Black money drives the IPLBlack money drives the IPL
Back in 1967, the then Indian finance minister Morarji Desai had the brilliant idea of raising taxes well beyond their existing level; the maximum marginal tax rate was raised as[...]
Category: Australia
Brownwash leaves Australia shatteredBrownwash leaves Australia shattered
Last month, Australia completed a miserable cricket tour of India during which it lost all four Tests, the first time this has happened since 1970. On that occasion, a strong[...]
In Test cricket, patience is a virtueIn Test cricket, patience is a virtue
PATIENCE is a virtue that Australia’s national cricket team seems to lack. And impatience does not serve one well in Test cricket as the results from the first two matches[...]
Coalition dog-whistles as the election countdown continuesCoalition dog-whistles as the election countdown continues
THE Liberal-National coalition which forms the opposition in Australia has just confirmed that it is the party of xenophobes by proposing that whenever asylum-seekers are allowed to move into a[...]
Xenophobes in Australia about to choke on their cornflakesXenophobes in Australia about to choke on their cornflakes
THE xenophobes in Australia — and that’s a goodly proportion of the population — will find themselves in a difficult position if Fawad Ahmed is granted citizenship and selected to[...]
Xenophon should come into the 21st centuryXenophon should come into the 21st century
AN Australian senator goes to Malaysia on an unofficial visit. His intention is to meddle in local politics. And when he gets thrown out of the country, he makes a[...]
When the offenders become the storyWhen the offenders become the story
No thought was given to the possibility that a woman from a conservative part of India could possibly have held the royal family in such esteem that to be[...]
Cheating is universal (not that this excuses Armstrong)Cheating is universal (not that this excuses Armstrong)
WHEN the Australia dollar shoots past the greenback, it enables people to buy goods that they previously avoided due to the cost. On the internet, for the most part, the[...]
US voters go one way; Australians are differentUS voters go one way; Australians are different
GIVEN the fact that the Democrats were returned to power in the recent US elections, there is a tendency for people in Australia to see a similar trend emerging in[...]
Money, money, money…Money, money, money…
LET’S assume a man has an income of $2000 per month. Let’s further assume that his income dropped by 50 per cent – he now has to manage on $1000[...]