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It may be expensive, but here is why we need an NBN:

1. “Big Australia” is going to happen whether we like it or not.
The concept of “Big Australia” was floated for a while by both parties (more so by Labor) but was quickly dropped when it didn’t poll well.
Even if we halt illegal immigration (which by the way, I don’t know why “stop the boats” is [...]

Learning from the Independents: Local MPs need to step up

This week I have heard an awful lot of bitching about how  Katter, Oakeshott, Windsor and Bandt are selfishly holding the government to ransom – that they care more about the people in their electorate than they do the rest of Australia.
It got me thinking that I really wished more MPs were “behaving” like the [...]

Closing the city country divide – independently

“How far we all come. How far we all come away from ourselves. You can never go home again,” James Agee; A Death in the Family.
Over 10 years ago I moved from a small city in NSW by the name of Armidale, to the City of Melbourne.
I had been there from birth through to 18. [...]

HUNG: Making the best out of a bad situation

Just because I predicted that a hung parliament was the most likely outcome for this election – doesn’t mean I am happy to be right.
While in theory a hung parliament finally gives some bargaining power to the Independents and the Greens, it also gives the opportunity for the libs to publicly belittle the Labor party, [...]