.....
» 30/07/2008 12:16:43 PM Immigration Minister Chris Evans yesterday announced that there would be a significant eas.....
» 30/07/2008 10:13:58 AM I reckon that more photos or other illustrations within articles would add greatly to the .....
» 30/07/2008 10:10:50 AM We need messages on threads where posts have been deleted or where parts of a post have be.....
» 30/07/2008 7:34:29 AM Daggett, I guess there is no problem in saying that Graham Young specifically told me that.....
» 29/07/2008 10:25:55 PM Efranke, Judy was a stooge; an impostor. So the posts were deleted….which has left a coupl.....
» 29/07/2008 10:05:10 PM Steel, the vast majority of tailgating doesn’t lead to serious accidents. But then you can.....
» 29/07/2008 9:26:12 PM Hmmm, well that double post went down like a lead balloon. Yeah well, I expected as much .....
» 29/07/2008 9:20:48 PM Yes rstuart. I was on dial-up in those old OLO days. But it doesn’t make sense, because ev.....
» 29/07/2008 9:07:01 PM Passy The critical question in my last post is; “Why on earth would you want population .....
» 29/07/2008 8:27:08 PM Hello, Gibo’s comments on Steel Mann’s nudist pursuits have been deleted. This has left S.....
» 29/07/2008 3:22:16 PM I think OLO really does have to abandon of the multiple page setup for articles and for th.....
» 29/07/2008 3:10:45 PM “Does Dolly tell dear reader that she can refuse such demands? No” Oh please Melinda, sur.....
» 29/07/2008 2:20:56 PM An interesting multifaceted article. “Unless sanity prevails and we transition toward a c.....
» 29/07/2008 8:41:14 AM Very good kulu. So what can the people who share these views do about it? This is such a.....
» 28/07/2008 8:43:34 PM Passy “Is there any evidence we have passed our so called optimal population level?” Ye.....
» 28/07/2008 12:22:29 PM “Things like tailgating is not too bad and at normal speeds is not really dangerous except.....
» 28/07/2008 11:45:50 AM “…bad overtaking, tailgating and slow road-hog driving" are ALL "speed" rel.....
» 28/07/2008 11:42:40 AM “ ‘why do police allow leeway on speed limits?’. For safety reasons, that's why. If all po.....
» 28/07/2008 10:50:48 AM CJ, I can’t see that any configuration of parliamentary seats would make a significant dif.....
» 27/07/2008 10:05:17 PM “It's not very healthy when a government can pretty well just do as it likes” Right CJ. A.....
» 27/07/2008 9:08:09 PM Whoopie doo!!.....
» 27/07/2008 9:07:51 AM Philips Speed and drink-driving appear to be the major killers, largely because that is h.....
» 27/07/2008 12:12:45 AM I share your concerns Cuphandle. There have been a lot of similar problems in north Queen.....
» 26/07/2008 8:12:38 PM “Australia needs to decentralise and build infrastructure to support population growth” .....
» 26/07/2008 6:53:59 PM Runner, would you be so kind as to address the questions I posed to you on 23 July. Thanks.....
» 26/07/2008 6:40:14 PM Passy The size of the global population has increased several fold in recent decades. The.....
» 26/07/2008 9:00:19 AM Thanks Steel “…speeding rules and infringements are used on normal, law-abiding citizens .....
» 25/07/2008 4:44:51 PM “My question to you would be: why is this so? Why do you feel that expressing "this s.....
» 25/07/2008 2:33:52 PM There is also a pretty poor correlation between officially rare and/or threatened plant sp.....
» 25/07/2008 2:30:51 PM There are a lot of good things being done to protect our biodiversity in Australia: The n.....
» 25/07/2008 11:09:06 AM Professor Curson, what do you think Australia’s optimum population is? That is; the best .....
» 25/07/2008 10:10:16 AM Philips “Current policing must be taken away from areas like rapes, …” I wouldn’t want t.....
» 24/07/2008 3:14:18 PM Peter Curson says that 4 countries in Asia have negative population growth; China, Japan, .....
» 24/07/2008 2:30:54 PM Well Steel, that gives me some insight into one of the three points that I was seeking fur.....
» 24/07/2008 11:21:08 AM Thanks mj. No worries. . Steel “unless it comes with a system that I suggested earlier…”.....
» 24/07/2008 11:03:55 AM This article is worrying. “It is interesting to reflect on how discussions of population .....
» 23/07/2008 9:46:45 PM Population growth is the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions according to Dr Bob Birre.....
» 23/07/2008 8:44:36 PM Runner, your main concern appears to be that some ethnic groups, presumably within Austral.....
» 23/07/2008 8:26:37 PM Yep, spot on Chaz. It is the most mindboggling thing that our federal government, and eve.....
» 23/07/2008 2:10:03 PM “He was delightfully suprised by the compliance. I can probably locate that article if you.....
» 23/07/2008 12:26:36 PM “So have you heard about the 85th percentile…” Yes mj. But I wonder just how applicable i.....
» 23/07/2008 10:11:37 AM “The ALP needs to focus more on the many women and childless couples…” What about single .....
» 22/07/2008 10:23:43 PM Oh uh Pericles, I see what looks like at first impressions to be another contradiction in .....
» 22/07/2008 10:20:33 PM “…sneered at”? Oow (:>( Hey my friend and long-time compatriot on this forum where we.....
» 22/07/2008 9:54:14 PM Hey eyeball, welcome to OLO. “All we hear from the powers that be, is SPEED & DRINK.” Ye.....
» 22/07/2008 9:13:55 PM “If I may be at liberty to play devil's advocate...you could have speed limits with a rewa.....
» 22/07/2008 1:30:06 PM I left one very important thing off my list of what should be done to improve road safety .....
» 22/07/2008 12:25:55 PM “These views are not suppressed, in either country.” You reckon Pericles?? I’d say they a.....
» 22/07/2008 12:24:39 PM “…it is not the opinions that matter…” Ok Pericles, glad to hear it. But this does sit in.....
» 21/07/2008 9:36:52 PM “My answer is, that I do not have the right not to do so.” Enoch Powell said this in ref.....
» 21/07/2008 9:33:09 PM “Boazycrap…” Aaaah haaa hahahhaaa...haha….ho…… huh……....oow! . . . . . .not nice CJ! Bu.....
» 21/07/2008 7:10:40 PM “…punitive fines for speeding are a complete nonsense.” Steel, how could we possibly have.....
» 21/07/2008 11:06:00 AM 6. The police should be in unmarked cars! If this was the case, then practically every hal.....
» 21/07/2008 11:04:04 AM “For the ‘road’, strict and thorough regulation is a necessity.” Absolutely philips. Wha.....
» 20/07/2008 11:53:32 PM Arjay, likeability [likeableness?] has got a hell of a lot to do with being a good leader......
» 20/07/2008 8:56:16 PM “I agree with Cardinal Pell's ‘Populate or perish’…” Antonious, your reason for agreeing .....
» 20/07/2008 8:34:13 PM Fair enough Foxy. Let’s hope that this will be followed by significant action......
» 19/07/2008 10:19:56 PM Oh please Arjay. Over the last few years you and I have been very much onside on this foru.....
» 19/07/2008 9:19:54 PM Oh fwuaaaarrrk! No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop really sh!tty little errors ins.....
» 19/07/2008 8:41:48 PM It didn’t move me Foxy. All I could do was half-raise one eyebrow and take a slightly deep.....
» 19/07/2008 9:04:19 AM “The fact that the Rudd Government is pushing forwards with an emissions trading system, d.....
» 19/07/2008 8:30:04 AM “The main question, among several questions, about forms of marriage or no-marriage is not.....
» 19/07/2008 7:36:11 AM RobP, regardless of the nature of the IT glitch that is causing truncated thread titles, t.....
» 18/07/2008 3:56:20 PM Some of my pet-hate mispronunciations: Paddick, philip ruddick, recignise, etc. Estralya.....
» 18/07/2008 2:36:16 PM RobP, yes those truncated general title threads are another weird aspect of OLO. The late.....
» 18/07/2008 1:04:03 PM “However, the only source you provide, showing that these were EXACTLY Pell's words, is yo.....
» 18/07/2008 12:45:08 PM How extraordinary! Yep, you had to spell it out Bronwyn. I just wouldn't have noticed othe.....
» 18/07/2008 12:27:07 PM You little beauty. At last some common sense in this debate is prevailing amongst our illu.....
» 18/07/2008 12:25:32 PM Perhaps US, if the police could be relied on to always use their discretionary powers wise.....
» 18/07/2008 6:56:10 AM Pell said; "No Western country is producing enough babies to keep the population st.....
» 18/07/2008 6:33:54 AM That one’s gone over my head Bronwyn. I’m afraid I can’t work out what you mean. ^^^^ I .....
» 17/07/2008 11:05:53 PM Are errors in general thread titles mistakes made by forum staff Foxy? They are made by th.....
» 17/07/2008 10:30:56 PM Can anything be done to prevent the legal and social messes we can get our relationships i.....
» 15/07/2008 8:45:54 PM “Perhaps it is something important to him” Yes, very important by the sound of it, mjpb. .....
» 15/07/2008 6:49:46 PM US, you would go the other way? You mean towards a State in which, 'íf you can get away wi.....
» 15/07/2008 2:14:17 PM I was utterly appalled last night to hear Pell say words to the effect: ‘and go out and .....
» 15/07/2008 1:51:59 PM Yep Banjo, the solution to Queensland's nude beach legal hypocrisy really is simple. “It .....
» 15/07/2008 1:47:30 PM “You just cant legislate for every eventuality” Of course we can’t, US. I’m not suggestin.....
» 15/07/2008 1:17:15 PM John Passant makes out that we are on a clear path towards ‘McCarthyism’. But even a lot o.....
» 14/07/2008 9:49:54 PM “I'm more than happy for a police officer to see people blatantly breaking a law, with no .....
» 14/07/2008 9:44:25 PM “I wonder ludwig, why one would only be concerned about young women and families with smal.....
» 14/07/2008 9:22:54 AM “It's hardly likely that a non nudist family would want to go to one of those beaches anyw.....
» 14/07/2008 8:44:03 AM We’ve got massive wealth flowing into this country from coal, iron ore and a host of other.....
» 14/07/2008 3:31:04 AM “God, lighten up. Who gives a toss?” StG, do you really think that blatant contradictions.....
» 13/07/2008 9:13:35 PM That’s a very interesting development in this story, antiseptic. So it appears that the e.....
» 13/07/2008 8:38:21 PM Thanks Bushbred. By way of clarification of my posts of 8 July, I believe anthropogenic g.....
» 13/07/2008 5:43:17 AM Antiseptic Tits not a problem at Buchans Point. There aren’t any. Only dirty old flabby-g.....
» 12/07/2008 9:22:13 PM Further to my last last post.... So many crucial questions. SO MUCH fundamental doubt ab.....
» 12/07/2008 9:16:59 PM well at last I get to post this response. first i woz brickwalled this mornin by the 4-in-.....
» 12/07/2008 8:04:22 PM Tom From my post of 6 July: “Unfortunately, the hybrid technology that Tom Gosling is es.....
» 12/07/2008 4:29:56 PM Chainsmoker, you disagree that there should be a mechanism whereby everyone can see who is.....
» 12/07/2008 4:14:17 PM The nude beach at Buchans Point, Cairns, is really quite extraordinary. It is in full view.....
» 12/07/2008 4:04:13 PM AndrewBartlett, I’m not going to take you up on this topic. You and I have been over all o.....
» 12/07/2008 3:50:23 PM Wow, that first sentence is a doozy Cuphandle. A 150 worder!! I think I popped a few neuro.....
» 12/07/2008 3:27:10 PM Why is it that we put up with chronic hypocrisy in law? One of the prime examples is clo.....
» 12/07/2008 2:22:03 PM What about this idea: A noticeboard that lists the top 100 posters by the number of posts.....
» 12/07/2008 9:50:31 AM “Oh, and an acknowledgement from someone on OLO that they are at least monitoring this thr.....
» 11/07/2008 10:10:09 PM Banjo, “I understand it was not the first time Corby had been to Bali and that there are.....
» 11/07/2008 9:18:06 PM Oh dear, your last post was really quite disturbing, if I may say so Judy. “Compared to o.....
» 11/07/2008 8:18:04 PM Judy Yes, in order to secure the return of Corby, we may well have to accept the return o.....
» 11/07/2008 4:12:37 PM “Population is a tough issue and one very difficult to legislate.” Judy, I don’t think so.....
» 11/07/2008 3:38:47 PM What on earth makes you to think that our population is stabilising freediver? It isn't g.....
» 11/07/2008 2:37:36 PM Col, surely you have got to have absolute confidence in Corby's guilt before you can say t.....
» 11/07/2008 11:47:42 AM I fully agree Efranke. The Greens have lost their way. Well….they were never really on the.....
» 11/07/2008 11:26:08 AM Foxy I agree that Rudd should be doing everything in his power to bring Shapelle Corby hom.....
» 11/07/2008 8:32:06 AM Massive problems with water in southeast Queensland….but still an unfettered high rate of .....
» 10/07/2008 9:50:06 PM Isn’t that an interesting comment; “We win every battle but we're losing the war.” How d.....
» 10/07/2008 9:31:02 PM Passy I disagree. Graham, along with the rest of us, should have an inalienable right to e.....
» 10/07/2008 9:13:38 PM Welcome to OLO Judy. It is very good indeed to have your comments presented on this forum......
» 10/07/2008 8:42:53 AM How about a change to the order in which general threads are listed? The trouble is that o.....
» 10/07/2008 8:00:54 AM We saw parallel threads on Bill Henson recently, both accepted at about the same time. Why.....
» 9/07/2008 2:56:46 PM From my last post: “He [Rudd] can’t see that a rapid rate of economic growth is necessary.....
» 9/07/2008 12:16:50 PM It all sounds very interesting and positive Emma. Thankyou for putting up this article. B.....
» 9/07/2008 11:31:01 AM With regard to being able to fix typing errors after posting, if new posts appeared in dif.....
» 9/07/2008 10:01:53 AM Rudd’s economic prowess must immediately be critically questioned, due to his action of in.....
» 9/07/2008 8:01:21 AM Great post Efranke. We need to demand answers to all of your questions from KRudd, Garrett.....
» 8/07/2008 9:53:30 PM rehctub, I share your disgust in the vigilantism that has been expressed today. It is time.....
» 8/07/2008 3:04:30 PM Agreed Steel. I think there are some quite serious connotations to Rudd’s stance and comme.....
» 8/07/2008 11:23:12 AM Bronwyn I always do spelling and grammar checks, even if the post is a brief one-liner. Bu.....
» 8/07/2008 11:17:49 AM Make it about the maintenance of our society, which is under great threat of suffering a m.....
» 8/07/2008 11:16:21 AM David, I think that the stated consequences of not greatly reducing carbon emissions need .....
» 8/07/2008 8:29:32 AM “Dennis Ferguson is now costing the public $1000 a day. I doubt any of his victims are b.....
» 8/07/2008 7:44:16 AM This debate should not be about whether or not the sceptics have hijacked OLO, or whether .....
» 7/07/2008 9:51:57 PM “Enough said” And then…”cont’d”, followed by another load of porkchoppery! Oh Foxy, that.....
» 7/07/2008 9:19:19 PM Likewise James. I hadn’t even heard of apparently long-time internationally renowned artis.....
» 7/07/2008 4:53:43 PM Hello Sophie 1. Yes 2. 1 3. Nissan Xtrail 4. Yup 5. I don’t wanna think about it. I j.....
» 7/07/2008 4:23:53 PM I was just about to submit a new general thread on this subject. But you beat me to it Cor.....
» 7/07/2008 2:42:03 PM And yes, there is yet another chunderous little blunder, which I managed to read over, at .....
» 7/07/2008 12:54:31 PM Amorality begets amorality! If we let some people get away with amoral, unprincipled or il.....
» 7/07/2008 12:49:27 PM Very nicely put Bronwyn. There is a natural tendency within many of us to strive for what.....
» 7/07/2008 11:32:28 AM Yes DEMOS the takeover of Australia is well underway, with a great deal of foreign ownersh.....
» 7/07/2008 11:25:50 AM Yes it is a slow thread Gibo. Interesting isn’t it. The whole scenario of national defence.....
» 7/07/2008 11:04:42 AM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHH!! I don’t believe it. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT !! !!.....
» 7/07/2008 10:59:24 AM I agree rstuart that there should definitely be a note from the moderator in place of any .....
» 7/07/2008 7:56:20 AM A very interesting link Wobbles. So how do lithium-ion batteries or other technologies co.....
» 6/07/2008 10:14:12 PM A fair point trade215. There is an awful lot of reprioritisation of funding that should ta.....
» 6/07/2008 7:46:45 AM Thanks Yabby. That makes eminent sense, in line with Klaas Woldring’s article and comments.....
» 5/07/2008 9:49:30 PM “Read this far, did you? Lazy bugger. Now go read the link.” ( :> o He called me a l.....
» 5/07/2008 4:27:50 PM I’m going to repeat an earlier post on this thread, in the hope that somebody will address.....
» 5/07/2008 3:32:35 PM Also in 2003 the police watched him visit a school in Sydney and deliver a charity pamphle.....
» 5/07/2008 3:29:45 PM Just how bad is this man? In 1987 he kidnapped a girl aged 6 and her bothers, 7 & 8 from .....
» 5/07/2008 2:22:52 PM Perhaps the best strategy is to accept a large quota of Chinese within our immigration pro.....
» 5/07/2008 2:12:26 PM “Better an American ownership than a Chinese.” Yeah? I wonder about that Gibo. You’ve go.....
» 5/07/2008 9:15:54 AM I think that there have always been some pretty profound biases in academia which have had.....
» 5/07/2008 7:48:47 AM “Shut up Gibo….” I don’t endorse this sort of comment at all. Good on you Gibo for expres.....
» 4/07/2008 4:44:35 PM A good read Tom. Let’s hope that a green car can be developed…and quickly…that can get us .....
» 4/07/2008 4:09:46 PM EvilCapitalist, those who believe in global warming don’t have to prove the points that yo.....
» 4/07/2008 10:50:35 AM It all sounds very positive Klaas. But how do electric cars compare with gas-powered cars?.....
» 4/07/2008 8:59:45 AM Very good Graham. “We're not in demise or denial. We're just starting to come into our ow.....
» 4/07/2008 8:22:31 AM Yep, the debate was a no-brainer. The oil crunch and how to keep societies and countries.....
» 3/07/2008 10:45:48 PM Is the GG overpaid? Absaflippinlootely! And what’s with this abomination of tax-free inc.....
» 3/07/2008 9:22:26 PM Notorious paedophile Dennis Ferguson was due to face trial next week for an alleged sexual.....
» 3/07/2008 2:27:30 PM Yes, LNG seems like the way to go. But what I’d like to know is just how feasible it is t.....
» 3/07/2008 2:10:50 PM Most people involved in these sorts of studies would argue that they are doing their bit a.....
» 3/07/2008 2:09:04 PM Right on Mr Right. ^^^^ There might be a fadist aspect to the new push for sustainabilit.....
» 3/07/2008 7:49:51 AM I’m all the way with CJ; The concept of special laws for special circumstances, imposed b.....
» 2/07/2008 9:46:21 PM Thanks Steel. Appreciated. ^^^^ “I'd love for some of our more vocal armchair critics to.....
» 2/07/2008 5:46:04 PM I’ll take independent travel any day. With perhaps short organised tours inserted......
» 2/07/2008 5:01:28 PM Hellooow Perseus Finally peeped out from under your rock eh, after a three month hiberna.....
» 2/07/2008 4:46:18 PM Col, isn’t it really quite simple? We have enormous wealth flowing into this country, and.....
» 2/07/2008 3:53:28 PM Oow Steely, you seem a wee tad hung up on the views of ol Luddles. I’m sure if you really.....
» 2/07/2008 2:06:57 PM “With its coffers flush, does the Australian government really need more revenue?” ABSABL.....
» 2/07/2008 12:47:58 PM Well said rstuart ^^^^ Clive Hamilton may well be right about the number of climate-scep.....
» 1/07/2008 9:07:30 PM I wonder how much of the uncertainty in polls is due to the fickleness of those being poll.....
» 1/07/2008 8:23:59 PM So StG, I take it that you think that it is perfectly ok to have extremely vaguely defined.....
» 1/07/2008 2:25:25 PM “Causing annoyance is absolutely ridiculous as it is far too open to abuse by those who ca.....
» 1/07/2008 12:18:47 PM James, I find it very difficult to appreciate the nitty-gritty of government–union relatio.....
» 30/06/2008 1:46:49 PM The lowlights have been: 1. The most amazing lack of compliance with our code of conduct .....
» 30/06/2008 1:44:10 PM Good on you George for expressing your frustration on OLO. I’m not entirely sure just how.....
» 20/06/2008 6:38:49 PM Chow Vanilla. I look forward to your return cheers.....
» 20/06/2008 4:04:20 PM Aw phoowey, poowey and doggy-doowey. How can anyone possibly talk about population growt.....
» 8/06/2008 8:34:22 AM Great thread. 201 posts and rolling on strongly…maybe. Or maybe this post will kill it off.....
» 8/06/2008 8:08:54 AM So wot’s goin’ on ‘ere then? Deleted posts? Posts on the wrong thread? Boazy losing his ma.....
» 7/06/2008 9:04:10 PM Trade215: “The police hierarchy should have clarified this with the prosecutor FIRST.” .....
» 7/06/2008 8:25:37 PM Vanilla, well reasoned. I agree with all of your last double post, except perhaps the comm.....
» 7/06/2008 9:00:44 AM “The Henson debate is a debate we had to have, not just here in Australia but internationa.....
» 7/06/2008 8:31:26 AM Good points yvonne. Well, I reckon cycling is going to be upgraded big-time and integrated.....
» 7/06/2008 8:26:17 AM “After that it was Keystone Cops and moral hysterics” CJ, odious Devine and Johnson may b.....
» 7/06/2008 7:58:39 AM Good point R0bert. I see it just about every day; people driving with kids on board in a m.....
» 5/06/2008 9:47:35 AM I’ve been a cyclist for 40-odd years. By and large, it is good, but if you want to move al.....
» 5/06/2008 9:06:49 AM How can one police officer make a decision to take this sort of action, when he presumably.....
» 5/06/2008 9:04:05 AM “Actually, I don't have any problem with the media publishing the images, since they aren'.....
» 5/06/2008 7:53:26 AM Nicely reasoned bushbasher. Bowden writes; "if we were to explore whether Bill Hens.....
» 4/06/2008 11:37:24 AM This is now the seventh thread on this subject on OLO. So I had no expectations of the art.....
» 4/06/2008 8:38:28 AM That’s an interesting article Steel. What a crying shame that that sort of organisational .....
» 4/06/2008 7:42:38 AM “You, Ludwig and halambolos are actually trying to socially engineer it away, like a commu.....
» 4/06/2008 7:21:12 AM Meredith, I don’t think nudity per se should matter at all. It is the exploitation of kids.....
» 3/06/2008 9:43:16 PM Yep, it seems like a silly argument to me. jpw2040 makes a bunch of valid points that refu.....
» 3/06/2008 9:21:34 PM Parsh th boddle Ceej. Ive ad unuff of this bab bab babluling soshlist drrribbbl…. ooow…. .....
» 3/06/2008 12:17:51 PM Well said gecko. I agree with you except for your last line. I think there is a continuum .....
» 3/06/2008 8:19:32 AM Huh? OMFG? What does that stand for? Oh oh OMFG, THAT'S what it stands for!! Oooow ( : .....
» 3/06/2008 7:20:52 AM Haralambos “Furthermore, society should stop endorsing aggression as an acceptable mascul.....
» 3/06/2008 6:57:55 AM Steel, I understand what you are saying, but if the police can’t act on the “speech or arg.....
» 2/06/2008 8:30:38 PM Dallas, I think global warming is only very loosely connected to rising fuel prices. Peak .....
» 2/06/2008 7:55:51 PM “It's pretty obvious that old men photographing naked kiddies is real off.” Meredith, is .....
» 2/06/2008 7:43:38 PM Yes Billie, Howard told us at every opportunity about his government’s (apparent) complete.....
» 2/06/2008 4:51:51 PM Yep Ceej, I’m a pinko commie greenie…. and prreyowd of it!! Not a full-on red-under-the-be.....
» 2/06/2008 3:11:17 PM If someone is in fear of their physical wellbeing as the result of a verbal tirade, that i.....
» 2/06/2008 10:31:13 AM Gibo, maybe it would be a good thing if our rotten plutocratic kelptocratic oligarchic bic.....
» 2/06/2008 7:44:09 AM Plerdsus, I have never been able to get a feeling for just what our foreign debt really me.....
» 1/06/2008 11:19:05 AM It is a good subject to bring up for debate Julie. Thankyou. But my feeling is that Fuelw.....
» 1/06/2008 6:02:09 AM In yesterday’s Courier Mail there is a large article on Henson accompanied by a half-page-.....
» 31/05/2008 5:04:48 AM “Hiding away from our natures causes most of our sexual problems. Some can look at a naked.....
» 30/05/2008 2:29:08 PM Agreed plerdsus. What you call Tampa Day was indeed one of the most significant milestones.....
» 30/05/2008 8:52:47 AM One of the most perplexing things to happen on the world stage in recent years was the re-.....
» 30/05/2008 8:38:36 AM Gibo, I believe Geoff Dixon’s statements that rapidly rising fuel prices are compromising .....
» 29/05/2008 11:58:33 PM Howard has indeed left us with an enormous ecological debt. But I disagree with David Rit.....
» 29/05/2008 10:56:18 PM Vanilla “Surely that isn't legal? I'm ringing my journo friends to find out.” Yep, there.....
» 29/05/2008 1:20:14 PM “Thirdly, there's no genitals involved — an underaged nipple in shaded light is the extent.....
» 29/05/2008 12:48:39 PM “… I support the actions of the New South Wales and Victorian police in their investigatio.....
» 29/05/2008 9:23:39 AM Alison, this letter has my total support. Good move putting it up on OLO......
» 28/05/2008 9:17:27 PM “Honestly, if you have some hang ups then keep them to yourself…” Deary me Steel. What yo.....
» 28/05/2008 3:35:41 PM Col ‘Greedy’ Rouge, “Fix the population numbers and the rest falls into place.” Stabili.....
» 28/05/2008 12:07:57 PM Runner, I too have been perturbed by some of the stuff I have seen on SBS over quite a few.....
» 28/05/2008 10:15:00 AM “Remember though that the police were just acting on a complaint - that is their job.” Pe.....
» 27/05/2008 11:05:40 PM Ericc, I’m not advocating socialism, as per China. I’m suggesting that a democratic govern.....
» 27/05/2008 10:37:52 PM So are the police now going to charge the ABC for showing Bill Henson’s pictures of nude a.....
» 27/05/2008 9:18:36 PM Ericc and Col, yep we need both good government and healthy private enterprise. But how th.....
» 27/05/2008 8:43:41 PM On the 7.30 Report this evening, Hetty Johnson, Executive Director of Bravehearts vehement.....
» 27/05/2008 7:05:30 PM “I forgot to answer your question, ‘Can pi represent the ratio of any circle's circumferen.....
» 27/05/2008 3:48:53 PM If the universe didn’t exist, one plus one would equal zero. Yes ? And pi would not equal.....
» 27/05/2008 7:53:25 AM Our rapidly changing times, with the looming energy crunch and other major resource pressu.....
» 27/05/2008 6:56:46 AM Very nicely put yvonne......
» 26/05/2008 9:21:02 PM CJ, I’ll have to reserve my decision as to whether Rudd is ANY better than Howard for a wh.....
» 26/05/2008 8:56:26 PM Foxy, we can’t afford to give our government three years before we evaluate them. I don’t .....
» 26/05/2008 8:19:25 PM “It never ceases to amaze me how quick people are with their criticisms.” Foxy, do you t.....
» 26/05/2008 1:35:18 PM Dickie, why do you want to uphold such a narrow focus? What is wrong with presenting a bro.....
» 26/05/2008 8:13:06 AM A fart in a cyclone? “But I fear what we have is far worse.” I share your concern Raini.....
» 26/05/2008 7:19:41 AM I recently encountered two roadkill Proserpine rock wallabies side by side near Airlie Bea.....
» 26/05/2008 6:36:20 AM Yes Arjay, the discussion on Bill Henson is shaping up to be one of the most prolific yet......
» 25/05/2008 9:42:30 PM Bloody excellent post myopinion. Welcome to OLO......
» 25/05/2008 9:36:49 PM “It is NOT acceptable for the police to have let the paedophile Priests be charged because.....
» 25/05/2008 6:44:51 PM I think Rudd has done his government a great deal of damage with his “there’s nothing more.....
» 25/05/2008 9:52:24 AM I’m outraged at this police action. There is another significant aspect to this, apart f.....
» 25/05/2008 8:03:53 AM Heavy stuff Arjay. I think the core of our problem is the innate greed of the human anim.....
» 23/05/2008 3:56:27 PM “I am sorry you cannot see how immigration-based population is necessary to increase local.....
» 23/05/2008 8:13:14 AM Tapp, I don’t think it really matters as to just why our fuel prices are so high and rapid.....
» 22/05/2008 9:44:57 PM Paul, I see that you are merrily posting away on other threads. Are you not going to reply.....
» 22/05/2008 9:17:06 PM Lev I think Rudd’s policies of boosting immigration and increasing the baby bonus are abso.....
» 22/05/2008 9:14:51 AM Forrest, I can’t get at all enthused about the details of a project like this, for as long.....
» 21/05/2008 6:41:43 PM So I take it Lev that you are in favour of population stabilisation then, but just at a so.....
» 21/05/2008 7:18:22 AM This sort of thing really wrenches your heart-strings. I appreciate your outrage Cuphand.....
» 20/05/2008 10:22:30 PM Lev, population discussions are common on this forum. Most people are of the same mindset .....
» 20/05/2008 9:59:33 PM Vanilla, before you “out” Buswell, could I suggest that his actions need to be put into co.....
» 20/05/2008 9:07:21 PM In reply to Paul L from http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=7377#114171 .....
» 20/05/2008 8:01:50 PM Paul L, as this thread is about nuclear energy, let’s take this line of discussion to http.....
» 20/05/2008 12:03:04 PM “Yet such cuts jeopardise our standard of living and Western credentials to boot: individu.....
» 20/05/2008 10:21:39 AM A good article John. I think the main challenge is to organise concern in the community a.....
» 20/05/2008 8:43:56 AM The worst thing about our Federal government is its even more lunatic push than the previo.....
» 20/05/2008 7:37:32 AM Taxes should be used to a considerably greater extent to reduce the effects of alcohol in .....
» 19/05/2008 9:36:30 PM Chair, chair so nice, meek and mild Who is the biggest WA Lib child? Could it be their m.....
» 18/05/2008 7:22:32 AM “I find your support for him rather surprising” Bronwyn, I don’t know Buswell from a bar .....
» 17/05/2008 10:20:51 PM Hehehehe ha haa haaaa hahahahahaaaaa. Well said Forrest. Man, am I having a doozy of a t.....
» 17/05/2008 9:53:40 PM "The point of contention here is whether or not Troy Buswell inhaled. Did he let thos.....
» 17/05/2008 6:52:58 PM “The Libs will require a road to Damascus change…” You bet they will Fractelle. But then,.....
» 17/05/2008 10:10:18 AM Statistics are just a form of data. The same applies with data as a whole as it does with .....
» 17/05/2008 9:37:19 AM Aww CJ, please…let me dream! You are more than likely right. But hey, I’m gonna have a b.....
» 17/05/2008 8:54:22 AM I’m of a more socialistic orientation than you Col. I believe that we need strong governan.....
» 17/05/2008 8:13:59 AM “Do you think a grown man who can stoop to something as puerile as this has the calibre to.....
» 16/05/2008 11:32:51 AM I appreciate your sentiments Bronwyn. But I’m supporting Yabby on this one. The antics t.....
» 16/05/2008 8:47:23 AM They are good questions Oliver. Here’s my atheistic perspective; 1. God to me is either t.....
