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» 18/04/2013 4:59:56 PM 'Thatcher had to be loyal either to the majority of voters who happened to support here, o.....
» 16/08/2012 2:37:55 PM Curmudgeon, I live in WA and my bill has at least doubled in the past few years...same is.....
» 24/07/2012 2:33:56 PM Cohenite, You are using a flawed argument. If we decided that we needed 100% agreement .....
» 17/07/2012 3:41:49 PM What is your scientific basis Tony? Simply saying 'yes' does not back up your argument wi.....
» 11/07/2012 1:42:25 PM I enjoyed that article Steven...you might enjoy this http://westernaustralianwarp.wordpre.....
» 5/07/2012 1:16:29 PM I don't think Sophie Mirabella deserves cristicism for her reaction to this event - who kn.....
» 4/07/2012 12:56:06 PM I am all for learning another language - I dropped my french at school when I could and ha.....
» 28/06/2012 2:54:50 PM As far as I know none of the Deaprtments I have worked for have had any problem with shari.....
» 27/06/2012 5:04:52 PM I work with a number of openly political people in my department and also in other departm.....
» 27/06/2012 11:24:14 AM That is complete rubbish Jennifer. Every Public Servant has political views, and like an.....
» 20/06/2012 11:22:14 AM This is a bit of ramble Brian...what's your point? Are you having a go at the Olympics, th.....
» 28/05/2012 2:30:06 PM Baygon, I was recently in England and I can honestly day that the TV over there is worse t.....
» 25/05/2012 4:31:41 PM I have solved the problem by rarely watching anything on TV these days...seems to work. Co.....
» 18/05/2012 1:02:04 PM Interesting article...and I must admit to getting my ruler out to measure the tables!.....
» 14/05/2012 1:53:54 PM I prefer a 'vacuum' of politicians.....
» 20/03/2012 1:36:19 PM Agree Clownfish...being happy and having a good mental approach does not require you to be.....
» 24/02/2012 1:37:47 PM Whoa there Pericles...if you;re not careful you'll be be accused of being un-Australian (w.....
» 24/02/2012 1:29:24 PM Hasbeen...you're a dreamer, and just a bit one-eyed. I can't think of any political party .....
» 23/02/2012 2:11:28 PM I vote for parties not people...and Julie Bishop would not be singing from the same song b.....
» 15/02/2012 3:26:25 PM Tony will say anything to get elected...but then again, so will almost all politicians. Th.....
» 7/02/2012 3:37:27 PM There is a big difference between fraccing shallow coal seams that lie within drinking wat.....
» 6/02/2012 12:23:21 PM I have no problem with private schools, but when public schools are asking parents to pay .....
» 16/01/2012 12:05:23 PM I have no problem in paying a premium for eating out on a public holiday, Sunday etc, beca.....
» 11/01/2012 3:38:12 PM JP...all the sponge tells us is that the sponge fills its niche in the environment and is .....
» 9/12/2011 1:55:55 PM I want to live in the sort of cloud-cukoo land where Monckton resides...it would make life.....
» 25/11/2011 11:10:32 AM I too benefit from the plethora of soulless units and mcmansions that have sprung up aroun.....
» 23/11/2011 3:17:49 PM YeaH...mobile phones and etiquette don't seem to mix. I find them more a problem on public.....
» 23/11/2011 2:05:23 PM Agree with much of this, however there is one point that I think needs some clarifcation (.....
» 21/11/2011 3:33:49 PM Have you worked in the Public Sector Hasbeen? Becasue all you are really doing is spouting.....
» 18/11/2011 5:11:38 PM We certainly could not do any worse than we do with "career" public servants. J.....
» 11/10/2011 4:51:22 PM Paying politician's like we do, just shows how much we value the position. Heads of Depart.....
» 4/10/2011 2:18:11 PM Economists of all pursuasions live in a fantasy world of theory and prediction - even thos.....
» 4/10/2011 2:12:21 PM I am inclined to think that I will be working after the age of sixty-five...and I don't th.....
» 16/09/2011 5:33:40 PM Personally, I'm for the Western Australian Revolutionary Party...but I doubt that will ca.....
» 14/09/2011 5:03:49 PM LB Loveday...I think you'll find that most government departments, at least the ones I hav.....
» 23/08/2011 11:02:58 AM As cities expand they encroach on productive farmland - and we don't have an awful lot of .....
» 22/08/2011 5:54:51 PM I must agree with Pelican...I hate selection criteria, but the system does not seem to thi.....
» 11/08/2011 12:06:34 PM The UK has had 30 - 40 riots of differing scales since 1700. The Riot Act was enacted in 1.....
