I am grateful to a newly ordained Deacon at our local Church for acting as a catalyst in preaching a sermon in a series on big current issues, dubbed "Should We Welcome All Refugees?" This prompted me to collect my thoughts on the issue and to try to justify them in Christian terms.The Deacon's line … Continue reading Heaven on Earth
Sustainability
Bitten by the dispiriting dogma of sustainabilityNICK CATERTHE AUSTRALIANJANUARY 28, 2014 12:00AMPrint42FacebookIllustration: Sturt Krygsman Source: News LimitedWHAT a splendid start to the year it has been for Australia. First the Ashes, then the one-day trophy and finally the corporate sustainability prize awarded to our own Westpac Banking Corporation in Davos.Sustainability is "a leading-edge issue", which means no one … Continue reading Sustainability
A Step in the Right Direction
Commonwealth Government Selling Water Allocations-A Step in the Right DirectionThis week’s announcement that the Commonwealth Government is to sell some water allocations back to irrigators is a small step in the right direction.From the time that the Howard Government, in an attempt to gather "green" votes, decided to throw $10bn at the Murray Darling Basin, … Continue reading A Step in the Right Direction
Focus
"Focus" is one of my favourite business words. I came across the following quote which is worth repeating and following-QUOTE OF NOTE: From Robert Glazer, a serial entrepreneur and customer acquisition specialist with an exceptional track record of growing revenue and profits for early to mid-stage consumer businesses. His firm, Acceleration Partners, is a go-to … Continue reading Focus
Climate Change-The Party’s Over-Maurice Newman
Mother Nature suggests the party's over for IPCCMAURICE NEWMANTHE AUSTRALIANJANUARY 15, 2014 12:00AMPrintpandShare on facebo:FGIVEN the low-grade attacks on me following my piece "Crowds go cold on climate cost" (The Australian, Dec 31) readers of Fairfax publications and The Guardian may be shocked to hear I believe in climate change. I also accept carbon dioxide is … Continue reading Climate Change-The Party’s Over-Maurice Newman
Curriculum Beyond Saving-Nick Cater
Illustration: Sturt Krygsman Source: News Limited"LANGUAGE," claim the authors of the Australian Curriculum, "enables people to interact effectively." They then proceed to demonstrate in 238,000 laboured words that this is not necessarily the case.The curriculum is written in the private language of educationalism, which, like Latin in the hands of the medieval clergy, serves to keep the … Continue reading Curriculum Beyond Saving-Nick Cater
Peter Garry
Two days after my bowel cancer diagnosis my long standing friend and Dalgety colleague, Peter Garry died. A week or so earlier, when he accepted that his end was near, he asked me if I would give a career centred eulogy at his funeral. The very large funeral was held in the very grand chapel at his … Continue reading Peter Garry
Cricket and Chemo
Chemo and Cricket-10th December,2013I had an appointment to see Oncologist Gavin Marx at the San on 26th November. I proposed to him that before commencing chemo I should go to Adelaide for the Test Match. He helpfully calculated that the ideal time to begin chemo was six weeks after surgery and that was the 10th December, the day after … Continue reading Cricket and Chemo
"Oh What a Feeling"
"Oh What a Feeling!"Ignorance is bliss. I was pretty blasé about my approaching surgery. It was just as well I didn't know what I was in for!The big picture is that I had a marked change in bowel habit. My GP sent me to a gastro specialist who did a colonoscopy on 9th October. This … Continue reading "Oh What a Feeling"
Contemplation
As I prepare for my first surgery since having my appendix removed in 1949 I have been mindful of one of my favourite school day quotations-"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.For what are men better than sheep or … Continue reading Contemplation
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