» 16/05/2008 7:47:40 AM Oliver, it certainly is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible. The need to switch to re.....
» 15/05/2008 9:16:02 PM Hey Foxy, congrats on reaching a thousand posts on OLO! You know, something as seemingly .....
» 15/05/2008 4:17:13 PM “…do you seriously think that the Coalition is more likely (or ever likely) to deliver eco.....
» 15/05/2008 1:31:42 PM Of course, what we should all be saying, if we want OLO to flourish, is that we absolutely.....
» 15/05/2008 1:13:19 PM Maybe it is the dawn of a new political era.... Snapper sniffers for sustainability !?! (.....
» 15/05/2008 11:09:41 AM The Federal budget hooks us in to rapid growth. Or I should say; there is absolutely no in.....
» 15/05/2008 10:34:31 AM Aah haa hahaha Well isn’t that fascinating! I’ve got to say, in talking about this with .....
» 15/05/2008 10:01:56 AM What a crying shame the new ‘Building Australia Fund’ wasn’t called the ‘Building a Sustai.....
» 15/05/2008 8:21:48 AM Yair, no…moving ads has nevver bovvered me. They is alright. They ad a bit a life and cull.....
» 15/05/2008 7:44:29 AM The most significant thing about the budget is the indication from Swan and Rudd of just h.....
» 14/05/2008 11:48:17 AM Gibo, can you provide any data that has indicated that earthquakes have become more freque.....
» 13/05/2008 11:09:55 AM I don’t feel antagonised mjpb. I just want to explore Gibo’s views in a polite or at least.....
» 13/05/2008 10:47:09 AM Sorry Michael. You were responding to Susan’s post. I could swear that her post wasn’t the.....
» 13/05/2008 8:33:24 AM Fascinating Gibo. For a culture that was of no threat to any other and which had lived in.....
» 12/05/2008 6:38:58 PM Gibo, you’re on fire. Lots of interesting stuff. Good to see. But can I ask you to respo.....
» 12/05/2008 4:35:16 PM “As a fully paid-up member of the Greens I can say that I am very disappointed by the lead.....
» 12/05/2008 9:51:20 AM Wow! Strong words Peter. As someone who has been very active in the green movement for de.....
» 11/05/2008 10:07:30 PM “However, I stick by my personal population targets and truly believe that with enough res.....
» 11/05/2008 8:55:06 AM Aussie eagle I guess there are two overridingly important factors here; 1. to be able to.....
» 11/05/2008 8:20:25 AM Adding to my last post…. ...and to a decent level of input into international aid / refug.....
» 11/05/2008 8:07:19 AM david f “I was bemoaning the fact that I have accomplished little with that intelligence......
» 10/05/2008 7:36:55 PM I respect your interpretation of intelligence david f. But mine is quite different. I won.....
» 10/05/2008 9:39:43 AM “The foregoing intelligent individuals were responsible for enormous social costs.” Fair .....
» 10/05/2008 9:05:34 AM ‘Due to the zeal of the new Islamic state order over Indonesia, and because of the great o.....
» 10/05/2008 8:29:38 AM “…we need to be careful of what we mean by ‘growth’ “. Yes indeed Horus. We want to encou.....
» 9/05/2008 7:19:31 PM Aussie eagle, “To try and prevent growth is simply a easy (which is hardly easy at all an.....
» 9/05/2008 2:28:47 PM Aw piffle! That should have read; ‘Why isn’t THERE a massive outcry’. Rrrgh! Yes Foxy, th.....
» 9/05/2008 8:38:22 AM Thanks to all respondents. Some people have offered reasonable explanations as to why we .....
» 9/05/2008 7:39:14 AM I don’t think there is much of a social cost attached to great intelligence. Rather, there.....
» 9/05/2008 7:35:23 AM It is not the presence of particularly intelligent individuals that is important. All they.....
» 8/05/2008 8:45:28 PM Sorry Gibo. No offence intended. It was just my warped attempt to inject a bit of humour. .....
» 8/05/2008 11:18:08 AM Gibo, think that Indonesia considers all of Australia to be South Irian. I’m intrigued now.....
» 8/05/2008 10:50:37 AM CJ, I reckon Gibo is in a class of his own. Perhaps we should call him a looner – an exqui.....
» 8/05/2008 7:38:50 AM Oow sh!t, Gibo I took a punt that you were on about cane toads, when you were actually tal.....
» 7/05/2008 11:48:44 AM Saul, how does a record high immigration rate and considerably raised birthrate affect sup.....
» 7/05/2008 11:05:51 AM My overriding concern is the insanity of continuous growth, as I have expressed several hu.....
» 7/05/2008 9:42:50 AM A loony (short for lunatic) is an ‘insane person’, or one of half a dozen similar definiti.....
» 6/05/2008 9:19:23 PM Store up at least a few weeks’ worth of supplies. We in north Queensland are advised to do.....
» 6/05/2008 11:30:48 AM I support the "a little from column A, a little from column B" approach. It is i.....
» 6/05/2008 8:07:57 AM RobP No doubt society will adapt. A “paradigm of pragmatism” will develop as the scarcity.....
» 25/04/2008 5:39:48 AM Yes, it seems that the purpose was indeed to maintain continuous growth and to uphold busi.....
» 24/04/2008 2:41:44 PM “Clearly the market hasn't, can't and won't sort it out.” Absolutely! Nothing could be cl.....
» 24/04/2008 8:06:16 AM Nuggetty little ideas did not a successful Summit make. The absence of big ideas on unde.....
» 24/04/2008 6:29:20 AM Fester, I don’t consider it naïve to have thought that the Summit could have been a very s.....
» 24/04/2008 6:05:06 AM And still the link isn’t active. Now I’m completely befuddled |;~{.....
» 24/04/2008 6:02:23 AM I wonder why the last character insists on dropping off every time you cut and past into O.....
» 24/04/2008 5:57:18 AM Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an advocate for raising interest rates. I was just proposing a.....
» 23/04/2008 8:35:49 PM Arjay, maybe the Reserve Bank knows that the inflation genie is a lot further out of the b.....
» 23/04/2008 3:36:41 PM I totally agree Michael. The Summit was dismal in the lack of discussion on our most urgen.....
» 22/04/2008 5:43:44 PM Marilyn, I think I kapeesh. It seems as though I kapeeshed some time back, but refused t.....
» 22/04/2008 5:00:05 PM Hello Bronwyn and Marilyn I'm back from a wonderful few days knocking around the scrub in.....
» 16/04/2008 9:54:15 PM Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet Drinking a cold bottle of pee (recycled of course) .....
» 16/04/2008 12:37:07 PM ‘I love you honey I really really do That’s why I’m writing to you On squashed elephant.....
» 16/04/2008 11:00:15 AM O just luvly. First the silly tree-huggers and their ilk wanted us to drink recycled pee,.....
» 16/04/2008 7:16:07 AM Jamo, I don’t think that there are ugly connotations attached to any desire to allow 16 ye.....
» 16/04/2008 6:42:41 AM EasyTimes, I don’t know if it is a “flash of brilliance” on the part of the Rudd governmen.....
» 15/04/2008 8:40:02 PM rstuart, how could demand ‘remain’ flat with China’s, India’s and indeed the whole world’s.....
» 15/04/2008 4:23:47 PM Fractelle, I’m not against 16 years-olds having a say in government. In fact, I’d very str.....
» 15/04/2008 4:03:20 PM Marilyn, I am very pleased that you “almost agree” with me. I must say, I nearly fell awff.....
» 15/04/2008 2:03:43 PM For all the flaws that the UN has, it is still better to be a part of it than not to be, i.....
» 15/04/2008 1:38:42 PM Yair, a lot more closely connected to peak oil than to US monetary policy, I’d reckon. T.....
» 15/04/2008 1:20:14 PM I’m against it. I can’t see how lowering the voting age would improve our governance. Sure.....
» 13/04/2008 3:46:59 PM “There never was any such thing…” I don’t know how you can say this Marilyn. I’m with Fra.....
» 13/04/2008 3:26:59 PM “I wish the Online opinion editors would have someone write a piece to refute the nonsense.....
» 13/04/2008 2:45:45 PM Gee Marilyn, you had the perfect opportunity to add a bit of substance to our debate by wa.....
» 13/04/2008 7:33:54 AM We are concentrating on the WRONG thing. We should basically forget climate change and urg.....
» 13/04/2008 6:50:42 AM That is interesting Peter. I would have thought that you were one of the most eminently qu.....
» 12/04/2008 9:43:09 AM You didn’t answer the question that I put to you in my last post; “One of the key tenets.....
» 12/04/2008 9:41:14 AM “Are you saying that we should detain for a brief period, say three months, and then just .....
» 12/04/2008 8:10:04 AM I certainly agree that there are some blockheads out there, in all aspects of roadworks ma.....
» 11/04/2008 9:05:00 AM Thanks for that explanation Belly. It certainly makes sense to have a slow zone heading ou.....
» 10/04/2008 8:46:33 PM “ ‘ALL involved’? You mean for us.” No Bronwyn. ‘All involved’ means all involved, especi.....
» 10/04/2008 3:30:05 PM Bronwyn, you and I have discussed this whole issue at length before on this forum. At the .....
» 10/04/2008 10:19:34 AM I’m with you all the way Michael. There can be no more urgent matter in desperate need of.....
» 10/04/2008 6:44:23 AM Belly, there is no need for the end zone in one direction to be of the same length as the .....
» 9/04/2008 9:43:41 PM Belly, I have no problem with the lead-in zone at roadworks sites, be it one, two or three.....
» 9/04/2008 8:55:15 PM So Max, the views expressed here are pretty profoundly against you and the Australian Envi.....
» 9/04/2008 2:13:58 PM “People like you Ludwig can sleep easy; those of us with a little more empathy will do a b.....
» 9/04/2008 1:36:57 PM Hi Bronwyn I am pleased that there is a lot that we agree on. That is how I recall it fro.....
» 9/04/2008 7:37:42 AM Why do roadworks sites need “very long start and end zones” Belly? Of course some lead-in.....
» 8/04/2008 11:40:08 AM Belly, nearly every single roadworks site that I have passed through over the last decade .....
» 8/04/2008 9:37:24 AM But he should deviate from Howard policy by way of boosting our refugee intake to double i.....
» 8/04/2008 9:35:18 AM Aaaaah hahahaha haaaaaaa. Thanks Marilyn for winning my bet: that yes you would respond an.....
» 6/04/2008 7:50:00 PM Hello Marylin, you old headbanger you! I don’t want to be a bore or anything. I know some.....
» 4/04/2008 10:42:20 AM shees! the 'would' excaped!! \:>| What would you like Rudd to do in this regard Bruce?.....
» 4/04/2008 10:37:37 AM A fair enough analysis except for one thing; the criticism of Rudd for inaction to date on.....
» 3/04/2008 10:03:28 AM Yep, absolutely right John. Rudd will continue with just the same future-destroying doctri.....
» 2/04/2008 9:24:05 AM So what is the point of your article Max? Is it that we should just continue business as u.....
» 1/04/2008 11:59:18 AM So where the hell is our beloved new prime minister at, with his increase in immigration t.....
» 28/03/2008 10:24:32 AM We’ve got record high immigration. The utterly absurd baby bonus has significantly increas.....
» 27/03/2008 7:39:57 PM I fully agree with Dr Ridd’s overview of the population connection to CO2 emissions and I .....
» 20/03/2008 11:37:00 AM Aaah foowey to all this fiscal flubbery. The real reason for the impending recession / soc.....
» 13/03/2008 9:59:26 PM Welcome back Foxy. Like Vanilla, I consider the possibility that some posters could be f.....
» 1/03/2008 12:02:52 AM Aaaaah haaaa hahaahahahaaa. That’s funny. So Ginx, you reckon I’ve written much better po.....
» 29/02/2008 11:15:02 PM Yes, I believe in god. Too much abjectly silly sh+t happens every day for it to be simply.....
» 28/02/2008 1:07:04 PM ‘Imagine what a difference we could have contemplated making if some of our budget surplus.....
» 23/02/2008 11:31:37 AM Graham Unfortunately, I have to say, count me out as well. I’d very much like to be reco.....
» 22/02/2008 11:00:10 AM Thanks Rosemary for bringing this to our attention. There is no two ways about it; the NH.....
» 18/02/2008 1:34:52 PM Ginxy Thanks for reading my comments and giving them due consideration. Have a nice day......
» 18/02/2008 11:53:22 AM Ginx How about just stopping your ridiculous efforts to prevent others from expressing t.....
» 15/02/2008 3:14:35 PM Crikey Perseus. I though you would have applauded this article, given that you seem to kno.....
» 13/02/2008 1:32:52 PM I couldn’t agree more Graham. I’ve been expressing exactly these sentiments amongst frien.....
» 4/02/2008 8:42:38 PM TammyJo Thankyou very much for those links. They made my day. I support Dr Bob Such and .....
» 3/02/2008 9:55:14 AM Yes DEMOS, let’s empower the electorate. Yet you seem very cold on my suggestion for one .....
» 3/02/2008 8:56:21 AM Celivia, it is an interesting idea to extend the illegality of mobile phone usage in a car.....
» 2/02/2008 9:19:00 PM Foxy, I have to agree with HenryVIII that migrants have as much right, and ability, to par.....
» 1/02/2008 11:24:50 PM It is an interesting ponderance Gibo. I am inclined to think that caffeine is not a major.....
» 1/02/2008 8:04:41 PM Crikey, I have provided some pretty juicy stuff for discussion for all you readers out the.....
» 1/02/2008 7:44:37 PM Mmistrz, I am sorry that we have a rather tetchy dialogue on your other thread; ‘Energy mi.....
» 1/02/2008 7:31:15 PM Oh dear mmistrz, I’m asking a direct and totally pertinent question of you, on your own th.....
» 31/01/2008 9:40:21 PM Cheers David. I will now take up the discussion with you in private......
» 31/01/2008 12:50:16 PM I find your response somewhat curious DEMOS. You are an arch advocate of effective democr.....
» 30/01/2008 6:20:05 AM The problem is that the people who do this think that the chance of being caught by a poli.....
» 28/01/2008 8:36:48 PM Oh dear mmistrz. What an unfortunate response. Nothing but total negativity and an incredi.....
» 28/01/2008 8:16:49 PM Good on you Potty. If only all young drivers were of the same mindset......
» 28/01/2008 9:33:40 AM Okaaay DEMOS. Well may you make light of the issue. But I know your heart is in the right .....
» 28/01/2008 9:17:26 AM Hello David Gibson I would love to get some feedback from a member of Nationals on whethe.....
» 27/01/2008 8:14:51 AM Mmistrz, we do indeed have some glaring examples of energy inefficiency, many of which cou.....
» 26/01/2008 10:54:50 PM May I also refer you to the dismal results of my effort to raise concerns over road safety.....
» 26/01/2008 10:40:49 PM Mmistrz, welcome to OLO. I passionately share your concerns. I could comment at great le.....
» 25/01/2008 10:26:45 AM You are quite right wizofaus. The challenge is to continue to achieve economic growth by w.....
» 25/01/2008 8:37:29 AM What is ridiculous is that P-platers are able to drive any car with a power ratio of a V8 .....
» 25/01/2008 8:14:36 AM Hello David. Thanks for responding. I’m sure there is something of a mood change amongst .....
» 23/01/2008 5:14:20 PM So, are the stodgy old Nationals and Liberals capable of doing this? If not, they’ll almos.....
» 23/01/2008 5:11:59 PM “…if an amalgamation is successful, it must be accompanied by a major reform of policy par.....
» 9/01/2008 7:57:41 AM The thing that kills the game is the discrepancy between many umpiring decisions and the h.....
» 28/12/2007 7:06:03 AM Anti-green, sorry but just what is it that you profoundly disagree with me over? I also a.....
» 27/12/2007 8:23:29 PM Arjay. Evolutionist conservatives seems like a contradiction in terms. An association o.....
» 27/12/2007 11:36:46 AM ... and of Malcolm Turnbull for environment minister. . Bushbred, I lived in WA for the w.....
» 27/12/2007 10:51:23 AM “Let's not forget that millions of Australians voted for the conservative side of politics.....
» 24/12/2007 10:30:52 AM “The environmental lobby doesn’t work from a set of principles that accord with liberal va.....
» 23/12/2007 11:48:01 AM is expected to persist for about 30 years so that births are not predicted to fall below d.....
» 23/12/2007 11:46:59 AM Democritus The following is from Dr David Kault, President of Sustainable Population Aust.....
» 22/12/2007 11:37:17 AM “The figures show that immigration numbers approximately the same and for the last few yea.....
» 21/12/2007 8:13:31 PM Democritus, consider this; The population growth rate in Australia is considerably large.....
» 20/12/2007 11:57:01 AM Democritus Even with a birthrate of 1.8, and net zero immigration, our population would c.....
» 17/12/2007 10:30:15 AM Excellent article on one of the world’s most important issues, Valerie. I just hope to go.....
» 16/12/2007 9:49:51 PM “As the greatest cause of population growth in Aus is immigration, the easiest way to cont.....
» 14/12/2007 10:03:23 AM “The daft proposal for a baby levy would kill the very hope which sustains and drives our .....
» 1/12/2007 9:17:34 PM Hello Liberalparty, are you out there? Can you respond to my posts of 28 November. Thank.....
» 1/12/2007 9:10:34 PM “I now have to withdraw the threads title, I got it wrong.” I agree Belly, but for a diff.....
» 29/11/2007 8:07:30 AM Very nicely put Foxy. I can endorse that......
» 28/11/2007 11:15:54 PM “You would have to agree though, what a gracious farewell speech from Mr Howard.” Yes I a.....
» 28/11/2007 10:57:01 PM I can think of some Liberal policies that are extremist: The baby bonus and the push to .....
» 28/11/2007 10:53:38 PM Scott “You are right that now there is no better time for us as a party to think about ta.....
» 28/11/2007 10:20:40 PM “Because it is such as an odd idea” That’s a strange answer freediver. What on earth is o.....
» 28/11/2007 8:49:48 PM Hello Scott. Welcome to OLO. What do you make of my suggested change in direction for the.....
» 28/11/2007 3:33:29 PM ‘OK guys!' Kevin Rudd's acceptance speech was ... well ... ruddy awful! I didn’t ruddy we.....
» 28/11/2007 2:50:34 PM Stav, I think virtuosity is too much of a vague concept for many people to get their heads.....
» 28/11/2007 2:34:10 PM If OPV works more to the advantage of the larger parties, then why haven’t they moved to c.....
» 28/11/2007 1:41:58 PM Dnicholson, obliviously I need to ask you how you think a different leader could have hand.....
» 28/11/2007 9:20:52 AM Regarding the tragedy of the SIEV-X, surely a large part of a strong border-protection and.....
» 28/11/2007 9:18:52 AM CJ I’m not willing to simply accept that we have an irreconcilable difference. I value you.....
» 28/11/2007 7:32:23 AM “So very wrong!” Agreed Belly – Abbot is a complete no-no-noOOOOOoo! But what makes you .....
» 27/11/2007 4:07:52 PM Costello turned down the leadership. Haaaa hahahahahaha haaaa! Definitely the best he’s ev.....
» 27/11/2007 11:42:56 AM “On another note, how can we promote larger families amongst non-immigrants?” Huh? Why o.....
» 27/11/2007 10:07:55 AM I’m impressed CJ. Thanks for taking the time to go through a whole lot of my old posts. “.....
» 26/11/2007 11:48:37 AM Can you give me a couple of examples CJ......
» 26/11/2007 10:31:46 AM Leigh me ol’ mate Pray tell what “blather” Colinsett and/or Ludwig have expressed here th.....
» 26/11/2007 10:14:56 AM “…it is ignorant to talk about a carbon-free economy…” Of course it is. A carbon-neutral .....
» 24/11/2007 10:27:22 PM Okaaay, now I'll repost that WITHOUT the oblivious sh!thead typos...that the spell-checker.....
» 24/11/2007 7:39:33 AM Fantastic stuff DEMOS. Now I can take of my ‘we-will-all-be-rooned-by-continuous-populatio.....
» 23/11/2007 7:33:05 AM “I have to say that another point of difference between us is your apparent faith in the S.....
» 22/11/2007 8:20:16 AM Thanks CJ. Our views are not too far apart now. Just a few comments: I think your term ‘.....
» 21/11/2007 6:58:22 PM Angela I’m sure all of those views exist. But yes the predominating view on OLO seems to b.....
» 21/11/2007 10:48:52 AM This is good freediver. I support it fully......
» 21/11/2007 10:47:01 AM Hold on freediver, you are contradicting yourself. First you say that we should be obliga.....
» 21/11/2007 9:02:45 AM CJ, why worry about Boazy. He can only derail the thread if others let him. The discussion.....
» 21/11/2007 8:38:27 AM What is indiscriminate about it? It seems very discriminate to me; the targetting of cert.....
» 20/11/2007 11:37:19 PM Isn’t it strange Plerdsus. So many posters on OLO can see the significance of population s.....
» 20/11/2007 10:55:07 PM Why is it that whaling is such an emotive issue? Why doesn’t the emotion extend to fisheri.....
» 20/11/2007 8:22:38 PM That’s crackers freediver. Of course we should not be obligated to vote for someone we don.....
» 20/11/2007 1:04:24 PM “…I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on the question of mandatory detention .....
» 20/11/2007 10:32:17 AM So CJ, you would not detain asylum seekers at all. You’d allow them to move freely in soci.....
» 19/11/2007 7:20:19 PM Freediver, of course you have a legitimate choice to vote for whoever you think will do le.....
» 19/11/2007 2:07:05 PM “We must drive for increased investment in education, a greater focus on science and techn.....
» 19/11/2007 12:47:33 PM CJ, there seems to be a glaring contradiction in the Greens policy; ‘Australia has an obl.....
» 19/11/2007 12:10:02 PM Alright, now that I’ve got that off my chest, I’ll address your philosophical questions; .....
» 19/11/2007 10:22:39 AM Yabby, The Greens, and the Democrats, lost me in August 2001 when both Bob Brown and then .....
» 18/11/2007 8:04:14 AM Thanks jpw and Foxy. Woops, when I reread my earlier comments (“someone who doesn’t spend.....
» 17/11/2007 8:32:18 PM Freediver wrote; “Well obviously you have to make some kind of choice. Turning up to the .....
» 17/11/2007 8:12:02 PM More to the point, who is the most balanced and constructively contributive member of OLO?.....
» 15/11/2007 6:04:49 AM “I don't think that will happen, without a really big shock to the system somewhere.” May.....
» 14/11/2007 11:34:57 AM Miriam The first really wicked problem for a government is how to be elected and then be .....
» 13/11/2007 9:51:17 PM Alright let me see…why wouldn’t ol’ smirky Costalotello make a good PM? Because he’s a pr.....
» 13/11/2007 9:00:44 PM Foxy “Will he make a good Prime Minister if the Coalition should win the next election?”.....
» 13/11/2007 2:58:29 PM ‘Unforgeable’! Pffffff (:>| That should be ‘unforgivable’......
» 13/11/2007 2:41:03 PM “Sad but highly likely, unless there are some amazing technology break throughs.” A psych.....
» 13/11/2007 11:10:22 AM Dominique, is the Clean Energy Council just about improving technologies and efficiencies .....
» 13/11/2007 10:08:26 AM You’re right Mark. The whole campaign is terribly booooor…ring!! - “Do I beleive Howard? .....
» 13/11/2007 6:10:09 AM I share your concerns about departmental law enforcement Dickie. It seems that wherever re.....
» 12/11/2007 8:23:01 PM “…we need to build the integrity of the democratic process more urgently than we need to r.....
» 12/11/2007 1:39:00 PM Well of COURSE Labor needs to develop a new style. Heaven help us if they continue on with.....
» 12/11/2007 9:32:52 AM Julian, I fear that you are concentrating entirely on only one side of the equation; that .....
» 12/11/2007 9:10:01 AM Spot on John. This has surely got to be the most important subject of our time; our absolu.....
» 11/11/2007 3:47:50 PM Well, um, yeah…….of course!! Anyone who wants change simply coz they think we need to bre.....
» 10/11/2007 11:45:27 AM Freediver you wrote; “Please reply to this point in detail, as it is the only way this ar.....
» 9/11/2007 8:13:35 PM “Is it only me - or didn't anyone else cringe - when John Howard had to go and ask the Gov.....
» 9/11/2007 12:32:07 PM John Warhurst, you write about constitutional reform and upgrading our political system, b.....
» 9/11/2007 10:37:37 AM “Does any form of compulsory voting?” I presume you are asking; is any form of compulsory.....
» 9/11/2007 9:11:29 AM Commuter writes; “There's a cliff coming, but we're all heading full speed ahead for the .....
» 8/11/2007 8:51:08 PM “And no, I do not think that each case should be look at individually.” Wow. That is trul.....
» 8/11/2007 3:43:53 PM Freediver I wouldn’t be worried about the post and word limits. Up to 4 posts and 1400 wo.....
» 7/11/2007 11:41:44 PM Individual, I must say I was expecting a response just like that. You have not addressed .....
» 7/11/2007 11:19:01 PM “So I don't know what you deserve...” Yes you do Foxy….surely you’d realise that every po.....
» 6/11/2007 9:35:22 PM Oh dear individual. Surely you are not suggesting that they should all just be treated the.....
» 6/11/2007 9:20:37 PM Ok freediver, I have read your piece on optional preferential voting before and commented .....
» 6/11/2007 7:24:10 PM Foxy, it was a simple question that deserved a straightforward answer, instead of an impli.....
» 6/11/2007 2:49:10 PM Freediver, I wrote; "A system in which there is any chance of your vote counting whe.....
» 6/11/2007 11:36:02 AM A system in which there is any chance of your vote counting where you don’t want it to fun.....
» 6/11/2007 11:31:39 AM “There seems to be a lot of confusion about how preferential voting works.” You’re not wr.....
» 5/11/2007 10:45:52 PM “That's how democracy works” So you don’t deny that your vote counted where you really di.....
» 5/11/2007 9:07:00 PM Of course Foxy. But they are not alone in preying on our kids or causing increased risk .....
» 5/11/2007 8:50:44 PM “Not my seventh choice. The candidate who came seventh.” EXACTLY freediver! It was NOT y.....
» 5/11/2007 8:21:01 PM Individual, could you please elaborate on this statement; “Why can't people agree that if.....
» 5/11/2007 4:47:12 PM “Those who don't support Howard's so-called Pacific solution are very likely to be the peo.....
» 5/11/2007 10:37:41 AM ‘Sleepwalking over the oil peak’. Indeed we are Michael. Great article. Wow! There’s a he.....
» 4/11/2007 9:23:04 PM Freediver “In the last senate election, my vote ended up staying with the candidate who c.....
» 4/11/2007 9:36:59 AM Individual, there is an enormous spectrum of cases that fall under the banner of paedophil.....
» 4/11/2007 8:27:22 AM “… while I agree with limiting absolute numbers of immigrants to Australia on environmenta.....
» 3/11/2007 12:42:18 PM I fully agree StG......
» 3/11/2007 9:51:15 AM “So you'd prefer a convicted paedophile living in your neighbourhood than a few refugees?”.....
» 3/11/2007 7:58:25 AM StG, thanks for the clarification. I think you have a most unfortunate view of our asylum.....
» 3/11/2007 5:49:52 AM “Are you intending to vote informally in the Senate as well as the House of Reps?” Unfort.....
» 2/11/2007 10:27:47 AM CJ, your vote would still end up counting for one of the major parties, whichever one you .....
» 1/11/2007 10:02:50 AM No seriously, an eminently sensible article Sheila. The thing that befuddles me the most.....
» 1/11/2007 9:15:46 AM Holy pork sausages!! (:>0.....
» 1/11/2007 8:47:44 AM “…democracy is indeed about freedom and choice..but its also about having to choose those .....
» 1/11/2007 8:30:08 AM StG, I understand your concerns about serial sex offenders, but not about refugees. You se.....
» 28/10/2007 9:17:40 PM Luvvie “Either get your frock off and actually run for office, or keep your trap shut.” .....
» 28/10/2007 6:59:49 PM Bronwyn Yes if Rudd had had his heart in it, he possibly could have gone down a strongly .....
» 28/10/2007 5:30:05 PM 1. Only one person is wasting your time and that’s you Ginxyloo. I have zero control over .....
» 28/10/2007 9:54:38 AM “Either Rudd is telling the truth when he agrees with Howard, or he is lying in his teeth .....
» 27/10/2007 11:25:55 PM Yair I don’t think it is that simple Ditch. I can’t see that the rules restrict what we ca.....
» 27/10/2007 9:17:44 PM Ditch “I don't like that attitude and resent being treated like a child” I don’t think t.....
» 27/10/2007 9:04:05 PM I take it you had a nice afternoon checking out my post history on this forum Ginxypoo. So.....
» 27/10/2007 12:51:38 PM Righto. I had misread your last post and got the opposite message to what you had intended.....
» 27/10/2007 12:43:54 PM And that is your fifth post on this thread Ginxy that is not in any way related to the top.....
» 27/10/2007 7:51:05 AM Yair good on you Perseus. Still innately incapable of expressing any disagreement with any.....
» 26/10/2007 6:58:45 PM Bronwyn “I don't like your incentive suggestion at all.” That’s fine by me. I’d much ra.....
» 26/10/2007 1:56:58 PM Ahhh haaa hahahaha. Well I’m so pleased that you have convinced yourself that you know wha.....
» 26/10/2007 10:12:06 AM OLO most definitely needs posting limits that are strict and apply to all. My main gripe.....
» 25/10/2007 10:44:30 PM Phanto, you asked; “…why would you expect anyone to give up their freedom of choice.” I .....
» 25/10/2007 10:08:33 PM Well, of course Ginxy, indigenous culture would have survived if it hadn’t been ‘interfere.....
» 25/10/2007 1:36:58 PM “I'm not a massive unionist, but I also don't have any faith in my employer to do right by.....
» 25/10/2007 7:47:13 AM Shadow Minister Firstly, why should we have any donations at all? Any donation carries c.....
» 24/10/2007 11:01:22 PM Shadow Minister “…there was no evidence what so ever that it makes any difference.” I fi.....
» 24/10/2007 8:34:04 PM “No one here is denying we need a balance between freedom and restrictions…” I’m glad you.....
» 23/10/2007 10:48:50 PM Well Ginx, I’m sorry, but “RUBBISH” right back at ya. If it wasn't the Brits it would hav.....
» 23/10/2007 9:51:41 PM Shadow Minister “The points I was trying to make appear to have gone completely over your.....
» 23/10/2007 12:38:32 PM I agree all the way with Mike Bolan. “While the law may say that a cash donation does not.....
» 22/10/2007 10:09:59 PM “This ranks with conscription which can only be justified in a time of war.” My Goodness!.....
» 22/10/2007 9:05:34 PM Shadow Minister “The concept that ‘Compulsory voting helps ensure that a greater portion .....
» 22/10/2007 7:22:20 PM Bugger! That confounded missing word syndrome strikes again. Correction to my last post; .....
» 22/10/2007 8:12:22 AM Belly, I remember the last time Jo Bjelke-Petersen was re-elected in Queensland in the 80s.....
» 21/10/2007 10:27:27 PM Denzil, I’m sure this not a conventional answer and I don’t know what your teacher might m.....
» 21/10/2007 9:57:39 PM Phanto, your position seems quite paradoxical to me. No offence, but it seems rather stran.....
» 21/10/2007 9:58:29 AM Woops. The second last paragraph should have read; Ultimately, the number of people who c.....
» 21/10/2007 9:05:08 AM GDay Belly. Of course many children are not going to really know or care about the electio.....
» 20/10/2007 10:19:19 PM Jees Liberty. You’ve just joined OLO… and I think you should leave already. Come back unde.....
» 20/10/2007 8:36:09 PM Shadow Minister, from your first post; “Compulsory voting ensures that those that don't r.....
» 20/10/2007 12:59:28 PM Alright joyboy, so what’s the answer then? Completely abandon speed cameras? Or…… Striv.....
» 20/10/2007 11:20:51 AM John Berlau writes; “In direct contradiction of Alfred Nobel's last will and testament, t.....
