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Gathering Storm Clouds…
There’s a word Western governments dare not utter; it’s a phenomenon some thought had been eliminated; and the GFC of three years ago — mild, in the rear-view mirror — lulled many into a false sense of...
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We Save And We Stimulate: Economics, Wayne Swan Style
Treasurer Wayne Swan put in a truly cringeworthy performance yesterday; I think the Treasurer was trying to make the case for his government’s economical credentials but, unfortunately, he shot himself...
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Trouble Ahead As France And Greece Vote For Economic Chaos
Elections overnight (AEST) in France and Greece raise the prospect of the collapse of the Eurozone and a consequent world recession; voters in those countries might be pleased with themselves, but the...
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Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister: Then, And Now
WITH THE LAUNCH this weekend of the first Coalition TVCs of the election season, the battle between Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd is set to commence in earnest; today we look at Rudd’s first period as...
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High Risk Tactics As Labor Scraps The Carbon Tax
AT FACE VALUE, an announcement this week that Labor will junk the carbon tax — as it desperately tries to clear the decks for an election — would seem a shrewd move; but it’s not so straightforward,...
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Yes, Kevin, Let’s Talk About “The Facts On Debt”
KEVIN RUDD and his ceaseless sideshow of senseless spin continues to roll merrily along; fresh from his dubious success on asylum seekers, Kevin and the ALP are turning their focus to debts and...
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The Damage Bill: Even In Opposition, ALP Gambles With Economy
LABOR — thoroughly belted by voters — has begun a mission of destruction with the aim to render Australia ungovernable, and to destroy the Abbott government in the process. The result, if successful,...
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No Surprise: Labor Lie Masked Plan To “Cut To The Bone”
THE HYPOCRISY of indignation from Labor over alleged Liberal Party plans to cut spending “to the bone” has been exposed, with news a re-elected ALP government would have gone further; it coincides with...
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Ban Supermarkets: Greens’ Moment Of Reason A Mirage
JUST WHEN A FOOL might surmise it safe to accord the Communist Party Greens the deference a responsible political outfit might command, their true lunatic nature is again revealed in its ugly glory;...
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Debt, Deficit, And The Abolition Of The Debt Ceiling
TODAY I HAVE SEEN one of the best arguments on Australia’s debt position in quite some time; argued in The Australian, respected economics writer Judith Sloan points out — compellingly — that without...
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Newspoll Shock: Labor Ahead, 52-48
A TUMULTUOUS fortnight in federal politics has produced the first real shock in opinion polling for this parliamentary term, with the highly respected Newspoll finding — for today’s issue of The...
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GP Visits: Just Stop The Silliness Over A $5 Co-Payment
IT SEEMS CLEAR — using the trusty political principle that a controlled leak is the best way to announce something — that in the 2014 federal budget, the Abbott government will introduce a $5...
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Debt And Deficit: Use The GST To Fix The Federal Budget
THE ABILITY of the ALP and the Communist Party Greens to fudge the true magnitude of their fiscal ineptitude in government will soon be revealed, with the Abbott government’s Commission of Audit...
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Exposing Shorten: Economic Neanderthal, Wrecker, And Thug
WHETHER OR NOT the budget delivered on Tuesday by the Abbott government is popular or adequately sold, a powerful developing theme coincidentally crystallised in Labor “leader” Bill Shorten’s speech in...
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