http://www.socialcritic.net/ A close analysis of news, current affairs, politics and social trends..... This is the world as you've never known it...Want to wake up with the Critic ? en Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:43:00 GMT Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:43:00 GMT info@socialcritic.net info@socialcritic.net http://www.socialcritic.net/the-trend-in-political-polling/ Polling on political preferences has been with us for ever and a day. The trend however seems to have reached mammoth proportions. Our headline news broadcasts publish new polling figures... http://www.socialcritic.net/the-trend-in-political-polling/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/the-trend-in-political-polling/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:43:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/want-free-advertising-inflate-an-argument/ Iguanas Bar & Brasserie located on the Central Coast in NSW was little known, particularly if you don't live anywhere near there, until a week and a half ago. We... http://www.socialcritic.net/want-free-advertising-inflate-an-argument/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/want-free-advertising-inflate-an-argument/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:02:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/the-demise-of-the-democrats/ There has been much written about the demise of the Democrats over this current decade. In The Sydney Morning Herald this weekend, Phillip Hudson provides a history of the party... http://www.socialcritic.net/the-demise-of-the-democrats/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/the-demise-of-the-democrats/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:02:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/the-most-trusted-professions/ Although I am a full blown sceptic of surveys and the stories that evolve from them telling us what we all think, I will confess to usually reading them anyway... http://www.socialcritic.net/the-most-trusted-professions/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/the-most-trusted-professions/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:56:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/technology-can-eliminate-us-all-out-of-the-workforce-if-we-dont-watch-out/ Recently I was having a discussion with friends about jobs and professions that have disappeared in the past few decades thanks to the march in technology. When you think about... http://www.socialcritic.net/technology-can-eliminate-us-all-out-of-the-workforce-if-we-dont-watch-out/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/technology-can-eliminate-us-all-out-of-the-workforce-if-we-dont-watch-out/ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:51:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/they-tell-me-ive-now-lost-all-my-consumer-confidence-never/ The funniest thing about experts is they are always so willing to tell me what I already know in the first place. This morning was no different when I woke... http://www.socialcritic.net/they-tell-me-ive-now-lost-all-my-consumer-confidence-never/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/they-tell-me-ive-now-lost-all-my-consumer-confidence-never/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:51:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/the-race-for-the-us-president-its-enough-to-make-you-want-to-vote/ While I had little time for talk of whether or not a black man could make it to the White House or whether or not a woman could be the... http://www.socialcritic.net/the-race-for-the-us-president-its-enough-to-make-you-want-to-vote/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/the-race-for-the-us-president-its-enough-to-make-you-want-to-vote/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:28:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/turning-off-the-lights-i-can-do-that/ It was World Environment Day on Thursday last so what a better weekend for Energy Australia, together with The Sun Herald, to launch its campaign to the consumers of Australia... http://www.socialcritic.net/turning-off-the-lights-i-can-do-that/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/turning-off-the-lights-i-can-do-that/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:07:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/budgets-surpluses-and-accounting-standards/ When governments sprinkle their announcements with "working families" or insist they understand how things are on "struggle street", I always feel a little bit patronised. I can almost feel them... http://www.socialcritic.net/budgets-surpluses-and-accounting-standards/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/budgets-surpluses-and-accounting-standards/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:23:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/whoever-said-sharon-stone-was-a-diplomat-anyway/ Sharon Stone's gaffe, or might we say her politically unwise statement relating to the Chinese and karma, raises some interesting questions about our own belief systems. For those who may... http://www.socialcritic.net/whoever-said-sharon-stone-was-a-diplomat-anyway/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/whoever-said-sharon-stone-was-a-diplomat-anyway/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:34:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/sniffing-out-the-petrol-rorts/ Petrol has always been one of those issues that successive governments have prayed to go away. It's not surprising. Australia more than many other countries has so much distance between... http://www.socialcritic.net/sniffing-out-the-petrol-rorts/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/sniffing-out-the-petrol-rorts/ Wed, 28 May 2008 12:04:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/middle-class/ The anticipation in the lead up to the Federal Budget generated so much tension it could surely only have been outdone by Big Brother and Idol. Who was going to... http://www.socialcritic.net/middle-class/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/middle-class/ Thu, 22 May 2008 12:49:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/prosperity-jobs-and-babies/ I can hardly read a paper or listen to a news radio station or a politician speaking where they don't mention "family values", "paid maternity leave" or "working families". What... http://www.socialcritic.net/prosperity-jobs-and-babies/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/prosperity-jobs-and-babies/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:26:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/the-crime-writing-craze/ [Crime writing has always been popular but it seems to be gaining momentum. Recently, I scrolled through the program for the upcoming Sydney Writers' Festival. All the events, seminars and... http://www.socialcritic.net/the-crime-writing-craze/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/the-crime-writing-craze/ Sun, 04 May 2008 11:10:00 GMT http://www.socialcritic.net/five-reasons-to-keep-electricity-public/ On Saturday, here in New South Wales, Australia, Labor will be fighting it out among themselves about the privatisation of electricity. I can see five good reasons why electricity should... http://www.socialcritic.net/five-reasons-to-keep-electricity-public/#comments http://www.socialcritic.net/five-reasons-to-keep-electricity-public/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:00 GMT