» 20/10/2007 10:32:09 AM Sure wywong, population stabilisation is not the total answer. But it is a necessary prere.....
» 20/10/2007 7:59:57 AM Interesting stuff Edward. I would be in favour of whatever system of taxation was most ef.....
» 19/10/2007 9:34:43 PM Wywong, I don’t think that you should assume that population control “is the least likely .....
» 19/10/2007 8:56:08 PM Phanto “The reality is that there is no such thing as compulsory voting in Australia”. T.....
» 19/10/2007 3:11:36 PM “Clever try at confusing the logic.” Compared to your not so clever attempt to confuse th.....
» 19/10/2007 10:12:22 AM “The defining issue for transport planning is peak oil, not traffic congestion.” You bet .....
» 18/10/2007 8:08:43 PM “…how can something that is a “precious right” also be a “duty”? Aren’t the two concepts c.....
» 18/10/2007 4:10:48 PM I don’t think we should even be considering large-scale decentralisation or the opening up.....
» 18/10/2007 10:45:54 AM “Compulsory voting does not just mean a duty to attend a polling booth but, more so, it al.....
» 17/10/2007 5:10:55 PM Pericles, I don’t know why you have this idea that my first post was some sort of knee-jer.....
» 17/10/2007 11:57:08 AM Pure capitalism would be a recipe for disaster. What we need, and have always had in Austr.....
» 17/10/2007 9:50:24 AM I can’t understand how people can be particularly concerned about an early close to the el.....
» 16/10/2007 10:08:21 PM Pericles You seem to be assuming that border protection means keeping people out. It does.....
» 16/10/2007 9:43:43 PM Johnj If you vote 1,2,2,2,2, your vote is null. You are required to number boxes sequenti.....
» 16/10/2007 9:17:27 PM Edward, you wrote; “I agree to the principle that the government can force people to do .....
» 16/10/2007 4:29:05 PM Now hold on Lyndon. Just exactly what does a global human union really mean? In particula.....
» 15/10/2007 8:49:20 PM Yep Bushbred I share your disgust. I just cannot get in the slightest bit enthused about t.....
» 15/10/2007 2:11:53 PM Yep. I am absolutely profoundly completely disgusted......
» 14/10/2007 3:08:21 PM I question the usefulness of physical links between patches of bushland. As Perseus says; .....
» 14/10/2007 9:23:30 AM Edward Why would the requirement for voters to hold a certain basic level of knowledge ab.....
» 21/08/2007 12:09:58 PM Good article James. I pretty much agree with all that you have written. So, are there any.....
» 20/08/2007 8:52:24 PM Freediver, in response to your critique of optional preferential voting on Ozpolitic: “Th.....
» 20/08/2007 8:49:43 PM Freediver “There is no fundamental democratic right to allocate preferences in any partic.....
» 20/08/2007 4:31:10 PM “If their vote counts for their second last preference, that means that they succeeded in .....
» 20/08/2007 4:28:28 PM “So if a voter decided to exercise their choice to fart on the ballot paper rather than wr.....
» 19/08/2007 5:32:18 PM “If you don't rank the major candidates, you might as well not vote anyway. A vote for min.....
» 19/08/2007 2:17:08 PM Daggett, the timing for this discussion is all wrong for me. I am back for a couple of day.....
» 19/08/2007 5:34:14 AM Governments have a right to promote their policies. It is an essential part of good govern.....
» 18/08/2007 8:26:00 AM “* newsmedia bias in favour of pro-business political organisations (and, within that, Lib.....
» 18/08/2007 8:24:30 AM Daggett, I don’t have a “pre-occupation with the compulsory aspect of the compulsory prefe.....
» 18/08/2007 7:17:02 AM Yes an optional preferential system is certainly preferential to a first-past-the-post sys.....
» 17/08/2007 8:55:28 PM Kalin, I can see that a mandate could be won with less than 50% of the vote for the winnin.....
» 17/08/2007 7:09:44 PM “Ludwig, the voting system here is as bent as a two bob watch, but it is all we bl**dy wel.....
» 7/08/2007 10:02:28 AM This article indicates that Rudd’s approach amounts to little more than tweaking the curre.....
» 7/08/2007 2:54:42 AM Kalin A true mandate is a clear choice made by the majority for a government to act on th.....
» 4/08/2007 7:16:21 AM Of all the absurdities in Australian politics, the prospect of Costello being PM has surel.....
» 3/08/2007 6:52:08 PM Kalin, just because a candidate wins 50% or more of vote doesn’t mean they have a mandate......
» 3/08/2007 2:26:27 PM Keep up the good fight for sustainable forestry and environment protection Don. But when .....
» 3/08/2007 7:44:57 AM There is one weed alone that is doing enormous damage in northern Australia – Gamba Grass......
» 1/08/2007 9:42:09 PM Kalin The electorate is fair bit different to a committee in a couple of ways; Firstly, .....
» 1/08/2007 3:50:33 AM Far from wishing to make the thread initiator feel ‘unimportant’, I wish to engage him in .....
» 31/07/2007 7:00:58 AM effy, Ludwig the “nitpicker” is undertaking just the sort of discussion that Demos would h.....
» 30/07/2007 7:31:30 PM Demos Freediver and I have made a very significant point – there is just about no point i.....
» 29/07/2007 2:44:31 PM I think freediver is right; “… the (Demos’) plan relies on the public paying far more att.....
» 29/07/2007 2:07:19 PM “The entropy of the photons exceeds by orders of magnitude the decrease in the entropy of .....
» 28/07/2007 8:22:06 PM Alright, now I’m confused. Entropy is the measure of a system's thermal energy per unit te.....
» 28/07/2007 9:53:27 AM Clearly answer 4 prevails (but answers 1,2 and/or 3 might also be true). We are not with.....
» 28/07/2007 9:02:29 AM “the notion that there is some 'group' of people better fitted to make decisions than the .....
» 28/07/2007 8:40:21 AM “ludwig, i prefer to offer ideas, not argue.” Demos; clarification, more information, a b.....
» 28/07/2007 4:52:21 AM No. We don’t live in a low entropy universe. In order for us to be able to label it ‘low’,.....
» 28/07/2007 4:42:17 AM Thanks Aime. Much appreciated. You are right. The fire has been smothered to little more .....
» 27/07/2007 9:39:23 PM I want to support your ideas Demos. I want to see true democracy as much as you do. But th.....
» 27/07/2007 9:14:32 PM This is an interesting approach Demos – frequently starting new threads on just about the .....
» 27/07/2007 1:15:47 PM Aime, I had a fire in the belly. I tried over a period of many years to get people involve.....
» 27/07/2007 10:31:28 AM The first line of m' last post shoulduv read; "...if you wish to specifically not v.....
» 27/07/2007 7:18:45 AM No Demos. The compulsory system STEALS your vote, if you wish to specifically not vote one.....
» 26/07/2007 7:37:32 AM Um...... STEALS votes!.....
» 26/07/2007 7:25:20 AM Sorry David you’ve lost me. I’m feeling a little bit tweedledumbish. Are you writing with .....
» 26/07/2007 7:19:11 AM Further to my last post…. And neither of them deserves anyone’s vote for as long as they .....
» 25/07/2007 8:40:09 PM For goodness sake, there is absolutely stuff-all difference between them. It would be real.....
» 25/07/2007 8:21:00 PM Good to hear Mr Boaz. I presume the experience was just as rewarding for Mr Human. I had .....
» 24/07/2007 12:42:37 PM Being nagged is the absolute pits! Been under that sort suppression. Never again. No nagg.....
» 24/07/2007 11:13:32 AM “Change requires democracy and a mature legal system. It requires public participation and.....
» 24/07/2007 10:06:53 AM o dear bushy! What is your problem? . If this winter is anything to go by, we are in for .....
» 23/07/2007 6:26:07 PM DEMOS WHERE ARE YOU?? Are you not even monitoring your own thread? Or is the question I a.....
» 22/07/2007 9:02:58 AM Fair enough ruawake......
» 22/07/2007 8:22:17 AM “…but you have still not explained why you believe that we should "have a little bit .....
» 20/07/2007 6:49:02 PM There is one major way that the media meddle in the political process: the constant promot.....
» 20/07/2007 4:17:02 PM I want to see Howard turfed out but not because I think he has lied, at any time. I’d be.....
» 20/07/2007 11:37:44 AM Daggett, we share a high level of disgust over Howard’s high immigration policies and vari.....
» 20/07/2007 8:20:43 AM Demos, after reading several of your new threads and taking you up on some of your comment.....
» 20/07/2007 7:38:39 AM The Australian Government’s efforts to deal with the prospects of terrorism amount to an e.....
» 19/07/2007 9:03:39 PM An excellent article Peter. It really is time to stop worrying so much about climate chan.....
» 19/07/2007 8:04:26 AM I think that there is a great deal of misunderstanding amongst most people who believe tha.....
» 17/07/2007 7:51:19 AM There is probably some bias towards Brizzie but I don’t see it as being that significant. .....
» 16/07/2007 11:59:35 AM Well Mirko, you have excelled yourself this time. Some of your articles have been good, bu.....
» 15/07/2007 8:44:47 AM T. Sett, I think we are being lied to by politicians and economists who almost universally.....
» 12/07/2007 4:17:18 AM Well, I am pretty profoundly disgusted. I started a new road safety thread….and not one of.....
» 11/07/2007 8:47:53 PM It seems as though the GGWS program is going to strongly work against its own purpose and .....
» 11/07/2007 8:05:48 PM “Ludwig, I agree with much of what you say. However, Global Warming is perceived by many c.....
» 10/07/2007 9:17:33 PM Excellent stuff Alan and Steven. I have often expressed the same sort of concern on this .....
» 9/07/2007 7:16:13 PM Wobbles Townsville is full of both mynahs and sparrows. There are also many other small b.....
» 8/07/2007 7:26:15 PM Of course, the thing that we should all be doing is fighting to stop the continued spread .....
» 8/07/2007 7:30:35 AM Goddess, in what way am I misinformed? Yes they are feral. In fact they are commonly refe.....
» 7/07/2007 9:30:37 PM I’m a fan of mynahs. I think they are misunderstood. Having observed them in Townsville a.....
» 6/07/2007 8:44:40 PM Well how about that. Not one single response. Out of the many hundreds of readers and con.....
» 4/07/2007 7:32:23 AM Ok, now I can get to the actual subject at hand!... Yes most police are good people. But .....
» 4/07/2007 7:28:54 AM CJ, I am a principal scientist. I’ve followed my passions in life. The fact that I work fo.....
» 3/07/2007 10:34:01 PM Individual, I sort of agree with you. There does seems to be a revenue-raising motivation .....
» 2/07/2007 7:31:09 AM The Queensland Police Union has launched a campaign for pay rises (http://www.news.com.au/.....
» 2/07/2007 6:43:21 AM Increasing violence, graffiti and other forms of unlawful behaviour are very real concerns.....
» 1/07/2007 2:13:33 PM New road rules for young drivers are being introduced today in Queensland. These are; D.....
» 1/07/2007 9:28:24 AM Steel you seem to be awfully hung up on pornography. As I said before; “Every single la.....
» 30/06/2007 8:54:33 PM Mmmm yes. When all else fails, one starts talking to themself. Sad really (:>0 See cou.....
» 30/06/2007 8:36:41 PM Any introduction of new laws has surely got to be accompanied by maximised publicity in th.....
» 30/06/2007 8:18:19 PM New road rules come in to force in Queensland on 1 July. They include; Doubling the mini.....
» 30/06/2007 3:20:21 PM Australia has come of age. We have apparently hit a population of 21 million today! Ya……….....
» 30/06/2007 10:29:27 AM Anyone who demonstrates a level of disrespect for the law to this extent and who is willin.....
» 30/06/2007 9:08:01 AM Steel Nice of you to eventually respond… and in a non-offensive manner too. Thankyou so m.....
» 28/06/2007 11:25:30 PM Bloody ‘ell Rainier that’s a dirty post. You and I have been pretty much onside on this f.....
» 28/06/2007 9:22:30 AM A very interesting analysis. “But what would happen if the rules, or rather the lack of r.....
» 27/06/2007 10:48:46 AM DEMOS, you specifically started this threat to solicit my response. Well, you got it. So .....
» 27/06/2007 10:37:14 AM Nmac Your perspective from one who has grown up in an Aboriginal community is a welcome a.....
» 27/06/2007 10:01:06 AM Alzo “Why worry...its going to happen regardless. We will just have to switch fuels. Lots.....
» 26/06/2007 7:55:37 PM Ralph Your views are appreciated. Please stick at it, and just ignore those who can’t t.....
» 26/06/2007 11:28:23 AM Well said Aime. This is what I said in response to Alan Moran’s last article, which was v.....
» 26/06/2007 11:07:49 AM Steel “… sending police in before asking any questions is something that resembles a poli.....
» 25/06/2007 3:55:17 PM DEMOS I basically go along with this. But it is not going to take us away from the neces.....
» 25/06/2007 3:41:27 PM Steel “I don't know.” “Mystery to me...unknown” “Unknown. At a guess, likely” “My gue.....
» 25/06/2007 10:14:25 AM Great article Richard Yes, Costello is akin to the antichrist. He is so extraordinarily n.....
» 25/06/2007 9:20:12 AM Good article Professor Wesley. Not a lot of interest in the Solomons debacle amongst ordi.....
» 24/06/2007 10:42:15 PM Hi hY. You might find some interesting opinions on other current threads on this forum. h.....
» 24/06/2007 10:21:20 PM DEMOS, why start a new thread? This just follows directly on from the discussion, and tota.....
» 24/06/2007 12:15:14 PM “If people don't own their own responsibility, do you honestly believe they will follow pr.....
» 24/06/2007 12:12:43 PM Saintfletcher. “Why can't the NT make its own decisions?” I get the feeling that if ther.....
» 23/06/2007 10:04:06 PM Zygote “Does this mean I cannot have an pro-Iraqi vs US/AU/UK view?” No. You are entitle.....
» 23/06/2007 9:58:59 PM Well Steel… you are obviously not going to respond to my post of 21 June. You passionatel.....
» 23/06/2007 8:26:39 PM In reference to comments I made in my last post: Before I get lambasted left, right and c.....
» 23/06/2007 8:16:54 PM Steel, always tell us who you are responding to. This gets read by hundreds of people, not.....
» 23/06/2007 6:07:53 PM For the benefit of readers of this thread, Steel is quoting Ludwig from the second post on.....
» 23/06/2007 5:07:31 PM Fair go “…all manner of problems to electricity grids on the fourth rock out from the sol.....
» 23/06/2007 9:58:55 AM The type of penalty I envision is a small fine, and only for those jurors who really can’t.....
» 23/06/2007 9:57:18 AM Oh come on DEMOS, you see things in far too much of a black and white manner. My toleranc.....
» 22/06/2007 9:55:17 PM Yes jurors should be required to give reasons for their verdicts. There should also be so.....
» 22/06/2007 9:41:59 PM Dear oh dear DEMOS. And I thought I was cynical about our justice system!.....
» 22/06/2007 8:16:24 PM Bushbred, you bring me to tears. You’ve seen all of that terrible degradation in the West.....
» 22/06/2007 7:43:07 PM “A great deal of the problems arising in society stem from a widespread ignorance of how t.....
» 22/06/2007 4:02:07 PM I agree fully Ross….I think. But this self-centred greed is good mentality pervades just .....
» 22/06/2007 3:17:14 PM I love it Chris Shaw. Well said.....
» 22/06/2007 3:02:10 PM Andrew, you obviously expected the population stabilisation advocates to jump in quickly a.....
» 22/06/2007 9:26:13 AM People person, good post. “Hed [Mal Brough] be one of the few Ministers in parliment tha.....
» 22/06/2007 5:26:04 AM “It has to be saved from the hordes of farmers first.” Crikey Steel, you know how to win.....
» 21/06/2007 11:21:33 PM I just caught Lateline on ABC TV, with Tony Jones interviewing John Howard on this subject.....
» 21/06/2007 10:37:38 PM The measures announced today are very strongly paternalistic, and discriminatory inasmuch .....
» 21/06/2007 10:06:35 PM Alright DEMOS I understand now. I think you need to substitute the word ‘ecology’ with ‘en.....
» 21/06/2007 7:51:33 PM michael_in_adelaide Thanks for the link to Cheney’s 1999 speech. Velly intellesting. I p.....
» 21/06/2007 7:03:48 PM DEMOS “clearly we must monitor this lad, he might be an agent provocateur for asio.” oow.....
» 21/06/2007 7:00:19 PM DEMOS made this comment on a different thread where it was off-topic: “…but he [Ludwig] d.....
» 21/06/2007 4:56:40 PM Steven “Should we devote more efforts to adapting to climate change than to fighting it?”.....
» 21/06/2007 4:22:16 PM Um DEMOS....what does this have to do with ecology ??.....
» 21/06/2007 4:18:44 PM DEMOS, why have you started a new thread and abandoned one that you started a few days ago.....
» 21/06/2007 3:02:06 PM Alzo Like you I suspect that we shouldn’t be worrying too much about CO2 emissions / clim.....
» 21/06/2007 11:23:25 AM Alzo “I am not worried about the perceived CO2 problem.” Does this mean you don’t think.....
» 21/06/2007 10:28:43 AM Let’s try the third last paragraph again… No one has ever been able to espouse the virtue.....
» 21/06/2007 10:15:30 AM I wanted to respond quickly after the verdict was handed down, but the 5 posts in 24 hours.....
» 21/06/2007 9:18:39 AM Well, we have a live one! Alright Steel, it looks like there’s a rip-roaring debate ahead .....
» 20/06/2007 4:35:19 PM Perseus I hope this discussion has not come to an end. It is just starting to get interes.....
» 20/06/2007 3:39:43 PM “So in effect we are not giving up a little bit of freedom for more protection, we are giv.....
» 20/06/2007 12:29:05 PM “I am all for getting V8's and other gas guzzler's off the road as they are wasteful…” Go.....
» 20/06/2007 11:00:22 AM Aaaaaaaarrrgh…that intractable missing word syndrome strikes again, this time in the first.....
» 20/06/2007 10:53:02 AM I’m not sure I buy the assertion that the real reason for the Iraq war “a direct response .....
» 20/06/2007 9:40:06 AM “If the Queensland Government was really interested in helping the environment it would be.....
» 19/06/2007 12:43:58 PM Mjpb, I found this very interesting; Crown prosecutor Peter Davis; “Is what you have come.....
» 19/06/2007 10:36:18 AM All these sorts of financial incentives to reduce congestion are fine. But it begs the que.....
» 19/06/2007 6:56:09 AM I think we need to realise that the rights that these laws apparently infringe are highly .....
» 19/06/2007 6:29:02 AM DEMOS, I’d like to know just how you think this country should be run if you are dead agai.....
» 18/06/2007 8:11:13 PM Bernie I totally agree that the solution to climate change and sustainability issues has t.....
» 18/06/2007 5:41:59 PM “In fact, markets are the only mechanisms that have a chance to work out the solutions to .....
» 18/06/2007 5:06:02 PM In my previous post I wrote; “As for the merits of nuclear power, I don’t really have a s.....
» 18/06/2007 12:10:50 PM “But, in the end, with demand for electricity likely to double in Australia by mid century.....
» 18/06/2007 3:11:29 AM Confidence in the system is a huge factor, whether there is corruption or not. If there is.....
» 17/06/2007 7:06:29 PM DEMOS, the problem with internet juries would be accountability, I would think. ‘Non-cyb.....
» 17/06/2007 6:44:16 PM Legiteam, most people would prefer not to be called up for jury duty. But this lack of wil.....
» 16/06/2007 8:02:47 PM Well I don’t know how well known it is. I haven’t heard about it, and I’ve been following .....
» 15/06/2007 3:52:45 PM Greetings legiteam_obstruxxion Very interesting DEMOS. I’m inclined to agree. But it is.....
» 15/06/2007 7:43:41 AM I have extremely strong feelings about the antics of some police, and the complete corrupt.....
» 14/06/2007 9:12:03 PM Welcome to the Online Opinion Forum MBABARAM. Can you give us a bit more information plea.....
» 14/06/2007 4:23:31 PM Aha, I was wondering which one of us was going to jump in first and reinitiate this discus.....
» 14/06/2007 12:49:04 PM People who have prompted me to think about any of this sort of stuff are in the law enforc.....
» 13/06/2007 3:33:59 PM Yes it is a great momentum Peter. The world is becoming greener. Now that the worst of the.....
» 13/06/2007 2:55:39 PM KAEP Re the SMH article: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/12/1181414298095.html Oh.....
» 13/06/2007 2:14:09 PM Welcome back Perseus. I trust you had a good extended long weekend. “Ludwig, your comment.....
» 13/06/2007 6:53:02 AM “While reluctant to divert the discussion can we be assured it will always be us who occup.....
» 13/06/2007 6:51:15 AM “It is clear we will have growth in population want it or not.” Belly, I’m not going to r.....
» 12/06/2007 6:55:31 PM I can’t wait either Alzo, especially after reading Carl Wunch’s response, bought to our at.....
» 12/06/2007 6:45:05 PM Graham, you can insist that I am non-transparent if you must, despite my assertions to the.....
» 12/06/2007 9:12:01 AM A truly ugly scenario beautifully expressed Chris. Thanks for pointing us towards some lo.....
» 12/06/2007 6:31:13 AM This is the wrong sort of “can do” attitude Belly. In fact it is the same of attitude that.....
» 11/06/2007 10:17:35 PM “Ludwig, you can't be more transparent than saying who you are and who you employer is whe.....
» 11/06/2007 8:18:58 PM Belly, I reckon it is time to hunker down, and certainly not build huge new water schemes......
» 11/06/2007 7:47:16 PM “I am a member of the Greens but, when I first took up the issue of population, I was labe.....
» 9/06/2007 9:02:50 AM Alright Malcolm, so Australia is doing some good things on the climate change front. Thank.....
» 9/06/2007 7:57:30 AM Such a simple message Martin, but so critically important. I have suffered a great deal .....
» 8/06/2007 7:46:28 AM Well what do you expect; everyone to be in it for purely altruistic reasons? Of course th.....
» 7/06/2007 7:48:34 PM “…it is not for you or I to decide the appropriate size for a ‘province’ “ Of course it .....
» 7/06/2007 9:04:30 AM That’s a wonderful personal story Martin. Oh if only it was always the case, that argumen.....
» 6/06/2007 8:06:19 PM Steven, the New Scientist article you refer us to discusses sulphate particles, not sulphu.....
» 6/06/2007 8:43:38 AM The way forward seems clear to me. Something along the lines of the North Karelia project .....
» 6/06/2007 7:48:52 AM I can’t see that all our efforts to address climate change are really going to amount to m.....
» 6/06/2007 5:26:28 AM “How I wish posters would ‘speak to the chair’ or the ARTICLE instead of each other. Telep.....
» 5/06/2007 8:35:26 PM Hmmmm. No comments at all eh? I wonder why that is. Surely there would be OLO respondents.....
» 5/06/2007 6:25:31 AM All of what you say is fine Perseus. Of course any new state would take all of the basic s.....
» 4/06/2007 2:44:59 AM Thanks Horus. Your point is well taken. I am actually in favour of a two-tiered system o.....
» 3/06/2007 1:44:32 AM “The sooner we have a new state boundary between us the sooner we will become good neighbo.....
» 3/06/2007 1:30:49 AM Perseus you do insist on repeatedly putting your foot in it big-time don’t you! “So when .....
» 1/06/2007 11:17:29 PM Let’s face it, the motivation is not really to return these ecosystems to a natural state .....
» 1/06/2007 11:15:20 PM Don this article is not a good expression of the issue. Lots of problems here: “the bigge.....
» 1/06/2007 9:58:15 PM Good questions StG. “Do you have faith in the courts….” NO I don’t! And as an ardent a.....
» 1/06/2007 9:40:54 PM How could a situation exist whereby workers can be underpaid in an ongoing manner? Surely .....
» 1/06/2007 9:36:12 PM We’ve got be careful here. OK so we are dealing with a law which is pretty black and white.....
» 29/05/2007 8:42:18 PM “Donations to political parties distort the entire political process in Australia.” Well….....
» 28/05/2007 2:30:28 PM How nice of Jennifer to remind us of this great person on her 100th birthday. Good article.....
» 26/05/2007 7:47:43 PM Country Gal “A compromise Ludwig, you dont pay for my child-related tax concessions, and .....
» 25/05/2007 9:30:20 AM Country Gal “…certain things rely on there being a reasonable supply of young people” Of.....
» 22/05/2007 8:39:50 PM It is reasonable for gays to be considered refugees is they have a ‘well-founded fear of b.....
» 22/05/2007 11:02:07 AM “You were the one who objected to financial help for mothers Ludwig.” No sharkfin! You mi.....
» 21/05/2007 8:31:57 PM Alright Spendocrat. I’ll bite. Why do you think “We need to boost up the population a bit......
» 21/05/2007 9:41:15 AM “No!! you'll want someone else's children that you didn’t have, to go and fight for you.” .....
» 21/05/2007 9:39:02 AM Ooow sharky, so much hate!! You just assume the worst. How about asking some NEUTRAL quest.....
» 21/05/2007 8:56:34 AM Well isn’t this fascinating. I thought we had two passionate debaters on this thread; Rhia.....
» 20/05/2007 8:41:35 PM Yep, that has stuffed my Sunday evening! 300 000 per annum. Holy s…! Currently we are the.....
» 20/05/2007 8:13:54 PM Country Gal The baby bonus is means tested. ‘How much baby bonus you get depends on your.....
» 19/05/2007 9:25:16 PM Alanpoi, your first line is completely at odds with the rest of your post. Just what ‘app.....
» 18/05/2007 10:27:11 AM Wow…so many questions!! (:>0 Alright, here goes….. Answer to questions 1& 2: I have a.....
» 18/05/2007 9:40:01 AM With respect runner, that is not a highly meaningful contribution. Perhaps you could indi.....
» 18/05/2007 4:17:57 AM A big lump-sum gift is a pretty powerful vote-buying tool. It must have appealed greatly t.....
» 18/05/2007 4:11:40 AM Ricky, I share your concerns. But I would put it much more strongly; The baby bonus is th.....
» 17/05/2007 9:34:22 PM “If you owned hectares of useless eucalyptus forest, is it not your right to destroy it to.....
» 15/05/2007 2:34:52 PM “How many asylum seekers drown when boats are intercepted and tuned back?” My goodness, i.....
» 15/05/2007 2:33:23 PM Bronwyn “There are many policies in place now that would prevent that from happening…. We.....
» 15/05/2007 1:56:11 PM “ – that the state can and should exercise control over the totality of human life…” The .....
» 15/05/2007 1:53:35 PM Rhian “– that individual freedom…” Individual freedoms are foregone for the collective g.....
» 14/05/2007 1:49:12 PM Thanks for this article Lucy. I can only say that I would have put it a whole lot stronge.....
» 14/05/2007 1:22:47 PM Rhian You may think that some of the ideas that Ehrlich came up with about how to quell p.....
» 14/05/2007 12:37:41 PM May I suggest that your moral judgement on this issue is flawed. A true moral outlook woul.....
» 14/05/2007 12:34:59 PM Rhian “Ludwig I did answer your question.” No you didn’t. You only said: “I don’t accep.....
» 11/05/2007 12:31:28 PM Thanks Rhian. An interesting reply. Firstly, to what extent has population growth really .....
» 11/05/2007 11:50:18 AM “It was you who said that asylum seekers should be imprisoned in case they abscond.” Excu.....
» 10/05/2007 12:32:05 AM So what is your conclusion Rhian? Do you think Ehrich’s timelines were way out, but the u.....
» 10/05/2007 12:20:49 AM Rhian “We treat convicted criminals far more leniently than you advocate we treat refugee.....
» 9/05/2007 7:21:25 AM (:>0) !! !! !!.....
» 9/05/2007 7:10:35 AM It is still not clear what you envisage by building the nation Belly. You agree with me in.....
» 8/05/2007 10:48:12 PM Rhian “Health checks can be done in a matter of days, if not hours.” Yes probably for mo.....
» 8/05/2007 7:52:19 AM I can think of few good reasons why we shouldn’t do this sort of thing: Economics and sur.....
» 7/05/2007 11:08:38 PM “We need to detain them initially for health and security checks, but after that they shou.....
» 5/05/2007 4:19:05 AM “Let’s reduce congestion by building more state of the art roads.” NO!! The LAST thing w.....
» 4/05/2007 3:01:21 PM “First we locked them up in Curtin, Woomera, Port Hedland….” No at first we didn’t lock t.....
» 4/05/2007 8:33:27 AM “I'm in two minds about the threats of PO” Yes PeterJH, I don’t think it is necessarily d.....
» 4/05/2007 8:30:22 AM “For many years now I have been astonished about our series of federal treasurers’ focus o.....
» 3/05/2007 10:44:37 PM Agreed Country Gal. Yes Arjay, Bill is indeed a dill, to put it very mildly......
» 3/05/2007 10:29:47 PM “No-one here that I can see is calling for a ‘let them all in’ or an ‘open border policy’ .....
» 3/05/2007 2:37:45 PM Logan Olive Oil I’m sure you are a very nice and well-meaning person, but I’ve got to say.....
» 3/05/2007 12:12:35 AM It is particularly bloody depressing Luddie when the road toll in my part of the world – n.....
» 2/05/2007 1:41:11 PM Philippe Legrain is just so totally on the wrong track. Not the slightest attempt to expre.....
» 1/05/2007 11:31:00 PM GDay Big Al. Absolutely right. This is exactly why we need a vastly improved standard o.....
» 1/05/2007 10:25:32 PM Yeah I’ll tell you Luddie. It’s really very simple: all the talk in the world won’t impro.....
» 30/04/2007 11:06:47 PM Alright Lud… That’s clearly the most informative post that you have put on this thread ye.....
» 30/04/2007 10:42:45 PM Mj, I am pleased that you read everything that I write and consider it all in detail. You .....
» 29/04/2007 11:10:03 PM “It's a pity also that we're stuck with John Howard's undiscriminating GST. A differential.....
» 29/04/2007 10:29:46 PM “…too much money is spent on bloated staff numbers…” Wow! You must have worked in a very .....
» 29/04/2007 8:57:17 AM Fair crack of the whip tragedy. The support for a coordinated approach to weed management.....
» 29/04/2007 8:41:44 AM “I'm all for population stabilsation...just wary about how.” Alzo, I would suggest that i.....
» 26/04/2007 1:48:51 PM “At this point, Australia’s political and business leaders shouldn’t be debating about whe.....
» 26/04/2007 1:04:51 AM Blah........
» 25/04/2007 11:58:36 PM I park m’ butt in m’ office every day in shorts and singlet. Then about midday I have a sh.....
» 25/04/2007 3:12:29 PM Sustainable Population Australia Inc (http://population.org.au/) has been plugging away at.....
» 25/04/2007 12:13:38 PM “Costello, who has been a great treasurer, should have been handed the baton years ago.” .....
» 25/04/2007 9:49:54 AM Crude Impact – a brilliant documentary, shown on SBS last night. It explained the ominous.....
» 24/04/2007 9:59:59 AM “Peter has been practicing the removal of his built in sneer and that new found smile besi.....
» 23/04/2007 11:32:15 PM I recall Beatty imploring everyone straight after the DPP's decision was released to accep.....
» 23/04/2007 10:39:58 PM Country Gal “Nor is it means tested” From the Australian Taxation Office website http://.....
» 23/04/2007 10:04:31 PM Well it has beaten me freediver. How to contact you via Oz politic, that is. Can you prov.....
» 23/04/2007 12:36:46 PM As fas as parenting ability goes, I don’t think you could justify taking a child away from.....
» 23/04/2007 12:34:32 PM DEMOS I don’t think we need any licences, bonuses or anti-natalist incentives. All we nee.....
» 23/04/2007 11:45:24 AM “I think Street should have turned down the appointment.” I don’t know! And who cares! .....
» 23/04/2007 11:05:38 AM Perhaps everyone who reaches the age of 50 without having produced any sprogs should be pa.....
» 23/04/2007 10:50:46 AM What can I say but yes yes YES !!.....
