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| Environment |
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| Photovoltaic
System |
June 2019 |
My initial observations on my photovoltaic
system which was installed in early March 2019. |
| Grants for Higher Building Star Rating | March 2016 | Based on a submission to Future Melbourne 2026, run by Melbourne City Council. |
| Energy
Education Centre |
March 2016 |
Based on a submission to Future Melbourne
2026, run by Melbourne City Council. Also suggested on my Green
Oversite website a few years earlier. |
| Society
and Work |
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| Covid-19 and Vitamin
D |
August 2022 |
Further trialing of Vitamin D required. |
| 2050 |
November 2020 |
What will society be like in 2050? This
"message from the future" suggests one possibility. |
| Political Reform |
November 2020 | Mainly about the reform of the Senate to make
it more representative and a true house of review. |
| Voting Reform |
November 2020 | Suggestions on reform of voting to increase
voting security |
| Reform |
October 2020 |
A complete section of many pages on a lot of
taxation, financial, political and societal reform
suggestions. I may add to this over time. |
| Housing - Financial
Treatment |
October 2020 |
Capital gains tax treatment and a proposal
for incorporating housing into the superannuation system |
| Contracts
Officer Notes |
October 2020 |
Notes on Contracts Officer duties in
Victorian Local Government |
| Public
Transport Fare Structure in Melbourne |
June 2018 |
Suggested improvements to Melbourne's Public
Transport fare structure. |
| Sham
Consulting! |
July 2018 |
Some comments on my brush with sham
consulting while seeking temporary work. |
| Behavioural
Job Interview Questions |
March 2017 |
A critique of a current job interview
approach. |
| Internet
and Community |
Feb 1999 |
Ideas on the use of the Internet to enhance
local community communications |
| The Republic |
Originally written around the time of the
Republican forum. Revised at a later time. |
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| Ideas |
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| Can
an Agnostic Believe in Anything? |
March 2024 | Can an Agnostic Believe in Anything? |
| Can
you Prove a Negative? |
February 2024 | Can You Prove a Negative? |
| Is
ChatGPT a dud? |
January 2024 | Does ChatGPT just make up things when it doesn't know? |
| Agnosticism |
November 2023 | In support of Agnosticism. |
| Determinism
Miscellany |
November 2023 | Further thoughts on the free will determinism debate. |
| Freewill and Determinism | October 2023 | My take on the age old debate. |
| On Not Knowing |
May 2023 |
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. | 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 |
Nov 2019 |
About my mother's long involvement in the
Girl Guide Association. |
| Transport
Museum for Melbourne |
Feb 2016 |
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 |
