Thursday December 22, 2011 Do we ask the right questions?

Socrates was fed hemlock because he asked too many questions, but are the questions we ask the ones to which we think we already know the answers? Or are we open minded and really curious? If we do not have the answers to what is...

Thursday December 22, 2011 Maybe the new head of the ACCC does have a heart

The new head of the ACCC already seems to be showing a heart that might be in the right place for Australia when he has extended the collective bargaining power of Australian dairy farmers with Kirin, the Japanese owners for the...

Thursday December 22, 2011 Government Procurement in Brisbane City Council

Did my ears deceive me? Is yet another politician (Campbell Newman- as an aspiring future Premier) saying that we should use government money (supplied by tax payers or borrowed off shore) to buy uniforms overseas because they...

Thursday December 22, 2011 The Implications of New Zealand Apple Imports

Consumers should not be required to stop disease once it is in our stores, we have government authorities to do that job, although even they are being compromised by lack of funding and our poor labelling laws.

The issue of...

Monday December 19, 2011 PHOENIX FOUNDRY REJECTS INTERNATIONAL TAKEOVER BID

At a time when every day brings news of another Australian company being sold to foreign concerns and Australian jobs disappearing offshore, one Australian company, Phoenix Foundry, based in the small town of Uralla, NSW has...