» 23/04/2007 10:19:26 AM No certainly not a slow decline Horus. Definitely a new dynamic balance, which favoured so.....
» 21/04/2007 10:53:23 PM JHH, I can’t help but go straight into baby-bonus-condemnation mode: The size of the baby.....
» 21/04/2007 5:06:09 PM Ludwig, you’re a sick sick sick sick seeeeeeeyick puppy!! . . . . Well someone had to tell.....
» 21/04/2007 9:51:41 AM “Australia is a net energy exporter...” and “…exports more agricultural produce than is co.....
» 21/04/2007 9:48:43 AM Steve, I have never argued that our population should reduced but rather, that we should g.....
» 21/04/2007 7:22:41 AM Steve Madden “Sure there are areas of Australia where people should live in harmony with .....
» 20/04/2007 10:28:40 PM What we need is a whole series of pretty strong but not too critical kicks up the collecti.....
» 20/04/2007 10:26:20 PM Ted Trainer writes; “The greatest tragedy is that we could quickly and easily move to sus.....
» 20/04/2007 9:04:47 PM So I went to the do with tie out fly The girls came a runnin’, my o my! Now I’ve learnt .....
» 20/04/2007 4:22:08 PM Chris it was great to meet you last night at your public lecture. It has given me a fasci.....
» 20/04/2007 3:53:47 PM The UK is also largely recently glaciated, which renewed soil fertility, in stark contrast.....
» 20/04/2007 3:42:54 PM “Balanced reporting wouldn't stir people up.” O dear. This is another rather unbelievable.....
» 19/04/2007 9:25:41 PM “No don't mistake my comments as being negative to any new ideas.” OK. But your comments .....
» 19/04/2007 8:54:21 AM Mj, I don’t think the media could have possibly reported the various incidents in this sag.....
» 19/04/2007 12:00:33 AM Quiggley With the utmost respect, you seem to be wholly negative to any suggestions being.....
» 18/04/2007 9:04:35 PM Aha, the police state argument comes out at last! This has been a quick retort over the y.....
» 18/04/2007 2:17:42 PM It doesn’t tell us what is going to happen after 2050. If population growth is so vital, t.....
» 18/04/2007 2:15:48 PM The first major problem with this study: It was all about determining whether we could acc.....
» 18/04/2007 8:02:07 AM An extraordinary poem. Brought more than a tear to the eye. Just been sitting here mullin.....
» 18/04/2007 7:33:04 AM One person thinks we are torn between western and Asian identities. The next person says m.....
» 17/04/2007 11:39:06 PM Frrrrkh!! Beaten into... A... pulp of positive energy! And if that was to happen, great .....
» 17/04/2007 11:25:32 PM I think there is scope for a second kind of enforcement authority made up of people with s.....
» 17/04/2007 5:36:11 PM Hello Quiggley. Long time no chat. You misunderstand my desire to empower the public to h.....
» 17/04/2007 1:42:29 PM To wear a tie tight around m' neck Would turn me into a half-choked wreck! I’d rather we.....
» 17/04/2007 1:24:00 PM I’m on the frontline of weed research in north Queensland, as a botanist who gets out all .....
» 17/04/2007 12:42:44 PM “Why do posters who refuse to reveal even their true names, let alone their potential and .....
» 16/04/2007 1:15:59 PM I observe that you are willing to research this media angle in quite some detail and post .....
» 16/04/2007 8:38:37 AM Hooooorrghh \:>[ Ludwig, Ludwig. Luuuudwig. Do you really think our streets should be .....
» 16/04/2007 8:14:31 AM “Perhaps I should of said pointless instead of stupid” Alanpoi, that doesn’t make it any .....
» 15/04/2007 11:43:34 PM Committed a crime, done the time. The slate is clear. There are many examples of people w.....
» 15/04/2007 11:25:13 PM Never worn a flippin tie and never bloody will. Never wear footwear unless I absolutely h.....
» 15/04/2007 10:38:05 PM Well thaaaanks Ludwig… for fiiiinally telling us about “Hoons in Hyundais”! I am now cert.....
» 15/04/2007 10:18:06 PM George, the world is in desperate need of left-wing loonies like you and me. Some day we’l.....
» 15/04/2007 9:46:25 PM “Ludwig, I wish I shared your sanguine certainties that Australia will be able to deal wit.....
» 15/04/2007 7:40:36 AM My friend is right into daily exercise by way of running up our local hill or along the ri.....
» 14/04/2007 10:45:59 PM Why dear Shonga would we ever want a new state for North Queensland ?? ??.....
» 14/04/2007 6:50:32 PM Ybgirp, I can’t speak for anyone else but the reason why I don’t go on about global popula.....
» 14/04/2007 6:41:18 PM “Wouldn't the money be better spent accommodating new Australians and remaining in our eco.....
» 14/04/2007 6:19:03 PM Rojo, your reasoning for 30 million is indeed flimsy; “because there is no reason not to”......
» 13/04/2007 5:19:49 PM I think that’s got real potential TRTL. I’m very much in favour of empowering the public .....
» 13/04/2007 5:14:44 PM “Weak excuse” What! Not in the slightest! Confidence in the legal system within the comm.....
» 13/04/2007 5:09:10 PM Willy “The sooner we have a government that really does care about the ‘rule of law’ and .....
» 13/04/2007 1:50:19 PM Belly Have you overlooked my question of 10 April: What are your thoughts as an ex-RTA o.....
» 13/04/2007 1:46:27 PM Country Gal Harking back to your suggestion about simulated driving tests: YES, an exce.....
» 13/04/2007 1:39:56 PM Mulrunji’s family, the people of Palm Island, the whole Australian indigenous community an.....
» 13/04/2007 1:27:00 PM Aaargh, that $#*%^ missing word syndrome strikes again, as it does in at least 50% of my p.....
» 13/04/2007 1:22:46 PM “The other thing Rudd’s inquiry could do is to tackle two issues that are germane to the a.....
» 13/04/2007 8:57:30 AM Rojo “So with a conservative approach we could have 10 million up there alone” Well you .....
» 12/04/2007 2:53:01 PM I’m not so sure about the lessons that you say we should be learning from this. Firstly, .....
» 12/04/2007 2:49:12 PM I agree with Tim Flannery and yourself Chris. The evidence seems overwhelming that the meg.....
» 12/04/2007 1:22:09 PM “This is a breakdown of the most basic legal principles, and is destructive of our civilis.....
» 12/04/2007 9:14:56 AM Fair enough hasbeen. Or at least up to a point. Speed limits are often too low, sometimes .....
» 11/04/2007 5:10:22 PM And the fact that Street found that there is sufficient evidence and that not you nor anyo.....
» 11/04/2007 5:04:21 PM I’m with you Deryck. Maximised speed cameras, no signs to indicate their presence, and pe.....
» 11/04/2007 2:30:10 PM “This is a really stupid debate…” Alanpoi, what on earth do you think is stupid about thi.....
» 11/04/2007 2:25:28 PM “...A B-double pulled out and proceeded to overtake… whilst going around a blind bend” Co.....
» 11/04/2007 9:14:19 AM Alanpoi, there is nothing wrong with police booking people for doing a couple of ks over, .....
» 11/04/2007 8:34:34 AM “I argued that socialism exists on more of a sliding scale, rather than the two extremes e.....
» 10/04/2007 2:06:53 PM I agree that the gag order is grossly inappropriate. Freedom of speech and the freedom to .....
» 10/04/2007 9:20:47 AM David BOAZ, what do you mean; “IMMIGRATION should be replaced by FERTILITY” ?.....
» 10/04/2007 9:18:53 AM I reckon the ideal population is somewhere akin to Tim Flannery’s figure of 10 million. Bu.....
» 10/04/2007 8:30:00 AM See a new line of discussion (or another attempt to take this whole subject of road safety.....
» 10/04/2007 8:23:23 AM So Belly, what are your thoughts on my assertion that the police need to be INCONSPICUOUS?.....
» 9/04/2007 10:35:55 AM He has been driving like this for 50 years and has apparently never come unstuck or been c.....
» 9/04/2007 10:09:20 AM ‘Bloody Idiots’ This is the huge headline on the front page of today’s Courier Mail. Mor.....
» 9/04/2007 8:48:18 AM People person, I fail to see how sensible discussion (or any discussion for that matter) o.....
» 8/04/2007 12:25:00 PM Welcome to OLO yellowperil. What can I say? We just cannot have ANY confidence in the pol.....
» 8/04/2007 11:26:22 AM Shorbe, I’ve certainly got different views to you on welfare, refugees/asylum-seekers, etc.....
» 7/04/2007 2:27:29 PM My friend boasts of his hoonery on a very regular basis, especially his drags with fellow .....
» 7/04/2007 2:04:57 PM Horus In the interview aired on 4 Corners, Hicks was asked; “Were you at any time a memb.....
» 7/04/2007 1:51:50 PM “Hicks might accidentally be on the right track in the long run” Bushbred, how could you .....
» 7/04/2007 12:03:45 PM That is bad news indeed Oligarch, not that I expected anything different. So there you go.....
» 7/04/2007 11:41:34 AM Yabby, yes I use ‘big business’ in a very broad sense. Perhaps I should be referring to th.....
» 6/04/2007 2:55:17 PM Enormously inspiring Keith. I’ve always maintained a good exercise and dietary regime and.....
» 6/04/2007 1:58:19 PM “How will ‘profit-motive take on a longer term vision’?” When it becomes apparent to busi.....
» 6/04/2007 1:52:43 PM “What is a ‘better brand of democracy’?” Tao it is one in which governments actually do t.....
» 6/04/2007 12:19:49 PM He was being asked what he thought were the objectives of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, not ab.....
» 6/04/2007 10:59:41 AM Ugh! I keep forgetting to refresh the thread before I post. I didn’t see your last post be.....
» 6/04/2007 10:49:57 AM Tao “Workers do ALL of the work and create ALL of the wealth. There is no rational reason.....
» 6/04/2007 9:29:01 AM This is not quite true Horus. He was asked; “For what purpose?” He replied; “To stop the.....
» 6/04/2007 9:14:04 AM “But he has been singled out.” We aren’t going to get past our vehement disagreement on t.....
» 5/04/2007 9:37:10 AM “Do you know any other ‘fine print’ details of the Hicks judgment?” Michael, I think it h.....
» 5/04/2007 9:01:39 AM “To my mind the best solution is to have optional preferential voting.” YES, travellingno.....
» 4/04/2007 2:51:09 PM So if absolute proof of guilt is not necessary to generate charges and a trial, why don’t .....
» 4/04/2007 2:46:59 PM ‘Ok try substituting ‘yes’ instead of ‘absolutely’ in the original. Do you see what I am s.....
» 4/04/2007 1:54:12 PM It seems that the only way that this reform is going to occur is as a result of a series o.....
» 4/04/2007 1:48:25 PM Tao, great response. Thankyou. I appreciate the Marxist philosophy of moving right away f.....
» 4/04/2007 7:52:12 AM “Ludwig, it is generally accepted that it is bad to be able to profit from your crimes…” .....
» 3/04/2007 4:57:49 PM Nicholas, your steps seems eminently sensible. But you have left out one vitally important.....
» 3/04/2007 2:05:39 PM Thanks for your support ‘People…’ person. You are right; it is far worse than most peopl.....
» 3/04/2007 12:25:49 PM Spot on Bushbred. . Bill, David Hicks signed a gag order for twelve months media silence......
» 3/04/2007 9:06:13 AM “As in absolutely correct (guilt is decided).” I am astounded by this. It is the most ext.....
» 1/04/2007 10:51:47 PM Ludwig!! !! Another week has gone by! Pull your finger out buddy!.....
» 1/04/2007 9:46:44 PM So Hicks is to get nine months prison time, mostly in Australia and be out by the new year.....
» 1/04/2007 6:55:27 AM “…so where did you get the idea of this absolute thing?” Um, from this; I said; ”Mjpb, b.....
» 1/04/2007 6:51:20 AM “Well again I say people should be treated equally under the justice system.” Mjpb, I res.....
» 1/04/2007 5:44:14 AM The very system we have could work, if we could just get the right motives in place. And i.....
» 1/04/2007 5:40:59 AM Thanks for the comprehensive response tao. You wrote; “Well what a load of twaddle. The o.....
» 30/03/2007 4:17:36 AM “I doubt there was anything improper about Street’s actions.” Well again I say, if you fe.....
» 30/03/2007 3:40:18 AM Saul, you don’t seem too concerned about the highly unsustainable nature of our current ex.....
» 30/03/2007 3:37:51 AM Saul, your response is much appreciated. “...those who believe that a lower population gr.....
» 29/03/2007 5:22:21 AM Thanks for your responses shorbe and TRTL. . “Well what a load of twaddle.” Now that’s n.....
» 28/03/2007 5:32:16 PM Mjpb, so you think that the CJC appraisal, which found very strong reasons to try Hurley (.....
» 28/03/2007 12:33:58 PM Agreed rossco. His plea will be scrutinised to the nth degree by the tribunal anyway, app.....
» 28/03/2007 8:48:58 AM Saul, can I respectfully ask you to respond to concerns raised on this thread. The main i.....
» 27/03/2007 10:57:03 PM Bazz, if there is provision in law for much larger error margins than what should exist or.....
» 27/03/2007 5:29:48 PM ...let alone one of a presumption of innocence! Thus the person in question really is in a.....
» 27/03/2007 5:25:25 PM “We aren’t talking about an institution reviewing a DPP decision we are talking about a on.....
» 27/03/2007 4:22:02 PM And one other thing that should be avoided is a major redistribution of population from SE.....
» 27/03/2007 4:19:29 PM “There's more crap in that one post than in a billion litres of filtered water.” Aaaaahaa.....
» 27/03/2007 3:12:08 PM “Most people have severe limitations in driving skills but they can steer down the road an.....
» 27/03/2007 8:29:20 AM A fascinating discussion shorbe and TRTL. A might depressing though. Your predictions are .....
» 26/03/2007 5:12:19 PM If there is insufficient hard evidence, an acquittal may well result, although that would .....
» 26/03/2007 5:08:16 PM Oh no, you’ve sucked me back in to the discussion. Hwaww!! “A man (police officer) is in .....
» 26/03/2007 9:18:29 AM “I think we have the balance about right at the moment.” What balance? The one with criti.....
» 26/03/2007 9:15:40 AM Woolly? Not at all Pericles. A steady state system is one that still has plenty of dynami.....
» 25/03/2007 9:01:31 AM “…there will never be a stable state". It depends how you define it Pericles. My vis.....
» 25/03/2007 3:27:21 AM Oooow dear! Alright Luddo you agro old prick, um I mean, prickly customer, I’ll tell ya, s.....
» 24/03/2007 8:12:34 PM "a) 'Ludwig', asking for limits to human expansion is rather comical coming from a ma.....
» 24/03/2007 7:49:56 PM I’m impressed Is Mise. So do you only shoot ferals? Don’t worry, I’m not going to conde.....
» 23/03/2007 12:57:29 PM Spendocrat, your concerns are not at odds with the stabilization of population and the ach.....
» 23/03/2007 12:46:03 PM I can’t make any sense out of that at all mjpb. So I’ll just have to stick to what I said .....
» 23/03/2007 8:25:38 AM Luuuudweeeyiiig Tell me what “Hoons in Hyundais” is all about, or I’ll come over and thro.....
» 23/03/2007 8:15:06 AM You won’t get any defence of the Greens from me Is Mise. I gave it my best shot with them.....
» 23/03/2007 7:31:10 AM I totally agree Is Mise. If the signs were not removed after someone, anyone, notified th.....
» 23/03/2007 7:15:11 AM Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahahahah haaaaaaaaah haaaaa haahaahahaahaah Just what this rather bl.....
» 22/03/2007 5:42:08 PM Is Mise There are indeed many laws that need reform. So let’s strive to reform them inste.....
» 22/03/2007 12:37:20 PM Saul Eslake has the ability to put things in clear straightforward non-emotive language. I.....
» 22/03/2007 10:48:25 AM “Ludwig has missed the point.” Not at all Bazz. The point is to maximize road safety (or.....
» 22/03/2007 9:47:02 AM “ ‘the police need to be as accountable and to be seen to be as accountable as anyone else.....
» 21/03/2007 12:09:27 PM Good post C J. The most discreditable aspect of the Greens is indeed their lack of a mea.....
» 21/03/2007 9:06:37 AM Oh noooo, I’m a bleeding-heart leftie! (:>() And what is even worse, I’m most closely .....
» 21/03/2007 8:33:53 AM Ronnie you are right, I WAS sitting on me arse reading a joke, instead of being head-down .....
» 20/03/2007 4:55:24 PM Yeah but Perseus no-one’s doubting that the economics don't stack up. That’s not the issue.....
» 20/03/2007 4:43:29 PM Chainsmoker, you ask some pertinent questions. I agree that it is not a pretty concept. Bu.....
» 20/03/2007 4:25:49 PM Country Gal, I’m not disagreeing with you about the nature of mimosa bush. I am very famil.....
» 20/03/2007 9:02:23 AM I’d put it in somewhat stronger terms Bushrat. The approach that Perseus takes is just dis.....
» 20/03/2007 7:41:56 AM Forrest, I agree with the large-scale implementation of tanks. But I fear it won’t be enou.....
» 19/03/2007 6:08:35 PM Mjpb, we are obviously going to get nowhere in this discussion. I’ve said all that I need .....
» 19/03/2007 5:13:50 PM O Ludwig you klutz. You invent a new word and promptly mis-spell it! Moratoriorise – To e.....
» 19/03/2007 12:59:02 PM Wow! Of course planning has been abysmal. There is no way anyone can deny that. Of course.....
» 19/03/2007 8:58:46 AM State Liberal Leader, Bruce Flegg, says Queensland Government inaction has destroyed one o.....
» 18/03/2007 9:39:13 AM Shorbe, the most extraordinary part of this business is indeed the lack of interest in the.....
» 18/03/2007 8:53:51 AM “A reminder that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram. It is ludicrous to push hundreds of k.....
» 18/03/2007 7:51:16 AM Let’s try that last line again shall we… Let’s get away FROM this silly notion that IT is.....
» 17/03/2007 11:11:12 PM Ahaaaa Luddie! You ARE out there keeping an eye on my rabblings, you sly dog! Welcome ou.....
» 17/03/2007 10:32:06 PM There has been surprisingly little response to this thread Johncee, given the apparent dep.....
» 17/03/2007 9:11:39 AM Alright Ludwig you old fart. I have been hanging out for a whole torturous week for you to.....
» 17/03/2007 9:03:01 AM Speedo accuracy is very easy to determine with a GPS, which gives an accurate speed based .....
» 17/03/2007 8:41:52 AM This sinister mix between money and politics has been the undoing of democracy around the .....
» 16/03/2007 11:07:29 PM See a new line of discussion; ‘Staying alive on the road’ http://forum.onlineopinion.com......
» 16/03/2007 10:37:17 PM “To suggest that any Queenslander should have needed to lobby for security of water supply.....
» 16/03/2007 9:46:19 PM “Riiight. From the same "Australian Environment Foundation" that has Jennifer Ma.....
» 16/03/2007 9:15:51 AM Rex “I agree with the use of speed traps, but believe that the degree of tolerance should.....
» 16/03/2007 8:39:27 AM Dammit, the first line of my last post disappeared. I am responding to mjpb......
» 16/03/2007 8:30:26 AM “No. People die in the presence of doctors all time without trials” My goodness! Gravely .....
» 14/03/2007 8:24:32 PM “I love reading these forums, particularly when it comes to cop bashing. And a few of the .....
» 14/03/2007 4:48:00 PM In response to mjpb of 12 March; “Your posts in other threads are anti-cop…” You’ve made.....
» 14/03/2007 3:45:35 PM I posted this in response to Saintfletcher a couple of days ago and have just discovered t.....
» 14/03/2007 3:17:16 PM Rhett, I still can’t see how the user-pays concept for water from the stressed public stor.....
» 14/03/2007 2:47:27 PM Hi Bazz. I’ll let your comment slide through to the keeper…. with a friendly grimace! (:&g.....
» 14/03/2007 2:32:03 PM Oviously that should have been “Obviously”! . “The comment made by one correspondent is ty.....
» 14/03/2007 2:09:02 PM Country Gal You touched on one really significant point – drivers who do exercise caution.....
» 12/03/2007 9:40:35 AM Pepper, I can’t see that infrastructure or road conditions amount to much of a hazard at a.....
» 12/03/2007 9:28:27 AM Pepper, yes it would nice if the damn Main Roads Dept and councils observed the rules in t.....
» 12/03/2007 9:15:33 AM This is all fine Rhett. But it is not at odds with a user-pays setup for water drawn from .....
» 11/03/2007 11:11:07 PM TRTL, I can’t understand why you are supporting the police union. The PU should surely ha.....
» 11/03/2007 10:26:27 PM The NSW Greens have no policies on population growth/stabilization/size and nothing on sus.....
» 11/03/2007 9:53:23 AM I’ve got to wonder what the point is in even trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions any.....
» 11/03/2007 8:26:25 AM I fully agree Belly, especially with; “America draft Al Gore please the world needs an en.....
» 11/03/2007 8:18:34 AM No Betty, you cannot dismiss the issue in this manner. This water crisis is very real. Bu.....
» 11/03/2007 7:57:36 AM Pepper, I think by far the main factors that make an accident are the driver and one facto.....
» 10/03/2007 11:31:53 PM Rhett I think the user-pays philosophy is an essential part of the water-supply reform pr.....
» 10/03/2007 11:01:28 PM Hoons in Hyundais. Now there's a phenomenon!.....
» 10/03/2007 9:29:26 PM Neil James says that we desperately need a fifth Geneva Convention to cover the loophole t.....
» 9/03/2007 1:51:23 PM “I don’t begrudge anyone from voicing a protest on any matter but one would have thought i.....
» 8/03/2007 5:31:44 PM Perseus makes a good point. A scheme such as this will result in increased taxes on us all.....
» 8/03/2007 5:19:58 PM Christian, you’ve presented some good ideas here, but with respect you miss half the pictu.....
» 8/03/2007 1:53:24 PM This article just goes to show how horribly complex it can get when things are not black a.....
» 8/03/2007 12:41:27 PM “For five years we have been told that David Hicks must remain in Guantanamo Bay because h.....
» 6/03/2007 2:20:58 PM “A balance is needed in meeting the needs of a city in a sustainable way and respecting th.....
» 6/03/2007 1:35:05 PM Totally agree TRTL. Rudd is going to come out of this looking good while Howard’s apparent.....
» 6/03/2007 8:15:16 AM Thank goodness councils can be sacked. Heaven knows they need to be held accountable to a .....
» 5/03/2007 3:02:49 PM Oh dear Sylvia Can I suggest you either debate the issues or stay out of the discussion, .....
» 5/03/2007 2:30:23 PM “Refugees and asylum seekers no threat to our national security” Yes they potentially are.....
» 5/03/2007 7:56:34 AM I wrote this several days ago, came up against that confowwwnded 2-post-in-24-hours limit .....
» 27/02/2007 1:35:17 PM “First of all they need to distance themselves from apocalyptic thinking…” I disagree. Ho.....
» 26/02/2007 5:42:33 PM Perseus, what do think of my comments on water tanks: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/t.....
» 26/02/2007 5:34:45 PM We have a lot of agreement here Perseus. Small towns that have declined or are declining .....
» 25/02/2007 3:37:57 PM Yes indeed Fester. But you can bet your last razoo that Beatty will still be espousing th.....
» 25/02/2007 2:07:25 PM And the worst thing of all is that with the widespread implementation of tanks and the res.....
» 25/02/2007 2:03:17 PM Person Against Live Exports, it is indeed very annoying when simple and highly significant.....
» 24/02/2007 3:00:14 PM Alright, I went and tried to get a life, but it didn’t work… sooo I’m bayaaack on the ‘Put.....
» 24/02/2007 11:01:57 AM “ ‘I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore’. This is the sentiment right now acr.....
» 24/02/2007 10:19:08 AM “And now the urban elites spend all their time complaining about the scale, complexity and.....
» 23/02/2007 10:34:48 AM High immigration in Australia is absurd. By far the most important thing that we need to .....
» 23/02/2007 9:22:31 AM “The ultimate goal is decentralised water supply and sewerage networks that would be vastl.....
» 22/02/2007 1:31:38 PM I totally agree Kelvin. The suspension of habeas corpus in this case (or in any case) is .....
» 22/02/2007 10:28:13 AM Volition, most government agencies are under-resourced, some hopelessly so. But if we had .....
» 21/02/2007 5:33:12 PM “Our over-resourced regulatory agencies fail to recognise this” Over-resourced my foot! T.....
» 21/02/2007 9:07:35 AM And again an essential part of the solution goes unexpressed: We’ve got to denounce the in.....
» 21/02/2007 8:47:24 AM There are too many loopholes which allow carbon to be sequestered while we continue on wit.....
» 21/02/2007 8:45:25 AM I hate to be negative about a theoretically good idea, but when you get into the guts of c.....
» 16/02/2007 8:09:21 PM Julatron, who is pointing the finger at developing nations or saying that population growt.....
» 16/02/2007 8:27:57 AM “…however I think the moment the average person is asked to choose between that concern an.....
» 16/02/2007 8:23:41 AM I absolutely agree, and share your disgust billie......
» 15/02/2007 9:45:15 PM “I'd be fascinated to see how a green agenda of reducing population would be consistent wi.....
» 15/02/2007 1:01:38 PM Mirko, I agree that the green movement per se has had a huge problem with focusing on the .....
» 14/02/2007 7:11:56 PM Alanpoi I wait with baited breath to read a bit of substance behind your one-liner. . Ra.....
» 14/02/2007 1:39:15 PM “It's the biggest game on earth….” NO IT ISN’T!! The biggest game on earth is sustainabi.....
» 14/02/2007 1:02:34 PM “It's all well and good to point to the problems associated with growth but you fail to ad.....
» 13/02/2007 8:59:56 PM “….while without doubt we’ll have to elevate social and environmental sustainability to eq.....
» 13/02/2007 8:14:18 PM No, old Karl wasn’t right on the growth thing TurnRightThenLeft. Firstly, we simply have .....
» 13/02/2007 1:30:17 PM Ybgirp Sorry to say something really disturbing – but if you are one of the tiny minority.....
» 13/02/2007 12:58:13 PM “It is timely to consider whether the nation’s research efforts are being optimally direct.....
» 6/02/2007 11:00:32 PM Thanks ybgirp “What beats me is how you sustain your optimism” I don’t know if I’d call .....
» 6/02/2007 10:46:33 PM “I think recycled water has a great advantage that if people are afraid of it, then they c.....
» 6/02/2007 8:55:09 PM Bugsy, you asked; “what are you actually doing about it?” I gave you a full and frank ans.....
» 5/02/2007 11:52:57 PM You are perplexing Bugs. And still you don’t answer the direct question that I have put t.....
» 5/02/2007 10:51:33 PM “…what are you actually doing about it? More than blogging I hope?” Bugsy, you ask questi.....
» 5/02/2007 10:42:56 PM “On the contrary Ludwig, I wish your ‘simple’ plan to succeed” Very pleased to hear it Bu.....
» 4/02/2007 8:18:54 AM For all the rapid coastal development along the central and north Queensland coast, I can .....
» 3/02/2007 11:28:16 PM Shonky Why on this confowwwwwnded planet would anyone want a new state for norf qweenslay.....
» 3/02/2007 11:10:18 PM This is wonderful. No mention of population in the article, but so many people jumping in .....
» 3/02/2007 10:28:39 PM True Perseus, but is the virtual absence of a sediment plume and the reduction of the fres.....
» 3/02/2007 9:36:31 PM “Are you seriously suggesting that we stop bothering to think about how we might reduce ou.....
» 3/02/2007 9:19:35 PM Well said ybgirp. . “Feelings of impotence and inability to address or understand problem.....
» 3/02/2007 9:11:46 PM “I put it to you that this statement is approaching the realms of fantasy”. Bugsy, presum.....
» 2/02/2007 10:53:10 PM Aaaargh GRB my foot. That should be GBR of course. I think Dr Peter Ridd presents a prett.....
» 2/02/2007 10:07:55 PM I agree that coral reefs will generally benefit from warmer conditions….if you define ‘ben.....
» 2/02/2007 9:19:33 PM Bugsy, thanks for continuing the discussion on population / sustainability. As your questi.....
» 2/02/2007 9:15:06 PM “how will we be treated by the international community when we refuse to take refugees and.....
» 2/02/2007 9:07:34 PM Discussion transferred from http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=392#76.....
» 2/02/2007 9:01:51 PM Oligarch Woops I only just noticed your request above. No I can’t provide a link to the .....
» 1/02/2007 11:04:19 PM “And if I ever find myself on a 'date', remind me to kill myself.” Aaaaaahaaaahahahahahaa.....
» 1/02/2007 8:35:50 PM So Hurley has been charged afterall. Thank goodness for that. I’m not passing judgement on.....
» 1/02/2007 8:17:22 PM Bugsy, I have started seven threads on this forum, one of which was sustainability/populat.....
» 1/02/2007 8:14:49 PM I am pleased that we all agree on the basics of sustainability. I don’t think there needs.....
» 1/02/2007 4:20:54 AM “no government in the current climate will ever bring a policy in the foreseeable future t.....
» 31/01/2007 7:31:34 PM Bugsy, your belief that discussion on this thread of sustainability issues as they are rel.....
» 30/01/2007 11:05:25 PM " 'Sustainability' is actually an ill-defined goal". Yes Bugsy, it is hard to .....
» 30/01/2007 5:25:54 PM “However Ludwig does not seem to accept that sustainability can be on a large scale.” You.....
» 30/01/2007 5:24:29 PM “I am not for zero population growth - just that we shouldnt grow any faster than our reso.....
» 30/01/2007 11:36:08 AM Online_east Tim Flannery is well and truly on the right track with his comments on popula.....
» 30/01/2007 11:10:26 AM Bugsy The first impression that I get is that you aren’t interested in sustainability and.....
» 29/01/2007 9:01:38 PM Huge desalination plants, recycled sewage, piping water from the Ord River to Perth or fro.....
» 24/01/2007 9:14:30 PM Stable populations would also be necessary in some regions or local government areas. A sy.....
» 23/01/2007 8:41:06 PM My notion of a stable population is based on the sustainability imperative. We simply must.....
» 22/01/2007 8:55:44 PM Ah but some things are being done about it Turnrightthenleft. Whole sections of eminently.....
» 21/01/2007 4:05:35 PM I don’t get it. Natasha Cica and the three respondents reminisce about the ugly side of de.....
» 16/01/2007 10:22:22 PM “Rudd would be best served by ignoring the suggestions of the removed elite, putting away .....
» 16/01/2007 9:37:48 PM Straight after I had read this article I had a fully formulated post in my mind. But Colin.....
» 12/01/2007 9:53:31 PM I share your concerns fully snake. To me Peter Costello is the antichrist of Australia, bl.....
» 12/01/2007 9:01:37 PM “Everybody wants to be green in the new political environment” Whaaht? Comeon! There mig.....
» 10/01/2007 10:37:59 PM Goku Don’t you think that there is a rather huge contradiction between your support for p.....
» 10/01/2007 10:01:41 PM I think the situation is a lot worse that George makes it out to be, especially at the low.....
» 10/01/2007 9:01:48 PM Once again we see that one of the most fundamental points of all concerning our water prob.....
» 10/01/2007 8:28:25 PM Rojo, the doings of the devious Mr Howard should have been enough to drive any opposition .....
» 9/01/2007 8:52:32 PM Colinsett writes; “The sustainable use of water is nothing more than a subset, one of man.....
» 9/01/2007 10:56:22 AM Leigh me ol’ mate, you’re not an ogre! A bit of a dill occasionally? Mmmm, possibly. But a.....
» 8/01/2007 10:16:26 PM “It is the conclusions (theories) you draw from those observations that have the value.” .....
» 8/01/2007 10:14:35 PM Freediver, in response to your Ozpolitic post… “It [evolution] is not scientific. That is.....
» 7/01/2007 8:57:06 PM “That's the whole point of a green tax shift.” Freediver, tax-based incentives to improve.....
