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Universal Basic Income: Its Time Has Come

21 May 2025 1 yr

Who is going to buy all the wonderful stuff if lots of folk can no longer afford to? Universal Basic Income: Its time has come.

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18 November 2023 3 yrs

Failures Of The Neoliberal Order

by Clio

13 July 2026 4 dys

Top Of The Table Clash

A brave effort on the night, which could not be sustained. This sums up the Swans defeat at the hands of a rampant last quarter Dockers at the cauldron that is Optus stadium in Perth. Near on 56, 000 fans filled the stadium for this top of the table clash. Fremantle were goalless for a half and still won handsomely in the end. At the start of the second half Fremantle took control of the centre and won the ball out of there, repeatedly going forward. Too many avenues to goal meant they outscored Sydney in the third quarter, despite the heroics of Charlie Curnow at the other end.

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Caveman Sports Have No Place In A Healthy Life

by Clio

3 July 2026 2 weeks

Caveman Sports Have No Place In A Healthy Life

Contact sports in the guise of AFL or rugby are coming under increasing scrutiny in regard to head knocks to players. The truth is that modern human beings are not designed to crash and bash into each other at speed. We have, obviously, evolved away from the need to do so in the natural world. Survival does not call for such behaviour these days and that has long been the case. It is, rather, recreational pursuits in the form of team contact sports which have become the unhealthy danger in recent years. The professionalism and commercialism within these sports have motivated players to become bigger, stronger and faster in pursuit of material rewards. The resultant clashes between these modern day gladiators are fuelling an increasing amount of brain injury diseases showing up in past and present players. Is it a situation where caveman sports have no place in a healthy life?

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Sydney Swans Flop Off The Bye At The Gabba

by Clio

26 June 2026 3 weeks

Sydney Swans Flop Off The Bye At The Gabba

The Sydney Swans flop off the bye at the Gabba under fierce Lion’s pressure. Personally, I hate the bye and always have as a Swan’s fan. Too many times the team fails to fire after a week off. The Swans looked soft on this Thursday night featured contest with last year’s premiers. Brody Grundy gifted Brisbane goal scoring opportunities out of the centre 4 times on the night. These free kicks for crossing the line at the ball up are huge penalties to pay for this indiscretion, especially when advantage is taken and opposing players steal out the front of the centre square toward their goal.

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Episode 29: Caveman Sports & The Mysteries Of AFL Coaching - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

Robert Sudha HamiltonContact sports in the guise of AFL or rugby are coming under increasing scrutiny in regard to head knocks to players. The truth is that modern human beings are not designed to crash and bash into each other at speed. We have, obviously, evolved away from the need to do so in the natural world. Survival does not call for such behaviour these days and that has long been the case. It is, rather, recreational pursuits in the form of team contact sports which have become the unhealthy danger in recent years. The professionalism and commercialism within these sports have motivated players to become bigger, stronger and faster in pursuit of material rewards. The resultant clashes between these modern day gladiators are fuelling an increasing amount of brain injury diseases showing up in past and present players. Is it a situation where caveman sports have no place in a healthy life?The Mystery of Coaching AFLHighly paid but bloody hard work too.More likely to fail than find ultimate success, but still ex-AFL players try their hand at the caper. In this podcast we dig a bit deeper into the whole coaching challenge..Michael Voss & Brad Scott are the latest victims.Why were they unsuccessful????Robert Sudha Hamilton is a keen, longtime AFL fan. He like many wonders why? About so many things...

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14 Jul

It would be better if voting was done in a quiet room and it took several hours to view the policies of the parties. All campaigning was banned and made illegal. Voting might take 4 weeks instead of a day. Voting would be compulsory...

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14 Jul

The Swans have now been beaten by Hawthorn, Geelong, Brisbane and Fremantle, which tells a story. That is probably not great to hear if you are an AFL Sydney Swan’s supporter...

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3 Jul

Can the game of AFL be sanitised enough to make it safe from developing CTE or some other form of brain disease? In my view it seems unlikely. A contact sport is all about that physical contact...

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26 Jun

The Swans are soft. You cannot rely on them to turn up when the going gets tough. Jake Lloyd was brushed aside by Cam Rainer so often he must have thought that he had died and come back as a curtain.