NBN nightmare
When the Coalition took over the NBN rollout, not only did they destroy a nation building game changer, they have caused enormous problems by imposing […]
Politics
Day to Day Politics: When you’re caught lying, it’s better to fess up.
Saturday 7 April 1 The Treasurer Scott Morrison said that the figures on the cost of the Government’s tax reduction for business were not released […]
Fifteen things the government doesn’t find as important as I do
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled Fifteen things that are more important than slogans about innovation. It is informative to measure […]
Day to Day Politics: Budget blues, bullshit, and blunders.
You would think that a Prime Minister and his Treasurer who are proposing to cut company tax to 25% over the next ten years would […]
Day to Day Politics: “What was the point of your three years in office?”
Thursday May 5 2016 1 Leigh Sales got it right when she asked the Treasurer; “What was the point of your three years in office?” On […]
Society is not economy
By James Moylan A budget speech is very different to a State of the Union speech in the US in not only tone but also […]
‘Jobs and Growth’ Mantra to Haunt Morrison from now on.
If you thought the end of Tony Abbott’s reign as Prime Minister would see the end of the three word slogan, think again. The latest […]
Are you rational or self-interested, PM?
“We mustn’t let empathy cloud our judgement.” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged the Australian people not to get all “misty-eyed” about the fate of refugees […]
Day to Day Politics: Budget talk or just propaganda?
Tuesday 3 May 2016 It is only three years ago that the then Opposition leader Tony Abbott, with the use of language more befitting a […]
Why isn’t the Medicare rebate freeze a major issue?
By Ken Wolff Although the former Abbott government dropped its $5 co-payment for Medicare it retained and extended a freeze on Medicare rebates that has […]
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse
Once again, we are going to an election with the Coalition running a deceitful scare campaign about “a big thumping electricity tax”. A report published […]
Promises, promises
Near the end of August in 2013 Tony Abbott launched the Liberal Party Campaign with a rousing speech full of pithy one-liners and simply jam-packed […]
Divining the federal budget
By Ad Astra Some of you may question the purpose of trying to divine what will be in the May 3 federal budget when the […]
Day to Day Politics: Just who is Malcolm Turnbull?
Sunday 1 May 2016 In December 2014 The Saturday Paper said this of Turnbull: “He has worked up a lovely public persona: as cultured as Keating but […]
Pseudo-democracy, pseudo-concern, and pseudo-campaign fatigue
By James Moylan Our Prime Minister is going to call an election in about two weeks time. We are not in an ‘election campaign’ but […]