Comments on issues

Anxious about Australia

Australia’s energy outlook grows more gloomy by the day. At the age of almost 79, I am transfixed with anxiety about how Australia will ever emerge from the social, financial, and economic mire in which it seems to be trapped.

Knocked out and dismantled coal fired power stations

The boundless joy and altogether misplaced euphoria caused Australian politicians – persuaded by environmentalists and others hoping to profit from change to renewables – to disregard coal fired power satations (even allowing some to be knocked down) is coming home to bite us with hard reality. 

Good becomes bad in Scandanavian Countries

The Scandinavian Countries – Norway, Sweden and Denmark – were once socially peaceful and reflected an essence of progress and tranquillity.  Then that all changed and now those countries are being reduced as examples of peace and harmony. What, I wonder, has brought about this sad transformation?  Approved twice and not approved twice.

CDU Leadership is the best

The example of leadership set by the VC of Charles Darwin University on issues of diversity, Dr Scott Bowman, is one that VCs elsewhere should emulate. CDU is a peaceful place and more cosmopolitan than most, but harmony, oneness, and unity prevail. Dr. Bowman’s strong and supportive leadership and focus stand as a magnificent example to university leaders everywhere.

The perceptions of our PM 

Anthony Albanese must be basking in the glory of praise and the perception of his elevation in the eyes of key world leaders. China’s Premier Li’s ‘handsome boy’ is now Donald Trump’s ‘very fine man’.

Israel, Trump, HAMAS and hostages

 I have an empty feeling in my gut that the only hostages remaining to be released are dead hostages. If and when that is confirmed, it will be, as Trump said, a situation where all hell will break loose. I cannot for a moment envisage that Israel and Trump will benignly accept this inevitability. 

The NSW nurse issue

 This issue must be managed with the full force of the law. And that should be taken back to include the utterances of hate preachers levied at the Jews when Hamas first erupted with its evil in October 2023.  “Freedom of speech” is turning inward and, sadly, if left unmanaged, tends to grow and grow … they want to see how far they can push the envelope.

Albanese Government Track Record

I can only hope and pray that the Labor Government will leave on election day. This has been the worst term of government I have experienced in my sixty-year voting life.  

Wind farms  

Offshore and onshore wind farms are a total travesty and a major threat to fisheries and farmland. Minister Pliberseck, the Environment Minister, should be on his tail for the desecration and destruction these foolish projects are going to create.

Maternity services being cut at Darwin Private Hospital

As a long-time resident of Darwin, I can affirm that the quality of medical care offered in this place is going downhill at a rate of knots. There is a lot of ‘vision’ happening up here, but primary needs, including healthcare, are diminishing. Catching a plane south for medical care is going to take on a whole new meaning if this Healthscope service is cut.