Tuesday, August 02, 2005



The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus
- Phil Donahue

Meanwhile, NSW Treasurer Andrew Refshauge has announced his resignation as Deputy Premier and as a member of Parliament today Iemma elected NSW Premier: Wild Times of Sydney

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Going cheap: Sydney's transport secrets
It's amazing what you can get for $20 these days

How about a fully featured IBM server computer, slightly used by the State Transit Authority but with all its data intact? Data such as payroll and financial information, Sydney public transport passenger counts and a high-level code for the city's ticketing systems. That's what a Sydney computer engineer, Geoffrey Huntley, says he found on computers bought at a government auction recently - and it wasn't just one server; there were 12 of them. Some still had backup tapes in their drives. Huntley posted pictures of the computer system screens - with key information faded out to be unreadable - on his website (www.geoffreyhuntley.com) on Saturday. These included incident reports, charter bus hiring systems, school bookings, employee numbers and employee access PINs


• Centralise in order to make it easier for terrorists to obtain information at one place. Bring On the ID Card. Hackers can already sneak into the transport surveillance images Alan Jones [Like Sydney train stations, Boston is filled with noise pollution and Alarming Warnings; Arguments about welfare and poverty bring out strong emotions ]
• · Medical Indemnity National Data Collection: public sector 2003 to 2004 ; Nicholas Pengelley Finding Australian Law
• · · There’s no business like small business; Driving Success: How You Innovate Determines What You Innovate ; All leadership comes down to this: changing people's behavior. Why is that so damn hard? Science offers some surprising new answers -- and ways to do better Change or Die ; The SEIU, the largest union in the AFL-CIO (the US equivalent of the ACTU) drive divisional changes United We Stand?
• · · · Capacities to believe in both equality and slavery, are the stuff of history. What an occupation journalism, I mean, not since the SS was dissolved in 1945 has there been such an opening for insensate cruelty Carr's green legacy should be taken with a grain of salt ; Christopher Sheil: Carr’s achievement was to fashion a political model that proved successful for Labor in all the states and territories. Basically, the model involved Labor conceding ground to the conservatives on financial and crime policies, while retaining the presumption of a positive role for government in providing public services and protecting the environment to improve living standards The ambiguities of Bob Carr ; The politically elegant Bob Carr defined the strategy of politics as administration for the state Labor Governments Politics as administration
• · · · · Culture minister, dissident, playwright dies at age 62 Dostál loses battle with cancer ; Joyfully joining the world with all its risks
• · · · · · John Quiggin A Happy Day ; Xmas Island camps ; On the other hand, It's official: We're top of the world Down Under