On 7/07/2016 10:47 AM, David Boxall wrote:
> I get the feeling that past generations recognised value beyond
> short-term return on investment. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, for
> example, eventually paid off the debt incurred in its construction,
> but its value to the city and the nation remains fa
On 7/07/2016 10:14 AM, David Boxall wrote:
>
> I sometimes ponder that there are good reasons why commerce and crime
> begin with the same letter.
It's the same business model, except one ignores the rules more than the
other.
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Regards
brd
Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
email: b...@
Interesting move by NLA:
Pulp magazines were not designed to have long shelf lives. But in some
ways this is what makes them so perfect for collection and ripe for
republishing. Even when the subject matter is colonial Australia or
wild-west America, the stories in Famous Detective Stories tel
On 6/07/2016 9:58 AM, David Lochrin wrote:
... past governments spent money on projects simply because they were
in the public interest. Now the growth-based economic model is hitting
the wall, governments (especially conservative ones) have largely
handed control of the economy over to busines
On 6/07/2016 5:30 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:27:22 +1000 JanW wrote:
I find it amazing that the country could build an electricity grid,
a rail network, a road network, and HUGE water pipelines many many
decades ago, but now is afraid to invest in building the 21st
centur
I sometimes ponder that there are good reasons why commerce and crime
begin with the same letter.
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At 10:17 PM 6/07/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>Senior ABC sources have told The New Daily that the ABCâs move into text
>publishing was a point of aggravation to News Ltd., in particular with its
>Canberra lobbyists telling politicians the broadcaster had gone beyond its
>taxpayer subsidised
On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 David writes,
> Past governments spent money on projects simply because they were in the
> public interest. Now the growth-based economic model is hitting the wall,
> governments (especially conservative ones) have largely handed control of the
> economy over to business in
On Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:27:22 +1000 JanW wrote:
> I find it amazing that the country could build an electricity grid,
a rail network, a road network, and HUGE water pipelines many many
decades ago,
but now is afraid to invest in building the 21st century equivalent.
If people back then behaved
