by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 26, 2025 | Uncategorised
A few weeks back, the Prime Minister wrote a letter to the Leader of the Opposition, urging him to join a bipartisan agreement committing to offshore gas exploration for 10 years. Unfortunately, the Labour leader dismissed the letter as a “political stunt”. I took the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorised
I should start with an apology. I’m sorry that I am finding it really difficult to get too exercised about what’s happening in Gaza or Israel at present, or for that matter, what’s going on in Ukraine or Russia. Don’t get me wrong. Those wars are brutal and the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorised
When the latest quarterly GDP result came out last week, many of the accompanying commentaries expressed surprise that it could be so bad. The June quarter result came in with a negative result of 0.9%. That means that the economy shrank during the quarter. Most...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorised
I’ve spent the last week travelling. A good old-fashioned road trip, to be exact. We’ve been driving from Queensland’s Noosa to Port Douglas, along the aptly named Bruce Highway. About 1900km over five days. It got me thinking about our roads. Our roads fell apart on...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 1, 2025 | Uncategorised
I sometimes wonder if our politicians put themselves in the headlines without thinking things through. This week the supermarket industry has been back in the spotlight. Our Finance Minister is making it her business to keep it there as she attempts to deal with the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 16, 2025 | Uncategorised
In Sebastian Junger’s excellent portrayal of the sinking of the fishing boat, the Andrea Gail, the author outlined what he termed “The Perfect Storm”. The phrase was used to describe a unique weather event whereby a high-pressure system, a low-pressure system and a...
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