Lawyers are probably only marginally more popular than used car salesmen (mind you, I've met a lot of good used car salesmen), but I was delighted to catch up with many members of the local profession at the awards dinner at the scenic Museum of Australia last Friday night.
This current oil crisis could not only see diesel and petrol supplies dry up, leading to petrol rationing coming in, but also, in a worst-case scenario, food rationing.
It seems to me the federal government would probably have preferred to do a deal with the LNP rather than the Greens to get their new Environment Protection Bill through the Senate last week.
Donald Trump deserves all the accolades he’s been given for his handling of the Gaza/Israel war, but for the life of me, I can’t understand how stupid he can be with his tariffs.
Firstly, congratulations to the federal government on picking the Japanese Mogami-class frigates as our replacement for the old Anzac-class, which are well past their use-by date.
On a local note, well done to Leanne Castley and the local Canberra Liberals, Fiona Carrick, and Shane Rattenbury and his local Greens for forcing our minority Labor government to withdraw their ridiculous $11 impost on volunteers in the ACT.
I was saddened to hear that at a recent major junior sporting carnival, many people parking harmlessly on nature strips and off‑road areas near the sporting ovals were booked for illegal parking.
I was amazed at how stupid and arrogant the local ALP government has become with its imposition in the Territory budget of an $11 tax on anyone who wants to become a volunteer in the ACT.
Sad news this week with the passing of much-respected veteran Liberal politician Greg Cornwell, former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly. (I’ll write a longer obituary at another time.)
In a brilliantly executed operation that combined exceptional organisation, coordination, stealth, and deception, the USAF decapitated most, if not all, of terror-state Iran’s nuclear capability.
