The 'Fight of the Century' this Saturday night takes centre stage in my sporting diary this week. The much anticipated and hyped fight will finally settle who the best is; David Tua and Shane Cameron. However, those that make the claim that it is... Read More

It is indeed a bad day for all those who will lose their jobs & one I can't help but be sympathetic with, but there is a lesson in this. Government involvement in business has the effect of picking some business winners, while destroying others.... Read More

Today I am off to Fiji to attend a conference for the Australian Lending Company (Alco). My Australian company won the business of the year last year and this year we are once again finalists. When I am there I will be talking to mortgage brokers who... Read More

Last week I looked at the recruitment stage of the employee development process. The next step is to train the employee in the products, services, systems and culture of the organisation. This can be conducted by both external and internal sources.... Read More

This government is researching possible reforms to the liquor laws. It is being run by former Labour Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and apart from some minor amendments is the first major look at these laws since 1989. The intention is to save intoxicated... Read More

Everyone knows that jobs are getting scarce - well you'd of thought so wouldn't you? It seems some people don't actually want to get a job, regardless of their claims to the contrary. I have a view of the reception area from my office and can hear... Read More

Every week, for god knows how long, Ben Bernanke has been on tele, and every time he's appeared he's been wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ79Pt2GNJo&feature=player_embedded#t=14 On the other hand, much laughed at Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific... Read More

In those immortal words, uttered by a two legger in a loin cloth - no not Dan in his undies, but George of the Jungle, who I might add played in the 10 leopard skin for the Jungle 15 - and said many a time, 'Watch out for that tree.” Never one... Read More

On the eve of her 18th birthday and succession to the English throne, young Princess Victoria (Emily Blunt) is caught in a royal power struggle. But it is a blossoming love affair with Albert (Rupert Friend) that will determine the strength of her reign.... Read More

Former Prime Minister David Lange is reputed to have described a capital gains tax as the sort of tax you introduce if you want to lose not just one election, but the next three! And he should know since the Fourth Labour Government considered a capital... Read More

There's been a shipload of feedback on last week's rabbittings, mainly on the Greenpeace protest, plus some continuing fallout from the terrorist warning a couple of weeks back. The ship protest issue continues to eat away at some of you. It is clear... Read More

From the learned MacDoctor comes what looks to me like more wisdom on this 'the recession is over' nonsense, than you'd see in an idiocy of economists ('idiocy” is the collective noun for economists, right?) 'Economists are bouncing up and... Read More