Author Archives: Michael Wyres

When Is The Age Not The Age?

When is The Age, not actually The Age? Apparently, when you hit the paywall limit of 30 free articles a month. Observe: Start on “The Age”. Click an article. Hit the paywall warning. Close the paywall warning. End up on the Sydney Morning Herald page. Hmmm.

Deceptive New Scientist Unsubscribe Link?

I’m a nerd, and I love most ‘sciencey’ things. As such, some time ago I subscribed to receive regular email updates from New Scientist magazine. While their articles were always interesting, before long I found I just didn’t have enough time to read them, so I unsubscribed. Or so I thought. I continued to regularly […]

Coalition Avoiding NBN Policy Costing Review

In another piece of double standard rhetoric from the Coalition, Malcolm Turnbull has refused to submit his policies for his alternative National Broadband Network (NBN) to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) for costing, prior to the September 7th election. In a tweet last night, in direct response to being asked about whether or not he […]

The Whole Essendon Story Needs Another Investigation

As a devout and life long Essendon supporter, news that the club will almost certainly be charged with various offences following the long-running ASADA drugs investigation hurts – and hurts pretty bad. However, I am a realist, and I firmly believe that the investigation, the outcome of that investigation, and the handout of any penalties […]

Why Neither NBN Plan Will Kill Foxtel

I’ve been really irritated in this first week of the election campaign that the debate over the National Broadband Network (NBN) has degenerated into an argument as to which NBN plan hurts Rupert Murdoch and Foxtel the most. The premise is just ridiculous, as quite frankly, the NBN – (in either ALP or LNP form) […]

Malcolm Turnbull Invents Time Travel

Exactly what was Malcolm Turnbull on about at yesterday’s National Broadband Network (NBN) debate between himself and Alan Kohler? How about this pearler? “Mr Turnbull said he did not object to fibre-to-the-premises technology in itself, but given the rapid rate of technological change thought it was best not to provision for future demands with today’s […]

Another Coalition Member Caught Lying Over NBN

More lies and misinformation from the Coalition over the National Broadband Network (NBN). They just can’t help themselves, can they? Just caught this tweet from Sussan Ley, the Coalition Member for Farrer in Southern New South Wales: Of course, this is just patently wrong, and I followed up here and here. The Coalition’s alternative NBN […]

More Coalition Goalpost Shifting

Certain members of our alternative government have certainly been a bit shifty with numbers related to their portfolios in the last 24 hours. On the National Broadband Network (NBN) front, where it has been claimed that if the Coalition comes to power at the election, and it’s alternative NBN is implemented, that people may be […]

Do We Have Store Brand Vegetables Now?

We’ve all seen so-called “store brand” or “home brand” products in the supermarket. For example, a packet of biscuits that look exactly the same and taste exactly the same as a packet of Tim Tams, but for half the price. And probably made in the exact same factory anyway. Well, whilst doing the shopping this […]

How To End Your NTSB Internship Early

NTSB Statement On Erroneous Confirmation Of Crew Names “Earlier today, in response to an inquiry from a media outlet, a summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft.” My only question is how the newsreader didn’t crack up laughing, or at […]