COMPANY directors are facing increased jail terms for everyday business decisions under new federal laws that backtrack on promised national reforms originally meant to ease burdens on board members. The new federal bill doubles the jail term for company directors who miss the deadline to lodge their annual report with the corporate regulator, taking the
More ALP bungling
THE Gillard government have been forced to hand over millions of dollars of taxpayers’ funds in compensation to Sky News after bungling the $223 million tender to run the Australia Network international television service. Cabinet twice overruled unanimous public service advice that Sky News be given the 10-year contract to provide Australia’s international “soft diplomacy”.
Henbury Station
Nothing on TV Monday night. No good movies or reruns of ALP grief so I ended up watching Lifeline. Bad move. They had a piece on Carbon farming and I’m so incensed with the insanity of it all I am writing this at 1:00 in the morning. The Landline clip on Henbury is here RM
Anna quits
Anna Bligh resigns The hole she has dug for herself is to deep to spin. As mentioned last week I note the “If Cando doesn’t win who will be the LNP leader?” campaign gained some traction last week but really, If Anna doesn’t win her seat who will be ALP leader, is also a reasonable
Feeling secure Julia?
I’m a bit disappointed that CanDo let the ALP keep 7 seats but with a by-election in the offering, with Anna finally getting the message and resigning, it could be only six seats soon. In my humble opinion, Labor’s problem is it’s selection of candidates. Too many are from the ALP political class. Look at
MRRT to pay Super?
As I understand it employers pay the workers superannuation so how come the MRRT is being touted by Swan as giving everyone an increase in superannuation guarantee; “Around 8.4 million workers will enjoy a more secure retirement with the increase in superannuation guarantee. Paul Kelly in The Australian says; Labor keeps implying the mining tax
Anna just doesn’t get it
The LNP started the week by announcing their Better Access to Specialist Care policy. On Monday Anna Bligh accuses CanDO of official misconduct whilst Lord Mayor In Cairns on Tuesday, the LNP announced a Regional College for Disaster Management and their policy for Breaking the Cycle of Youth Crime, which includes boosting the number of
Smith simply doesn’t respect the ADF
I started the last post with this: I’ve always maintained that the ALP do not like the ADF. Readers took to me to task and one even abused me as he raced to justify Minister Smith’s latest foray into attacking Defence. My opinion still stands and has been confirmed by this morning’s article in The
ADF vs the Defence Minister and the Media
I’ve always maintained that the ALP do not like the ADF. They hate the officer system and spend most of their time in the treasury benches initiating inquiries that all seem to recommend less money while demanding the same service. As in they are currently demanding a $20 billion savings over then next decade in
Ray Finkelstein’s review
PRINT and online news will come under direct federal government oversight for the first time under proposals issued last week to create a statutory regulator with the power to prosecute media companies in the courts. Ray Finklestein The historic change to media law would break with tradition by using government funds to replace an industry
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