Smart Cities – Prison Planet

Mar 9 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Many of you are aware of the WEF’s 15-minute cities or Smart Cities to “make our lives better and save the planet”. Everything we need within 15 minutes’ walk or cycle.  This all sounds good and most people would rather walk than drive if it is more practical andContinue reading “Smart Cities – Prison Planet”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sacks Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman by constructive dismissal

ByShane DowlingonMarch 9, 2023•( 1 Comment ) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has forced Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman to resign from his position by making it impossible for him to do his job properly which is a textbook case study for constructive dismissals. Constructive dismissal is when an employer leaves an employee with no optionContinue reading “Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sacks Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman by constructive dismissal”

The RBA (reckless bank of Australia) needs a radical, not reserved, review

Flat White Darren Nelson Getty Images Darren Nelson 3 March 2023 5:00 AM In a YouTube clip from the BBC show Blackadder II entitled The Idiots Guide to Alchemy, an exchange between Lord Blackadder (LB) and Lord Percy (LP) proceeds as follows: LP: ‘My Lord! Success!’ LB: ‘What?’ LP: ‘After literally an hour’s ceaseless searching I have succeeded inContinue reading “The RBA (reckless bank of Australia) needs a radical, not reserved, review”

What happens when a state fails

World Gabriel Gavin (Photo: Alamy) Gabriel Gavin 5 March 2023 8:00 PM Beirut, Lebanon ‘You can still smell it in the wind,’ says Maria. She points out from the neon-lit bar along Beirut’s shorefront to the dark port area just across the road, where tangled metal and broken concrete jut out into the sky. MariaContinue reading “What happens when a state fails”

The fact-checker industrial complex

Flat White Paul Collits Getty Images Paul Collits 6 March 2023 5:30 AM I tuned in the other day to an excellent webinar titled Prayer and Pushback organised by the redoubtable Pat Mesiti. It was a forum for Covid dissenters, Woke critiques, and climate deplorables. A similar event of Pat’s a year ago earned scrutiny from some publicationsContinue reading “The fact-checker industrial complex”

Red Carpet Anna dazzles in incompetence

The Queensland government is clearly one of our very worst Features Australia Judith Sloan Getty Images Judith Sloan 8 October 2022 9:00 AM We hang out a fair bit in Queensland. We bought a place over a decade ago and happily spend several months a year in the Sunshine State – that’s when we areContinue reading “Red Carpet Anna dazzles in incompetence”