» 7/01/2007 8:51:49 PM “Missing links are not a short-coming of evolution. They are spots within a biological cla.....
» 7/01/2007 8:39:12 PM That’s a bit of an unfortunate post Leigh. From personal experience, directions or rules .....
» 7/01/2007 4:57:38 PM Freediver, I’m still right at the most basic level of trying to understand where you are c.....
» 6/01/2007 10:23:30 PM “I fail to see the logic here.” Freediver I explained myself in the paragraph following t.....
» 6/01/2007 9:58:04 PM Freediver, I’ve read your three posts and ozpolitic…and I’m confused. So a couple basic .....
» 6/01/2007 9:29:29 PM “1) It's about carbon emissions, not energy consumption” Freediver, it needs to be about .....
» 6/01/2007 8:43:20 PM Further to my last post… “The simplicity in saying the answer is in stopping growth…” Th.....
» 6/01/2007 8:01:54 PM “It is more about the reality than a contradiction”. Thebull, our reality in Australia do.....
» 5/01/2007 10:09:31 PM Dear bull, take a moment to consider the incredible contradiction you have just presented;.....
» 5/01/2007 8:31:25 PM Freediver, with respect, you are thinking about per-capita energy consumption, not total e.....
» 4/01/2007 8:48:04 PM Here I go again with the same old rant. But jees it needs to be said….. One of the bigges.....
» 4/01/2007 8:34:41 PM “Environmentalists have been expressing concern for decades about our immigration levels…”.....
» 2/01/2007 8:32:07 PM “It's time for the Greens to stop whining about conspiracy theories, and to accept that vo.....
» 1/01/2007 9:30:49 PM Justin W wrote; “However, the more relevant argument is not about population growth per s.....
» 29/12/2006 11:43:52 PM "We should help to solve other countries problems in their own land, not bring them h.....
» 29/12/2006 8:26:31 PM I couldn’t believe my ears this evening while watching the 7.30 Report: Melbourne’s water .....
» 29/12/2006 8:10:15 PM Gryphon, I am a principle scientist in the field of botany and ecology and a long-time gov.....
» 28/12/2006 9:48:46 PM Yep, pretty much spot-on Leigh. High immigration is the absurdity to end all absurdities......
» 28/12/2006 9:28:49 PM “Buildings are designed with sustainability in mind, with energy and water efficiency and .....
» 28/12/2006 8:43:25 PM And if we are by some amazing stroke of good luck or brilliant planning able to eradicate .....
» 27/12/2006 9:05:41 PM And another silly faux pas in this whole silly saga – Pat Shanahan steps down as the head .....
» 27/12/2006 8:53:34 PM Gryphon, there is one thing that every environmentalist must have… and that is the sustain.....
» 27/12/2006 8:35:58 PM Horus I agree with most of your points; sustainability practiced on our terms, our int.....
» 25/12/2006 7:53:46 PM Horus, let me start with really basic questions, and maybe can we develop a good debate… b.....
» 25/12/2006 12:30:56 AM Correction to my previous post; “THIS should be our bottom line or dual bottom line if yo.....
» 24/12/2006 11:59:27 PM Legal Eagle It is very hard to comprehend why there is such an issue about deciding wheth.....
» 24/12/2006 9:00:07 PM “As with such issues as climate change, overpopulation cannot be properly addressed unilat.....
» 22/12/2006 10:52:11 PM “Embargoes on land clearing have had the effect of accelerating land clearing as the clear.....
» 22/12/2006 10:32:40 PM Woops, my figures were slightly whacky; “Clearing in Qld has made up about 75% of all cle.....
» 22/12/2006 10:14:01 PM I come from a similar background to Michael Paton; starting from botany and moving on to g.....
» 22/12/2006 8:57:54 PM ‘Rudd puts a different kind of economic future on the cards.’ Really? Well it’s not very .....
» 22/12/2006 8:11:49 PM “The problem of Australia's over-population will never be solved. Immigration will cease o.....
» 21/12/2006 9:23:10 PM Just before his demise, Kim Beazley was saying some pretty interesting things which reflec.....
» 20/12/2006 9:45:50 PM And such a comfortable bed it is Pers. I sleep so much better than I did prior to the intr.....
» 20/12/2006 8:55:31 PM The end of broadscale clearing in Queensland will occur at the end of this year. This mar.....
» 19/12/2006 9:14:18 PM Hey Shonga, here’s an interesting question for you; What on earth are the advantages of h.....
» 19/12/2006 8:32:03 PM Now Perseus, you have never held back on offering a great deal of detail, including copiou.....
» 19/12/2006 12:21:03 AM Well obviously Pers, me ol’ mate, you have no idea of what I own or am responsible for! A.....
» 18/12/2006 10:20:59 PM “Ludwig the problem with cracking down on small time (so called crime) is that you will ha.....
» 18/12/2006 4:06:27 PM The latest chapter in the sorry saga of Palm Island is just as disgusting as the previous .....
» 18/12/2006 3:09:13 PM Unquestioned growth was a “cultural momentum” until fairly recently. But we can hardly arg.....
» 18/12/2006 2:28:43 PM King Canute writes; “This situation needs to be compared to Beattie's recent statements a.....
» 17/12/2006 8:36:13 PM Come on then Perseus, we all wait with baited breath to read your “far more workable and e.....
» 17/12/2006 4:00:53 PM West The presence of uniform police doesn’t work very well because they are so thin on th.....
» 16/12/2006 9:14:14 PM Mt Beatty, what on earth do you think you are doing? Paying Robbie Williams’ fine for the.....
» 16/12/2006 6:57:19 PM But, I agree that there could be merit in striving to work out a new balance for farmers a.....
» 16/12/2006 6:53:34 PM Gillian, a good article. As you say, massive ecological change was initiated very early o.....
» 16/12/2006 4:23:45 PM Freediver, I’ve said this many times on this forum – the baby bonus is rotten to the core......
» 16/12/2006 8:21:11 AM High immigration (and high population growth in general) is certainly a causal factor of r.....
» 15/12/2006 10:26:41 PM A vastly improved law-enforcement regime is of vital importance. But this doesn’t necessar.....
» 15/12/2006 10:01:47 PM Easy Times, I share your concerns, particularly the issue of people thinking that they won.....
» 12/11/2006 10:47:23 PM And this makes 1000 posts on OLO! Well done Luddie! . . . Now for goodness sake, go get a.....
» 12/11/2006 10:39:52 PM “The question is not whether to regulate or not. It is to what degree to regulate.” Absol.....
» 12/11/2006 10:26:55 PM Thanks Rainier Being a devoted tit-watcher, er um I mean bird-watcher…of the feathered va.....
» 12/11/2006 10:13:33 PM Froggie You can guess what I’m going to say; I very strongly recommend you see Al Gore’s.....
» 12/11/2006 10:22:22 AM Thanks Sylvia. Much appreciated. ‘(1) A person in a public place must not wilfully expose.....
» 11/11/2006 9:07:18 PM Thanks Sylvia, that’s news to me. I don’t suppose you can refer me to where the relevant .....
» 11/11/2006 8:15:07 PM Rex, regarding a “reasonable tolerance” on speed limits; Firstly, I would suggest that th.....
» 11/11/2006 6:32:05 PM “Basically, the problem lies with people being brainwashed into thinking that various part.....
» 11/11/2006 1:52:14 PM Peter Garrett, where’s your voice on the big things that really matter – our bloody enviro.....
» 11/11/2006 1:15:20 PM Perseus. Your post of 11 Sept slipped under the radar. I’ve only just encountered it. So.....
» 11/11/2006 12:06:50 AM See another line of discussion on road rules and the like, started by that inimitable geni.....
» 10/11/2006 11:54:39 PM MMM very interesting David Hell of a predicament the Yanks have got themselves over that .....
» 10/11/2006 11:32:16 PM Sylwia, it seems like the law on this issue is as hairy as dog’s breakfast !! But then, I.....
» 10/11/2006 11:02:49 PM “Speed infringement is perhaps the best example of a law that should be open to much on-th.....
» 10/11/2006 9:39:19 PM Our legal system is all about weighing up evidence and assessing the seriousness of action.....
» 10/11/2006 8:24:19 PM Yeah, freemarket anarchy is not far removed from social anarchy. A free market that is dr.....
» 10/11/2006 8:02:47 PM “Do it in public... take what comes. If you flaunt your attributes in a public place” Dav.....
» 10/11/2006 6:42:29 PM “Public funding sounds OK except it only favours the encumbent or the Big Two monopolist p.....
» 10/11/2006 6:17:01 PM “Rule of law, no common sense.” Huh? Brock, I totally agree that the law-makers need a g.....
» 10/11/2006 6:01:47 PM “In Victoria there is no discretion when it comes to speeding” I thought there was a 3kmh.....
» 10/11/2006 4:51:23 PM Alright, there are a few people interesting in this subject. Excellent! CG, police discre.....
» 10/11/2006 3:50:10 PM “we can always start culling here” What the ??!! You entertain a fleeting thought about .....
» 9/11/2006 11:46:29 PM You know what is really bizarre? That people can come up with the wildest ideas in order .....
» 9/11/2006 11:21:14 PM I’m finding it a bit hard to understand just what you are getting at Saintfletcher. So I’.....
» 9/11/2006 9:15:42 PM What is with our terrible respect for the law? Why do we tolerate the many situations whe.....
» 9/11/2006 7:28:51 PM I’m not sure any of these examples are polar shifts Rob. I see them as having moved from .....
» 9/11/2006 4:53:07 PM Brilliant! A bit of political sanity in the US at last!.....
» 9/11/2006 4:40:46 PM Isn’t female topless bathing in public technically illegal anyway, at least in Queensland?.....
» 9/11/2006 4:01:58 PM “Australia/NZ, the UK and the US (as well as parts of Europe) are only growing because of .....
» 9/11/2006 12:32:48 PM Col “Why not ‘best case scenario’ or Most likely scenario’ “ I don’t understand. Isn’t i.....
» 8/11/2006 3:46:24 PM Pers, your use of ‘mathematics’ on this forum on numerous occasions has not exactly helped.....
» 8/11/2006 12:11:35 AM Speedcamerajustice I take it from your lack of response that your rally didn’t go so well.....
» 7/11/2006 11:46:55 PM Huuuwaaa….Ludwig, ol buddy ol mate, you are right…. I am a negative slack ol twat. Hey, c.....
» 7/11/2006 11:35:47 PM Luddie, my ol’ alter-ego…. you’re a sick puppy! All you do is sit on the couch, guzzle be.....
» 7/11/2006 11:12:06 PM Cathy If you can call ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ propaganda, I think you could brand just ab.....
» 7/11/2006 3:32:59 PM I don’t think it matters a hoot whether it is climate change or drought or a normal weathe.....
» 7/11/2006 3:20:48 PM “Put simply - climate change has gone mainstream. Something else has happened too - the de.....
» 6/11/2006 11:40:44 PM This is a good article Andrew. But once again the big picture is missing, although I do s.....
» 6/11/2006 11:10:43 PM Hey Ludwig you lunatic, do you realise that you have been on this forum for 12 months toda.....
» 6/11/2006 11:04:57 PM Fixed speed cameras are going to be introduced in Queensland at the end of next year (Sund.....
» 6/11/2006 10:35:48 PM “ ‘I’m sure we agree that a huge move forward could be made if we simply put police in unm.....
» 6/11/2006 10:33:16 PM Mjpb, you haven’t told me what you mean by “nitpicking”. Neither have you pointed out whe.....
» 6/11/2006 9:36:11 PM CJ, I agree that voters should be required to show a certain level of understanding of the.....
» 5/11/2006 11:39:40 PM Banjo “The simple fact is that they benefit, so why should they change it?” That’s exact.....
» 5/11/2006 11:24:41 PM As an addendum, Quiggley you might be interested to read my dot points for the improveme.....
» 5/11/2006 10:32:51 PM CG, population control has been pretty successful in China, to the extent that they have a.....
» 5/11/2006 4:51:00 PM “One of the best things about driving the Benz is the speed limiter” (Sun Community Newspa.....
» 5/11/2006 2:16:08 PM Patriotism: Mmmmm, just another one of these vague multifaceted terms, that means differen.....
» 5/11/2006 1:35:18 PM Quiggley, after 30 years driving experience and about 15 years communicating with police, .....
» 5/11/2006 9:56:55 AM I feel the need to express complete outrage over the compulsory preferential voting system.....
» 5/11/2006 9:30:35 AM Gday Forrest Formalising the donkey vote would indeed be interesting when it comes to pub.....
» 4/11/2006 11:30:31 PM …. and police (or at least to a much better extent than they do now). Police would be far .....
» 4/11/2006 10:45:02 PM ….knowing where we stand with the law, and of laws being reformed where necessary. You see.....
» 4/11/2006 9:32:55 PM Well, I’m pleased that you agree with my sentiments then CG (presumably you do?!). But yo.....
» 4/11/2006 8:13:41 PM Gday Quiggley. Thanks for responding again. Readers will have to refer back to your posts.....
» 4/11/2006 11:12:05 AM Speedcamerjustice How did your rally go? Steve, we’ve got fairly and squarely on each ot.....
» 4/11/2006 8:31:09 AM “Huh, tides wiping out 1/2 the worlds population? Well that will at least make the anti-gr.....
» 3/11/2006 11:59:29 PM I think Snout is right; voting is not just a right, it’s responsibility in a democracy. P.....
» 3/11/2006 11:36:34 PM I’m in favour of compulsory voting. But we’ve simply gotta have a box on every ballot for.....
» 3/11/2006 11:00:34 PM Bloody oath you old chook! And not before time. I’ve held my vicious tongue for a long ti.....
» 3/11/2006 10:53:16 PM Oooow…. A bit of a dummy-spit there m’Luddie!.....
» 3/11/2006 10:48:23 PM Quiggley, in further response to your post of 27 Oct; “Basically I don't really see a pro.....
» 3/11/2006 10:23:49 PM OK, I’m back from the real world, right out in the feral backblocks of lower Cape York Pen.....
» 2/11/2006 9:37:33 PM And yet again we have the completely inescapable f….. c… factor that comes along and just .....
» 2/11/2006 9:26:34 PM The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Claire Martin announced today; “The open speed limi.....
» 2/11/2006 8:40:30 PM Well Jennifer, you are obviously not going to respond to my post of 28 Oct or the question.....
» 29/10/2006 12:19:30 AM Quiggley “Don't worry, I'm not getting angry or even agitated.” Thank goodness. I don’t .....
» 28/10/2006 10:38:17 PM Jennifer, “Population will look after itself if we get the fundamentals right.” But isn.....
» 28/10/2006 10:02:38 PM “In that situation would you turn to advocating driver training full time and stop insulti.....
» 28/10/2006 8:50:28 PM Quiggley (27 Oct), I don’t know why you are getting angry. As far as I am concerned you an.....
» 28/10/2006 12:34:15 PM “Ludwig, implies I'm for controls on population.” Whaaaat?? Jennifer, I realised a long .....
» 28/10/2006 12:01:56 PM If we feel the need to thin large portions of our dam catchments, which is an intensive, e.....
» 28/10/2006 12:11:00 AM mjpb, I’m having real problems in understanding the rest of your post. I hope I have addre.....
» 28/10/2006 12:03:18 AM Mjpb “Reality is that if any police officer publically objected…” Agreed. But they can o.....
» 27/10/2006 9:58:40 PM “If you think people are just going to do whatever they can get away with, yes some may we.....
» 27/10/2006 9:08:41 PM “You guys at this forum really know how to argue logically - not!” Crikey Jennifer! That’.....
» 27/10/2006 5:12:30 PM “WTF? Willing adherence is REGARDLESS of the state of enforcement.” Steve, you find my vi.....
» 27/10/2006 12:30:17 PM “In summary, there is a water shortage in Australia but rainfall has not been exceptionall.....
» 27/10/2006 12:07:52 AM “Your ideas of total enforcement and removal of discretion are absolutely insane, and the .....
» 26/10/2006 11:43:24 PM Still in response to Quiggley (25 Oct) “Ludwig said: '.and slowly improve the whole law-e.....
» 26/10/2006 10:15:51 PM “I’m happy to say no serious policy maker is pushing hard to decrease consumption.” Rhian.....
» 26/10/2006 9:57:28 PM Leigh My first thoughts were cynical too. But let’s face it, we do DESPERATELY need a ch.....
» 26/10/2006 9:34:17 PM Steve Madden says; “Present land use systems are unsustainable in the long-term, as widesp.....
» 26/10/2006 9:04:21 PM Oh no! Perseus is back! He’s crawled out from under his rock….. and promptly told anyone w.....
» 26/10/2006 8:37:03 PM “Unless you want to pay for a Police Officer in every car and on every corner, all who hav.....
» 26/10/2006 8:11:56 PM I just went a hunting for some info, but all I could find was Wikipedia: ‘The Australian P.....
» 26/10/2006 2:56:39 PM Rhian, I appreciate your explanation of growth rates and population projection 30 years he.....
» 26/10/2006 2:53:46 PM Quiggley I assume that the rest of your questions of 25 Oct have been addressed by my las.....
» 26/10/2006 2:00:16 PM “Ludwig, I haven’t failed to answer your “schitzoid” point, just given an answer you don’t.....
» 26/10/2006 12:05:16 AM Still in response to Quiggley of 25 Oct… “Did you give some serious thought to my questio.....
» 25/10/2006 11:32:01 PM Further response to Quiggley (Guiggley?!) from Oct 24… I appreciate your concerns about s.....
» 25/10/2006 10:36:45 PM Fester ‘Go forth and multiply’ is indicative of the greatest problem with Christianity (o.....
» 25/10/2006 10:00:01 PM “I didn’t say I think Sydney is capable of limitless growth.” Rhian, you came pretty clos.....
» 25/10/2006 9:30:28 PM "The challenge we face is not about feeling guilty for our consumption or virtuous fo.....
» 25/10/2006 8:17:52 PM Speedcamerajustice, you wrote on 24 Oct; “Hell no. The ideal situation with regards to AN.....
» 25/10/2006 2:22:15 PM Rhian Would you care to respond directly to the “schizophrenic” points I made. How does .....
» 25/10/2006 2:04:37 PM In response to speedcamerajustice (23 Oct) “AS THEY CAN BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO PERCEIV.....
» 24/10/2006 11:55:01 PM “Ludwig: the law is all about interpretation.” Steve, many laws are black and white. Ther.....
» 24/10/2006 11:18:28 PM Mjpb, I don’t understand your first question (23 Oct). “Why aren't you jumping up and dow.....
» 24/10/2006 10:26:07 PM “There’s a very good chance we’ll never get to a point where we need to set a limit.” But.....
» 24/10/2006 9:47:05 PM Fifthly, I wonder how much of this mooted 43% is expenditure beyond our means, that is pla.....
» 24/10/2006 9:45:05 PM ‘Lies, damn lies and statistics’, rubbery figures and wrongly implied causality! Just some.....
» 24/10/2006 7:03:16 PM Four posts back I said; “So let’s say NO to the concept of leeways, and start looking at .....
» 24/10/2006 1:18:59 PM Quiggley “So, no I don't agree with issuing tickets to someone caught doing 3 Km/H over t.....
» 24/10/2006 12:57:27 AM See relevant discussions on two threads; Blind-eye policing http://forum.onlineopinion.co.....
» 23/10/2006 11:24:23 PM “I think a license is a privilege not a right.” Absolutely!! And it should be hard-earned.....
» 23/10/2006 11:11:34 PM Oh my poor head. There’s sooooooo much to respond to here!! Well, I’ll do my best to keep.....
» 23/10/2006 10:32:47 PM Rhian, I’ll address the second half of your post now and try to find time to delve into th.....
» 23/10/2006 2:27:24 PM Ugh, I forgot the email alert thingo. Forrest, starting your own thread is very easy. On .....
» 23/10/2006 12:10:04 PM “The answer to both questions is emphatically ‘yes’.” Crikey Rhian really? So why is it t.....
» 23/10/2006 11:16:34 AM I think the fundamental difference between us mjpb is my belief in a rigorous and precise .....
» 23/10/2006 10:43:18 AM Mjpb “I notice that you go to the extreme to find out the margin…” Go to the extreme! Wh.....
» 23/10/2006 10:22:08 AM “Surely the essence of Democracy is that individuals do make a difference, by exercising t.....
» 22/10/2006 11:19:06 PM Gday Quiggley. Welcome to OLO. My background in this subject….. I’m a botanist, ecologis.....
» 22/10/2006 10:50:22 PM “Labour has the same opportunity it has had for decades; to offer genuine alternatives.” .....
» 22/10/2006 8:57:44 PM Thanks Maximus Were open-road speeds really “derestricted” or was there a legal limit tha.....
» 21/10/2006 10:57:21 PM Ah good no you accent. Agreed re: 9/11, agreed re: “that is real terrorism, day in, day ou.....
» 21/10/2006 9:23:52 PM woops, that should have read … ‘Well, essentially you are Steve.’ And worse still, many p.....
» 21/10/2006 3:52:13 PM “we're not asking for an increase in speed limits” Well, essentially you are Peter. The .....
» 21/10/2006 1:43:26 PM “the Greens: 1990s-2020s?” (? ? ?) Yair well, the Greens are virtually just hangin in the.....
» 21/10/2006 11:16:36 AM Steve I very strongly believe that what you should be doing is calling for speed limits to.....
» 21/10/2006 10:18:28 AM “Although I think stabilising population is unrealistic” Peter, does this mean that you t.....
» 21/10/2006 9:50:41 AM Very interesting Steve. Great to see this stuff expressed here. Now where do I start?! I.....
» 20/10/2006 9:13:08 PM Pepper, there are a heap of comments to be made in response to this…. Firstly, where were.....
» 20/10/2006 8:36:28 PM “migration raises both average per-capita economic growth and (more importantly) quality o.....
» 20/10/2006 7:51:17 PM There is indeed a glaring contradiction between the message from authorities that the publ.....
» 20/10/2006 2:40:44 PM Yes well, there are all sorts of scenarios where people can get worked up and end up in a .....
» 20/10/2006 2:21:55 PM “Why do you suppose there is such a fuss at the moment?” Is there, any more than usual? .....
» 20/10/2006 1:37:07 PM “Advocates of much higher population in a short timeframe are as unrealistic and authorita.....
» 19/10/2006 11:24:17 PM Logic, the high-security detention regime evolved in Australia from an initial centre in P.....
» 19/10/2006 10:58:10 PM Correction "If one thing is patently obvious with this resource CRISIS, it is time t.....
» 19/10/2006 10:43:44 PM Ahhh, all logic gets blown out of the water in the first few words of this article; “Drou.....
» 19/10/2006 9:23:58 PM Very interesting Rex. I think that police misbehaviour is actually very widespread and th.....
» 19/10/2006 8:49:44 PM “But the inhabitable bits cover an area bigger than most European countries – the 5% of Au.....
» 19/10/2006 7:36:09 PM Didn’t David Suzuki bore it up Howard over his nuclear ambitions. Excellent!.....
» 19/10/2006 1:24:42 PM I’d like to know why you think that stabilising population is not a desirable goal Rhian. .....
» 19/10/2006 12:54:47 PM Snout, judges are only accountable up to a point. And in my experience, it s a pretty low .....
» 19/10/2006 12:22:18 PM Rhian I guess you will agree that the immigrant intake is much much more malleable than o.....
» 19/10/2006 11:21:07 AM Logic, you wrote; “But being held in low-security centres is surely not such a major prob.....
» 19/10/2006 10:55:33 AM Kalin, you wrote; “The best we can do is to appoint judges who are highly trained in the .....
» 19/10/2006 8:36:16 AM David Our population age structure has more young people than it would have if it was typ.....
» 19/10/2006 12:04:42 AM David, I think all sorts of biases exist across the whole judiciary. But for many individu.....
» 18/10/2006 11:03:38 PM Mjpb, I hope you can appreciate now why I feel a certain level of disgust about the standa.....
» 18/10/2006 7:01:48 PM In his address to the National Press Club today, David Suzuki made the point that Australi.....
» 18/10/2006 6:39:46 PM O dear Bazz Surely you don’t really believe this. As this is really not within the subje.....
» 18/10/2006 6:37:35 PM We can all see that our population is going rather rapidly in Australia. No one can miss i.....
» 17/10/2006 9:13:26 PM Thanks for responding Wayne “So why not put effort into improving the soil and rainfall l.....
» 17/10/2006 1:56:22 PM “Finally, Australia has a Prime Minister gutsy enough to face down the noisy minority ecow.....
» 17/10/2006 10:00:16 AM Lyn, I wish the Democrats were a force to be reckoned with. But they haven’t been for a ve.....
» 16/10/2006 11:39:35 PM David “…you are totally neglecting the practical outcome in terms of our sustainable popu.....
» 16/10/2006 10:51:48 PM “Ludwig.... making laws is only workable to a point mate.” For sure David. But you’ve go.....
» 16/10/2006 10:19:33 PM And one more thought….. is the reduction in food production any less desirable than the co.....
» 16/10/2006 10:17:45 PM Malcolm Turnbull makes my stomach churn. He’s one of these characters that supports Costel.....
» 16/10/2006 10:14:58 PM I think you ARE missing something rather important wayseer: The need for us to live well .....
» 16/10/2006 1:32:55 PM Logic, Marilyn I don’t like the idea of putting any non-criminal behind razor wire. But I.....
» 15/10/2006 11:23:25 PM Wow, this thread is quite a read! Lots of things to comment on, but I’ll restrict my comme.....
» 15/10/2006 10:38:21 PM Thanks for the reply David “The lack of respect for the Law, and the lack of modesty in c.....
» 15/10/2006 10:13:02 PM Mercurius, I for one had certainly considered the scenario that you put forward. But when .....
» 14/10/2006 11:11:55 PM Interesting reading. So who is right? Mirko’s article sounds eminently sensible. But the.....
» 14/10/2006 8:51:24 PM The story gets better and better Rex. So the Bowen council openly promotes its illegal n.....
» 14/10/2006 1:23:23 PM Ingham, ~1999. I went into the police station to report a chronically tailgating large tru.....
» 14/10/2006 1:20:56 PM continued from my last post Townsville, ~1990. I was knocked off my bike by a car. The dr.....
» 14/10/2006 10:07:42 AM We see a lot of this make-it-up-as-you-go syndrome with our police, and with policing in g.....
» 14/10/2006 9:46:35 AM Crikey David, I’m at a loss to understand why you have twice ignored my straight and highl.....
» 13/10/2006 10:25:26 PM What a pity this thread hasn’t developed. It is very surprising to me that lots of people .....
» 13/10/2006 8:15:12 PM Alright David, all of that is fair enough, except as you note, your number 3. I don’t hol.....
» 13/10/2006 5:05:19 PM “Do you mind if I ask what other circumstances you came to interact with the police?” OK,.....
» 13/10/2006 4:06:37 PM “Police can't be everywhere at once. You can guarantee that Police would miss significant .....
» 13/10/2006 3:18:34 PM well said Rex.....
» 13/10/2006 12:22:03 PM “Being firm avoids catalysing trouble by being seen as a 'soft target'.” Fine. Just as lo.....
» 13/10/2006 12:19:10 PM “I believe protecting and serving the community are considered more important than facilit.....
» 13/10/2006 11:25:57 AM David, “yes. you are in the minority” I doubt that very much. I would think that the va.....
» 12/10/2006 9:55:48 PM David “1/ ‘Why’ are there people in our society who, according to marketing people, are h.....
» 12/10/2006 2:45:14 PM Mjpb, regarding 10% leeway on speed limits and tachometer accuracy; “No law stops Police .....
» 12/10/2006 12:19:56 PM I’m normally a supporter of the Clive Hamilton and the Australia Institute. But I’ve got t.....
» 12/10/2006 11:55:24 AM Good stuff T800. The treatment of One Nation by all political opponents, media and a lar.....
» 12/10/2006 9:44:42 AM “SIEV X is the worst event in a shameful period of Australian official inhumanity to fello.....
» 11/10/2006 9:34:47 PM Marsketa Quite right, the signs at Horseshoe Bay are not council signs. But the point is;.....
» 11/10/2006 3:38:05 PM I sympathise Liz I value time in the real world, out of town in the bush all over the cou.....
» 11/10/2006 3:00:45 PM Good point Rex. This is another example of the law and reality being at complete odds. T.....
» 11/10/2006 2:34:20 PM James Cook University has conducted a study running over some five years, which comes to t.....
» 11/10/2006 2:13:00 PM “Please elaborate on the rude/heavy handed comment.” Simple. Just because the police migh.....
» 11/10/2006 2:11:28 PM Mjpb Thanks for responding again. I think we are now getting into the guts of a very inte.....
» 9/10/2006 9:37:55 PM If the tolerance is 10% then I have been lied to by police, who have asserted that there i.....
» 9/10/2006 9:35:47 PM “You picked a real poor example with the 10km leeway on speed limits.” This is a very goo.....
» 9/10/2006 8:32:20 PM Tailgating rage tops anger list. A new survey by the RACQ has revealed what really drives.....
» 9/10/2006 8:20:16 PM 60% of all photos of law-breaking motorcyclists from red light and speeding cameras were r.....
» 9/10/2006 1:04:36 PM “I also think that you are making no attempt to understand the police.” Why would you thi.....
» 9/10/2006 12:13:27 AM “…if you want to discuss sustainability issues, you have the option of creating your own t.....
» 8/10/2006 10:19:42 PM And so it is Spider that rampant population growth in many coastal towns will greatly dimi.....
» 8/10/2006 9:59:10 PM Mjbp “Police need to be able to prioritize using common sense and discretion or they woul.....
» 8/10/2006 9:28:13 PM Sylvia In response to your post of 2 October: “The forum rules require that responses re.....
» 1/10/2006 9:12:15 PM The police know what they can get away with, and that is usually a lot more than they shou.....
» 1/10/2006 9:09:05 PM Hey OZGIRL, if you're lucky enough to be the attractive young female that gets off, then g.....
» 1/10/2006 8:19:46 PM Queensland police are to get expanded powers to seize the cars of hoons and other repeat o.....
» 1/10/2006 4:58:05 PM Deborah, I agree that the police are very thin on the ground. The whole law-enforcement se.....
» 1/10/2006 4:44:52 PM Absolutely right Mickijo And for as long as we worship gross economic growth instead of a.....
» 1/10/2006 3:27:07 PM Alright, thanks Sylvia It all makes eminent sense now. So can you tell me why I can’t ac.....
» 1/10/2006 2:52:51 PM OK, so limited decentralisation may have some merits (but only within a paradigm of popula.....
» 1/10/2006 2:01:45 PM This is good Sylvia. Now I understand your perspective. I did google Discounted Cash Flow.....
» 30/09/2006 10:41:57 PM Well.... If thought I was bamboozled before, now I know I am. And flummoxed as well!!.....
» 30/09/2006 10:33:26 PM Hello Wayne Are you out there? Do you want to continue this discussion?.....
» 30/09/2006 10:06:01 PM Why do the police have the right to flagrantly ignore law infringements? Why aren’t they .....
» 30/09/2006 9:40:13 PM Actually Faustino, compulsory voting is a completely different thing to compulsory prefere.....
» 30/09/2006 8:27:33 PM Huh ?? ?? (:>().....
» 30/09/2006 8:15:13 PM Agreed Cecelia. And good to see it expressed here. One thing that I have expressed many t.....
» 30/09/2006 3:48:56 PM Steve, you do of course realise that your desires to greatly boost our population have bee.....
» 30/09/2006 3:03:01 PM Sylvia It was not clear just what the parameters of this discussion were intended to be. .....
» 30/09/2006 1:58:16 PM No offence, but I find it rather strange that the relative effects of dams and desalinatio.....
» 30/09/2006 12:30:06 PM Pragma, wildlife includes much more than just the mobile fauna. What about all the plants?.....
» 30/09/2006 11:53:22 AM Let’s look at your four examples; “The sense of self worth and self determination we deri.....
» 30/09/2006 11:48:08 AM “ ‘Free enterprise’ will see more participants on the supply side….” Free enterprise, wi.....