» 8/08/2011 1:34:15 PM It would unwise to dismiss mental illness - people do not suicide because they feel slight.....
» 8/08/2011 1:24:26 PM 'In general if an employer sends a staff member out of town for work then the employer's r.....
» 29/07/2011 12:01:05 PM David L Shale gas is not coal seam gas...they are completely different. For instance one .....
» 28/07/2011 5:56:38 PM I think the author has rose-coloured glasses. People work in the jobs they do for many dif.....
» 30/06/2011 3:35:04 PM I don't see why anybody should pay for control of erosion on private properties other than.....
» 30/06/2011 3:26:55 PM Compulsory turning up to the polling station is one of the major reasons I like the Austra.....
» 23/06/2011 3:32:59 PM I feel the need to comment. I love newspapers - there is more in-depth coverage possible a.....
» 22/06/2011 12:53:24 PM The author should realise that 'we' are not here to service the economy, it is the economy.....
» 17/06/2011 5:28:27 PM Just a point of clarification - tornadoes occur because of differences in temperature, not.....
» 27/05/2011 11:42:42 AM Financial issues aside, I prefer to deal with a person face-to-face. The more and differen.....
» 25/01/2011 4:32:57 PM Come on sillyfilly...you can't let the facts get in the way of a good story......
» 21/01/2011 3:42:16 PM We just let our innovators go overseas to bolster other economies...probably because we ar.....
» 20/01/2011 5:42:34 PM As someone who has been involved in this area, I can say there are very good reasons for n.....
» 20/01/2011 5:35:04 PM For me it's about being in the company of actual people rather than sat in front of a scre.....
» 13/10/2010 5:19:46 PM I'm sorry Amicus, but you are wrong, there has been signficant ice loss in the Antarctic, .....
» 25/08/2010 11:27:21 AM I think I'll join the new Western Australian Revolutionary Party (WARP) - it certainly mak.....
» 23/08/2010 1:02:51 PM Helen I think you are misreading the act 'retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of .....
» 20/08/2010 5:16:50 PM I'll tell you what...if I could get a good govvy job in a rural area I'd jump at the chanc.....
» 20/08/2010 5:10:57 PM And your point is Malcolm see previous OLO article that explains the system http://www.o.....
» 19/08/2010 11:48:56 AM Just becasue someone is a Rhodes Scholar doesn't mean they have any common sense...doesn't.....
» 19/08/2010 11:44:09 AM A wasted vote is a vote for something that you do not believe in. If you do not beleive i.....
» 17/08/2010 4:12:47 PM Shadow Minister, It's simple really. Private schools shouldn't receive government assista.....
» 17/08/2010 4:06:19 PM Phoenix94 CO2 does not have to be a pollutant to have an impact on the world. That argume.....
» 17/08/2010 4:01:23 PM People were just as doubtful about early computers, flying machines, mobile phones, and ev.....
» 17/08/2010 10:35:55 AM Your are missing the point Shadow Minister, private school shouldn't receive any subsidy f.....
» 16/08/2010 11:40:14 AM Couldn't agree more Jane, If you want to send your kids to a private school, you should p.....
» 30/07/2010 11:16:50 AM The thing is Stern...you can have economic reform, but to just leave places to rot is hard.....
» 30/07/2010 11:07:41 AM From a WA perspective we still have restrictions, but governments of both sides of politic.....
» 29/07/2010 9:29:49 AM What I noticed Pericles was that whole towns had unemployment levels of 30% or more, and t.....
» 28/07/2010 1:31:23 PM Pericles, I was born in the Old Dart and lived in the Old Dart from 1981 to 1993...I thin.....
» 28/07/2010 1:24:56 PM Apt quote in haiku form from George Fripley - very relevant to the election. The people h.....
» 27/07/2010 2:10:54 PM Thatcher was on her her way to being booted out after her first term, it was the Falklands.....
» 27/07/2010 2:02:37 PM I'm not really fussed what the 2-party preferred polls say. My gut feeling is that swingin.....
» 26/07/2010 2:18:50 PM Unfortunately it appears that the older and more cynical of us, on both sides of the polit.....
» 21/07/2010 12:28:44 PM Howard simply reaped the results of his politics over the last 10 years. His stance on Z.....
» 20/07/2010 5:12:26 PM Dan S. Pardon me, but chess is not sport. A mentally challenging game, but not a sport........
» 16/07/2010 3:32:50 PM Sounds like Americanisation to me...and that is just the name!.....
» 15/07/2010 3:41:55 PM Take your point Dotto, But I must disagree...whereas I have used the mental preparation a.....
