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» 25/03/2017 2:05:27 PM That's 10 minutes I will never see again......
» 24/03/2017 12:44:55 PM Correction: Second last para: "...we the big end of town has been tax reductions whi.....
» 24/03/2017 12:40:03 PM We are asked "Where is the evidence that the Government is working to create an incom.....
» 16/03/2017 4:46:44 PM This article expresses simply and clearly the scale of the task ahead. Emotional rants won.....
» 13/03/2017 2:59:52 PM Good work, on an essential subject. I have long argued against giving developer rights to.....
» 13/03/2017 2:40:56 PM IIRC, Fact Checker seeks clarifications and sources as part of their processes. Without re.....
» 20/02/2017 12:17:02 PM The author has a background in economics. He also wrote: "Risks do not lie with the .....
» 17/02/2017 3:42:52 PM Tombee is absolutely spot on. Everything else in this post is exactly what should be said.....
» 16/02/2017 4:44:49 PM ttbn has, despite protestation to the contrary, most certainly taken sides in this discuss.....
» 16/02/2017 10:10:30 AM An "ordinary, middle-class, [Australian] working mother" is not a muslim and is .....
» 16/02/2017 9:43:50 AM Come back, Peter, and tell us what you really think. Distilling what PC has written leave.....
» 24/01/2017 1:20:32 PM This illustrates an interesting point, which is that in a time of reducing statistics for .....
» 18/01/2017 12:18:42 PM I wonder whether Armchair Critic, having asked the question, has something in mind, or whe.....
» 18/01/2017 11:08:47 AM Trump's statements were not exaggerated...they were frequently outright lies and/or gratui.....
» 18/01/2017 10:57:02 AM I agree with the intention of this article, however at least one statement is not technica.....
» 30/12/2016 11:08:47 AM A bit over the top, Alan B. Extract the union-bashing and the ritual witch-burning of tea.....
» 18/12/2016 5:09:09 PM ChristinaMac1 posted: "Well, anyway there are all sorts of disaster possibilities - .....
» 17/12/2016 3:08:33 PM ChristinaMac1 linked to an article which presumes that core meltdowns are the primary caus.....
» 13/12/2016 11:25:24 AM ...Continued (Pardon the delay - I had an appointment down town). That is an issue which .....
» 13/12/2016 8:07:35 AM Bazz, Not only are the SA wind turbines and, as far as I know, every other wind turbine i.....
» 12/12/2016 7:54:51 PM Thanks, David. When considering South Australia's particular circumstances, it is a good .....
» 12/12/2016 2:20:40 PM 17 posts thus far, only one real name. I much prefer the approach of The Conversation reg.....
» 12/12/2016 8:12:26 AM Articles that consist entirely of "No matter how reasonable and rational it is to con.....
» 10/12/2016 3:20:36 PM I have almost 40 years in the power industry, including coal fired, GT, solar thermal and .....
» 20/11/2016 5:40:59 PM Trav's attempt to steer this discussion towards only the local church is irrelevant. Chu.....
» 17/11/2016 9:37:45 AM In partial answer to Jon R, here are a few obligations that churches avoid. Others might c.....
» 15/11/2016 10:25:09 AM Why don't you approve of "activist" organisations, ttbn? What possible excuse c.....
» 15/11/2016 7:54:00 AM How come a law passed in another country over 400 years ago has any influence in Australia.....
» 2/11/2016 11:41:52 AM Books have been written about the successes of Howard's early years as PM and his wasting .....
» 21/10/2016 1:53:39 PM Re the use of the term "polyglot". I meant what I said. My wife's second or th.....
» 19/10/2016 2:12:32 PM ttbn: Thanks for the anecdote, but it is entirely beside the point. Australia is a democ.....
» 19/10/2016 12:46:32 PM Sorry, AlanB and others, but I do not agree that Australia is or ever was a christian soci.....
» 26/09/2016 12:15:58 PM I might agree in part with AlanB's comment, but his atrocious grammar impedes comprehensio.....
» 23/07/2016 11:03:03 PM ChristinaMac1 seems to have read a different article to the one at the head of this commen.....
» 22/07/2016 11:51:58 AM OLO has again published an article written by and for Friends of the Earth, an organisatio.....
» 24/06/2016 2:02:53 PM Roses1 committed logical errors. It would be good for Roses1 to understand the content of.....
» 7/06/2016 3:27:35 PM Baird is bad enough. Worse is the Wicked Witch, Gladys Berejeklian, NSW Treasurer. She i.....
