Bloody Oath! McBride case – does a officer lawyer’s public duty trump his military duty?
Day two of the case against whistleblower David McBride focused on the intricacies of oath keeping and the meaning of duty. A key decision on this matter is expected on Wednesday, at which time the case may be referred to the Court of Appeal. It was never going to be...
Whistleblower McBride in court for exposing war crimes, supported by “War Coalition”
Labor and the Coalition voted against a Senate motion to end the prosecution of whistleblower David McBride today as the court case began in the Supreme Court of the ACT. Greens Senator David Shoebridge moved a motion for the Senate to vote to end the prosecution of...
Yes. Optus is right, it’s not good enough. But outage points to deeper flaws.
Twelve months after Optus was hacked and exposed customer data in droves, it is back in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. An outage that even impairs emergency calls is not good enough. What’s the scam? The scam is not just the inadequate redundancies in...The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared
author: Jonas Jonasson name: Kim average rating: 4.01 book published: 2009 rating: 4 read at: 2023/11/05 date added: 2023/11/05 shelves: review: A hilarious story well toldThose who have ever read any of the Flashman series will be familiar with the parts of this book...
Qantas shows how much it cares about its customers, sorry, shareholders
Qantas’ AGM was a sombre affair, with Chairman Goyder and CEO Hudson at pains to tell everyone how much they cared as Alan Joyce got a golden $21.4m kiss goodbye. But announcing a mammoth share buyback. What’s the scam? The scam is yet another share buyback worth just...
Welcome to West Air – our latest flight of Qantas fancy!
We are very excited to announce that Michael West Media will be starting an airline. We haven’t set a date yet, nor do we have any planes, pilots or stewards, but watch this space, tickets will be on sale soon! We made this decision after Qantas – an actual airline...
Announceables Galore: Albo cosies up to US on AUKUS, Microsoft and critical minerals
Despite a dysfunctional US Congress, PM Anthony Albanese is making the best of his America trip by announcing defence investments, a deal with tech giant Microsoft, and throwing the local minerals industry some bones too. Kim Wingerei reports. One could forgive...A World to Win (The Lanny Budd Novels)
author: Upton Sinclair name: Kim average rating: 4.36 book published: 1946 rating: 0 read at: 2023/10/14 date added: 2023/10/14 shelves:...
The Voice. A simple proposition of empathy to be ruined by time and politics?
If the polls are to be believed, the referendum question will be soundly voted down this Saturday. It could – and should – have been so different. The Voice referendum is asking us to say yes or no to a simple statement of recognition of our Indigenous Peoples, and to...Get my book!
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