Trying to make sense of the controversy over development in Ryde - and the upcoming election....
Elections! And I'm Contesting Bennelong!
The most crucial, important election ... Since the last one! And I'm contesting it in Bennelong, as a candidate in the Pirate Party branch of Fusion. I've given a speech to the Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora & Fauna Preservation Society
My preferences, and a review of the other candidates
AND .... I'M BEING SPAMMED. The experience of being a candidate ....
But, on a more positive side I've been Interviewed on Gene Tunny's "Economics Explored" podcast. I've also been considered at the "Ryde District Mums" website.
The content on this webpage is mostly from previous elections, but it gives you an idea of where my thinking lies. However, there is on bit of recent content, relevant to this 2022 election - a speech I gave to the Eastwood Chamber of Commerce, together with the preferences and review posting above ...
But, further, I've made a series of speeches recently on behalf of the Pirate Party Branch:
- Government Surveilance & Foreign Policy
- Covid ( from 8 months ago, but captures a lot still worthwhile)
- The economy vs. real people, or how CPI gets it so wrong around accomodation
- Bureaucracy and waste ( from a year ago, but still revelant)
There's a talk I gave on Intellectual Property, shines a light on issues today.
And, check out more of our content on You Tube, and my past shows on Community Radio
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I gave this presentation on the 7/2/19 at Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club....
While I'm not standing for the By-Election in Bennelong, I still feel the inclination to stick...
If you can get past the emotions you might feel, the history of Abbott and Turnbull - and the...
The their June 15th issue, the Northern District Times were kind enough to cover my...
A letter I wrote to Mr Dominello and Mr Alexander back in 2012. It is a reflection of who I...
The "rights" based debate is much confused, with much distortion of the english language and...
Somehow, the promise has been betrayed. Just what was society - the economy - and indeed, the...
Hockey's budget has come out to a mixed reaction. Some say the...
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Welcome to John August : Permutations
Religion
Mar 16, 2019 |
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A look at votes in NSW on secular issues, and the influence of the religious lobby, and a...
Sep 21, 2015 |
Back in 2008, I had an on-line debate with Greg Clarke who was the then-director of the Centre...
May 03, 2015 |
Trying to get a handle on the diversity of reactions, ideas, the fair and the unfair, the...
Sep 27, 2014 |
An edited version of this article has been published in the Spring 2014 issue of ...
Aug 17, 2014 |
This document has been scorned by many as merely an anti-semitic exercise. For Umberto Eco,...
Jan 13, 2014 |
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Australian...
of interest
May 18, 2022 |
This is the text of a speech I gave to the Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora and Fauna Preservation Society on the 7th of May. I was asked to comment on environmental issues, and...
Apr 30, 2022 |
I'm receiving multiple similar emails from different people about the same set of causes. Sites like getup.com , dogooder.com and advocacysender.com These sites offer to...
Apr 21, 2022 |
Here's the speech I gave recently to the Eastwood Chamber of Commerce on the 11th of April. At the time, I made the point of recognising that there can be good people in...
Dec 26, 2021 |
Why am I not a skeptic? Well, at least, why am I not a part of organised skepticism, as claimed by the so-called Australian Skeptics, actually the NSW branch of...
Jun 29, 2021 |
Jordan Peterson - the person, his works, his impacts
Jordan Peterson is a professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. A controversial figure, he has...
Mar 15, 2021 |
Taking a look at "Froth Flotation" the technology mentioned, but not explained to my satisfaction, around Broken Hill
Some years ago, I visited Broken Hill. It is...
Feb 01, 2021 |
Taking a look at Al-Jazeera coverage, and the conspicious absence of some events overlapping between Australia and Qatar.
While visiting my Aunt in Wollongong,...
Nov 26, 2020 |
I’ve long been interested in Chomsky’s writings, but I could always see good and bad in them. I’ve struggled to understand foreign policy and how the US fits in. It’s...
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