» 29/09/2006 9:56:24 PM Freedom of speech is VERY important. Internet forums such as OLO are thus of great import.....
» 29/09/2006 12:00:39 AM “The benefit of Byron Bay’s occasionally torrid experience is that it gives coastal towns .....
» 28/09/2006 11:36:43 PM Foundation It seems as though you are only too keen to lay into anyone who might possibly.....
» 28/09/2006 11:27:19 PM Well, this article ranks second only to the load of absolute rubbish that brought me onto .....
» 28/09/2006 11:04:50 PM Leigh I’ve learnt not to trust a lot of things I hear at face value. And doubly so in tim.....
» 25/09/2006 8:10:15 PM Sylvia I agree that population stabilisation has to be undertaken carefully. But the imp.....
» 24/09/2006 9:12:01 PM Sylvia I would say that the problem is our overall population size in relation to our res.....
» 24/09/2006 9:48:25 AM Agreed Leigh Currently, with the continuous growth paradigm still firmly entrenched, any .....
» 23/09/2006 8:57:23 PM For me, landscapes mean a huge amount. I find it very hard not to think of the region in w.....
» 23/09/2006 2:54:39 PM Well Ludwig, you old clown…bombed out on this one didun ya. No one’s innerested. Quite b.....
» 23/09/2006 2:43:26 PM No. It’s not as simple as that. I reckon there is a place for a harvest, just as long as i.....
» 23/09/2006 2:33:32 PM Yep, I can go along with that T800. Well said. “Multiculturalism encourages cultural dive.....
» 23/09/2006 2:04:35 PM In response to Leigh (12 Sept) “Anyone with common sense has turned his/back on David Hic.....
» 23/09/2006 1:08:25 PM Regarding immigration versus population stabilisation… The building industry certainly is.....
» 23/09/2006 12:40:15 PM Col “No one is liable: to justify their prices or profits to anyone else, other than the .....
» 22/09/2006 8:33:19 PM Shorbe [I’m just back from a couple of weeks out bush] “If you looked at the population .....
» 22/09/2006 8:08:28 PM “I understand that you regard the term growth as a negative in every sense…” Do you now P.....
» 12/09/2006 8:57:53 AM “What possesses a country to allow one of its own to be treated little better than a dog a.....
» 12/09/2006 8:21:20 AM I totally agree Ozgirl This episode has got to go down as one of the most shameful things.....
» 11/09/2006 11:59:51 PM Looking at the real world that is, instead of being stuck in front of a computer screen!.....
» 11/09/2006 11:58:24 PM Wayne I am happy to continue our discussion, but I will now be offline for probably a coup.....
» 11/09/2006 11:51:10 PM Ozgirl, I think I’m a bloke too [but sometimes I’m not sure!! (:>()]. Daaarling, I fi.....
» 11/09/2006 11:31:42 PM “Regional Qld is still 1/3rd of the total population so an increase in regional population.....
» 11/09/2006 11:29:20 PM “Sydney's congestion costs are very very high” Of course they are Perseus, in both moneta.....
» 11/09/2006 9:22:25 PM “And how does one attract people away from the Metropolitan centres?” The notion of regio.....
» 11/09/2006 9:19:52 PM “For the record, the consequences of 20 years of 1.5% annual growth for a town of 6,000 pe.....
» 11/09/2006 12:43:13 PM “The greater our population the more advanced we will become.” Oh dear! Looking around .....
» 10/09/2006 9:22:14 PM Wayne, I asked; "So, would you want us to not live within our means?" I don’t .....
» 10/09/2006 8:48:29 PM “You are attempting to have enacted a subjective assessment of ‘what is fair and what is u.....
» 9/09/2006 10:41:00 PM Pfffff… I just had to do a very smart run outside and puke off my back balcony! Keating w.....
» 9/09/2006 8:30:55 PM Gamble, here is something you may be interested in. Professor Ian Lowe’s address to the N.....
» 9/09/2006 3:53:53 PM Nah, life’s generally a bore. Thank GOODNESS for OLO. Otherwise I’d be tearin' me 'air o.....
» 9/09/2006 9:57:55 AM Perseus, I would love to know how you envisage getting people to move to where their impac.....
» 9/09/2006 9:16:00 AM “In Sydney it was $4,000, Melbourne $8,000 and Brisbane it was $12,000 each.” Perseus, i.....
» 9/09/2006 12:11:35 AM This is completely bizarre. Gamble, even politicians, business people and others who would.....
» 8/09/2006 9:26:10 PM Gamble The fact is that some countries with the highest living standards have the lowest .....
» 8/09/2006 8:06:21 PM Wayne we seem to share a common concern about the possible procurement of a nuclear defenc.....
» 8/09/2006 12:22:34 AM “But there has been no honest discussion or clever policies put forward by Labor, the Coal.....
» 7/09/2006 11:51:36 PM Col, yes first home buyers have been assisted for a long time. So this financial incentive.....
» 7/09/2006 11:45:17 PM “Eventually we will come into contact with somebody as clever and vicious as ourselves and.....
» 7/09/2006 11:25:32 PM Wayne, preferences possibly could work against your preferred candidate in some instances......
» 7/09/2006 11:15:23 PM Perseus You make me feel light-headed. You’re you’re you’re a talkin my language!! !! YE.....
» 7/09/2006 10:45:56 PM “Ludwig: Australia's population isn't growing out of control. We have birth rates below su.....
» 6/09/2006 11:25:48 PM Gamble, you wrote: “In relation to the sustainment and improvement of the quality of life.....
» 6/09/2006 10:51:01 PM “Wood, Coal, Oil, Nuclear. That's how our energy consumption should have progressed. Inste.....
» 6/09/2006 10:17:55 PM Thanks Wayne Now I understand what you are expressing. I think that the first past the p.....
» 5/09/2006 11:57:33 PM Well wouldn’t that be great! Burden Wangaratta and Sale and Ararat…. and Lakes Entrance an.....
» 5/09/2006 11:14:13 PM O dear, no one is interested in this topic Hey SHONGA and Perseus, where aaaaare you? An.....
» 5/09/2006 11:07:10 PM Funguy As far as I can see, Andrew Bartlett’s Hansard record of contributions (http://www.....
» 5/09/2006 9:12:04 PM “What else would politicians run on but public opinion, is that not the definition of demo.....
» 5/09/2006 8:04:11 PM “Fossil fuels should have been abandoned long ago.” I disagree. Coal, oil and gas are fan.....
» 5/09/2006 3:25:29 PM “Ludwig: Whether people like it or not, we're not going to stop human population growth.” .....
» 5/09/2006 12:00:15 AM I think blogs and online media are having a highly positive affect on politics. However I .....
» 4/09/2006 11:33:50 PM Huuuwaaaaarrr….as hard as I try I just can’t find anything light-hearted in our political .....
» 4/09/2006 11:12:49 PM “The states - these useless appendages that hang on the body politic” Don Chipp (Enough R.....
» 4/09/2006 11:05:34 PM Shorbe, I can’t think of a good reason why we would want to encourage growth (human expans.....
» 4/09/2006 8:51:28 PM “I don't see nuclear energy and sustainability as incompatible.” Well, nuclear energy cou.....
» 4/09/2006 7:49:09 PM I though he was a right twit for quite a while. But it became apparent how genuine he was.....
» 4/09/2006 7:44:25 PM Now I’m even more confused. Wayne, is it your intention to only discuss compulsory vs vol.....
» 4/09/2006 2:38:18 PM “So what can we do about it?” Well, I get the feeling that it will largely take care of i.....
» 3/09/2006 10:09:29 PM “I am very upset with my sister and am astounded that she has let herself become a victim .....
» 3/09/2006 9:44:43 PM “Governments should be allowed to Govern many aspects of our lives which require action on.....
» 3/09/2006 9:16:44 PM I’m a bit confused Wayne. I presume you are talking about the compulsory preferential voti.....
» 3/09/2006 8:56:10 PM “I say to the people of Queensland: If you want recycled sewage in your drinking water the.....
» 3/09/2006 8:24:54 PM When are voters going to see that the vast majority of jobs and economic growth that Beatt.....
» 2/09/2006 8:27:23 PM However there is perhaps one good reason why we should embrace nuclear energy. (please see.....
» 2/09/2006 8:24:41 PM Wayne You mention our steadily increasing population. If we put as much effort into stabi.....
» 2/09/2006 2:55:43 PM I think you are quite right – distortion and normal market practices just run in together......
» 2/09/2006 1:05:42 PM You make a good point R0bert. But I think it is a different level of perception today to w.....
» 2/09/2006 11:10:48 AM It is a very different world now compared to the 50s and 60s. Back then we all had peace o.....
» 2/09/2006 10:45:51 AM “The present-day concern about "Housing Affordability" is predicated on a 3 b.r......
» 1/09/2006 11:59:04 PM Tradey I see market distortion as anything that changes the simple supply and demand affe.....
» 1/09/2006 1:34:55 PM Col, you do have a point about inflated land prices, ie they could be interpreted as being.....
» 31/08/2006 11:28:04 PM Why do we have three tiers of government? Wouldn’t two be better? How about a system of .....
» 31/08/2006 10:43:44 PM “Don Chipp and the Democrats carved out clear political ground separate from the two major.....
» 31/08/2006 10:10:37 PM What was the number 1 cause of poverty and misery around the world? Perhaps it was the ad.....
» 31/08/2006 9:32:17 PM Col “With all markets, supply and demand are always balanced by price. Governments piddli.....
» 31/08/2006 9:06:51 PM R0bert “Your comment though suggests to me that you don't think we should have a choice b.....
» 31/08/2006 2:45:17 PM Jamo, I’m not sure what you mean by; “Enviromentalism for the sake of enviromentalism is s.....
» 31/08/2006 2:02:52 PM Thanks Horus Please see my post under The ’business of beneficence’ http://forum.onlineo.....
» 31/08/2006 1:28:10 PM Philanthropy at anything like this scale has got to be a great thing. Let’s hope it catche.....
» 30/08/2006 9:56:47 PM Foundation Let’s not get sidetracked. The simple fact is that a constant high demand requ.....
» 30/08/2006 9:23:39 PM Foundation Continuously high demand very directly affects urban land values or land and h.....
» 30/08/2006 2:29:36 PM Andrew “As you know I support Australia having a higher population level than you do. I b.....
» 30/08/2006 1:50:25 PM mmmMMMMMMmmm okaaaay! Sorta sounds a bit like you might not want us to have any nukes Res.....
» 30/08/2006 11:56:56 AM I’m a biologist with a particular passion for plants and birds. It is not only our fauna .....
» 30/08/2006 11:52:11 AM Shorbe, I agree that on the local scene people feel more significant, and most of the issu.....
» 30/08/2006 10:50:20 AM David BOAZ “In my view, rather than the 'legal' approach, we should take the cultural one.....
» 29/08/2006 11:18:43 PM It seems to me that a law like this has merit. Of course it has to apply equally to all......
» 29/08/2006 10:08:23 PM Thanks shorbe. Interesting stuff. That is the problem – there is no good system. So back.....
» 29/08/2006 9:41:48 PM Col “The easiest way to relieve the exorbitantly high profits from the already rich and p.....
» 29/08/2006 8:35:40 PM We could argue that Aborigines lived in harmony with their life-support systems at the tim.....
» 29/08/2006 2:14:15 PM Andrew Bartlett, I am pleased that you see merit in a population policy. But then you say.....
» 29/08/2006 1:25:35 PM Wow Mercurius, I count two posts amongst the thirteen preceding yours in which population .....
» 29/08/2006 11:21:49 AM Oh how depressing. But I think it’s a pretty accurate assessment…. which only makes it a.....
» 28/08/2006 10:10:14 PM Can you present a model of governance that you think has a chance working shorbe. Or do yo.....
» 28/08/2006 10:03:20 PM Shorbe, We see a lot of unsustainable practices around the world outside of cities. Many .....
» 28/08/2006 9:38:19 PM Col, you only quoted the first half of that particular statement of mine. I think the seco.....
» 28/08/2006 8:27:12 PM This is the essence of the tragedy of the commons scenario shorbe – that people don’t cons.....
» 28/08/2006 1:49:01 PM Realist Yes there is an aggressive lending market and it is very easy to obtain funding. .....
» 28/08/2006 1:19:26 PM I see a fundamental difference of opinion between Andrew Bartlett and Alan Moran http://ww.....
» 28/08/2006 10:25:02 AM Col, the end will indeed be determined by the market, but in a very different way to what .....
» 27/08/2006 10:54:34 AM I can’t see that direct democracy would be any better. For as much as I hate the lack of.....
» 27/08/2006 10:34:32 AM Ahoy Shonga (:>{}) WhydaweneedanewstateforNQ? http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thre.....
» 27/08/2006 10:26:03 AM Scout, whom are you going to vote for next time? Who has the necessary long-term vision an.....
» 26/08/2006 7:46:27 PM Mmmm congratulations Ludwig you drongo. You are the first person on OLO to score a typo in.....
» 26/08/2006 3:13:35 PM We have rapid population growth in Sydney, SEQ, Melbourne, Perth, etc. It seems crazy that.....
» 26/08/2006 2:46:07 PM Alan It is not a matter of a shortage of land per se. It is a matter of needing to limit .....
» 26/08/2006 2:12:09 PM Thanks Banjo. -- And after more than two weeks Malcolm Turnbull still hasn’t entered the .....
» 26/08/2006 1:56:50 PM One of the main fears about the forthcoming resource crisis or the manifestation of our un.....
» 26/08/2006 10:41:52 AM Rail has its place just as does public transport, alternative fuel sources, a much more ef.....
» 26/08/2006 10:28:20 AM Very good Scout. “Fact is people want to live their lives, feed their families and much p.....
» 26/08/2006 9:53:09 AM Well, I expected people to tell me where to shove it. But it seems that the thought of dev.....
» 26/08/2006 12:08:33 AM Good stuff Bushbred In my experience, as a relative young’n of late forties vintage, a lo.....
» 25/08/2006 10:58:00 PM AMSADL writes; “I see no real evidence of the majority of Australians giving a stuff abou.....
» 25/08/2006 9:38:59 PM I refer to this sort of thinking as polarisation. I have accused a few people of this foru.....
» 25/08/2006 2:39:31 PM “The excessive costs are purely due to government rationing of land.” Not “purely” by any.....
» 25/08/2006 1:59:04 PM But shorbe if we leave it up to consumers, we will just suffer all the same sorts of thing.....
» 24/08/2006 11:23:22 PM You are probably right Graham People generally perceive backflips as pollies listening to.....
» 24/08/2006 10:42:38 PM Addressing Epithemeos’ original question…. Yes Australia is in for a large-scale conflict.....
» 24/08/2006 10:13:57 PM Well Perseus – obviously you don’t have a reply and therefore we must assume that my argum.....
» 24/08/2006 9:21:52 PM Dear Mr/Ms Sanity It is with the thought of our ‘displacement’ of Aboriginal Australians .....
» 24/08/2006 5:51:23 PM Having just read the preface and introduction to ‘Nuclear Power is not the answer to globa.....
» 24/08/2006 12:56:00 PM But Amber, the materials are all-important, in terms of cost, durability, flexibility, pur.....
» 24/08/2006 12:42:06 PM Who would manage it then shorbe? We sure as hell can’t just leave it to market forces. I.....
» 23/08/2006 9:50:25 PM “My opinion is that the cause for the water crisis is the lack of good management and the .....
» 22/08/2006 11:47:07 PM It’s a great paradox Kartiya. So what do we do? How do we regulate it? Is it fair and re.....
» 22/08/2006 11:01:14 PM Shorbe I agree that a lot of people have probably “over-extended themselves due to our cu.....
» 22/08/2006 10:24:16 PM Woops. In reference to the last line of my last post – the growth rate in SEQ has been wel.....
» 22/08/2006 9:39:43 PM Amber, you say; “Population growth….. it’s something that happens all the time. It is ine.....
» 22/08/2006 12:00:26 AM “However, I actually want petrol prices to keep going up, and dramatically so…” Shorbe, I.....
» 21/08/2006 10:19:35 PM Yes Meg, sure Meg, three bags full Meg. Go on, tell us again that the Haughton River is i.....
» 21/08/2006 8:36:11 PM Very good Amber. Thanks for that. Just one thing; my prime concern - the rapid growth rat.....
» 21/08/2006 8:06:33 PM Oh you are having fun aren’t you PTBI. Well, carry on then. Laugh out loud at every singl.....
» 21/08/2006 3:37:39 PM “ ‘Tact and respect’ is totally redundant in this matter…..” Well, now why am I not surp.....
» 20/08/2006 11:58:19 PM From today’s Sunday Mail… Brisbane City has a fleet of 60 cars emblazoned with ‘Water Pat.....
» 20/08/2006 11:34:34 AM Amber, I appreciate your views on the safety of recycled water. So if you think recycled .....
» 20/08/2006 11:09:36 AM O dear Meg. You are still insisting that the Haughton River is north of Ayr. There are no .....
» 20/08/2006 12:38:28 AM Scooters are good. But my environmentally friendly vehicle of choice is the old bicycle, w.....
» 20/08/2006 12:08:23 AM “Yes Ludwig, but what do you suggest about the populations?” It’s a good question Miacat......
» 19/08/2006 4:49:42 PM Hello PTBI Long time no headbang! I see you haven’t mellowed one iota from our ‘discussi.....
» 19/08/2006 11:31:07 AM I think we should be very careful about just letting market forces run the show. We will .....
» 19/08/2006 10:58:09 AM “The dam is NOT ‘south of the lower Burdekin agricultural area, and west of Mackay and Pro.....
» 18/08/2006 10:47:08 PM “The point is, offshore detention of all illegal entrants is the best deterrent in prevent.....
» 18/08/2006 2:32:38 PM This FuelWatch idea is good. Not only will it help motorists get the cheapest fuel going, .....
» 18/08/2006 1:32:19 PM huwaaaah, its all tooo hard. My head hurts just tryin to think about it! (:>(.....
» 17/08/2006 11:59:21 PM “Nonetheless, feeding the world’s growing population will largely depend on irrigation, bu.....
» 17/08/2006 11:10:19 PM “Another example of the low value we attach to Australian knowledge is the state of our sc.....
» 17/08/2006 10:01:53 PM I couldn’t agree more Julian. “There is for example, a real crisis in the availability of.....
» 17/08/2006 2:17:14 PM Bazz, a balanced population does indeed need a high portion of working and tax-paying peop.....
» 17/08/2006 11:27:12 AM Alchemist, I get the picture all too clearly. I keep looking for ways to discount it, bu.....
» 16/08/2006 11:50:09 PM Oow you’re a wicked so ‘n’ so Luddles Laugh all you want, but I intend to keep prattling .....
» 16/08/2006 10:42:49 PM Perseus, you wrote; “Ludwig, my reference to you not having heard of rainwater tanks was .....
» 16/08/2006 9:35:21 PM Meg, you wrote: “Ludwig you seem to have confused Toowoomba with Rio De Janeiro or Beijin.....
» 16/08/2006 12:13:24 PM Meg I should have written; “Wow Meg, that’s some response. Thankyou” I appreciate people.....
» 15/08/2006 11:45:47 PM Oi Ludwig, guess wot… You have now put 100 posts on this thread…..you bloomin drongo! Yo.....
» 15/08/2006 11:32:17 PM Bloody missing word syndrome. Eeeeeeerrrgh!! In my last post, it should of course read; “.....
» 15/08/2006 10:32:44 PM Thanks Greenlight for the vote of confidence. Malcolm Turnbull, can I respectfully ask yo.....
» 15/08/2006 8:40:45 PM Wow Meg, that’s some response. “ ‘The prevention of further increase in the number of con.....
» 14/08/2006 10:35:39 PM Stand for council on Norfolk Island or one of several other islands or in councils that ad.....
» 14/08/2006 9:08:45 PM That sounds positive Julian. But it does prompt a few more questions; Can we both double .....
» 14/08/2006 8:28:27 PM Perseus On 17 July I wrote; “I agree with you [Perseus] totally that SEQ should be helpi.....
» 13/08/2006 10:28:08 PM Perseus writes; “So let your water tank set you free.” As if to say that all we need to.....
» 13/08/2006 9:15:57 PM Your argument makes some sense Julian, but there are just simply not the resources for all.....
» 13/08/2006 6:40:33 PM Poor old one-eyed Perseus has yet again indicated that he has no interest in sustainabilit.....
» 13/08/2006 2:18:33 PM P plates are to be brought back in Queensland, after an absence of 30 years. There are va.....
» 13/08/2006 10:46:12 AM I appreciate your argument silver77, but let’s consider it a bit further; I would argue t.....
» 12/08/2006 10:14:49 PM from my last post “Today's task is to ensure we have the water we need for today and tomo.....
» 12/08/2006 9:05:11 PM “I feel it is important that ‘brave people’ who work in government get an opportunity to s.....
» 12/08/2006 4:18:43 PM Malcolm Turnbull writes; “The water shortages we face today are greater than they have ev.....
» 11/08/2006 11:55:03 PM Thanks Luddie, me ol’ alter-ego, you know… at the age of bloody nearly fifty, I reckon I a.....
» 11/08/2006 11:44:44 PM Oh you’re my hero Ludwig. You’re so cooool!!.....
» 11/08/2006 10:06:42 PM Spot on Leigh and Wildcat. And therein lies the great contradiction in Malcolm Turnbull’s.....
» 10/08/2006 11:52:06 PM And I take full advantage of the relative cycling ease and safety, and ride to work most d.....
» 10/08/2006 11:32:49 PM Thank goodness I live in a town where cycling is relatively safe and commuting distances b.....
» 10/08/2006 10:51:23 PM Well how about that Persy. You can’t see any “abject hatred” in your expression. That is t.....
» 10/08/2006 9:56:45 PM It is not a matter of implementing either a ‘nanny state’ philosophy or a freedom of choic.....
» 10/08/2006 9:45:55 PM What we should be doing seemed so obvious after reading the article. But after reading t.....
» 9/08/2006 11:47:24 PM And by crikey hasn’t it been driven home to this country hick just how absolutely our soci.....
» 9/08/2006 11:29:24 PM Working in Brisbane for a couple of weeks and walking home in the twilight, I noticed that.....
» 9/08/2006 10:43:30 PM “A government is merely there to enact the will of the people - when they go beyond this t.....
» 9/08/2006 9:52:58 PM We need to consider all options… and we need to greatly improve efficient usage. And yet .....
» 9/08/2006 8:58:48 PM Further to my last post… Not only did Perseus grossly abuse his right to free speech by e.....
» 8/08/2006 10:53:42 PM Oooooow Such a cynical outlook! No, hold on…. Such a realistic outlook Bugger!! (:>.....
» 8/08/2006 10:45:19 PM But above all, I am critically disappointed in the awful lack of interest on this forum in.....
» 8/08/2006 10:39:29 PM Jamo I agree on all points except optional voting. That won’t help us put our vote where .....
» 8/08/2006 9:41:39 PM Does it really matter who is to blame for rising fuel prices? The important thing is that.....
» 8/08/2006 8:13:58 PM Perseus inadvertently raises more interesting points regarding freedom of speech. 1. Bein.....
» 7/08/2006 10:35:22 PM The now widespread realisation in the general community of peak oil, or eternally rising f.....
» 7/08/2006 9:45:55 PM Chris Harries writes: “The lure of a financial bonanza may seem worth it now, but nuclear.....
» 7/08/2006 8:10:40 PM (further to my last post) But whether the powers that be view this in a positive way and .....
» 7/08/2006 1:34:25 PM Yes Bazz and Ozgirl – duplication of the ‘reticulation’ system is certainly not the answer.....
» 7/08/2006 12:08:29 AM Yep. It really should go without saying that our environmental health is of fundamental im.....
» 6/08/2006 10:20:22 PM “I think the issue here is to ‘engage’ affirmatively but ‘not to use violence’.” Agreed M.....
» 6/08/2006 9:13:34 PM Hmmm, stodgy ol’ Ludwig really is on a different wavelength to everyone else on this threa.....
» 6/08/2006 1:34:43 PM Once again Perseus really does himself and his argument a lot of damage, with; “If the no.....
» 6/08/2006 10:46:06 AM The Albert Langer episode must go down as one of the blackest in our country’s history, in.....
» 5/08/2006 10:18:33 PM Bazz Governments make decisions that restrict growth all the time. By approving resident.....
» 5/08/2006 9:47:21 PM David – would you really rather opt right out of the discussion than involve yourself in d.....
» 5/08/2006 9:01:25 PM The notion of freedom of speech being taken for granted is the biggest crock of poo out, j.....
» 5/08/2006 1:00:38 PM “I refuse to waste my time and debate further with such bigoted and biased individuals.” .....
» 5/08/2006 10:05:22 AM Amber, on 1 August you wrote; “You might also like to know that if it had not been for th.....
» 4/08/2006 9:58:01 PM Sounds reasonable Bazz. Thanks for the clarification Cheers.....
» 4/08/2006 9:41:49 PM David the crux of your dilemma seems to be that you do not seek to facilitate an ever-grow.....
» 4/08/2006 8:56:34 PM Oow the hog’s a hankering for a fight. I be nice and gentle and he be as prickly as a por.....
» 4/08/2006 12:58:27 AM “All this will need to be done before peak oil arrives on the scene in perhaps the next te.....
» 4/08/2006 12:17:31 AM David At least you have given the matter some thought. Now I re-ask the questions: Why .....
» 3/08/2006 9:12:43 PM Oh well, I guess you know what you mean by that Perseus, but I haven’t a clue. Now, on 28.....
» 3/08/2006 8:46:34 PM Hedgehog, I can appreciate why you and many others would think along these lines, but I be.....
» 2/08/2006 11:09:18 PM Aaaaaa haa hahaha “Codswallop spouting retards“…blah blah blither blither…. It is just t.....
» 2/08/2006 9:41:11 PM I appreciate the Mirko’s call for a fairer system. But I share Carkeys’ concerns; How on .....
» 2/08/2006 8:47:54 PM Yes, wouldn’t it be interesting to have a referendum on immigration. It is well and truly.....
» 2/08/2006 8:31:36 PM Oh David, I think your credibility is shot. You are taking the most unbalanced view of an.....
» 1/08/2006 9:47:24 PM The RACQ is running another survey on what cheese drivers off. The survey lists a whole r.....
» 1/08/2006 9:29:23 PM So Howard is staying on to fight the next election. Good. That puts the awful prospect o.....
» 1/08/2006 8:52:45 PM Thanks amber for the recent mayoral history. You wrote; “You might also like to know th.....
» 31/07/2006 11:24:10 PM The following is from ‘Cleaner Cycling’ by John Dee, in ‘Road Ahead’, the bimonthly magazi.....
» 31/07/2006 10:34:21 PM “Safe water yields in Toowoomba were exceeded in 1998 and the population has kept growing”.....
» 31/07/2006 8:14:17 PM David, you wrote: “Ludwig and Glen Writer are way off the topic.” What?! Surely you can .....
» 31/07/2006 7:51:26 PM “OK, how do we stop people moving to SE Qld, the 1500 climate refugees who resettle here e.....
» 31/07/2006 7:29:03 PM Thanks for this link theshining. And welcome to the Online Opinion Forum. Now here are a .....
» 30/07/2006 11:20:15 PM and one more petty post……. “An erect MALE penis, Sage? As opposed to all those female pen.....
» 30/07/2006 10:23:08 PM SHONGA On 17 July you wrote: “We must not take the "stop them at the border" ap.....
» 30/07/2006 4:15:43 PM Davick, I have not dismissed your idea out of hand. Let’s go right ahead and consider sche.....
» 30/07/2006 12:19:02 PM Re: sustaining growth This word ‘growth’ has two very different components –development a.....
» 30/07/2006 11:21:02 AM David I don’t believe you are thinking about this in the right way. We need to be strivi.....
» 29/07/2006 9:10:05 PM Bushbred Hello George You are the most endearing poster on this forum Cheers.....
» 29/07/2006 12:04:30 AM Mmmmmm. I have entertained debate with you on one of your passionate subjects Pers, and i.....
» 28/07/2006 9:59:31 PM A correction from my first post of 23 July…. Re: “to find the best balance between these .....
» 28/07/2006 9:35:29 PM “Anything would be better than the joke we’ve got now” Perseus, it’s tempting to believe .....
» 28/07/2006 8:17:34 PM Celiac I disagree that we (each individual) need to do everything we can to conserve wate.....
» 28/07/2006 7:37:45 PM Smirky Pete has had all the time the world to learn the ‘art’ of public appeal from Howard.....
» 27/07/2006 4:39:55 PM Seldom are lies clear-cut in politics. They are pretty well always a matter of interpretat.....
» 27/07/2006 12:05:25 PM Thank goodness for that KAEP. Costello has got to be the * * of the century, with his pol.....
» 26/07/2006 11:50:13 PM Shonga ahoy Shauneee whydaweneedanustateforNQ??.....
» 26/07/2006 9:58:01 PM Well I am very disappointed. I asked Tanya a straight question on 18 July and there has .....
» 26/07/2006 4:40:13 PM Well, this article left me non-plussed to say the least. “We need to think less about o.....
» 26/07/2006 11:29:52 AM I think this article is way off on the wrong track. “Labor must find a way to target the .....
» 26/07/2006 9:08:29 AM “All infrastructure in South East Queensland is totally inadequate” Yes, just about! It c.....
» 25/07/2006 10:34:40 PM A wonderful insight into pre-European contact culture. Not a story of special circumstance.....
» 25/07/2006 9:52:06 PM I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better knowledge, sent to Brisbane whe.....
» 24/07/2006 9:26:27 PM Aaaaaaaah haaaaa haa hahahahaahahahahhhaaaa ……. hahahaa…. ha ha . …... he he …….hu haw….. .....
» 24/07/2006 4:40:11 PM “Organised by Green Cross, the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council” Good……So .....
» 24/07/2006 3:24:49 PM The state of our dams – and not just in Queensland – is dismal. Ian is right to point out .....
» 23/07/2006 12:16:09 PM Why haven’t the Democrats set themselves up as a very different alternative? God knows we .....
» 23/07/2006 12:14:48 PM I share Lyn Allison’s concerns about the overriding of democracy. But the senate system, w.....
» 21/07/2006 11:43:10 AM Robg, you say that it is all highly complex, but then you imply that it is basically as si.....
» 21/07/2006 11:09:01 AM Following on from my first post of 29 June: NO I didn’t go to the cops. Another incident.....
» 20/07/2006 9:28:08 PM Great stuff. Thankyou Jenny and Rebecca. For all that complex explanation, the conclusio.....
» 20/07/2006 12:53:13 PM You are right Snout, but unfortunately it is much more complex, especially when considerin.....
» 20/07/2006 10:49:57 AM Ok, so there are a zillion ways in which we could improve efficiency in the way we utilise.....
» 19/07/2006 4:19:46 PM Scout, a meaningful choice between political parties would be rather nice wouldn’t it. Fa.....
» 18/07/2006 11:02:28 PM It has been advertised on TV, as though it is on now not with an opening date in the near .....
» 18/07/2006 3:18:02 PM David, we seem to be hung up on some irreconcilable differences here. Apparently we will .....
» 18/07/2006 2:16:34 PM The sort of choice that Julie Novak writes about is really rather superficial. It doesn’t .....
» 18/07/2006 12:04:44 PM Tanya Can you please tell us just what components of your article are personal expression.....
» 18/07/2006 12:02:21 AM Yes I think our debate has reached its natural conclusion It has been fascinating Thanks.....
» 17/07/2006 4:16:35 PM Yes Perseus, the scale of development up the coast is less than in SEQ, although if you ad.....
» 17/07/2006 1:45:38 PM Excellent Tanya. I fully agree. But the big question is: what will Labor do to reverse th.....
» 17/07/2006 1:17:09 PM “Yet, Beattie is spending billions to ensure that most of the population growth, and the r.....
» 17/07/2006 11:26:20 AM Thanks Wibble for your take on the issue. Very interesting. Ted, I appreciate your notion.....
» 16/07/2006 11:46:51 PM Perseus, it is not like you to abandon a debate like this. -- In today’s Sunday Mail ther.....
» 16/07/2006 4:10:52 PM KAEP, what is the point of voting any of the “bastards” out when there are no better alter.....