» 11/05/2016 11:02:28 AM Three comments thus far. Nothing suggesting that testing for testing's sake is a sign of r.....
» 10/05/2016 11:21:09 AM Many thanks for publishing this article. In a couple of minutes my knowledge of the propo.....
» 2/05/2016 5:09:41 PM The highly emotional language used in the article has had the usual effect: emotional, str.....
» 19/04/2016 1:28:56 AM Hi, Armchair. I have, at various stages in my life, employed and/or arranged training for.....
» 18/04/2016 8:57:50 PM Aidan: Agreed. Simple solutions to complex problems are only attractive to simpletons w.....
» 18/04/2016 8:53:07 PM Re phooey: Ditto, self-pleasuring. But we tend not to do it in public. Politicians might.....
» 18/04/2016 12:48:20 PM The author asked the wrong question. If we truly expect our politicians to be leaders and .....
» 18/04/2016 12:02:51 PM This whole discussion is about very little. Owner-drivers, when I was Operatione Engineer .....
» 13/04/2016 12:30:13 PM In the late 1960's I attended a guest lecture at university, where the HSR proponents reco.....
» 5/04/2016 3:23:30 PM This subject should include not only negative gearing but also reduced capital gains tax a.....
» 5/04/2016 2:32:20 PM FPTP is terrible - look at the fossilised state of the parties in UK and USA, where new pa.....
» 23/03/2016 12:18:40 PM More of the incessant focus on parties, to the detriment of policies. "No" is n.....
» 18/03/2016 9:00:56 AM The author is too optimistic about Malcolm Turnbull's future and too generous when it come.....
» 1/03/2016 3:21:04 PM I have just wasted 5 minutes, which I will never get back. There is nothing in the article.....
» 12/02/2016 1:09:58 PM I hereby register my objection to all three of calwest's points. It takes much more than .....
» 30/01/2016 2:47:14 PM There is a lot in what Rhosty has said, humorous or not. The basic premise of this articl.....
» 28/01/2016 4:40:29 PM Thanks for re-opening this discussion. IIRC, Stan Grant said something to the effect that.....
» 28/01/2016 4:28:23 PM It is wise to recall what it was that put Whitlam into the driver's seat in '73. He had a .....
» 11/12/2015 8:23:13 AM Many thanks for finding a positive amongst the negatives. What a dreary contest it was......
» 9/12/2015 9:17:27 AM Any pro-Israel discussion that starts with a claim of racism is bound to fail the "pu.....
» 7/11/2015 2:48:53 PM Cessnock in those days was bloody hard work for most, plus a good dose of summer heat, fre.....
» 19/10/2015 10:18:32 AM I agree with those who point out that there is an overlap between religion and traditional.....
» 16/09/2015 12:52:23 PM Interesting article, but somewhat lacking in graphics. Only those with good local knowledg.....
» 16/09/2015 11:49:43 AM With luck, nbn will get (a) an almighty kick in the pants due to their poor performance in.....
» 8/09/2015 12:06:57 PM When discussing energy, it pays to remember that electricity is only about 1/3rd of the en.....
» 8/09/2015 11:39:55 AM What would be the practical difference between one party dominated by a rich, greedy, self.....
» 20/07/2015 3:08:02 PM OTB: $31B is a much larger sum than $12.3B. So your concern about funding is misplaced. Th.....
» 20/07/2015 1:43:49 PM "Onthebeach" is entitled to his opinion, but not to his own facts. The US is not.....
» 20/07/2015 9:39:07 AM So David, a paid campaigner against nuclear power and anything else nuclear is given space.....
» 7/03/2015 7:40:36 PM Craig Minns, after promising to dig up some references to substantiate his point, has retu.....
» 4/03/2015 1:51:01 PM Craig, thanks for offering to provide references to support your opinions, which run contr.....
» 4/03/2015 12:19:42 PM Readers wanting to dig a little deeper into this topic, plus a spirited discussion string .....
» 4/03/2015 12:11:20 PM Mikk began off-topic and then descended into farce. Anybody who is even slightly familiar.....
» 4/03/2015 11:18:36 AM It is interesting but not surprising to see that the pro-renewables team have weighed in w.....
» 5/02/2015 1:08:06 PM Pete, revenue can be increased by many means, only one of which has your tick of approval......
» 4/02/2015 3:40:27 PM Someone above called asking states to look after education and health "shunting".....
