Environment
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Photovoltaic
System
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June 2019
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My initial observations on my photovoltaic
system which was installed in early March 2019.
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Grants for Higher
Building Star Rating |
March 2016 |
Based on a submission to Future Melbourne
2026, run by Melbourne City Council. |
Energy
Education Centre
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March 2016
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Based on a submission to Future Melbourne
2026, run by Melbourne City Council. Also suggested on my Green
Oversite website a few years earlier.
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Society
and Work
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Covid-19 and Vitamin
D
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August 2022
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Further trialing of Vitamin D required.
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2050
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November 2020
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What will society be like in 2050? This
"message from the future" suggests one possibility.
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Political Reform
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November 2020 |
Mainly about the reform of the Senate to make
it more representative and a true house of review.
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Voting Reform
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November 2020 |
Suggestions on reform of voting to increase
voting security
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Reform
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October 2020
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A complete section of many pages on a lot of
taxation, financial, political and societal reform
suggestions. I may add to this over time.
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Housing - Financial
Treatment
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October 2020
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Capital gains tax treatment and a proposal
for incorporating housing into the superannuation system
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Contracts
Officer Notes
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October 2020
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Notes on Contracts Officer duties in
Victorian Local Government
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Public
Transport Fare Structure in Melbourne
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June 2018
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Suggested improvements to Melbourne's Public
Transport fare structure.
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Sham
Consulting!
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July 2018
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Some comments on my brush with sham
consulting while seeking temporary work.
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Behavioural
Job Interview Questions
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March 2017
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A critique of a current job interview
approach.
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Internet
and Community
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Feb 1999
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Ideas on the use of the Internet to enhance
local community communications
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The Republic
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Originally written around the time of the
Republican forum. Revised at a later time.
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Ideas
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On Not Knowing
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May 2023
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Can you have knowledge without evidence? Or
should it be automatically dismissed? |
Philosophy Videos
and Podcasts |
April 2023 |
A list of my favourite philosophy videos and
podcasts. |
Grasping is the Source
of all Anguish (PDF) |
June 2009 |
Wisdom from Sogyal
Rinpoche? You decide. |
The Golden Rule
(PDF) |
June 2009 |
Some say that the Negative Golden
Rule is the better formulation. |
Eckhart Tolle |
Nov 2008 |
Some brief comments on Eckhart Tolle's
philosophy. |
Enemies of Reason |
May 2008 |
Comments on a Richard Dawkins' Program. |
War is Stupid |
April 2008 |
After reading this piece people of the world will throw
down their arms and convert their weapons to plough shares.
(If only it was true!) |
Money. |
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Money takes a shallow look at a definition of evil. It was
written as a short, fun piece. Make what you will of it. |
Other
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Product Review |
Feb 2020 |
Some product reviews of equipment that I have
bought that I have issues with. |
Margaret
Barbour - A Life in Guiding
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Nov 2019
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About my mother's long involvement in the
Girl Guide Association.
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Transport
Museum for Melbourne
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Feb 2016
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Based on a submission to Future Melbourne
2026, run by Melbourne City Council - and a much earlier
suggestion to the now defunct Docklands Authority. |
Crazy Ideas
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Mowing Maniac |
May 2008 |
A novel alternative to burning off |