» 16/07/2006 11:46:00 AM Alchemist writes: “Wouldn't it be better rejuvenating our rural sector, increasing our ind.....
» 15/07/2006 9:49:50 PM “Is it easier with a small or large population? Australia has a small population with a la.....
» 15/07/2006 9:46:28 PM Ted, you wrote: “The logic of your Gitmo argument would seem to be that we should not inca.....
» 15/07/2006 8:09:50 PM Thanks Scout. I appreciate that. And thanks to Rancitas for that very pertinent quote fro.....
» 15/07/2006 3:57:17 PM Wonderful post Kang. I passionately share just the same sorts of concerns. Now, the organ.....
» 15/07/2006 10:13:51 AM I am a satisficer through and through. Always have been. I have never had much time for th.....
» 14/07/2006 9:44:47 PM It seems to me Ted that you lump incarceration far removed from the battlefront with battl.....
» 14/07/2006 3:09:01 PM Yep, rightio, its all good. I have no real problem with this article. Climate change is de.....
» 14/07/2006 1:47:04 PM John Matthews’ article is encouraging. These sorts of things should most definitely be pur.....
» 14/07/2006 10:02:56 AM I have battled to understand the logic in your first paragraph Ted. As I said earlier, if .....
» 13/07/2006 11:54:33 PM Shorbe Your scenario sounds highly feasible. But I suggest that it could well be a whole .....
» 13/07/2006 4:30:47 PM “But it is a war nonetheless, as I find myself repeating ad nauseum because you refuse to .....
» 13/07/2006 11:28:05 AM “There is no sane future if tribal warfare is the order of the day” Gecko I think you hav.....
» 13/07/2006 12:06:03 AM Alright Ted, I appreciate your interpretation on that particular point. Now, can you pre.....
» 12/07/2006 11:49:29 PM Shorbe, you wrote: “However, to suggest that western society is on the brink of collapse .....
» 12/07/2006 4:22:12 PM “Ok... I'll play within your newly narrowed parameters.” Ted, it was you who jumped righ.....
» 12/07/2006 2:44:07 PM Well David, we will have to agree to disagree on whether it is a national issue or not. W.....
» 11/07/2006 11:21:04 PM David Thanks for addressing my questions. “so the Greenhouse Gas issue is ultimately a q.....
» 11/07/2006 10:32:36 PM Quite so Kang Anti green writes: “The economic pressure of increased fuel price will (alm.....
» 11/07/2006 9:07:24 PM Ted, this tendency to jump off to the end of the spectrum doesn’t help your arguments. We .....
» 11/07/2006 4:10:46 PM Ted “Some Gitmo inmates were released after they were deemed to be no longer a threat. An.....
» 11/07/2006 9:49:15 AM Well expressed Ian and timely, following 4 Corners last night, which gave an excellent and.....
» 10/07/2006 12:12:16 PM Ted, every person ever held in Guantanamo since 9/11 has been considered to be enemy comba.....
» 10/07/2006 1:02:33 AM “So yes, Hicks deserves a bit of your sympathy….” Well, I don’t know if he does… because .....
» 10/07/2006 1:00:42 AM “Pragmatism always trumps principle”, writes Mirko Bagaric. But the two are not mutually .....
» 9/07/2006 10:26:56 PM David Firstly, what does it matter whether Eric mentioned the issue that disagree on in h.....
» 9/07/2006 9:34:54 PM Ted Lapkin, I think your primary tenet, as expressed in the article and several posts, is .....
» 9/07/2006 10:31:52 AM David Latimer, “Should the Queensland government take action to stem the flow of migrant.....
» 8/07/2006 4:15:20 PM Scenario 7 – Pandemic. Not to the extent that it wipes out our species, but to the extent .....
» 7/07/2006 11:50:01 PM 5. Even if water conservation measures and alternative sources (predominantly tanks) are i.....
» 7/07/2006 10:42:02 PM The Nebo – Dingo road, central Queensland, used to be a minor back-road. But with the deve.....
» 7/07/2006 10:07:15 PM Perseus, 1. If every new house has a very large tank, it won’t reduce current demand on .....
» 6/07/2006 11:45:17 PM Perseus, sometimes you seem to accept that population growth / continuously increasing dem.....
» 5/07/2006 11:37:51 PM Further to my last post… As untenable as it might seem Stuart, you and everyone concerned.....
» 5/07/2006 10:01:44 PM “Unfortunately, changing behaviour alone will not be enough in the face of a rapidly growi.....
» 5/07/2006 3:19:17 PM Yuyutsu The argument is not for zero immigration, it is for net zero immigration, which w.....
» 4/07/2006 8:07:58 PM Thank goodness for the supreme court judgement. As FrankGol indicates, it has restored som.....
» 4/07/2006 10:42:23 AM Alchemist, I almost agree with your ominous outlook. But I do think that there is a glimm.....
» 4/07/2006 12:07:05 AM Oow ullow Luddie, me ol’ alter-ego arch-enemy. Long time no chat. Thought you’d dropped of.....
» 3/07/2006 11:30:35 PM Can you see the glaring contradiction in Mercurius’ murky post? He writes; “A trained mo.....
» 3/07/2006 6:42:39 PM Alright Mercurius, you have put up two mercurial posts that have attempted to knock the st.....
» 3/07/2006 12:36:24 PM Congratulations BOAZ_David. 2000 posts on OLO, and in less than 18 months. Mammoth effor.....
» 3/07/2006 12:16:45 AM As far as my feeling of powerlessness goes, after being president of three organisations, .....
» 3/07/2006 12:01:47 AM Lahhhhdwiiiig, are you kidding me? You can’t really be serious about this. Don’t you thi.....
» 2/07/2006 11:24:42 PM Lucy, you wrote; “Ludwig, what I find puzzling in your response is that you apparently ac.....
» 2/07/2006 12:41:02 PM w: First: yes we certainly do have to address both our per-capita and total carbon emissi.....
» 2/07/2006 12:34:57 PM Excellent Banjo. At least some of us can see just how corrupted our so-called democratic s.....
» 2/07/2006 12:14:48 AM KAEP, how can you be critical of the notion that people should be required to care about t.....
» 1/07/2006 11:30:54 PM The state government has caved in to mounting public pressure and announced a more generou.....
» 1/07/2006 10:35:55 PM Yesterday John Howard said that he had no sympathy for David Hicks as someone who was affi.....
» 1/07/2006 10:40:01 AM “The pace of technological change means that the threshold population needed to justify a .....
» 1/07/2006 9:45:19 AM Reducing immigration to net zero or absolute zero or somewhere in between has got nothing .....
» 30/06/2006 11:28:39 PM Well at least they were cool-headed and polite and they didn’t book me or find some incred.....
» 30/06/2006 10:05:39 PM I was outraged at the extraordinary contradiction just thrust in my face by the police. So.....
» 30/06/2006 7:43:57 PM Apathy exists on different levels. You could even argue that passionate people who write o.....
» 30/06/2006 10:27:43 AM You’ll get no disagreement from me Eric. It is just straightforward commonsense. Well writ.....
» 29/06/2006 11:51:42 PM So how does God, Allah or whatever, allow such a potentially wonderful game to go on with .....
» 29/06/2006 11:14:35 PM Lucy, I think that a very large portion of the populace IS essentially apathetic. From th.....
» 29/06/2006 9:39:53 PM Another experience in NT which has cost me a lot middle-of-the-night ponderings: At Mindi.....
» 29/06/2006 7:26:05 PM Encountered two of my pet hates this evening, in one package as they often are: 1.Chronic.....
» 29/06/2006 10:03:22 AM This is good Perseus. I am pleased to see you really entertain the population issue and gi.....
» 28/06/2006 4:28:22 PM Mike&natty, I share your concerns, but I don’t see it in such black and white terms. I can.....
» 28/06/2006 10:18:11 AM Labor and Liberal so much alike, in fact only minutely different. The Libs clearly dominat.....
» 28/06/2006 9:06:58 AM I pretty much agree Alchemist. Now if we could just see fit to play Aussie rules with a r.....
» 27/06/2006 8:16:22 PM Soccer is a beautiful game in the way it flows. But sh!t is it ever compromised by a few h.....
» 27/06/2006 3:45:44 PM Perseus, you inadvertently make a critical point. If we become really successful in implem.....
» 27/06/2006 3:33:03 PM I agree totally Hasbeen The taxpayer should not be subsidising water infrastructure for S.....
» 26/06/2006 9:27:30 PM Good points Candide I would advocate no political donations whatsoever. There is no reaso.....
» 25/06/2006 7:40:20 PM Well you’ve got me Hasbeen. I can’t figure out what you think I am wrong about re water ta.....
» 25/06/2006 3:59:54 PM I like it, Peter McMahon. A few home truths expressed in a straightforward manner. To me .....
» 25/06/2006 2:29:12 PM Perseus, expanding population in SEQ doesn’t have a major impact on the maintenance of bio.....
» 25/06/2006 9:23:22 AM I agree with Ian Mott - there is no drought in SEQ. So why should people be required to .....
» 25/06/2006 7:44:41 AM Well, I am pleased to see Aila write about human population pressure in blunt terms. Of co.....
» 24/06/2006 9:57:18 AM The Northern Territory has an amazing contradiction in its speed zones – no speed limit on.....
» 23/06/2006 9:49:12 PM Just spent five weeks cruising around the Territory and western Queensland. Have noted a f.....
» 20/05/2006 8:07:14 PM I would have thought that you Ningtyas or anyone in Indonesia who thinks that they are ‘ba.....
» 20/05/2006 7:58:20 PM Ningtyas “It's like questioning me; why it would be so bad if I have my wounded legs ampu.....
» 19/05/2006 10:00:57 PM Marilyn, I am also interested to know what you think of my post on mandatory detention und.....
» 19/05/2006 9:42:36 PM “Yep I am biased and proud of it” O dear. Don’t be biased be balanced. Marilyn I don’t u.....
» 19/05/2006 8:02:39 PM I am inclined to agree Jelata – independence for West Papua may not be the best option. St.....
» 19/05/2006 2:21:07 PM “I am convinced now that many Australians indeed would be happy to see Indonesia disintegr.....
» 18/05/2006 7:40:46 PM Well you’ve got me Ningtyas. What opinion am I expressing “based of half-truth information.....
» 18/05/2006 11:29:28 AM Jelata Can you please clarify: “For citizen like me, freedom for Papuans okays,….” Are .....
» 18/05/2006 12:59:12 AM Ha haa yes Otokonoko. I had to restrain myself from saying just about the same thing. The.....
» 17/05/2006 10:35:38 PM The budget should have done a lot more, in fact vastly more, to prepare Australia for the .....
» 17/05/2006 12:23:51 PM Excellent positive stuff John Wing. “Development co-operation on many levels at this mome.....
» 17/05/2006 11:33:27 AM I do not believe it! How on earth can anyone talk about water-efficiency and conservation .....
» 16/05/2006 9:07:46 PM Worse than this, they lie to us! They tell us that this sort of development is good for th.....
» 16/05/2006 9:02:48 PM In north Queensland, different centres have had a series of strategic plans, each of which.....
» 16/05/2006 2:09:44 PM Clarification of my last post. Paragraph seven should read as a question: “Why would Indon.....
» 16/05/2006 12:19:06 AM Ningtyas Thankyou for the full response. However, you did not really give an answer to t.....
» 14/05/2006 10:11:56 PM I fully agree Daggett. Well said. From your previous post: “Let's not get fooled again i.....
» 14/05/2006 9:43:06 PM O dear. Check out the comparison between Philo’s last two posts. In one he prattles on ab.....
» 14/05/2006 8:35:32 PM Hells bells billwells, what an extremely selective focus! As a fuel scientist you would k.....
» 14/05/2006 12:30:26 PM Alchemist, short of a nuclear winter scenario, I think your concerns are unfounded, at lea.....
» 13/05/2006 9:40:44 PM Woops. “Infant fertility rate” should read ‘Infant mortality rate’......
» 13/05/2006 9:14:19 PM Marilyn Australia experienced the downside of not detaining asylum seekers early on. We f.....
» 13/05/2006 8:40:05 PM “And what is Costello on about increasing family size while we run out of resources? Madne.....
» 13/05/2006 8:26:49 PM Ningtyas Another interesting point from my confusion of your comments with some of those .....
» 12/05/2006 11:31:33 PM Ningtyas Ok, this is good, you have clarified one thing – you are on a very different wav.....
» 12/05/2006 9:32:32 PM “The biggest killers of these young babies are preventable and treatable causes”. Yes, b.....
» 12/05/2006 8:59:10 PM Fair enough Jamo. I really think that the best opportunity for a green future lies with L.....
» 12/05/2006 8:34:04 PM Paul This is my huge gripe with Costalotello latest budget. It’s just more of the same, w.....
» 12/05/2006 7:45:49 PM Ningtyas “we dont underestimate the small numbers of Australian supporters of Papua separ.....
» 10/05/2006 10:05:56 PM I cycle to work about 50% of the time, ~25km a day. Have done for 20 years. I am thorough.....
» 10/05/2006 8:33:32 PM David Holdcroft’s concern for the welfare of refugees / asylum seekers is admirable. But h.....
» 10/05/2006 6:46:36 PM Ningtyas " ‘Is Australia supporting Papuan separatism?’ Who do you mean by Australia.....
» 10/05/2006 10:29:22 AM “Other nations are encouraging industry development & growth at a massive rate while we ar.....
» 9/05/2006 8:28:59 PM Anthony Albanese, I like it. “With investments in solar and wind power, clean coal and ga.....
» 9/05/2006 3:13:03 PM “People who drive faster usually concentrate on their driving and the road ahead, much mor.....
» 8/05/2006 11:09:54 PM Ningtyas Is Australia supporting Papuan separatism? Is Australia likely to become a bas.....
» 8/05/2006 10:43:59 PM Vern The Greens sure do have a major problem with human relations. “They remain too trap.....
» 8/05/2006 9:23:40 PM M3RBMW [in response to your first post today] We agree on a couple of key points – piss.....
» 8/05/2006 7:39:29 PM Thorium sounds like an exciting energy package if it is anything like it is cracked up to .....
» 8/05/2006 1:55:46 PM Pericles, speed is a very significant factor in road safety, in combination with other thi.....
» 7/05/2006 9:21:33 PM Gusi Of course human rights are a major concern. That is why we need a full-on diplomatic.....
» 7/05/2006 8:55:04 PM Well Pericles, you do surprise me. Your message was crystal clear – “The slow lane was .....
» 7/05/2006 10:01:32 AM Yes Kekenidika, I gave PTBI all the chance in the world to provide some depth behind the v.....
» 6/05/2006 10:58:26 PM Leigh I agree that the granting of temporary protection visas for 42 Papuans was really u.....
» 6/05/2006 9:01:21 PM Gusi, it is a win-win-win situation because; 1. Australia SHOULD maintain very tight bord.....
» 5/05/2006 10:08:09 PM Talk about walking the impossible tightrope. Australia rightly listened to Indonesia’s con.....
» 5/05/2006 8:22:32 PM I absolutely disagree. We MUST all be under the same rules. That’s the purpose of speed li.....
» 5/05/2006 8:11:58 PM M3RBMW Reread your second last post and tell me how on earth I could NOT assume that you .....
» 5/05/2006 6:53:47 PM Well you just go on repeating the same old simpleton and extremist responses PTBI and maki.....
» 5/05/2006 6:42:04 PM “Are you saying if Australia want to have good relations with Democratic Republic of the C.....
» 4/05/2006 8:20:44 PM Gee, Peter Mc Mahon, I don’t know where you get this optimism for the Greens. I can’t see .....
» 4/05/2006 8:17:25 PM Yes……very funny Maximus. This forum could do with a bit more of that sort of input :) Yai.....
» 4/05/2006 6:34:58 PM M3RBMW I think there is a bunch of problems with your desire to do the ‘speed of comfort’.....
» 4/05/2006 2:37:18 PM M3RBMW Maybe there is some sort of a trade-off between driving slowly and carefully and p.....
» 3/05/2006 7:59:26 PM Oh dear PTBI You seem to be partaking in half-reasonable debate on the “We’re too despera.....
» 3/05/2006 6:14:06 PM PTBI Even if the situation in West Papua is really different, we have to ask; is it anywh.....
» 3/05/2006 2:44:24 PM M3RBMW Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate your desire to have each situation ass.....
» 3/05/2006 2:14:37 PM Omnipotent voice You certainly are a perplexing individual. “The talk about heightened .....
» 2/05/2006 8:34:40 PM PTBI The situation in West Papua is essentially the same as it was in Australia in the 19.....
» 2/05/2006 7:49:17 PM PTBI [in response to your post of 29 April] So you are saying that because one Australia.....
» 2/05/2006 2:14:40 PM KAEP I share your disgust with 'Keep-Left-Unless-Overtaking'. It should indeed read 'Keep.....
» 2/05/2006 1:41:37 PM Well Omnipotent voice, we sure do see things differently. As far as I am concerned, anyon.....
» 1/05/2006 10:22:12 AM Omnipotent voice, I didn’t think you could indicate even more strongly that you don’t des.....
» 1/05/2006 12:08:22 AM See a new line of road-safety discussion at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?a.....
» 30/04/2006 11:37:10 PM Silly pseudonym, you wrote: “It does sound to me that some people are more concerned abo.....
» 30/04/2006 9:42:44 PM Building massive new road projects at this point in time is about as ridiculous as the Eas.....
» 30/04/2006 12:21:41 AM Kekenidica I agree that Chainsmoker’s analysis just might be right and I acknowledged as .....
» 29/04/2006 10:50:38 PM Rex, I have shared your experience with trucks tailgating on the highway. They know they c.....
» 29/04/2006 10:45:13 PM “The entire idea of safe driving is to not take risks: not take risks with speed, with ina.....
» 29/04/2006 9:50:46 PM Scout Some points ain’t all points. There are a couple other key points to determine. Sur.....
» 29/04/2006 9:14:03 PM Ah, so that is why people ridicule you left-right and centre. Oh well, if it pleases you .....
» 29/04/2006 12:03:52 AM Kekenidika Lay your paranoia to rest and stop thinking about smoke and mirrors and hidden.....
» 28/04/2006 9:45:22 PM Some other major things have got to happen in conjunction with an improved enforcement reg.....
» 28/04/2006 9:42:33 PM Mirko Bagaric writes; “If governments took the time to inquire, they would see that world.....
» 28/04/2006 8:14:48 PM PTBI, “Saying that without your puny Australian aid….” Wouldn’t it have been nice if you .....
» 28/04/2006 7:49:59 PM PTBI, “West Papuans have many cultural, racial, and religious similarities with other Ind.....
» 26/04/2006 10:08:59 PM I just registered my support for the Qld Govt’s ‘Enough is enough’ campaign on their websi.....
» 26/04/2006 8:28:58 PM Just caught Beyond Tomorrow on Channel 7 All about distractions for drivers and the incre.....
» 26/04/2006 6:58:04 PM Shonga oooh Shaun whydoweneedanewstateforNQ?.....
» 26/04/2006 6:38:48 PM I pretty much agree with that, Alchemist. It doesn’t apply to absolutely everyone, but it .....
» 26/04/2006 6:08:54 PM PTBI Once again, you have ignored a straight question that I asked of you. . You are exh.....
» 25/04/2006 1:22:44 AM My attitude is only an evolutionary dead-end in the conventional sense of evolution. That.....
» 25/04/2006 12:43:19 AM I note that you have made no attempt to deny or explain away my assertion that you are tak.....
» 24/04/2006 1:25:29 PM A ha! As I suspected. You are pulling out the very worst of Australian comments and making.....
» 23/04/2006 1:03:01 PM Kekenidika, “Oh ... and Ludwig, you really think you share common ground ... Oh please? T.....
» 22/04/2006 9:01:47 PM Fickle “We have had children but purely for our own (or at least my) enjoyment - and the .....
» 22/04/2006 7:54:39 PM PTBI, “so if Australians bash Indonesia, then Indonesia cannot respond?” I have not said .....
» 22/04/2006 1:04:36 PM Alchemist, “Peak oil, your about 30 years to late. We reached the point of no return in .....
» 22/04/2006 12:41:51 PM Trees, how important is it to pass on one’s own genes? If you can see past the instinct t.....
» 22/04/2006 12:06:46 PM “If Australians decided to bash Indonesia, then inevitably there will be not-too-friendly .....
» 20/04/2006 11:44:28 PM Can’t you see PTBI that on this national forum – the most prominent political/socio-econom.....
» 20/04/2006 11:12:33 PM Well that is the first time I have posted on a thread without reading the article first. .....
» 20/04/2006 10:05:37 PM There is the most urgent imperative for Australian science to concentrate on how we are go.....
» 20/04/2006 3:53:14 PM PTBI, why do you resort to offensive stuff, at the first sign of disagreement? Ever heard .....
» 20/04/2006 12:53:04 PM Yes! Well said Perseus......
» 19/04/2006 11:38:39 PM PTBI, your response was almost believable, but you completely and utterly undid it with; .....
» 19/04/2006 10:50:45 PM “Graziers like water, and the cheaper it is, the better. Environmentalists thrive on crise.....
» 19/04/2006 2:34:16 PM Tony Kevin writes; “But these policies send a wrong message not only to a fairly benign In.....
» 19/04/2006 1:56:01 PM “It doesn't work that way, mate. Australia has no influence in any Indonesian internal aff.....
» 18/04/2006 7:08:11 PM “It is high time people in this country accepted that we need to be accepting more and mor.....
» 18/04/2006 12:30:57 PM PTBI, you wrote; “Ludwig, Your posts are mostly correct, except the last part about Austra.....
» 17/04/2006 9:59:28 AM The front page of the Sunday Mail (16/04/06) carried the most extraordinary story of a hoo.....
» 16/04/2006 1:02:27 PM While the situation is impossibly difficult to strike a balance over that will appeal to e.....
» 16/04/2006 12:29:35 PM Thanks George for that personal history. Fascinating. Especially the studies and life-chan.....
» 15/04/2006 11:52:31 PM Re: “We’re all idiots” (Courier Mail 13/04/06) By Jane Fynes-Clinton Great article. The.....
» 15/04/2006 8:54:41 PM “Evolutionary success is measured by the successful reproduction of your offspring i.e. yo.....
» 15/04/2006 2:30:07 PM George I’m right with you re: small-scale agrarian adaptation, bypassing ‘Big Biz’, and g.....
» 15/04/2006 12:15:36 AM Just seen a couple more Qld Govt road safety ads. Yair good. A bit less confronting and e.....
» 14/04/2006 11:46:21 PM ‘Australia Talks Back’, ABC radio 13/04/06. All about road safety. Some very good comment.....
» 14/04/2006 10:55:13 PM “Are we in immediate danger of having our imported oil being "taken away"? I wou.....
» 14/04/2006 2:00:16 PM I totally agree Peakro So with this horrible scenario, especially the ever-more desperate.....
» 13/04/2006 3:19:26 PM Yes Bruce. This would apply to unions also. It becomes murky when contributions are indir.....
» 12/04/2006 11:25:12 PM “We are living through our third oil shock, and the last two ended really badly for the wo.....
» 12/04/2006 10:56:59 PM Just seen the new Qld road safety ad for the first time. Bloody hell. Don’t hold back Bea.....
» 12/04/2006 8:24:53 PM Fickle, the Sydney Olympic Park model is really good. But how feasible is it to adapt new .....
» 12/04/2006 7:47:24 PM The Beatty Government is starting to get a little bit serious about road safety. Today we.....
» 12/04/2006 2:57:27 PM “Why have any contributions to aid election of politicians?” Indeed. ANY political donati.....
» 11/04/2006 11:16:21 PM An interesting combination of authors; a member of the Australian Labor Party and a member.....
» 11/04/2006 8:22:19 PM Kunstler is right on the mark. Concerns about peak oil are absolutely real. This busine.....
» 9/04/2006 11:49:12 PM Shonga Oh Shaaaaahhhhnga Why do we need a new state of NQ??.....
» 9/04/2006 11:33:39 PM A wide range of in-car safety technology is being developed based on cameras and radar to .....
» 9/04/2006 10:58:21 PM Yes it does depend on the arithmetic, or more precisely on the rate of improvements in per.....
» 9/04/2006 1:37:06 PM The Sunday Mail has a tiny 70 word article hidden away on page 18, telling us about double.....
» 9/04/2006 8:32:58 AM Fickle, what you appear to be suggesting is improvement in the per-person usage of water w.....
» 8/04/2006 9:21:46 PM I appreciate the idea Fickle, although I must say I have never heard of hypothecation. No.....
» 8/04/2006 8:24:38 PM The Beatty Govt has just announced that drivers will be hit with double demerit points if .....
» 8/04/2006 8:02:51 PM It is a pity ELIDA that we don’t have webcam. I would love to show my trim taut slim figu.....
» 6/04/2006 10:08:09 PM Hyetal, “However, I have to ask the question, how do we stop a juggernaut when the motiv.....
» 2/04/2006 12:14:51 AM Fickle Your obesity vs sex-drive theory sounds reasonable. But in the real world this log.....
» 1/04/2006 11:48:09 PM Perseus I have been unable to find the info that you request. I have tried a number of si.....
» 1/04/2006 11:44:42 PM Shonga why do we need a new state in NQ? I don’t understand how some people can make impa.....
» 1/04/2006 11:33:01 PM The Qld Govt has just released TV ads asking people to slow down at roadworks sites. Wel.....
» 1/04/2006 11:14:15 PM Welcome hyetal. Unfortunately, the powers that be will make every suggestion except limit.....
» 28/03/2006 9:42:54 AM Fickle, I would have thought that an excellent window of opportunity for building sustaina.....
» 27/03/2006 7:01:22 PM Fickle, thanks for the clarification. I have no disagreement. But how do we get people wh.....
» 23/03/2006 9:02:06 PM Perseus, there is nothing wrong with expressing opinions even if we have no evidence whats.....
» 23/03/2006 8:47:42 PM Wonderful to read. Thanks Peter. “….professional politicians who wield power in the inte.....
» 22/03/2006 11:16:31 PM Perseus, you won’t get any disagreement from me regarding terrible underpolicing in Queens.....
» 22/03/2006 10:39:43 PM I agree with Narcissist that cooking food makes it easier for the digestive system, and in.....
» 22/03/2006 10:05:23 PM Lindsay, The power of exhortation is great, properly managed. The government is arguably .....
» 22/03/2006 8:53:46 PM Shonga, why do we need a new state in NQ? What about the points I raised in my last post,.....
» 21/03/2006 11:59:44 PM Perseus I think our battle has reached its natural conclusion. It has become obvious tha.....
» 21/03/2006 11:12:37 PM Non-GM farmer makes a good point – we have got to expect complaints from Labor politicians.....
» 21/03/2006 10:05:35 PM Fickle, working towards sustainability has got be everyone’s goal with respect to water re.....
» 21/03/2006 9:51:34 PM Totally Agree Ev. . “The preferential system is better than first past the post.” But Da.....
» 21/03/2006 8:48:55 PM “I'm sure Thermo or Ludwig are ranting away somewhere.” Pericles, I don’t have any truck .....
» 20/03/2006 11:47:41 PM Well it was perfectly obvious that Perseus finds the discussion of population stabilisatio.....
» 20/03/2006 11:08:25 PM Philo “just vote 1” is a suggestion. If everyone, or the vast majority did this, it would.....
» 20/03/2006 9:14:20 PM Philo Many times I have mentioned this on OLO and this is the first time anyone has shown.....
» 20/03/2006 9:08:54 PM Perseus lied to the forum. Pure and simple. Caught red-handed. He had every opportunity to.....
» 19/03/2006 10:45:07 PM MMMMM interesting I suppose I have to agree with myself on that matter!! Anyway, the R.....
» 19/03/2006 10:43:49 PM You know why the cops won’t respond Luddie, even if they did discover this obscure Ludwig-.....
» 19/03/2006 10:01:49 PM Philo, I am pleased that you raise this matter. There is all the difference in the world .....
» 19/03/2006 9:01:46 PM Johnj, I share your concerns. Nick writes; “Its mechanisms are there to ensure that our s.....
» 19/03/2006 7:58:19 PM Fickle Pickle and d, you are missing a couple of important points: Firstly, Australia doe.....
» 18/03/2006 8:54:45 PM Johnj you seem to be completely missing the point. Nick is not saying that there aren’t a.....
» 17/03/2006 11:53:50 PM Gee wouldn’t it be just lovely if someone on behalf of the Qld Police (or any Australian p.....
» 17/03/2006 11:21:43 PM Ow ullow to Persy. Thought he’d dropped off the perch. O well… just wishful thinking Now,.....
» 17/03/2006 8:57:30 PM Nick, I fully agree. Well said. “The argument fails because it cannot be crystallised int.....
» 16/03/2006 8:29:21 PM Pericles you write; “Happy to live in a society created by your ancestors and the civic-mi.....
» 16/03/2006 8:00:09 PM I am thoroughly sick of the incredible blind spot that so many thinking people have with p.....
» 15/03/2006 7:22:05 PM “some individuals need more laws - some less”. This may be true to some extent, but ther.....
» 14/03/2006 10:19:58 PM Kevin, I agree with the first half of your post, but I don’t like the idea of decentralisa.....
» 14/03/2006 9:54:16 PM “New building in South-East Queensland should suit the climate and decrease rather than in.....
» 14/03/2006 8:14:35 PM “There are far too many laws and regulations for good, honest people, and never enough for.....
» 13/03/2006 9:45:59 PM “This evil and stupidity of punishing and humiliating everyone for the irresponsibility of.....
» 13/03/2006 9:06:15 PM See some debate on fast drivers under ‘Bound by rules’ by Caspar Conde 10/03/06 (http://fo.....
» 12/03/2006 9:36:14 PM Faustino, if you drive fast as a matter of course you must come up behind slower vehicles .....
» 11/03/2006 11:59:42 PM Apologies Caspar, for misspelling your name. . It seems to me Faustino… and I do not wish.....
» 10/03/2006 11:09:39 PM “The speed and direction of this particular juggernaut can be seen in the financial result.....
» 10/03/2006 9:57:27 PM However, when it comes to road safety, more regulations, or slower speed limits are not th.....
» 10/03/2006 9:54:07 PM “In all their dealings governments should ensure that individuals' responsibilities are me.....
» 10/03/2006 12:08:39 AM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA HAA Ha hahahaha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Perseus wri.....
» 9/03/2006 11:36:37 PM Alright, so a party whip system might improve debate. I certainly agree that the current s.....
» 9/03/2006 9:56:14 PM O dear, Pretentious needs a good lie down. He must have exhausted himself trying to think.....
» 9/03/2006 12:35:38 PM I Thank Perseus. Had to wring it out of him though. Why on earth didn’t he quote this firs.....
» 8/03/2006 9:25:59 PM Daggett, I don’t have any disagreement with that. As you say, significant decentralisatio.....
» 8/03/2006 12:09:48 AM I thank Perseus for taking me up on a reasonable point of debate. The issue of ecologica.....
» 7/03/2006 10:35:29 PM Edward, I have no disagreement at all. There will always be wealth differentials to some e.....
» 7/03/2006 9:23:39 PM Well blow my mind…..Perseus has actually used the S word…. “sustainable”!! I never thought.....
» 7/03/2006 8:31:45 PM nonGM, I don’t think scientists have been pushing governments to ignore economics and mark.....
» 6/03/2006 11:32:34 PM Something doesn’t add up here. Perseus is putting forward coherent points of debate, albei.....
» 6/03/2006 9:25:33 PM “Get a life CSIRO, the world does not revolve around scientists!” What? Who ever said it .....
» 6/03/2006 7:51:50 PM “And Ludwig is on record of discouraging innovation for the express purpose of bringing th.....
» 6/03/2006 2:01:01 PM “Australia needs a summit on federalism.” George, I absolutely agree. There are strong .....
» 5/03/2006 9:02:41 PM I was driving home this evening after dark on a four-lane road, when a car came up behind .....
» 5/03/2006 1:00:23 PM One of the big problems with the policing regime, and there are many, is the misuse of pol.....