» 4/02/2015 10:50:22 AM Got that little rant off your chest now, Gary? Feeling better now? If so, then I recommen.....
» 27/01/2015 1:47:17 PM @ Taswegian: You are too optimistic. Meeting in the middle will not suffice, when 87% of.....
» 27/01/2015 1:29:17 PM Those such as this article's author who advocate PV as the source of a major fraction of a.....
» 21/01/2015 8:56:36 PM Phillip, the best contraceptive may indeed be wealth, but education of females is also a s.....
» 21/01/2015 3:31:43 PM Speaking of faiths, Runner... that canoe of the wishful antiscience faithful which you hav.....
» 21/01/2015 2:01:14 PM It is clear that I am not alone in thinking that this article covered too much ground, too.....
» 31/12/2014 11:33:02 AM Oops! My typo. The penalties for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle in NSW amo.....
» 30/12/2014 12:02:19 PM I sure expect a higher standard of debate than this author has brought here today. He was.....
» 30/12/2014 11:45:18 AM Hi, Hasbeen. Things have moved on from the days when you only got caught if you drew atte.....
» 29/12/2014 8:26:59 PM Wantok's concerns have been considered and have been answered. As I stated above, registr.....
» 29/12/2014 1:16:17 PM This whole discussion is based on a false premise, which is that unregistered vehicles are.....
» 15/12/2014 10:22:37 AM Labor plus Green won significantly more lower house votes than Lib + Nat. No surprise: th.....
» 8/12/2014 9:30:01 AM As a non-lawyer but one who is interested in the operation of voluntary organisations, I f.....
» 3/11/2014 11:00:48 AM Hold the press! Important new information is coming in! Yes, sure. From an author with a.....
» 29/10/2014 4:40:10 PM AC, I accept much of what you say and appreciate your spirited response. I do not accept .....
» 29/10/2014 12:35:20 PM I reiterate: Both the initial author and Halduell raised the extreme example of disputed o.....
» 29/10/2014 11:04:05 AM The reference to MH17 in the article was a poor decision. I don't know who was responsibl.....
» 29/10/2014 9:21:32 AM The Latvian experience was very similar. My moth-in-law and her immediate family were depo.....
» 22/10/2014 9:50:36 AM Whitlam was indeed not helped by the bunch of C's which surrounded him. RFX Connor and Jim.....
» 17/10/2014 9:20:11 AM I rarely watch fiction. I rarely or never watch reality shows. This review makes me want t.....
» 16/10/2014 11:17:44 AM Excellent article, on a forgotten topic. I notice that this article focuses on the relati.....
» 15/10/2014 12:20:43 PM Mikester, there is no correlation between global population and suicide. The people we are.....
» 20/09/2014 2:14:06 PM Anybody who includes meaningless sentences such as "God is harmony's selfhood" o.....
» 9/09/2014 11:17:12 AM Cherry-pick a bunch of quotes. Dog whistle frantically. Hint at your own reasons, which .....
» 9/09/2014 10:57:51 AM Oh dear! The first 4 comments came from children who have mistaken maturity for the capac.....
» 25/08/2014 7:20:58 PM What drivel......
» 12/08/2014 2:23:08 PM @ Gadfly: Presumably one not interested in pleasures of the flesh, our Gadfly is either ob.....
» 12/08/2014 12:53:26 PM @onthebeach: "...publication of research such as it is, can be dismissed as alarmist.....
» 12/08/2014 11:28:23 AM Jim Green asking for an independent review? The same Jim Green who rejects anything that d.....
» 12/08/2014 11:16:36 AM Peer reviewed and published in a recognised journal? Of course not......
» 5/08/2014 1:36:02 PM Mr Singer has certainly aroused some well worded, passionate responses against this latest.....
» 31/07/2014 11:35:00 AM Greg, either enlist the services of a subeditor or re-read and critically edit your own wo.....
» 22/07/2014 10:36:03 AM Why is this article's header still showing Daemon Singer as the author, when it is David's.....
» 22/07/2014 10:17:34 AM Don has discounted the UN and its agencies by simply declaring that they are irrelevant. .....
» 10/07/2014 6:31:21 PM Not really an interesting article at all. It boils down to a single interest group arguin.....
» 7/07/2014 1:23:30 PM @JonJ: Surely you know that wattsupwiththat is a thoroughly discredited site which exists.....
