My experience in NSW Court last Friday (as a key witness / participant) made me think back to my time earlier in the year as a jury member in a Melbourne Criminal proceeding and the entire justice system. For background I was called up for a criminal court proceeding which I had postponed from the April…

Well last week the organisation I work for (accidentally) released the new returns I was project leading early (by about 1 week). Now the hard part, dealing with the public and any issues they have (or our staff).   The returns themselves are radically different and introduce a lot of new concepts and rules and instructions.…

Since February I began working as a Director, a position I just finished last week.    It was an interesting 3 months, I had to deal with a health issue effecting staff that meant the workforce had to be changed from full time to part time (with shifts).   Hard to tell people that they…

I found out today that I will be receiving an award for innovation from my employer. I get to choose from a list of prizes worth $300 (including going towards a laptop). A bit of a surprise but it is always nice to be recognised for ones work and creative ideas. This might be timely…

The arrogance of some of the just defeated Liberal party members!!!!! Workchoices was the major issue of the election; time and again it was listed as the major point of difference between Labour and the Liberals. In fact the Liberals complained that Labour was ‘me too’ on almost all their policies. So really if you…

Few people don’t think current Australian Prime Minister John Howard isn’t a master politician however that is very far from being a great leader which he is definitely not. John Howard in his first few years in power did show some integrity and courage (the gun reform laws) but it’s been downhill ever since and…

In January 2006 I wrote about the US Dollar and the major impact it has on setting US policy around the world (linking it to the Iraq situation).   At the time I stated the US economy was way overvalued and the links in the blog include what might haven’t when people realise that they…

It’s been quite some while since my last post and quiet a lot has happened.  Day 3 of my New Zealand trip saw me get back into Melbourne just in time to catch a work flight to Brisbane. What I found out in Brisbane however is my main credit card had been used on an…

Tomorrow I get to make a presentation about the project I’m heading up at work. It’s probably the most important work meeting I’ve been involved in and could, if all goes well, help my career, if it goes badly it definitely will hurt any future promotions in the near term. It’s interesting that stress is…