Our West Wing moment

So, I’ll admit it. I got just as carried away as everybody else on the occasion of United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Australia. I was looking forward to the chance to see him up close and to get a sense of the rhetorical power that first caught the attention of the world at the…

Perth light rail: getting on board

In November 2010, two seemingly unrelated events on opposite sides of the world set the stage for one of the most exciting developments to come to our city in many years.
In a remarkable turnaround, the International Energy Agency closed the forty year debate on Peak…

Slow Burn

Uranium investors and nuclear advocates in Australia are hopeful that life has returned to normal. Day by day, Fukushima is fading from the headlines, and every other week it seems the uranium industry holds a conference to provide mutual reassurance that the “sideshow” in Japan, as one uranium executive put…

tokyo time

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Filmed around central tokyo between january and december 2010, to try and scratch the itch of the extraordinary 24/7 wonderland of shinjuku, shibuya and parts surrounding. Shot on a canon E0S 50D still camera and Canon Legria HF20…

East Perth Power Station

Atomic India

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A year in the life of the internet

This has been a fascinating year for those who take an interest in telecommunications issues. The…

An Australian Abroad

No-one was celebrating when it became apparent that the dense hour of argument and counter argument in the vaulted courtroom number 4 in London had resulted in a further stay of extradition for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange.The arguments turned on obscure but important skirmishes…

A headache of Olympic proportions

The concept of ‘environmental protection’ has taken on new meaning with the announcement of Commonwealth environmental approvals for BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam copper/gold/uranium mine in South Australia.