» 7/07/2014 9:58:44 AM Congratulations and thanks for gently correcting some matters of fact. Too often, this di.....
» 30/06/2014 5:34:14 PM Rhrosty, for once I agree with your every word. I didn't really intend advocate a return .....
» 30/06/2014 4:54:06 PM @ Emperor Julian: No need to go straight to citizen referendums, although organisations s.....
» 30/06/2014 2:28:06 PM @ David F: If David's comment is in response to something I posted, then he has misread m.....
» 30/06/2014 10:08:07 AM Leyonhjelm is promoting a pipe dream which has absolutely no prospect of success unless pr.....
» 25/06/2014 11:33:38 AM The critical issue is the connection to the distribution system. This provides system stab.....
» 25/06/2014 9:27:10 AM Singer has attempted to justify Israel's sins by pointing to the sins of Syria and others......
» 25/06/2014 9:16:40 AM PART TWO Where are the comparative studies that might analyse the performance of our priv.....
» 25/06/2014 9:06:37 AM I returned several days back from the small, remote, economically challenged and relativel.....
» 24/06/2014 10:01:46 PM Hi, Warmair. I accept that my language was unfortunate and for this I apologise. Emailed .....
» 24/06/2014 8:10:31 PM While I am here... The list of countries that have been presented as probable achievers o.....
» 24/06/2014 8:01:37 PM As some have said and others have hinted: - Cost equivalence has been the holy grail of P.....
» 11/06/2014 8:49:28 AM If the world ever "returns to the grounds of faith" (last paragraph) then the re.....
» 6/06/2014 9:18:05 PM Why bother to publish this nonsense? It is a complete waste of time arguing with some peo.....
» 5/05/2014 10:56:46 AM I am chuckling at Shadow Minister's suggestion that the current federal government's polic.....
» 30/04/2014 11:49:16 AM Closer to home, in Eastern Australia, the percentage of renewable energy on the grid has d.....
» 30/04/2014 11:37:42 AM The UN report did not favour only renewables such as wind, solar and hydro, it also specif.....
» 15/04/2014 1:03:22 PM There is no shortage of fossil fuels on this planet. Sufficient winnable reserves in gas, .....
» 1/04/2014 12:14:59 PM I note an assumption that private ownership is essential. I see not a word of justificati.....
» 19/03/2014 9:24:06 AM A bit of perspective is relevant here. The news from Newcastle is that the reduced trading.....
» 7/03/2014 1:38:33 PM I'm not sure that I could face combining a femur repair with a holiday. Pain tolerance isn.....
» 7/03/2014 9:39:21 AM The ACT's cost disparity cannot be explained as arising from a simple average of three hos.....
» 12/02/2014 9:26:49 PM Hi, Pete. Small Modular Reactors, SMR', will soon be available commercially. These will .....
» 12/02/2014 1:54:05 PM Plantaganet provided us two examples. One was essentially a miltary research reactor with .....
» 11/02/2014 10:50:36 PM Margaret: Para 1: Tell us again, where the sodium issue arises - it is hypothetical, in pa.....
» 11/02/2014 6:11:48 PM Gen IV technology was proved in practice 40 years back. The only things holding it back i.....
» 11/02/2014 5:03:51 PM Brian of B: Don't concrete the stuff in. It's too valuable. Type IV nuclear power generat.....
» 11/02/2014 9:51:16 AM Thank you for publishing a long list of names and organisations. It clearly indicates that.....
» 4/02/2014 5:13:45 PM Thanks, Rhian. Now for the listing of all CIA predictions. That would be interesting read.....
» 4/02/2014 5:09:01 PM Plantagent thinks that many countries pay for the massive cleanup costs following nuclear .....
» 4/02/2014 4:18:12 PM Thank you, Rhian. That Wikipedia article was quite graphic, however I note that there is .....
» 4/02/2014 12:48:44 PM Baz is either very much a pessimist or has closed his mind to some of the options. Of cou.....
» 4/02/2014 11:15:13 AM "The CIA warned in 2010 that 'over the next five years...a new mass killing or genoci.....
» 29/01/2014 10:04:46 AM This article brings together several strands of the LNG story dispassionately and rational.....
» 28/01/2014 12:37:40 PM @ Shrode: How can you examine something which doesn't exist?.....
» 17/01/2014 9:09:44 AM Apologies to Syd: My comment was in response to Leo. Syd, while ZPG is a sensible goal, .....
» 17/01/2014 9:02:05 AM Syd, are you awake, or just mumbling in a dream? The consistent thread in your contributi.....
