I just walked out to grab a coffee to come out to my office to write this blog and as I did I passed the bedroom of my 9 year old daughter sleeping. Her name is Laura. I stopped and… Read More ›
Political Commentary or Thoughts
Nowra City Church’s Position on Asylum Seekers.
Recently I copied a Facebook post from Liberal Member for Gilmore, Joanna Gash’s Facebook Wall. The post said this: “ Did you know that more illegal boat arrivals have come this year, 11,616, – than in the entire 11 and… Read More ›
My musings about the 10th Anniversary of the Bali Bombings, written whilst in Bali.
Friday the 12th of October 2012 (tomorrow as I write this), is the 10th Anniversary of the Bali Bombings. The bombings occurred in the tourist district of Kuta. The attack was claimed as the deadliest act of terrorism in the… Read More ›
Suggested ALP Policies now that Treasurer Wayne Swan has admitted Bruce Springsteen is his economic inspiration.
This morning on the news they are reporting that the Australian Treasurer and currently acting Prime Minister of the Nation, gets his economic inspiration from Bruce Springsteen. I have not heard the context of the comment but I have immediately… Read More ›
The Australian Taxation System – Explained in Beer
The following is a tongue in cheek, simplified explanation of a regressive taxation system operating in an environment of increasing government handouts. It has been around for about 10 years. The owner of this blog understands its not a factual… Read More ›
An Alarming Article on the State of Australia’s Nation Debt by Ross Greenwood.
Written by Ross Greenwood Lesson # 1: Why the U.S. was downgraded: * U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 * Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 * New debt: $1,650,000,000,000 * National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 * Recent budget cuts: $38,500,000,000 Let’s now remove 8 zeros and… Read More ›
10 Things that concern me about the Federal Budget.
Here are the things that concern me about the 2012-13 Federal Budget. 1) Having a budget surplus is a restrictionist economic policy stance and not what the Australian economy needs right now. The RBA is dropping interest rates to try… Read More ›
Quick Snapshot of the Federal Government Budget 2012-13
Treasurer Wayne Swan has handed down his fifth federal budget at Parliament House in Canberra tonight. Here is a snapshot of the major points. Treasurer Wayne Swan’s fifth budget has delivered a surplus of $1.5 billion from a $44 Billion… Read More ›
What I think of Kony2012
On Monday 5th March 2012, a video was uploaded to Youtube and almost instantly went viral. The video’s makers were hoping for 500,000 hits this year. As I write this on Saturday 10th March at 4pm, there have been 60,364,287… Read More ›
An announcement re whether Peter Pilt is standing for Mayor of the Shoalhaven
Over the past month and again last week, there was some discussion in the media and on social networking sites that I may be standing for Mayor. So here is a definitive announcement:- I, Peter Pilt am not, will not… Read More ›
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