» 4/03/2006 11:12:55 PM “Top yourself and save yourself and all around you the angst and misery. I suggest this as.....
» 3/03/2006 10:05:25 PM Travelling between Mackay and Eungella you go though numerous changes of speed limit. It i.....
» 3/03/2006 9:41:22 PM I have just travelled that ugly Bruce Highway between Mackay and Townsville. Complaining .....
» 3/03/2006 9:05:49 PM What an excellent response from Perseus. So full of substance. Addresses all points that.....
» 26/02/2006 9:57:52 PM We also would have to be 33% more efficient with every other single resource in order to j.....
» 26/02/2006 9:37:50 PM If Perseus thinks that someone as progressive in his thinking as Tim Flannery has “spent h.....
» 26/02/2006 8:25:06 PM Last week there was a public road-safety meeting held in my town. There was also a state r.....
» 26/02/2006 12:57:28 PM By crikey, no I DON’T give up!! Well I have just missed being wiped out by hair’s breadth.....
» 25/02/2006 10:14:24 PM Yobbo… oh Yohhbbo What about my questions of 20/2. They are pretty highly relevant. Have .....
» 25/02/2006 9:51:25 PM I totally agree with Judy Cannon. Every indication is that human-induced climate change s.....
» 25/02/2006 5:54:03 PM “As a former ALP supporter, I despaired of Beattie almost from election night 1998 (".....
» 24/02/2006 5:31:33 PM Jenny Goldie has tied the overriding issue of population growth into two of the most omino.....
» 22/02/2006 11:08:57 PM “Of much greater significance is the CSIRO's emerging knee-jerk responses to criticisms by.....
» 22/02/2006 9:49:40 PM Whheee wh wh whhoo whoooow Yet again we see a post from the mighty Precocious that is ful.....
» 21/02/2006 11:48:21 PM Welcome to OLO cherax “As for the population issue, it's really a matter of what we do wi.....
» 21/02/2006 11:17:41 PM Isn’t this Perseus character a wonderful piece of work. Just pure personal vitriol. No at.....
» 21/02/2006 9:38:51 PM Hell’s bells Everald Compton. The most important initiative, that should be at the head .....
» 20/02/2006 11:28:40 PM I’m with you Davo . Yobbo, harking back three posts of yours (if you can consider the las.....
» 20/02/2006 10:13:51 PM Brisbane Spot on. The continuously increasing demand caused by continuous population grow.....
» 19/02/2006 1:59:48 PM I share your concerns Davo. Have I written anything to indicate otherwise? But I fail to .....
» 19/02/2006 1:41:42 PM This article is a shocker in its failure to show consideration for: Our Government’s righ.....
» 19/02/2006 12:00:38 AM Ow ullow Luddie. Nize ov you to pop up. Wotz zis about clappy crabtrap? Yair mate I giv.....
» 18/02/2006 11:57:42 PM Ludwig, oh Luuuuudwiiig…. are you out there? Don’t tell me you’ve given up. Or or or rea.....
» 18/02/2006 1:31:15 PM eeeeeeooooowwwwwww!! Oow that stings! But I lahhk it …….…..Feel free to do it again! Noth.....
» 18/02/2006 10:01:50 AM “Welll...I've said it in just about every other place so I'll say it again here.. YES.. HA.....
» 17/02/2006 10:59:03 PM “Well it just demonstrates how far this government has been captured by economic rationali.....
» 17/02/2006 10:46:50 PM Well lo and behold… Perseus makes absolutely no attempt to address my sustainability ‘chal.....
» 17/02/2006 5:31:44 PM Crikey, poor old Perseus really does have a hang-up with his ‘Germanic’ slander. How to wi.....
» 16/02/2006 11:59:57 PM “And the real challenge for the population limiters is for them to provide a single exampl.....
» 16/02/2006 10:51:34 PM Please Andrew This is the crux of the issue – for us to really understand why you support.....
» 16/02/2006 10:34:00 PM Thanks Kay. . “All the posts on the merits of a smaller population are grossly ignorant o.....
» 16/02/2006 10:11:37 PM Perseus needs to take a cold shower and relaaaaax. His anger overtaketh him. Perhaps he .....
» 15/02/2006 11:53:30 PM “In short, history would repeat itself. A small, inward looking local culture would merely.....
» 15/02/2006 11:38:51 PM David I will check out GMO Pundit To finish here then…. It seems that each and every one.....
» 15/02/2006 10:24:30 PM Excellent article Tom Top responses from Stuart, Peter Ridd and Leigh. . “Her(e) we go .....
» 15/02/2006 7:47:18 PM “It seems to me that the Greens have hijacked the issue of the environment to such a point.....
» 15/02/2006 5:24:16 PM Andrew Further to my last post: You wrote; “Fourthly, whilst most resources are finite,.....
» 14/02/2006 11:48:34 PM “Besides that, leaving too many poor people around this world without trying to eliminate .....
» 14/02/2006 11:32:11 PM Wow, heaps to respond to David. Firstly, this doesn’t really address the core of my last .....
» 14/02/2006 10:18:59 PM Well, the only meaningful thing I gleaned out of this article is; “We now need to develo.....
» 14/02/2006 5:34:04 PM Ooow my poor head…. not only did I fall off my chair - I spent an hour on the floor in ga-.....
» 14/02/2006 12:06:59 AM Shonga, what is a disgraceful situation? Are you really in favour of lots of new big dam.....
» 13/02/2006 11:45:49 PM The National Water Initiative seems to be fundamentally flawed in that there is nothing me.....
» 13/02/2006 11:11:25 PM Thanks David. Yes I basically agree. This whole salinity issue is something would be very .....
» 13/02/2006 9:54:12 PM Well, this one from Precious takes the cake! I have a very real concern that improvements.....
» 13/02/2006 12:40:53 AM Firstly, migration certainly does add to population growth in Australia. With your way of .....
» 12/02/2006 11:08:11 PM David, I don’t get it. I would have thought these two points are self-explanatory and hig.....
» 12/02/2006 9:49:50 PM Well, it appears as though Andrew is not going to partake any further in this thread, or t.....
» 12/02/2006 4:23:24 PM Welcome to OLO Dave. My sentiments exactly. This has already manifested itself very signi.....
» 12/02/2006 7:00:33 AM “Ludwig clearly implied that an increase in water use or farming productivity would lead t.....
» 11/02/2006 11:00:04 PM Very good David. Thankyou I still have some issues with this and I would love to continue.....
» 11/02/2006 10:04:11 PM Kay Indeed it is all interesting stuff. OLO was a wonderful find for me, three months ago.....
» 11/02/2006 9:22:04 PM Oh dear, this sounds a child’s tantrum! I keep trying to get the previous correspondent t.....
» 10/02/2006 10:53:57 PM What I really object to is the lack of a holistic outlook here. I’ve seen this a million t.....
» 10/02/2006 10:50:47 PM David, I think you would be really battling not to call population growth the main driver .....
» 10/02/2006 12:08:10 AM OK so country towns are allowed in the new rural state. What about larger towns? What abou.....
» 9/02/2006 10:50:08 PM “Over the coming decades, rises in global demand for food, fibre, feed and fuel are predic.....
» 9/02/2006 1:36:25 PM David I appreciate all the good initiatives towards improvements with water usage, but th.....
» 9/02/2006 1:03:58 PM Excellent posts Remco. Terrible stuff SuziQ; “Bottom line – if you live in the city and h.....
» 8/02/2006 10:32:22 PM Anomie I don’t find high beams too much of a problem. Annoying yes, but the vast majority.....
» 8/02/2006 9:55:32 AM I don’t think we are off topic. If we can’t maintain a healthy society, then the last thin.....
» 7/02/2006 11:24:43 PM This is terrible news. The discovery of huge potable water reserves in the Perth region, I.....
» 7/02/2006 10:18:08 PM “In regards to why low immigration intake is not socially just, I am referring particularl.....
» 6/02/2006 10:31:32 PM Andrew, by way of clarification; I am vehemently opposed to the compulsory preferential vo.....
» 6/02/2006 9:53:22 PM Andrew thanks for the explanation. I fully accept your comments on concerns about xenophob.....
» 6/02/2006 8:25:00 PM Yeah Tubley, hoons are the bottom dwellers of the road-safety scum-bucket. I also agree w.....
» 6/02/2006 2:58:34 PM David The notion that a fertility rate of 1.8 is not sustainable needs further explanatio.....
» 5/02/2006 11:38:41 PM Andrew, you wrote; “but to suggest our preferential voting system is "corrupt" o.....
» 5/02/2006 10:25:20 PM Popandperish, welcome to OLO. An excellent post. The Democrats membership supported low i.....
» 5/02/2006 3:35:17 PM It would be very useful for the small number of correspondents who so vehemently lambast g.....
» 5/02/2006 11:06:29 AM BOAZ_david; very good posts, except that you ruin the whole theme with your last line; “Wa.....
» 5/02/2006 10:55:16 AM “I've always found if I listen to zero migration people long enough, this is the type of s.....
» 4/02/2006 11:36:28 PM Right on the money Yabby and Last word. Andrew, you write; “However, he is right to point.....
» 4/02/2006 10:03:59 PM Arjay I agree with you that there lots of really bad directives undertaken by various stat.....
» 4/02/2006 3:12:24 PM Even worse than cyclists riding at night with no lights are cyclists with these pathetic l.....
» 4/02/2006 10:40:07 AM Kyoto is not even on this ladder, it is entirely a distraction. By getting a bunch of coun.....
» 4/02/2006 10:38:08 AM Pk writes; “The government could put us back in the lead in investigating alternative ener.....
» 3/02/2006 9:14:52 PM Good stuff Remco. It’s time that the bitter old man and his couple of less extreme buddie.....
» 3/02/2006 11:04:30 AM Anomie, this business of speeding up when you get a truck or tailgater behind you is a bit.....
» 2/02/2006 10:33:50 PM Very well said Daggett. Surely the primary role of the Democrats is to oppose this complet.....
» 2/02/2006 2:53:34 PM Alan, thanks for elucidating some of the connections and feedback loops between the decisi.....
» 2/02/2006 12:54:36 PM Hyperbole?? Come on Anomie, you were expressing yourself in a very straightforward take-it.....
» 2/02/2006 3:46:08 AM Anomie, what an extraordinary contradiction you present: You admit that; “For a couple of.....
» 2/02/2006 2:25:51 AM Humble, I’m not sure what you are asking of me here. You may have misunderstood my last po.....
» 1/02/2006 1:04:08 AM Eshua Yes we have collectively got the answers and there are enough people willing to lis.....
» 31/01/2006 11:22:58 PM We see just the same sort of extremely selective policing of road safety with respect to c.....
» 31/01/2006 10:14:11 PM Excellent posts from Alchemist and Remco. At least a couple of posters on this thread are.....
» 31/01/2006 8:58:23 PM Count0, what are you on about? At the mere mention of immigration and/or population polic.....
» 31/01/2006 3:22:33 PM Patrick, yes the concept of a congestion charge and various others forms of disincentives .....
» 31/01/2006 12:42:43 AM Andrew this link, suggested by Thermoman, is absolutely ESSENTIAL viewing: Al Bartlett (ht.....
» 30/01/2006 11:10:48 PM Well said Remco. . Hellothere writes: “Tree clearing laws only punish those who still hav.....
» 30/01/2006 9:49:58 PM Vinny “extreemist”. I love your spelling. In you case it should have about another five e.....
» 30/01/2006 4:40:45 PM “I think its time to admit that Andrew Bartlett is totally unfit for the job.” Fide mae, i.....
» 30/01/2006 1:24:21 PM Brett Bowden asks why Australia has had so few female politicians and no prospect of a wom.....
» 30/01/2006 12:15:18 AM I hate cyclists. Yes those damn pesky runtish ignoramuses on two wheels who seem to have n.....
» 29/01/2006 11:00:40 PM Froggie There is definitely room for another political party, based on real sustainabilit.....
» 29/01/2006 9:32:26 PM Cheers Coraliz and Plerdsus. We do have some real advantages as Plerdsus states, but they.....
» 29/01/2006 3:18:41 PM Continued from my last post… I don’t advocate closing our borders, I advocate net zero im.....
» 29/01/2006 12:11:40 PM Thankyou Craig. A very good response. We do indeed share predominantly common ground. But.....
» 28/01/2006 10:28:18 PM “Preservation of the environment becomes persecution by a hundred little tin pot Hitlers t.....
» 28/01/2006 10:07:11 PM “There is more than one path to sustainability”. With rapid continuously growing populat.....
» 28/01/2006 2:12:55 PM Well isn’t this fascinating. The theme of responses on this thread is very strongly agains.....
» 28/01/2006 2:04:08 PM Thanks for the clarification DDT. I am very pleased that we agree on this point. I totall.....
» 27/01/2006 11:14:20 PM DDT, I think our society is pretty precariously balanced. There is not very much room for .....
» 27/01/2006 5:24:01 PM Well said Colinsett. I would also love to know at what point the Democrats became populat.....
» 27/01/2006 2:02:00 PM “Andrew Bartlett argues Australia needs to put some serious resources into multiculturalis.....
» 27/01/2006 12:59:48 AM Stop signs also create problems with right of way. For example; if you want to turn right .....
» 27/01/2006 12:50:42 AM I hate stop signs. In 99.99% of all cases they should be replaced with giveway signs. Ther.....
» 26/01/2006 10:07:22 PM I absolutely hate the fact that, even with strong economic growth, we are seeing an increa.....
» 26/01/2006 12:12:59 PM No this is not good stuff Tony Kevin. I object to a lot of things you have written here. .....
» 26/01/2006 8:45:23 AM What a load of legal twaddle! How could the meaning of ‘vote for’ be in any way unclear? U.....
» 25/01/2006 10:47:44 PM “It’s time we pulled together for a national fuels strategy.” David, it is time we pulled.....
» 25/01/2006 1:59:32 PM “I think that mining and agriculture expansion, whilst correlated with population growth, .....
» 25/01/2006 12:08:18 AM Haaaaa Fat chance Luddie. You ain’t seen nothing yet!! There’s a million more things to s.....
» 24/01/2006 11:06:32 PM Thanks Humble for the link. It would indeed be a very good thing for the publishers of OLO.....
» 24/01/2006 10:52:38 PM Alchemist, again I agree with you, on all but one thing; “We must remember that no matter.....
» 24/01/2006 8:44:23 PM Well….. have you finished now Ludwig?? Got it off your chest eh, you loony? Gonna give us .....
» 24/01/2006 12:17:46 PM rc, I wouldn’t call our rate of population growth minor. Our population growth most defini.....
» 24/01/2006 12:02:43 AM Summary of my concerns and suggestions for improvements in road safety. 1. Make the fort.....
» 23/01/2006 10:57:27 PM rc, you raise a bunch of things that need comment: The sort of economic growth that we ha.....
» 22/01/2006 10:06:02 PM 12. Publicity. While a lot of effort is being put into television and general media campai.....
» 22/01/2006 9:38:19 PM 11. Make sure the policing of road safety matches the significance of the issue. While I .....
» 22/01/2006 4:59:58 PM Humble Hack, regarding my very strong complaint over ‘compulsory preferential’ voting (whi.....
» 22/01/2006 1:15:17 PM Alchemist, things in Switzerland and Scandinavia are not perfect. They have their fair sha.....
» 21/01/2006 4:17:50 PM One of the particularly disgusting aspects of our current system, which has got to be view.....
» 21/01/2006 10:57:25 AM Alchemist, good post. I agree with most of it. “Until we have a totally new political sys.....
» 20/01/2006 2:50:09 PM jkenno, you write; “you seem to be condoning a position that colonialisation of any countr.....
» 20/01/2006 12:39:03 PM James, there is a strong theme of positivity and happiness in the 14 articles you have pos.....
» 19/01/2006 11:38:00 PM Tubley, Africa was always destined to run into massive strife, because and only because on.....
» 19/01/2006 3:39:23 PM Realist, you write; “peak oil is a problem, but until the price doubles from its current, .....
» 19/01/2006 11:16:40 AM Ian I couldn’t agree more. This is just another one the fundamental ways in which our gov.....
» 18/01/2006 12:19:45 PM Another broad-brush environmental article with no mention of population. The closest Chris.....
» 18/01/2006 11:30:28 AM O for goodness sake. Everything looks rosy, so let business continue as normal. Let’s just.....
» 17/01/2006 10:56:29 PM Eclipse. You are right. The urgency of peak oil cannot be stated strongly enough. It gra.....
» 17/01/2006 10:15:07 PM 10. Truth in sentencing. (Yeah I agree totally with your sentiments of 14/1 Big Al). A s.....
» 17/01/2006 1:48:35 PM Col, “Exploding population growth is what is going to ‘flush the human race down the pan’ .....
» 16/01/2006 11:59:02 PM I cannot see what you object to regarding “calculated compassion”. Again, it is a form of .....
» 16/01/2006 11:56:01 PM Col, you have given me so much to respond to. You wrote; “I cannot see large corruption .....
» 16/01/2006 3:15:16 PM Coraliz, I agree that child-support payments should be spread out, with perhaps a small lu.....
» 16/01/2006 10:43:46 AM Coraliz, you write; “The one-off payment appears too high for all recipients to use in the.....
» 16/01/2006 12:30:33 AM 9. Reform of the relationship between police and courts, and onus placed on them to perfor.....
» 15/01/2006 11:49:39 PM Further to 8: An alternative to speed limit signs being treated at face value: – call the.....
» 15/01/2006 11:11:27 PM Wonderful article Eric. It has a great deal of merit. As you say, the concept has had su.....
» 15/01/2006 12:46:11 AM Oh schizers I’m losing track of my threads (or losing the threads of my sanity). This IS T.....
» 14/01/2006 11:01:09 PM 8. The law has to be upheld at face value. So where you see a 60kmh sign, you cannot do 61.....
» 14/01/2006 10:57:51 PM O no, my run of consecutive postings has been terminated!! How awful. Hold on….. there I.....
» 14/01/2006 9:59:21 PM Point taken Col – the UN is far less than ideal and has certainly fallen way short of addr.....
» 14/01/2006 11:23:19 AM Good article Eric. Pity about the lack of respondents. Perhaps it is time to repost this .....
» 13/01/2006 10:23:57 PM 7. The policing regime has got to be uniform across the country......
» 13/01/2006 10:22:46 PM 6. The police have got police ALL road rules that pertain to safety (and that means all ro.....
» 13/01/2006 9:04:45 PM Daggett has got it right. Overcrowding is one of the main contributing factors to civil un.....
» 13/01/2006 1:09:17 PM “We will remove all the white man’s vestiges such as borders and land ownership…” and impl.....
» 12/01/2006 10:44:00 PM Eclipse Thankyou for highlighting the enormous magnitude of the looming peak oil crisis. .....
» 12/01/2006 8:01:40 PM 5. Of course, in conjunction with point 4, the real number of police on the roads, and in .....
» 12/01/2006 7:51:23 PM 4. The police need to be much less conspicuous and meld into the traffic. Instead of the Q.....
» 12/01/2006 5:52:34 PM I couldn't agree more Bronwyn Well said.....
» 11/01/2006 10:47:20 PM I just don’t think any US / China downturn is going to be that significant for us. Austral.....
» 11/01/2006 9:22:09 PM Excellent article Jason. Maria-lee asks; “How do we balance helping mothers raise their .....
» 11/01/2006 2:50:12 PM 3. A massive effort is needed to improve driver skills. A much more rigorous training regi.....
» 11/01/2006 2:46:40 PM Further to 2: I would have thought that the Australian Automobile Association was one of .....
» 11/01/2006 1:09:39 PM Yes Yabby, information access has vastly improved, as has our ability to communicate with .....
» 10/01/2006 1:49:31 PM 2. Instead of blaming the condition of our roads, we need to point the finger fairly and s.....
» 10/01/2006 1:45:41 PM Well, the national road toll this Christmas – New Year period was just horrific. It was up.....
» 9/01/2006 11:40:00 PM Fascinating article. All good posts. Chris Shaw has expressed it most profoundly, with the.....
» 9/01/2006 10:30:24 PM Thanks Saul Regarding peak oil; yes the supply capability will probably decline slowly a.....
» 9/01/2006 5:13:29 PM Saul, a few things really worry me about this sort of prediction; 1. Peak oil, which is l.....
» 9/01/2006 12:09:08 AM So why do the Main Road Dept and local councils, both of whom are in charge of roadworks s.....
» 9/01/2006 12:05:17 AM Alright then, to the next issue: roadworks. I’m afraid I just cannot escape levelling sca.....
» 8/01/2006 4:13:36 PM Dear Kit D, I don't think we need skilled migrants, at least not in significant numbers......
» 6/01/2006 11:04:18 AM A very good article Danny, and spot-on comments from Brazuca. For years I suffered from .....
» 6/01/2006 12:08:16 AM “People like the familiar”, writes Sneekeepete. “That's why we are in the middle of some b.....
» 5/01/2006 11:19:37 PM So I was screwed by one particular police officer and then screwed by one particular magis.....
» 4/01/2006 10:23:23 PM Obviously I have had my confidence in the police and courts destroyed. I still have some d.....
» 4/01/2006 9:46:15 PM So what do you do when one of the most fundamental points of decency and law gets shown to.....
» 4/01/2006 1:21:49 PM No these things are not racially based, but they do place pressure on our whole society an.....
» 4/01/2006 1:19:43 PM Eminently sensible Mirko. A good article. Racial tensions have manifest themselves aroun.....
» 3/01/2006 10:12:41 PM The relationship between police and magistrates is another area that deserves harsh commen.....
» 3/01/2006 9:03:35 PM You are right Ludwig ol’ mate. Tailgating is a real bastard of a thing to deal with when d.....
» 3/01/2006 11:47:49 AM Col, you write; “The ‘Professionals’ at the UN and the UN itself are more corrupt than in .....
» 2/01/2006 11:01:45 PM Well, at least a quarter of the postings on this thread are actually relevant to the subje.....
» 2/01/2006 3:08:15 PM Advice from police, RACQ and Dept of Transport is that you should do the last, or slow dow.....
» 2/01/2006 3:05:30 PM Let’s see, what can I whinge about next? How about tailgating? Yep, that’ll do. Yeah alrig.....
» 2/01/2006 9:48:15 AM Ericc (29/12), I don’t think we should be in any way congratulating ourselves in Australia.....
» 1/01/2006 1:23:25 PM Taz, you wrote: “But please be practical in your expectations”. Yes. And this means reali.....
» 31/12/2005 10:04:25 PM crikey Taz, you've got a three-letter name.... and I missspelt it! pfpfpfpfpfpffff Apol.....
» 31/12/2005 9:50:24 PM Tas, I think you’re spot on. Getting Australia through the forthcoming peak oil scenario .....
» 31/12/2005 5:21:56 PM One of the main issues here is that big business rules, not government. This means that th.....
» 31/12/2005 1:56:17 PM I Totally agree with Yabby. We are just simply not going to get all countries to undertake.....
» 29/12/2005 10:25:09 PM O Ludwig, you have hit another raw nerve. I think the 50kmh urban limit is a mongrel int.....
» 29/12/2005 10:04:00 PM Hey Ludwig, what do you think of 50kmh urban limits?.....
» 24/12/2005 11:06:01 PM I have come across the most extraordinary phenomenon while driving around Tassie. About ha.....
» 24/12/2005 10:35:13 PM It seems to me that the overall level of policing of road safety is dismal. I see cops wor.....
» 14/12/2005 9:38:39 PM Tubley, I don’t believe that there is an innate connection between civilization (civility).....
» 14/12/2005 9:34:57 PM Shonga (or showld that be Shonky, hwa hwa hwa), gee my bwane herts. Must be coz I’m a qeee.....
» 12/12/2005 10:18:35 PM So I was booked for doing 12 kmh over the limit. The police didn’t book anyone at the time.....
» 12/12/2005 9:23:52 PM Tubley, Tubley, Tubley, while I agree with your sentiments regarding Redneck, give Townsvi.....
» 11/12/2005 11:09:36 PM Very good Bronwyn. We really do see eye to eye on this matter. And we will see eye to eye.....
» 11/12/2005 10:18:41 PM So why am I so concerned about road safety, to a point way beyond anyone else it seems? Is.....
» 11/12/2005 8:53:39 AM Crikey, I haven’t had a whinge for a few days. As if the incredible paucity of speed sig.....
» 6/12/2005 10:58:46 PM There is an awful duplicity inherent in the policing of speed. It is multifaceted; Firstl.....
» 6/12/2005 10:53:13 PM The other really significant point is my previous no 1; The number of arrivals was about t.....
» 6/12/2005 10:48:46 PM Bronwyn, thankyou for your well-considered response. You write; “But with over 20 million.....
» 6/12/2005 7:48:02 PM Yobbo, yes the limitations for putting up postings on this forum are frustrating. I keep c.....
» 4/12/2005 8:19:01 AM Bronwyn You wrote; “I'm assuming your conservation passion has come before your compassio.....
» 3/12/2005 10:20:02 PM Bronwyn, I was disgusted at the time of the Tampa by what appeared to me to be a completel.....
» 3/12/2005 10:19:58 AM Very interesting analysis Graham. I’m not surprised by any of the stats – all makes perfec.....
» 3/12/2005 12:50:06 AM Bronwyn You wrote; “I would actually prefer people use their real names. I feel it would .....
» 2/12/2005 11:32:31 PM From previous prattle Secondly, it creates a schism between those who know the area and t.....
» 2/12/2005 11:28:29 PM O gee, just when I was going to pull my woolly head in, someone wants me to continue. How .....
» 1/12/2005 11:41:17 PM Yes Ericc I think you are basically right about market forces and profit motives, which ha.....
» 1/12/2005 10:26:02 PM Ludwig, I’m dying with anticipation to know what the other “horrible aspect to the way spe.....
» 1/12/2005 10:24:14 PM Hello Big Al. It is nice to know that someone out there is reading my rantings. Yes, too f.....
» 1/12/2005 9:22:53 PM I was in the process of posting a response to Sten, but Ericc beat me to it, saying a lot .....
» 30/11/2005 11:33:22 PM Taswegian, to add to you list of good suggestions: We should strive to see that the numbe.....
» 30/11/2005 10:14:26 PM From previous post A 10kmh leniency obviously also applies in 50 and 60k zones in ‘wahool.....
» 30/11/2005 10:12:04 PM Ludwig, just between you, me and the gatepost, I absolutely detest the way speed is police.....
» 30/11/2005 8:55:36 PM This sounds very promising. Of course it should be explored fully. But I worry about the.....
» 29/11/2005 9:34:15 PM Perseus, I have repeatedly stated that you make polarised (actually extremely polarised) s.....
» 28/11/2005 9:57:54 PM Further comments in response to NonGMFarmer; You wrote; “Salt reclamation or prevention i.....
» 28/11/2005 8:56:07 PM Thankyou Saul. I agree with all you have written except perhaps that the tightening of sec.....
» 27/11/2005 11:20:27 PM Good point Ludwig. You are right, I’m a drongo. This is one very significant consequence .....
» 27/11/2005 10:56:57 PM Ludwig you drongo, you left out one very important point. Add to your second paragraph abo.....
» 27/11/2005 9:38:34 PM NonGMFarmer Picking up on some of your other comments: You write; “I think there is far .....
» 27/11/2005 11:41:10 AM Re: Ted Trainer on Okham’s Razor. Hell’s bells what an awful article. Talk about depressin.....
» 26/11/2005 11:30:44 PM Another twisted post Perseus. I have read and re-read it twenty times. Stuffed if I know w.....
» 26/11/2005 10:21:01 PM Aboriginal communities are generally pretty sad places. But Palm Island has two main probl.....
» 26/11/2005 10:18:11 PM Perseus, regarding your response to Antigone; here we go again with one of your classic to.....
» 26/11/2005 8:29:40 PM Dear Ludwig – the thing that gets to me above all else about road safety is that as a priv.....
» 26/11/2005 8:55:33 AM Ludwig You’ve made… um… I’ve made. ..some criticisms about the policing of road safety. S.....
» 25/11/2005 8:29:12 PM This doesn’t have a great deal to do with the issue at hand, but I’ve gotta say what I got.....
» 25/11/2005 12:38:45 AM Ludwig you’re a veritable genius. Why didn’t I think of that. Hold on… I did! Another thi.....
» 25/11/2005 12:10:09 AM O well said Ludwig But training, no matter how comprehensive, including graphic demonstra.....
» 24/11/2005 10:40:16 PM I find this sort of talk about productivity a real worry. Productivity is not defined he.....
» 24/11/2005 9:46:38 PM NonGMFarmer Increased birds and animals were bad for the saline communities that evolved .....
» 23/11/2005 10:47:31 PM NonGMFarmer, 1. It is extraordinary that our pioneers developed land that was considered a.....
» 22/11/2005 11:15:47 PM Well, here I go again, responding to a dead line of comment. But then you never know. Just.....
» 21/11/2005 11:13:11 PM Don’t know if this is worth doing – picking up on a long-dead line of comment. I guess it .....
» 21/11/2005 9:20:18 PM Dear Alchemist, I agree. Just one thing; While Brazil may be leading the way with biof.....
» 20/11/2005 10:44:40 PM Colinsett Jennifer’s talk was put together reasonably well. A hundred things to refute, b.....
» 20/11/2005 9:22:09 AM I totally agree Daggett. As you say, the bottom line “is that every society has to live w.....
» 19/11/2005 11:18:41 AM You leave me breathless, and surprised, Perseus. You say it was a credible process. Well.....
» 19/11/2005 10:29:31 AM RealityCheck, we are talking about striving to reduce the global birthrate to something be.....
» 18/11/2005 10:10:24 PM Chris, things are going to change radically long long long before oil becomes totally unec.....
» 18/11/2005 9:30:41 PM Oh Perseus, peak oil does not mean that hydrocarbon emissions (carbon emissions) are about.....
» 18/11/2005 8:37:05 PM I dunno Perseus, you seem to make some half-sensible comments, and then you destroy your c.....
» 17/11/2005 11:22:50 PM Let’s look at the facts, Perseus. I am a departmental officer who has spent a great deal o.....
» 16/11/2005 9:04:46 PM Dear Big Fish George Monbiot presents just the sort of figures you are looking for (http:.....
» 16/11/2005 8:08:30 PM Perseus, you wrote; “Ludwig, all this anecdotal stuff about landholders agreeing with the .....
» 15/11/2005 11:16:20 PM I thank Perseus for the mellow response. Hey, we found some more points of agreement: I .....
» 15/11/2005 10:39:33 PM Over the top Maximus. I have no doubt that the proposed laws are an honest attempt to de.....
» 15/11/2005 8:53:13 PM Nicholas Gruen writes: “But in the long term, though the pain you’re feeling at the petr.....
» 15/11/2005 12:48:58 AM Spot on Colinsett and David Boaz (both 13/11). Directing a much greater aid effort towards.....
» 14/11/2005 11:09:59 PM Continued from last posting The government could have struck a more balanced approach bet.....
» 14/11/2005 11:04:50 PM Perseus wrote; “The inescapable conclusion is that a measure that has been implemented to .....
» 12/11/2005 11:00:07 PM It is hard entering a debate after many comments have been posted. I could respond to many.....
» 12/11/2005 12:03:03 AM Thankyou Jennifer for the Bill Burrows referral. I agree with him that there has been mas.....
» 10/11/2005 10:21:19 PM I agree Perseus!! Less than half of clearing in Qld is forest clearing….. if you include r.....
» 9/11/2005 10:00:32 PM What a lovely short history of humanity, Colin. The first paradox - the advent of agricu.....
» 9/11/2005 9:10:47 PM Crikey Perseus. I don’t know what magic fertilizer you use, but in my world, regrowth, the.....
» 8/11/2005 8:19:36 PM Perseus, the extent to which regrowth vegetation has come back to within the definition of.....
» 7/11/2005 10:38:32 PM Thankyou Perseus So let’s assume in line with these stats that clearing of old-growth for.....
» 6/11/2005 11:33:04 PM Dear Perseus What you say may be true (from your second sentence on). But this increase i.....
» 6/11/2005 10:03:22 PM Ms Marohasy’s comments on land-clearing are truly flabbergasting, and this is supposed to .....
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