» 15/01/2014 5:21:54 PM Yes, "bad odours". a.k.a. Malaria, a disease and subject in which I have some i.....
» 15/01/2014 4:24:23 PM Rhian, I prefer my analysis and confirmation up front, otherwise I am a guinea-pig in some.....
» 15/01/2014 10:52:51 AM I have no love for the present federal government, but there is hope. I hope that, as the.....
» 5/07/2013 9:46:18 AM I was wondering where this was heading, until right at the foot of the article came a spra.....
» 30/05/2013 11:04:51 AM Just what we needed... an economic historian to set those pesky climate scientists straigh.....
» 30/05/2013 10:47:02 AM What disappointing comments! I am unaware that the Salvation Army pays squillions to its .....
» 20/05/2013 9:47:11 AM Where is this article leading? It seems to set the stage for a discussion that doesn't hap.....
» 19/05/2013 9:30:38 AM Stevenlmeyer assumed that there is indeed a risk from those old figs. Steven, the solutio.....
» 9/05/2013 1:58:17 PM Cohenite: "The Reliability Point is the crucial indice. What the Reliability Point sh.....
» 9/05/2013 1:30:34 PM Clarifying: AEMO should have declined to do this study unless the constraints were remove.....
» 9/05/2013 9:47:22 AM Martin Nicholson has again demonstrated the weaknesses in a major report. For this, he has.....
» 6/05/2013 10:21:05 AM My position is straight forward. Syria is not Australia. Syria's problems are not Austral.....
» 25/04/2013 12:56:07 PM From David Singer: "What I am suggesting is a series of unilateral actions to be unde.....
» 24/04/2013 5:52:17 PM Shadow, your one eye is defective. Take a look through the other one and you will find tha.....
» 24/04/2013 12:46:51 PM Shadowminister is suggesting that the hair trigger theory of wars is the only one. Are th.....
» 23/04/2013 10:54:18 AM Once again, David calls for a raft of preconditions to Middle Eastern peace on his terms. .....
» 22/04/2013 9:36:21 PM The demand from some that they are owed an explanation, on their own terms, using their ch.....
» 17/04/2013 10:49:43 AM Antiseptic has offered his opinion about the relative ability of public and private school.....
» 17/04/2013 10:38:37 AM State Premiers who are complaining about the cost of the Gonski Lite proposals could find .....
» 10/04/2013 4:52:55 PM It's all about education and fairness. The remainder is twaddle. Is it not true that fert.....
» 10/04/2013 4:39:56 PM Steady on, folks. Peter was taking the p_ss. It's his little joke... isn't it?.....
» 19/03/2013 9:48:27 AM After reading this twice, I am convinced that, despite all the florid verbage, the writer .....
» 15/03/2013 9:38:53 PM What a charade! If there is indeed a God, why is a vote necessary? Indeed, why has it be.....
» 14/02/2013 8:22:23 AM Jardine: Have you ever considered that user pays research will not and cannot provide adeq.....
» 14/02/2013 7:38:52 AM Were the men on top in Constance's Irish co-ed (nice euphamism, here) monasteries?.....
» 14/02/2013 7:25:59 AM Constance is grasping at very thin straws when he (I presume male, given the content) comp.....
» 13/02/2013 5:57:25 PM I have to wonder, sometimes. Does Prompete have an example of the kind of chain reaction .....
» 13/02/2013 1:37:12 PM Don was going well until close to the end, when he stooped to irrationally and without rea.....
» 13/02/2013 1:00:37 PM What hide this author displays to state that there was only one church from 1 to 1000AD. .....
» 12/02/2013 8:01:56 AM One of the most dangerous things that local government can do is to attempt to develop loc.....
» 9/02/2013 7:44:39 AM @ individual: Fact: Howard lost. He suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the ele.....
» 8/02/2013 11:11:46 AM Oh dear, Aristocrat! Did you read and understand the article, or did you simply activate y.....
» 4/02/2013 9:38:00 AM There is little in the history of civilisations to suggest that religion and morality are .....
» 31/01/2013 6:44:26 PM Regarding replacements for liquid fuels, US Navy research indicates that harvesting H2 and.....
» 31/01/2013 10:04:55 AM Warmair chooses to live in a world where he gets to choose his own facts. Sorry, Warmair .....
» 30/01/2013 11:29:30 PM Please allow me to set a few things straight: 1. Bob Hawke is not a hero - Labor lost it.....
