Category: General news

Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on

Out with Sax-Coburg-Gotha

Geoff Ebbs /10 June, 2020

White Australians struggling with approaches to justice for First Nations people might consider Radical Republicanism, writes Geoff Ebbs.

To map or not begs the wrong question

Geoff Ebbs /19 April, 2020

The privacy versus safety debate examines the wrong dilemma, according to Geoff Ebbs. Numerous podcasts and current affairs programs have raised privacy concerns this week around track and trace software proposed by the Australian government. They generally framed the debate with safety as one horn of the dilemma and privacy as the other. The question Continue Reading →

sideways replacement of sleepers

Union warned of derailment in 2011

Geoff Ebbs /29 February, 2020

Alarm bells rang in the Cage when a derailment occurred on the Melbourne Sydney track on February 24th 2020 due to “mud holes” on the track. The Rail Tram and Bus Union reported in 2011 that the practice of replacing sleepers without lifting the track, known as sideways replacement, was causing mudholes that could lead Continue Reading →

Green New Deal will work

Geoff Ebbs /9 March, 2019

This article is reprinted from CNN Online. Read the original. There are three main ideas of the Green New Deal Resolution introduced by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey.  The first is to decarbonize the US energy system — that is, to end the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning coal, oil and natural gas, Continue Reading →

“We can do this!” election to be announced in March

Geoff Ebbs /17 December, 2018

The Liberals internal working paper pictured here sets an election announcement date of late March. This is consistent with the May election already announced by the government. All parliamenteary members of the Liberal Party should be prepared and on high alert to answer questions about the election from early in the New Year. The paper Continue Reading →

Ancient stone mask identifies Neolithic farm site

Geoff Ebbs /9 December, 2018

Sources: Live Science, John James Newsletter, National Geographic The most recent of the 15 Neolithic masks found in the world came from a farm in the West Bank near the Dead Sea. The mask probably was brought to the surface by agricultural activities that disturbed the soil. The field is full of Neolithic artefacts, indicating that Continue Reading →