Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Oats Express? No – Oats Explodes!

Spotted these in the local Coles while doing the weekly shop this afternoon: I handed them into the service desk – (because who knows *what* caused this) – but clearly not “Oats Express”, but “Oats Expands” or “Oats Explodes”. Bit of a worry.

Serco Employee Superannuation Fail

It seems that Serco is not just capable of ”faults in due diligence” with respect to prison transport contracts, and security flaws at detention centres, but has also been guilty of lax procedures with respect to compulsory employee superannuation contributions. Review Of Superannuation Guarantee Contributions – Outcome “Serco has been carrying out a review to […]

Transcript Of ABC Asylum Seeker Tow-Back Video

Following up from my earlier post on the apparent censoring of an asylum seeker tow-back video by the ABC, a translation of what was said on the uncensored version has emerged. Not being able to speak Farsi myself, I can’t personally verify the translation is correct, but it does match up with a small section […]

ABC Asylum Seeker Tow-Back Video Censored?

Earlier today, I tweeted a video link to an ABC posting of a video, evidently of a lifeboat full of asylum seekers being towed back to Indonesia. A couple of hours later, a few people pointed out to me that the video link no longer worked. Curious, I investigated. The video is – (or more […]

Toilet Etiquette?

Recently I got a giggle from these differing signs on the toilets at a local shopping centre: Obviously, it’s not a good idea for anyone to smoke in the toilets – (except perhaps staff, apparently?) – but it seems the boys get asked not to smoke a lot less nicely than the girls!

Avalon Rail Link: Priorities Out Of Order?

The question of whether or not Victoria’s rail network should be extended into Geelong’s Avalon Airport has been a point of debate for a number of years. With news today that the proposed heavy rail link be submitted for environmental assessment, proponents of the plan are hailing a ‘milestone’ in the project. Avalon Rail Link […]

2013: Posts Of The Year

In this the 2013 edition of my ‘posts of the year’, as was the case in the 2012, my website has been dominated by NBN discussion. Yes I do write about the NBN quite a bit, but that these articles are so popular on my site shows just how important the NBN has become in […]

Browser State Of Play 2013

Over the last couple of years, I have looked at statistics relating to which browsers people are using to visit my site a couple of times, in a somewhat adhoc fashion – here and here. Boring? Maybe. It is however ‘interesting’ and ‘useful’ in a couple of ways. While theoretically all web browsers should show […]

What Turing Gave To The World

In the wake of his long called for pardon, I think it is important to remind ourselves just what Alan Turing gave to the world. Never forget Alan Turing.

John Smith Outlines His Plans

Voting in mayoral elections for Geelong continues, following the resignation of previous Mayor, Keith Fagg, due to health concerns. For the last couple of Geelong mayoral votes, the mysterious “John Smith” has nominated for the job. Nobody knows who he is, and he has never shown up at any functions relating to the process. Included […]