» 30/01/2013 3:57:48 PM What Peter Lang said... And said again... several more times, always supported by facts. .....
» 30/01/2013 3:16:20 PM Bazz, the French converted to 50% nuclear power in a couple of decades, eventually topping.....
» 30/01/2013 11:04:30 AM PS. Anybody who claims that The Little Rodent is or was a hero must provide evidence to ju.....
» 30/01/2013 10:43:43 AM Is it possible that the reason for there being "...no debate about the fact that Labo.....
» 30/01/2013 10:27:50 AM Touche, Warmair......
» 29/01/2013 11:34:49 PM Dear Curmudgeon, Simple fact: French nuclear power stations load follow effectively. As d.....
» 23/01/2013 3:17:47 PM @ Cohenite: I don't agree with you re global climate change. I never said that renewabl.....
» 23/01/2013 10:49:03 AM Continued, after a mandated 2 hour delay... Option(3) is anathema to renewables afficiona.....
» 23/01/2013 10:39:55 AM So the author is convinced that the sole and only reason for people attending religious sc.....
» 23/01/2013 8:55:02 AM Curmudgeon accuses me of not knowing what he is saying. Well, neither does he. I have wo.....
» 22/01/2013 2:48:47 PM @ Jon J: There are various organisations and people out there saying all kinds of things .....
» 22/01/2013 2:13:40 PM @ Curmudgeon: "You can't mix nuclear and renewables... without gas. This is because .....
» 22/01/2013 10:26:24 AM @Gunter: "Neither renewables nor nuclear will work without fossil fuels." Popp.....
» 17/01/2013 11:01:57 AM Para 3. Arnie hails from Austria, not Australia......
» 16/01/2013 10:44:15 AM Too late, Michael! Warne is an excellent example of a brat being allowed in a game suited.....
» 4/01/2013 8:50:57 AM Many thanks for this article. It adds several new dimensions to a discussion which has bee.....
» 28/12/2012 3:14:41 PM There is nothing quite so boring as a persistent, loudmouthed, bigotted fool. Back to the.....
» 28/12/2012 2:31:36 PM There is a false premise which underlies this article. Jim Green has linked trade in uran.....
» 27/12/2012 2:39:10 PM Oh dear! The Professor Don has demonstrated that he is too intellectually lazy to bother t.....
» 13/12/2012 10:22:53 AM Graham has again avoided entirely any comparison with the much more significant, more rece.....
» 7/12/2012 2:12:08 PM Rhian and Stewart The sea floor between Australia and Asia isn't exactly stable. There ar.....
» 7/12/2012 2:04:11 PM @ Rhian: Thank you for those references. If you are saying that LNG can be stored and tr.....
» 6/12/2012 10:49:30 PM @ Curmudgeon: What a waste of time it is reading some comments! If the industry uses cer.....
» 6/12/2012 10:47:50 PM @ Rhian: LNG means liquified natural gas. We are not discussing CNG. We, including you, .....
» 5/12/2012 9:40:37 PM Taswegian is an optimist. Proven and probable resources of gas in Australia's south east.....
» 5/12/2012 9:37:24 PM @ Rhian: I cry BS. LNG is indeed stored and transported under pressure. Where did you eve.....
» 4/12/2012 2:19:26 PM @ Shadowminister: "...if a defendant can show reasonable cause for his belief there i.....
» 4/12/2012 2:11:23 PM @ Cohenite: "The real issue about which you are obfuscating is that the PM misreprese.....
» 4/12/2012 1:11:27 PM @ShadowMinister: This is getting sillier and sillier. Now we have a situation where the p.....
» 3/12/2012 11:37:56 PM @imajulianutter: The PM is entitled, as are all of us, to the presumption of innocence. T.....
» 3/12/2012 11:06:35 AM I am totally unimpressed by both the argument put forward here and the prospect of further.....
» 28/11/2012 11:50:30 AM @ PEST: The end does not justify the means. Lance started out wrong and stayed wrong. W.....
» 24/11/2012 12:19:37 PM Promprete wrote that 98% of Arafat's list has been agreed to by Israel. Did that list inc.....
» 23/11/2012 4:00:40 PM Having just read this article and the first two responses, it is clear that at least the t.....
» 22/11/2012 12:28:55 PM Julie Bishop and those who support her thesis have no concept of what peace in the Middle .....
