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Peter Francis Fenwick
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Hygienic Quarantine is Not Their Top Priority
The Victorian Government put finding jobs for a few unskilled workers as a higher priority than creating hygienic, well-controlled...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Jul 22, 20206 min read
How to Bolster Youth Employment
We need to ensure our kids are not priced out of the labour market. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many jobs have been lost, some...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Jun 28, 20202 min read
Hotel Quarantine Fiasco
For three months, we have given up our liberties and our livelihoods to comply with the directives of our leaders - all for the common good.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Jun 18, 20203 min read
Universities: Bailout or Restructure?
A spokeswoman for the Vice Chancellors of our major Universities said that they had advised the Minister, Dan Tehan, that unless they got...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Jun 10, 20203 min read
Black Lives Matter
In a well-written advocacy in The Saturday Paper supporting the Black Lives Matter protests on Saturday 6th June 2020, Amy McQuire wrote...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
May 26, 20202 min read
Return to Work and Play and Socialising
Our politicians and their advisors get no kudos for taking risks. They err on the side of caution. The risk of deaths from COVID-19 is...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
May 13, 20201 min read
Nothing Unprecedented has Happened
One of the delights of the English language is that its extensive vocabulary facilitates nuance. The recent overuse of the word...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Apr 25, 20201 min read
How Dare You Close My School
Our schools should never have been closed. The expert advice was consistent about this. Officials of the teacher unions should hang their...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Apr 20, 20202 min read
When Nattering in the Park is a Crime
Last Saturday, I experienced what it would be like living under authoritarian rule.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Paying for COVID-19
If the government pays citizens who are not working, and refunds businesses who employ people who have nothing to do, this is not...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Mar 29, 20202 min read
Discretionary Saving
For the time being there are lots of things we cannot spend our money on. What will we do with the money we save? In response to the...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Feb 10, 20206 min read
Opportunities for Corruption
When the Auditor General released a scathing report on the allocation of $100million in sports grants, we all understood that funds had...
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