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This week marks the start of the first sitting in Parliament for the Rudd Government. Today Prime Minister Rudd gave the apology to the Stolen Generation. *** I will continue to write posts on the Becrux blog.
Tagged 'Pharoz', Becrux, blog, Hope, Parliament, posts, Rudd, Rudd Government, Stolen Generation, Today Prime Minister RuddMerry Christmas
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.
Tagged Hope, kind, Kind Regards Robert, Merry Christmas, regards, robert, Wishing, yearBeta Crucis – Becrux – Mimosa
The new blog is at the address http://www.7gs.com/becrux It can also be reached through a redirection shortcut at becrux.net The tone of this Pharoz blog was critical of the Howard Government and now with a change of Government that tone no longer seems appropriate.
Tagged 'Pharoz', Acrux, Alpha Crucis, Australian, Becrux, Beta Crucis Becrux, blog, cross, Government, Howard Government, Mimosa, So I, Southern, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Crux, starWhat for?
I focused on one aspect of every modern state and that is referred to as the separation of church and state. In a modern state public affairs are examined through reason and people of faith are free to practice as they choose;
Tagged Australia, Australian, Australians, Copernican Models, Howard, Howard's, Now Howard's, people, PM You, reason, So I, state, think, WesternA big no-no
People in the security and police organisations should be able to trust that the information they get from other people within similar national organisations is correct, up to date and reliable. People in these kinds of organisations do not expect their mates, superiors or comparable professionals to systematically deceive, manipulate and lie to them in their work, essentially for political purposes.
Tagged Attorney General, National, organisations, people, review, Ruddock, The Haneef, workCorrect semantics
Such a person may frame the choice of direction as between moving in the right direction or moving in the wrong direction. That path will include times of changing direction to both the right and the left, for any responsible navigation, and it would be easy to deem many such paths that achieve that goal, lazy or not, as being correct.
Tagged changed, correct, direction, Imagine, Left, paths, right, Taking, Ultimately, wrongAverage salaries
The skills shortage in a competitive labour market would inflate wages of the middle income bracket of the workforce, not the low income group that are on awards. A wages blowout in middle and high incomes coupled with a shrinking of real incomes at the bottom of the wages scale may, in fact, increase the average wage of working Australians.
Tagged Australians, Hawke-Keating, Income, Obviously, skilled, Sol Trujillo, The Coalition, Wage, work, Workchoices, workforceSelf and society
Those images are sometimes pseudo-rationalised by gleaning succinct semantic phrases that serve as values from those images and that most people would associate with those kinds of images in a questionnaire.
Tagged Australia, Australia's, Australian, Fear, FEARS, images, people, public, Sorry, StrongDebate
Having watched the debate yesterday between John Howard and Kevin Rudd I think the main claim that Howard is making is based around identity. Howard is appealing directly to peoples identity to make those who have benefited from the mining boom (and government cash) feel that they personally are responsible for their financial rewards.
Tagged ABC, Australia, Australian, Australians, AWAs, But I, Faustian, Howard, Identity, In Australia, John Howard, Kevin Rudd I, making, people, Personal, Placing, PM, REAL, Rudd, society, THAT He, TVFair dinkum?
You bet.
Tagged betMalicious rumours?
Need more be said?
Decisions, decisions
You take a decision, no matter how arbitrarily or foolishly that decision that is taken, and then you stick to that dicision (dictision and dickision to round out the connotative neologisms) that was made no matter what. It doesnt matter to them if a decision taken proves to be stupid since their mates will always be counted on to argue for the stupid decision, by definition.
Tagged Andrew Charlton, Australia, Australian Tories, Australians, Authoritarians, decision, Howard, IR, Liberal Party, Mates, matter, people, PM, reasonable, Sticking, Sunday Age, supportFinely Tuned
Huge grants for people to walk away from temporarily unprofitable farming land may have unforseen consequences well beyond the actual people who receive the grants. No doubt the politicians may have some sincere cases in mind with relation to these policies, but the way these grants would be taken up in the community is something that needs to be carefully considered.
Tagged communities, community, election, farming, Finely, grants, Huge, Keynesian-like, people, politicians, PoliticsDismissal
In the past this may or many not have been the case depending on policy and ideas inherent in the policy and how they were implemented by the public service. Australia has a large percentage of vintage political commentators who might have taken the pre-dismissal political order in Australia for granted.
Tagged ABC, Australia, Australian, Australian Constitution, Australian Republic, Commentators, Contrary, dismissal, Gerard Henderson, Government, Kerr, people, Political, Politics, Possibly, Prime Minister, Radio National, Ruddock, SBS, THE Labor Party, Whatever-it-takes, Whitlam GovernmentZero, one, to, three
The wooden roofs of some old churches were made to mimic a sea faring ship’s hull as a symbol of the church being like a safe ship at sea. Radical conservatives, however, who try to personalise politics may take a hit-and-miss approach to public policy.
Tagged In The Age, Lame, person, Personally I, Policy, Radical, Richard Eckersley, Saturday, sea, ship, take, That PERSON, WestHow long are we going to keep pretending
In politics now we have people making policy on some weird untested claims and prejudices, while anyone else needs to be extraordinary and even then bad fashion sense or poverty takes precedence for how the public judges those people.
Tagged Australia, Broad, Bush, But I, Deliberately, Double Bay, Earth, Fine, Fremantle, Heaven, Imagine, Jewish, people, Perth, Petrov Affair, read, think, times, When I, yearsFull Employment
EVERYONE admits that if there is an economic slowdown then the unfair dismissal aspects of WorkChoices would see many people laid off work. Any economic shock to the Australian economy now could see a sudden spike in unemployment, because of the unfair dismissal provisions, and this in turn could cascade through the economy in a chain- reaction.
Tagged Australian, Australians, economies, Government, Howard, John Howard, Keynesian-like, market, people, Sacking, Strong, The Australian, The Howard Government, WorkchoicesAnother strange statement
Does it mean that when someone is imploring you to believe what they are saying, even if you know it is most likely false or an outright lie, that a common bond based on I believe in you means you either accept the bullshit or else have that relationship severed?
Tagged Australia, Authoritarians, based, Batman, believe, Howard, mean, Nuclear, power, Privately, someone, SpidermanPrimarily social
Our identities are social, our job titles are social, work is social, money is social, even our families are small social units. Words are social and can only be social and have meaning within a social context.
Tagged Aussie, Australia, Australian, Australians, Azaria, Communists, Crocs, Cuba, Drought, Employees, Government, Indra, language, languages, Markets, Naturally, Net, NGOs, NT, One Australian, people, Prime Minister, Private, social, Sometimes, The Howard, The Howard Government, time, words