» 20/11/2012 10:25:27 AM @Cohenite: One who relies on Bolt's blogs for his facts really doesn't know or value the .....
» 20/11/2012 9:58:16 AM This article is spot on. Those advocating that public money be spent to follow a high risk.....
» 19/11/2012 12:56:57 PM A hint about the size of the tanks required to produce enough avgas and diesel to power th.....
» 19/11/2012 12:08:57 PM (1) Rhrosty wrote of efficient water molecule cracking, as though such a technology exists.....
» 19/11/2012 10:25:41 AM "...at Fukushima, the nuclear reactor, was right on top of a major fault." Wron.....
» 16/11/2012 10:35:50 AM Kenny, if you are suggesting that police have only three tools at their disposal, then you.....
» 16/11/2012 9:16:18 AM Before introduction of each new potentially fatal gadget, such as new models of Tasers, wh.....
» 15/11/2012 2:46:05 PM On another point... Those religions which are racist are especially undesirable social im.....
» 15/11/2012 2:33:36 PM Thanks for covering a much-contemplated topic with a light touch. It should surprise nobo.....
» 14/11/2012 4:35:10 PM "...the allies had no qualms whatever about handing over the western half of Europe t.....
» 14/11/2012 12:53:24 PM I am surprised to read David Singer advocating turning the clock back 63 years and re-unit.....
» 14/11/2012 12:47:28 PM When this nation becomes mature, it will value peace more highly than it values war. Evi.....
» 14/11/2012 12:27:31 PM I'm no statistician, but I do know a few basics. The author's method of calculating exces.....
» 5/11/2012 1:52:28 PM You're from South Australia, Rhrosty?.....
» 5/11/2012 11:28:09 AM Further to Peter Lang's comment re ASC. Not only would I not let ASC near another pot of .....
» 5/11/2012 11:13:39 AM I see no value in preparing endlessly for types of wars which probably won't happen - eg w.....
» 5/11/2012 10:29:44 AM Simply described, humankind is limiting its own capacity to survive and to prosper on this.....
» 30/10/2012 9:45:02 AM Seeking to let Abbott's policies do the talking is currently akin to seeking a conversatio.....
» 29/10/2012 12:38:19 PM Jon J is drawing a very long bow. To liken scientists to clergy is an abomination - it si.....
» 26/10/2012 1:45:45 PM If Julie spent as much time actually researching and learning as she spends on her face an.....
» 19/10/2012 9:36:43 AM The author may like to review and correct the following, which makes no sense. Something m.....
» 19/10/2012 9:16:19 AM Mr Terpstra has clearly placed his thumb on his preferred side of the scale whilst assembl.....
» 10/10/2012 9:59:32 AM This article has found words to express the way I feel now and have felt for at least seve.....
» 9/10/2012 11:31:25 AM More of the same tired old stuff from this same author. This article is premised on severa.....
» 27/09/2012 11:20:54 PM So, Jon J, your argument is based entirely on personal opinion that marriage is a right. H.....
» 27/09/2012 11:30:43 AM CONTINUED... Couples, trios and whole mobs in Australia may form unions of any configurat.....
» 27/09/2012 11:29:32 AM After reading this article thoroughly, including the linked articles, I have realised that.....
» 26/09/2012 7:22:52 PM What a boring, unimaginitive regurgitation of stale opinion! Nothing about the crippling .....
» 25/09/2012 12:42:40 PM The article does not make clear that those pesky 63 results from 10,000 tests are truly &q.....
» 25/09/2012 11:46:54 AM Oh dear, Runner has missed the point and charged off into a rant. There is nothing new ab.....
» 14/09/2012 9:53:57 AM Without going into the details of the reliable and in fact somewhat understated IPCC repor.....
» 10/09/2012 11:46:47 AM This article is certainly not amongst OLO's finest. There's nothing new here. Other com.....
» 6/09/2012 12:17:56 PM @ Raycom: What politicisation? What aspects of CSIRO's management are in need of review?.....
» 6/09/2012 11:53:22 AM I have little time for Robert Manne, but I did read <i>A Dark Victory</i> - an.....
» 4/09/2012 7:01:18 AM Most informative. Many thanks......
» 4/09/2012 6:53:53 AM "...Bolt should go back to journalism school." Wikipedia makes no mention of Bo.....
» 31/08/2012 9:16:30 AM Unless the government has changed the rules regarding the percentage of carbon credits tha.....