» 15/07/2010 12:01:58 PM Dotto, If your son is not physically moving and using his body he is not playing sport........
» 14/07/2010 5:41:28 PM A world without art would be a world without soul. Somtimes it is necessary to create some.....
» 29/06/2010 11:10:27 AM We don't vote for the PM we vote for the party. You vote for one person who represents the.....
» 29/06/2010 11:04:57 AM Another tired old article by Mark...ho hum.....
» 25/06/2010 5:53:28 PM Who said I was bored Hasbeen? I am rarely bored becasue I have initiative and get on with .....
» 25/06/2010 12:33:21 PM David f, I can see where you are coming from, but I disagree with how you want to get the.....
» 25/06/2010 11:06:22 AM Without funding for the arts and sport our society would become a very functional and dull.....
» 15/06/2010 1:55:35 PM James, I think you have it the wring way around. The economy is here to service the popul.....
» 15/06/2010 1:44:13 PM I don't agree with that logic, thinkabit, You certainly need some philosophy on life to h.....
» 15/06/2010 10:15:43 AM Morals and ethics are matters on which parents need to educate their own children. School .....
» 11/06/2010 3:13:26 PM I want to know what formersnag is on...it seems to be taking him well out there...somewher.....
» 30/04/2010 4:05:56 PM I think we can all accept that the earth will cycle back to an ice-age at some point - I c.....
» 21/04/2010 4:13:47 PM I have only one comment to make, courtesy of George Fripley's election2010 site. Where o.....
» 9/04/2010 1:00:38 PM Perhaps it's just easier to sit in a well-paid job and complain about what government is d.....
» 7/04/2010 2:29:13 PM Well said CJ. A true reflection of democracy. I can remember as a teenager in the UK in t.....
» 23/03/2010 1:23:05 PM and a further point. Federal government has no ability to respond to local issues, and in.....
» 23/03/2010 1:19:03 PM I response to E.Sykes The UK has at least three levels of government - National Parliamen.....
» 18/03/2010 11:46:59 AM oh dear oh dear When people were told smoking caused cancer, many didn't want to believe .....
» 2/03/2010 5:19:02 PM Houellebecq, Moral frameworks are constructed by the individual. People are quite capable.....
» 2/03/2010 3:46:33 PM Poor old Runner Your would like the world to be black and white, but the reality is there.....
» 16/02/2010 4:42:51 PM Atman, What do you think will happen? Do you think that one day you'll wake up and everyt.....
» 16/02/2010 12:18:19 PM People have short attention spans...they are bored with hearing about climate change. The .....
» 15/12/2009 11:57:51 AM Plimer is stirring the pot for his own gain. He has consistently been unable to propoerly .....
» 27/11/2009 12:24:28 PM I think your analysis of the statistics is flawed and lazy Brett. You cannot compare a T.....
» 19/11/2009 11:32:40 AM Now I'm not a capitalist by any means, a satirist perhaps, but not a capitlalist, however .....
» 17/11/2009 11:11:32 AM Dave, Get used to it. Like it or not Australia is a sports-mad country. It's the place yo.....
» 6/11/2009 12:00:28 PM Most people have creative urges, the problem is that we are all categorised from the momen.....
» 6/11/2009 11:53:27 AM Storm in a teacup in my opinion......
» 26/10/2009 4:02:51 PM Nope..not my experience Nina. I thoroughly enjoyed school (in the UK)for the most part, mo.....
» 23/09/2009 3:31:33 PM There is no substitute for in-person contact. The full five senses can be used to talk, to.....
» 15/09/2009 10:44:23 AM I agree with the previous two posters. I am one of those people who prints out documents.....
» 26/08/2009 2:06:30 PM A subject close to my heart, but all to easy to be hypocritical about. I watch TV...mainly.....
» 18/08/2009 12:51:18 PM Green technology is an area where countries including Australia have missed huge opportuni.....
» 5/08/2009 12:11:18 PM There is molten salt technology currently being used in the USA and Spain (commercially I .....
» 29/07/2009 4:17:14 PM Unfortunately Ken Nielsen, I think if publishers start to suffer reduced profits, they may.....
» 29/07/2009 3:01:35 PM I have mixed feelings on this matter. As a 'wannabe' writer I can quite happily say that I.....
» 16/07/2009 11:20:09 AM It has been found recently that trees encourage rainfall...and that where trees are taken .....
» 8/07/2009 10:58:45 AM It's not just about finding, it's about creativity. The more we try to get everyone to con.....
» 30/04/2009 11:23:30 AM I agree ...it would unwise to write this off as just another scare campaign just yet. The .....
