Category Archives: General

A general blog

Bamboozling the World

Posted on March 20, 2021 by colinfraser

For the last four decades, we have seen the world’s financial systems turned right around. By the late 1960s, the system that rebuilt the world after WW2, created and led by the Bretton Woods Agreements of 1944, was seen as … Continue reading →

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Living in a time of pestilence!

Posted on April 1, 2020 by colinfraser

Just over a month ago, I wrote concerning myself with using technology in Education. Covid-19 was just days away from being the issue it is right now. We seen whole parts of the country essentially locked down, people thrown out … Continue reading →

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Change and People – A Good Mix?

Posted on November 13, 2018 by colinfraser

Throughout 2017, I was living in an area of my State, South Australia, that really seems to think the world has passed it by. Their attitude is that they are ignored by the State, unwanted and left to live in … Continue reading →

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Education needs to change!

Posted on June 18, 2018 by colinfraser

I have been looking at what students are doing today as compared to what they were doing fifteen years ago. I have also been talking to teachers about this topic too, and they are suggesting similar themes as I am … Continue reading →

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Mad March is right!

Posted on February 26, 2018 by colinfraser

Every year, Adelaide has what’s called “Mad March!” Due to a number of factors, some beyond the control of the local authorities, there seems to be a number of different events going on one after the other. There is a … Continue reading →

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So, you want a nuclear power station?

Posted on April 11, 2017 by colinfraser

Every so often, somebody talks up the nuclear option as being something that we need to do to ensure the future economic prosperity of the State. Such pronouncements are never accompanied by any detail on how nuclear power will ensure … Continue reading →

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A Contaminated Nuclear Environment

Posted on November 26, 2016 by colinfraser

Today, we have very much a contaminated nuclear environment. We cannot seem to get a lot of accurate information, either it is too inflammatory or it is too limp wristed to be accurate. In this I mean that when looking … Continue reading →

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Let’s get some perspective, please!

Posted on November 22, 2016 by colinfraser

I have been trying to get some perspective on the nuclear industry recently and not having a lot of luck. What I have found is worlds away from the hysterical nonsense the anti-nuke brigade is sprouting. At the same time, … Continue reading →

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Waste not, want not!

Posted on November 12, 2016 by colinfraser

For the record, I want everyone to understand that I am not enamoured of the nuclear industry. It is a blight on our society that garnishes an outrageous amount attention. It is vastly overrated in terms of the economic activity … Continue reading →

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“Survivors” and “Victims”? Not at all!

Posted on May 8, 2016 by colinfraser

In recent years, we have followed two Royal Commissions into sexual abuse, one in South Australia; and the Victorian inquiry into the Catholic Church’s treatment of abusers and abused. We watched with interest nightly reports on the goings on in … Continue reading →

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