Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
author: Antony Beevor name: Kim average rating: 4.12 book published: 2022 rating: 4 read at: 2024/04/04 date added: 2024/04/04 shelves: review: The forgotten war that rendered the revolution a mythAnthony Beevor at his best, the detail he gets across is astonishing,...Presidential Mission (The Lanny Budd Novels #8)
author: Upton Sinclair name: Kim average rating: 4.33 book published: 1947 rating: 0 read at: 2024/04/04 date added: 2024/04/04 shelves:...
Fake news or no news? The folly of the News Media Bargaining Code
Meta’s declaration that Facebook will no longer pay (some) Australian publishers for their news content has again highlighted the folly of the News Media Bargaining Code. It’s a poor solution to the wrong problem, Kim Wingerei writes. Facebook’s threat to jettison...The Visitors: The remarkable debut novel from an award-winning author and playwright, for readers of Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran and Tara June Winch
author: Jane Harrison name: Kim average rating: 3.93 book published: 2021 rating: 5 read at: 2024/03/27 date added: 2024/03/27 shelves: review: Beautiful, poignant, devastating The elders of Gadigal Country meets to decided to welcome or repel the mobs arriving on...
Forget the Bathurst 1000, enter the AUKUS 368. What’s the Scam?
While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, the mayor of Bathurst is putting his hand up for the town’s share of some of the $368B AUKUS loot. What’s the scam? The really big scam, of course, is...High Heels and Low Blows
author: Jill Valentine name: Kim average rating: 4.33 book published: rating: 3 read at: 2024/03/20 date added: 2024/03/20 shelves: review: A story rarely told from an insightful authorA glowing review in the Financial Review made me buy it, as there are not many...
Facebook pulls plug on ‘News Media Bargaining Code’ – what’s next?
Meta’s Facebook has declared they’ll stop paying Australian media outlets for content when current agreements expire. It’s sparked the ire of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and consternation within the Government. Kim Wingerei asks what may happen next. The announcement...
Qantas gets customers to pay surcharge during promo. What’s the scam?
Is Qantas jacking up fares to pay for a time-limited promotion? That is illegal under the Consumer & Competition Act administered by the ACCC. What’s the scam? When a Jetstar flight attendant tells a customer to pay $5 for a pen to fill out a landing card, parent...
Empire building in the Beetaloo, funded by Federal Government gas grants
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is investigating if Empire Energy has been given Research & Development grants in preparation for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. This is contrary to the R&D program’s rules, Kim Wingerei reports. The R&D...Get my book!
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