» 28/04/2009 12:56:20 PM With a global economy, you get a globally mobile population. It is only natural for people.....
» 22/04/2009 1:56:10 PM While I agree with much of what is said here...I really like newspapers for no other reaso.....
» 22/04/2009 1:34:34 PM My personal experience suggests that the senate is a positive part to government whoever i.....
» 22/04/2009 1:26:34 PM The last thing we need is a World Government. The diversity and somehwhat chaotic nature o.....
» 21/04/2009 12:19:09 PM Perhaps we interpreted the article differently rpg. This is quite likely given our views. .....
» 21/04/2009 10:39:15 AM I think you should lighten up yourself rpg. Nobody is saying everywhere should be availabl.....
» 7/04/2009 12:12:48 PM Yeah...looks all well and good through my rose-coloured glasses, but who is going to decid.....
» 24/03/2009 11:11:01 AM I think our obsession with categorising everything is compounding the problem. Sterotypes .....
» 25/02/2009 9:41:45 AM I must be a luddite...I don't get much joy from communicating using the internet. It is us.....
» 19/02/2009 9:58:55 AM I note the auther hasn't (as far as I could see) talked about anything other than wind as .....
» 12/02/2009 10:44:40 AM I very pleased to hear you don't deny climate change Clownfish. However, as someone who .....
» 12/02/2009 10:23:45 AM Sounds like and interesting concept to me Steven and I'm going to do some more reading on .....
» 12/02/2009 10:03:53 AM I don't think you can take one event and use it to prove anything, and it is foolish to do.....
» 12/02/2009 9:47:19 AM Sir Vivor, You don't own a view, or have any rights to one...it's buyer beware situation.....
» 12/02/2009 9:38:57 AM Cornflower - Outsourcing policy advice is a common thing in government...and results in cr.....
» 9/02/2009 11:02:18 AM I agree that sports people shouold play sport and not necessarily be role models. They're .....
» 4/02/2009 1:50:33 PM Come on Spikey, Be real! Very few people who write will earn a living from it. Writers wr.....
» 20/01/2009 9:33:32 AM Punter57...I don't think Rorke's Drift is a good example. A bunch of invaders were being a.....
» 14/01/2009 9:32:38 AM I'm in full agreement with this article...don't know how I missed it first time round. In.....
» 9/01/2009 9:50:41 AM I wonder how the Pope, who appears to be saying that homosexuality is against nature, rati.....
» 9/01/2009 9:50:27 AM I wonder how the Pope, who appears to be saying that homosexuality is against nature, rati.....
» 6/01/2009 1:50:18 PM Knowing Scarborough Beach as I do, it is a crying shame that yuppieville has to come and t.....
» 31/12/2008 9:39:45 AM Yep Daggett, I live in a large city...and yes, house-prices here have gone through the roo.....
» 29/12/2008 10:52:26 AM I must take issue with you Daggett. Shopping takes about an hour. If mortage repayments ar.....
» 24/12/2008 10:06:22 AM I dunno...there are others who have nothing to do with Christianity who seem to be going O.....
» 23/12/2008 10:53:32 AM Gobsmacked, Barnaby Joyce may well be in the LNP in Queensland, but he represents the Na.....
» 23/12/2008 10:41:30 AM Having taught at a university (one of VC Shwartz's) in the 90's, I can attest that it was .....
» 23/12/2008 9:48:32 AM Interesting article, and I tend to agree that 'phobia' can be mis-used. However, phobia is.....
» 22/12/2008 2:58:57 PM The way for the nationals to maintain and/or increase their vote is to represent their con.....
» 19/12/2008 3:39:50 PM Brian Holden talks about 'the silent majority'. This is the phrase used by the arrogant wh.....
» 10/12/2008 9:53:23 AM This is one of the biggest stains on the British Government, and the country in general. I.....
» 9/12/2008 9:31:04 AM The only point worth making from this post, designed as a furtive attempt to refute evolut.....
» 9/12/2008 9:22:35 AM Rache, I agree that those who are trained at an academy, or through specialise fuding by t.....
» 4/12/2008 11:59:58 AM Having read both of the articles by Liz, I can see that there is a lot of idealism there. .....
» 4/12/2008 11:40:37 AM Mr Right, I personally think the taxpayer should fund the sports (and the arts for that m.....
» 4/12/2008 9:56:51 AM Jeremy, I think funding elite athletes, for instance Olympians, is an integral part of ens.....
» 28/11/2008 9:34:14 AM Must agree with polycarp on this one. Unless you take the time to understand a particular .....
» 26/11/2008 1:35:25 PM aww snake....give him a break...I enjoy reading his rants. I ge to spend hours trying to u.....
