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Environment
Rudd’s blinded by minders
Mike Bolan Around $200 million per year is provided to forestry in mixed subsidies and cost relief by state and federal governments,...
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Article
Identifying and dealing with organisational problems
Mike Bolan As indicated in the health example above, a serious impediment to getting useful ideas fully considered and implemented, is internal...
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Politics
A global power shift
Mike Bolan So there are at least 3 colliding issues, too much military expenditure, a massive self-induced trade imbalance, and a whole...
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Environment
Systems logic and the pulp mill battle
Mike Bolan The pulp mill is an entirely different battleground, with different rules, fought for different reasons with entirely different consequences. People...
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883ArticleComplex Systems of Cutting Budgets
Mike Bolan Systems become complex when the interactions between their parts make predicting the outcome of whole system activity very difficult or...
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National
Freedom! (1)
Mike Bolan Lennon’s government has helped Tasmanians to see that, under Australia’s system of governance, the state government can work against the...
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Economy
A survivor’s guide to current affairs
Mike Bolan It seems likely that credit rules were relaxed originally to make sure that consumer markets had access to sufficient spending...
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National
Rudd, national security and you
Mike Bolan If Kevin Rudd can dump Howard’s simple-minded vision and recognise that national security must encompass all domains relevant to our...
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National
Break out!
Mike Bolan There’s an old saying “Argue for your limitations, and they’re yours!” If we tell ourselves that we can’t think, work...
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Environment
Saving ourselves from catastrophe
Mike Bolan State government priorities are with trees, not food production. The PAL Act being supported by Councils effectively prevents farmers from...
