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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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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Hands
Off Democracy
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October 2020
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Learning the lessons of America
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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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Dispersed
Work Hubs |
Feb 2016 |
Based on a submission to Future
Melbourne 2026, run by Melbourne City Council. |
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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Written around the time of the
Republican forum
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Ideas
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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. |
Use of
the Mobile Phone in Search and Rescue |
Letter Feb 2008 |
This is based on a letter I sent to Parks Victoria
suggesting the development of portable transmission
reception units which will allow communications to
be attempted with mobile phones outside normal
reception areas. |
Crazy Ideas
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Mowing Maniac |
May 2008 |
A novel alternative to burning off |