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author: Morris L. West name: Kim average rating: 4.36 book published: 1974 rating: 5 read at: 2025/05/10 date added: 2025/05/10 shelves: review: Masterful intrigue by a master writerReading this again after so many years, I found it to have aged like a good wine....
Charges dismissed, but activist denied rights. What’s the scam?
A judge has ruled that pasting a piece of paper on a controversial former governor’s statue is not protected by freedom of political communication, but dismissed all charges against activist Stephen Langford. What’s the scam? The scam is how a very simple act of...
Sinners are winners. Is Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism saving the planet?
The first report since the Safeguard Mechanism demonstrates the fundamental flaws in a system that may reduce emissions overall, but is certain to increase the profits of some emitters. Kim Wingerei reports. The Clean Energy Regulator’s report on Australia’s biggest...
The democracy sausage eaten by Labor landslide. What’s next?
The Labor party added at least ten more seats to return with a clear majority, while a leaderless LNP will be licking their wounds and wondering where to from here. Kim Wingerei reports. Updated Sunday, May 4 AM. The headlines will be about a Labor landslide and Peter...Trust
author: Hernan Diaz name: Kim average rating: 3.93 book published: 2022 rating: 4 read at: 2025/04/28 date added: 2025/04/28 shelves: review: A multi-faceted history of dissonance It’s the kind of book that’s hard to say much about without giving the plot away. A...
Konnichiwa! The Japanese are not so keen on our gas. What’s the scam?
Australia ships 30 million tonnes of tax and royalty-free gas out of Darwin every year, but the Japanese are not all grateful for our largesse. What’s the scam? The scam is that not only do we not profit from it, but our great gas giveaway is slowing Japan’s...
New report: Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan to cost $4.3 trillion
Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy claims have been conspicuously absent from his election campaign. Now a leading energy analyst calculates the cost at more than $4.3 trillion, way above the Coalition’s touted $331B. Kim Wingerei reports. The Coalition’s plans to solve...
Tariffs, shares, bonds and China’s ‘nuclear option’. Making sense of Trump mayhem
Donald Trump has declared a trade war, the share market is down, and US t-bond yields are rising. But how did it all start, and what’s next? Michael West and Kim Wingerei with the lowdown. They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and when it comes to what Trump...
Dutton’s gas reservation plan more about politics than price
Peter Dutton’s plan to introduce a gas reservation scheme on the East Coast may be good politics, but industry experts say it is unlikely to lower domestic gas prices for a long time, if at all, Kim Wingerei reports. A gas reservation scheme – forcing suppliers to set...Get my book!
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