» 21/08/2012 10:46:11 AM Years back, I responded to a request from the local girl guides to assist at a camp by pro.....
» 14/08/2012 11:50:28 AM Only a city-dweller would produce such a load of bollocks. I might not agree with the TFE.....
» 8/08/2012 12:39:20 PM This will be my last post on this thread, but I really couldn't let Curmudgeon's latest co.....
» 8/08/2012 12:22:14 PM @ Leo Lane: The main thrust of my message was that the author had based his opinion on not.....
» 8/08/2012 9:10:04 AM This is a vile article - an example of baseless, opinionated cr_p, in this case "supp.....
» 6/08/2012 8:47:49 AM The author is trying too hard. This article implies that republicanism involves: - Repl.....
» 6/08/2012 8:21:25 AM I agree wholeheartedly with this article. If anybody seeks to argue that payback is or sh.....
» 27/07/2012 6:06:09 PM Thanks and understood. Subsidised buses and coaches criss-cross our cities and highways f.....
» 27/07/2012 3:12:49 PM Nice attempted put-down by O. Unfortunately, O is tilting at windmills. If the claim is .....
» 27/07/2012 12:11:49 PM Well cherry-picked by Otokonoko. He has managed to highlight one of the failures of Mysch.....
» 26/07/2012 10:52:18 AM Yep, Once religion is mentioned, especially that ill-defined corporatised range of religi.....
» 26/07/2012 10:31:04 AM There is no reason why NSW must be home to the largest educational institution in the free.....
» 19/07/2012 2:48:53 PM Fairfax and Aunty ABC both picked up the Bloomberg article which commented, inaccurately, .....
» 13/06/2012 10:41:27 AM Well said, Uzza. The article which started this thread indicates the complete lack of fac.....
» 12/06/2012 12:09:50 PM This author is definitely not sufficiently knowledgeable to be trusted. From the style us.....
» 8/06/2012 1:08:09 PM I generally agree with the thrust of the previous three comments. I would also like to ta.....
» 4/06/2012 11:17:37 AM The article sets out a compelling case for the next Queen of Tasmania and, by extension, N.....
» 21/05/2012 10:23:11 AM My final comment re the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments is the old one-liner: "I.....
» 21/05/2012 10:16:10 AM Well written. That's a fine summary of where we are and how we got here. Unfortunately, t.....
» 18/05/2012 1:30:44 PM The author has attempted to back all sides in a complex argument, eventually ending with a.....
» 24/04/2012 12:22:39 PM Rhrosty appears to be confused on many points. The lead article was phrased in impenetrab.....
» 16/01/2012 6:56:45 AM Many thanks to the author for shining a light onto a little-known issue and demonstrating .....
» 16/11/2011 3:04:38 PM Ozandy: 1. Get real! There are no such efficient solar thermal plants generating electrici.....
» 16/11/2011 11:02:11 AM Thanks for the rant, KEAP. Now that you have got your pro-geothermal opinions off your ch.....
» 4/11/2011 10:15:53 AM OK, so this article has had a pretty good look at the vision and motivation things that go.....
» 4/11/2011 9:50:19 AM I'd like to see one additional tax, at least. Call it a wealth tax, death duty or probate......
» 1/11/2011 11:39:44 AM Initially, the author had me convinced that he was going to say something interesting abou.....
» 31/10/2011 10:54:27 AM So now we all know that the author is not happy with the current population trend. So what.....
» 31/10/2011 10:34:51 AM The current Qantas Board and CEO appear determined to turn the company into an offshore en.....
» 12/09/2011 4:25:03 PM I take it that when Formersnag departed from his public school, the average IQ and literac.....
» 12/09/2011 11:23:43 AM I would be more inclined to agree with the author if he was to at least agree that public .....
» 29/08/2011 12:09:30 PM So "logged forests regrow"? Grow as timber, for further logging, as monoculture.....
» 6/06/2011 11:50:44 AM What a disappointment Des Moore's article and the majority of the responses has been. Unl.....
» 18/04/2011 9:59:51 PM Oh dear, Keith! Thanks for the potted rave, but you added nothing of interest regarding t.....
» 18/04/2011 11:08:54 AM Ms Scutt's article does not mention the cultural issues arising from the military fact and.....
» 22/11/2010 10:51:34 AM School hours amount to 30 hours out of a weekly budget of 168. If folk who wish to have t.....
» 13/09/2010 8:24:56 PM What a revelation this article has been for me. It enables a clear and very substantial di.....

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