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Ambit Gambit
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Don’t discriminate against Israel Folau
12th April, 2019, 8:42am
This is a vital free speech issue, so I’ve initiated a petition “Don’t discriminate against Israel Folau” and ur... more
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Ho Ho, Hey Hey, Mum and Dad have got to pay
14th March, 2019, 12:55pm
Fascinated by the collision of unions, students and ideology. Tomorrow, on the Ides of March, we have a world wide withd... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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Exquisite
8th December, 2019, 9:22pm
Exquisite: that is my word for an important book published this year, entitled ‘A Stray Liana’. It is replete with t... more
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Why Deny the Beautiful Coral Reefs Fringing Stone Island?
21st November, 2019, 7:08am
We live in an era when it is politically incorrect to say the Great Barrier Reef is doing fine, except if it’s in a to... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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Why do you need a Content Management System?
4th August, 2016, 4:10pm
According to recent studies more than 65 percent of the web development Brisbane projects do not use a content managemen... more
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An inexpensive website freshen up
4th March, 2016, 3:22pm
Earlier this year I was approached by an organisation I volunteer for, Cochlear Implant Club and ADvisory Association ... more
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Club Troppo
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#BoySplaining: How not to argue
11th December, 2019, 11:38am
The one thing I learned in my university education, the one thing that excited me, was the need for people to exercise ... more
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A recent presentation on ‘Making an impact’
10th December, 2019, 5:39pm
Here’s a presentation I gave to a recent Government Economists’ Conference in Canberra. Like some other reflections... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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Working class alienation as a driver of political polarisa
17th November, 2019, 10:29am
This is based on a comment I made here. The US has a legislated two Party system. (Left-cynics say that if the Soviet Co... more
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Firms, Cities, States: who has open borders and why?
14th November, 2019, 8:22am
This is based on a comment I made here. Econblogger Robin Hanson notes that firms and cities have open borders and argue... more
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En Passant
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Let’s call Manus Island and Nauru detention centres what
2nd July, 2019, 8:30pm
I listened to the discussion on Wednesday from the Press Gallery of the 3 major media outlets in Australia all lamenting... more
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The Israel Folau case: the weaponising of hate speech
26th June, 2019, 8:45am
In writing about the Folau saga recently, I showed compassion to those rank and file Christians who felt under threat. ... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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The Labor loss in 2019
11th June, 2019, 9:26pm
We conducted two polls during the election. The first poll was late in April, which you can access here, and the second ... more
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Could this be a watershed poll?
14th May, 2019, 8:43pm
Our latest qualitative poll was conducted late in April, and we have just finished completely analysing the results. The... more
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