Bridge over troubled water Bridges are a fascinating and dynamic piece of infrastructure that link communities and open regions to opportunity. A successful collaboration between its architects, developers, construction companies, subcontractors and the public sector transforms the way people live and work. Several notable iconic examples include the Sydney Harbour, Brooklyn and Golden Gate bridges […]
Bernard Corden
River of tears
River of tears On 25th October 2016 a tragic incident on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at the Ardent Leisure Dreamworld amusement park near Queensland’s Gold Coast, claimed the lives of four people. A circular raft containing six passengers collided with an empty vessel and flipped upwards and capsized as it approached the disembarking dock. […]
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Another brick in the wall
Another brick in the wall An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern Tony Benn 1 Almost all education has a political motive, which promotes national, religious or social group interests at the expense of its detractors. It determines the subjects taught, the knowledge provided or suppressed and the customs and conventions students […]
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A Spaghetti Western
A Spaghetti Western A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government. Edward Abbey 1 During the 1960s and 1970s at least 1,500 properties throughout Canberra and its environs were insulated with friable loose fill amosite asbestos via a private contractor, colloquially referred to as Mr. Fluffy. Despite the fairy tale […]
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Bad ’air day
Bad ’air day Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporate behemoth and growth company, which uses the religion of sport in a furtive attempt to move the world forward. The organisation proselytises an equitable and sustainable future, where everyone thrives on a healthy planet and level playing field. This elysian paradise is reinforced via a […]
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who is Guarding the Guards? A reasonable estimate of economic organization must allow for the fact that, unless industry is to be paralyzed by recurrent revolts on the part of outraged human nature, it must satisfy criteria, which are not purely economic R H Tawney – Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926) 1 The […]
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White freight liner blues
White freight liner blues During the 1950s, the delivery of bread, cream and milk was categorised as an essential community service and legislation was enacted to secure supply. It has since ossified and effectively deregulated the supply chain. A recent report prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers identified a causal nexus between road safety and driver remuneration. […]
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Per ardua ad astra
Per ardua ad astra I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in and stops my mind from wandering Lennon and McCartney 1 The intrepid exploits of jet fighter pilots in Hollywood movies usually rekindles adolescent fantasies and promotes infallibility with beguiling images of virility and perfection under intense pressure. It also reflects the esprit […]
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Cancer of capital
Cancer of capital Alcoa is the world’s largest aluminium company with operations in many locations across numerous countries. It has three major facilities in Western Australia, which include its Kwinana, Pinjarra and Wagerup refineries with a collective annual output amounting to almost seven million tonnes of alumina. The organisation is a political chameleon and promotes […]
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The Keystone Science
The Keystone Science by Bernard Corden Since the early 1970s the holy trinity of democracy with its fundamental tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity has been progressively eroded and usurped by a new world order with a repressive focus on deregulation, diminution and privatisation. In more recent years this emasculation has been expedited via big […]
