If you’ve been following the media in recent months, you will know that South Australia has become a bit of national joke due to the apparent fragility of its electricity infrastructure. In September 2016, the state experienced a near-total electricity blackout after three of the four electricity interconnectors with the eastern states were taken out simultaneously…
Month: January 2017
Amazon is coming to Australia
As a small-time book retailer, I have always followed the fortunes of the company that pioneered online bookselling way back in the 1990s—Amazon.com. Despite not turning a profit for many years after its launch, Amazon has now hit its straps. It recently became the world’s eighth largest retailer and has signalled a massive growth phase with plans…