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The Trump dilemmaDon’t get me wrong. Trump is not the dilemma to which I’m referring. His
behaviour is no longer a quandary. With every word he utters, with every
tweet, he confirms that his mental state continues to deteriorate to the point
where commentator after commentator expresses astonishment and alarm at his
outlandish reactions to the social and political environment in which he finds himself. -
Information and critical thinking do matterWhen Prime Minister Morrison was advised there was the risk of uncontrolled
spread of a deadly pandemic on the horizon early this year, he was slightly
wiser than at Christmas when he left a burning Australia in the ‘capable’
hands of Deputy Prime Minister and National Party Leader Michael McCormack. -
Morrison morphs into ‘Strict Father’ modeBack in 2013, I wrote a piece with the curious title:
The myth of political sameness.
Its purpose was to debunk the commonly held
view that ‘politicians are all the same’. -
Double standardsThere has been general praise for the Australian Governments
(at all levels) and their management of the COVID19 pandemic.
While the politicians signed off on the decisions, they listened to
and generally acted on the advice of the state and federal CMOs. -
People trusted HoldenIn the 1970s and 1980s the slogan was ‘People trust Holden’;
and they did. General Motors Holden had spent a lot of time
and money over many years marketing Holden vehicles as Australia’s
own car and as a result Holden sales were going gangbusters. -
Listen to the expertsAre you as impressed as I am with Australia’s response to COVID-19?
It is regarded as perhaps the most competent reaction, amongst similar
nations, of how to manage an outbreak of a vicious virus. Why is it so?
In my view, this outcome has resulted because our decision makers at both
federal and local levels have listened to the experts, and have followed their advice.
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