» 26/11/2008 10:50:39 AM Unfortunately I don't think there will many, if any high-quality 'glossies' even if newspa.....
» 26/11/2008 10:46:02 AM Great article and a very well throught-out conclusion. I wholeheartedly agree that what .....
» 26/11/2008 9:35:25 AM It is indeed unfortunate that bean counters are permeating the higher echelons of our este.....
» 25/11/2008 9:17:21 AM Yet another article Peter, that is sure to provoke much comment. I though I'd get my comme.....
» 21/11/2008 10:23:23 AM No Brian...what I am overwelmed with is your seeming arrogance in first, foisting a countr.....
» 20/11/2008 2:49:55 PM On a purely personal note, I think this article is completely ridiculous. And having spent.....
» 19/11/2008 1:06:11 PM Interesting article. I am interested to know what interruptions to the Gulf Stream, which .....
» 17/11/2008 12:08:08 PM I for one would be sad to see SBS go. It at least provides some thought provoking content,.....
» 17/11/2008 11:46:27 AM An amenities fee is very worthwhile. The experience of going to university is only enhance.....
» 13/11/2008 10:04:17 AM I don't see the problem with this so-called cost of supporting the disabled. The comparati.....
» 11/11/2008 12:23:45 PM SJF, There is a reason for remembering and it's not about glory or honour. If you really .....
» 11/11/2008 9:27:40 AM I think the author needs to take a long lie down. He is himself trying to hijack Remembran.....
» 7/11/2008 9:39:24 AM I have previously stated my position on climate change and I don't intend to get into it r.....
» 3/10/2008 10:43:24 AM I'm happy with my taxes going to the ABC to fund it. I would be happy with it getting more.....
» 2/10/2008 4:19:56 PM Plerdsus You need to chill out a bit and slow down. Sitting and relaxing with a paper (re.....
» 24/09/2008 4:59:04 PM It's about more than CO2 Keiran, but if you're interested to see when CO2 levels began ris.....
» 24/09/2008 10:21:36 AM I agree sams....AGW deniers will graps at any straw they can find, and casting doubt on th.....
» 15/09/2008 5:57:21 PM There is certainly an environmental imperative to limit Australia's population at the pres.....
» 1/09/2008 10:51:39 AM I note that nobody has challenged the statements made by Fractelle. I tend to agree with t.....
» 29/08/2008 1:26:31 PM Sellick is certianly right that you need imagination to read the bible, but he fails to ac.....
» 29/08/2008 1:20:11 PM It's tiring to see deniers trying to make something of a short-term trend rather than the .....
» 27/08/2008 10:53:46 AM It would a poor world indeed if we didn't have large-scale events like the Olympic Games. .....
» 13/08/2008 1:01:11 PM Polycarp, I think you're being a little one-eyed. 1/ "The religion is a dark manife.....
» 5/08/2008 12:21:25 PM Steel, I agree the selection process is cumbersome and in many ways discourages a lot of a.....
» 4/08/2008 12:00:53 PM A good artcle...where did it play the man? Sounds like the deniers are a bit desperate aga.....
» 4/08/2008 11:46:50 AM continued.. As for taxes Col, I'm happy paying taxes because, as a member of a society wh.....
» 4/08/2008 11:35:47 AM Col, I would suggest that there is a good reason why there is work to do, and that is bec.....
» 1/08/2008 11:05:08 AM I think you'll find that people are not queueing up to get into the public service at the .....
» 24/07/2008 12:33:48 PM I find myself agreeing with Mr Right on this one. The controlling factor of population is .....
» 23/07/2008 3:49:52 PM Ah Sylvia, Who suggested attaching a solar thermal generator to a hot-rocks source? The.....
» 23/07/2008 11:13:05 AM alzo, Methane gas is transient, unlike carbon dioxide, and is released in bursts. So lev.....
» 23/07/2008 10:42:14 AM Amazing how Mr Right (aptly named I think) can pour doubt on anything that might cause cha.....
» 22/07/2008 4:53:11 PM So the world has cooled since 2001 has it? Do people expect some sort of linear progressio.....
» 16/07/2008 12:44:30 PM I am somewhat sympathetic to the belief that religious doctrine can be harmful to society,.....
» 11/07/2008 4:53:53 PM As a West Australian, the Murray is not a huge issue, however one fact is clear. There's o.....
» 7/07/2008 1:17:47 PM I agree that government employees need to grow more backbone, but this is a tough ask for .....
» 30/06/2008 2:31:19 PM I reckon arcticdog, after reading this, that if you followed George's first paradigm you s.....
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