A Conspiracy of Convenience
Much has been written here recently about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the job guarantee, structural deficits, fiscal statements, fiat currency and the like. But that, […]
Politics
Random thoughts
When Malcolm Turnbull called for a vote on the Liberal leadership in 2009, Tony Abbott eventually won by one vote. One of Malcolm’s supporters was […]
To my local member
Dear Ms Lucy Wicks, Thank you for your recent unsolicited advertising pamphlet. Unfortunately it contains a great many errors which I am sure you would […]
Let’s not forget the poor miners …
The high-fiving over the repeal of the carbon tax made me despair at the ignorance of our government – a battle lost but the war […]
Sitting in Judgement of Abbott’s First Year
The first anniversary of an Abbott led government is almost upon us. What yardstick do we use to judge its performance? For me there is […]
Is Clive Palmer the de facto Prime Minister?
It’s an odd sounding question but not without foundation. Clive Palmer’s bombshell press conference with Al Gore where he announced his party’s voting intentions in […]
The Miser’s Apprentice
I recently came across an article from 2009 called The Howard Impact which compares Australia’s performance against seventeen other advanced democracies including the United States, […]
Australia flying blind
In this article Warwick Smith reports why the decision by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to discontinue many programs including the Measures of Australia’s Progress due […]
Democracy and diversity: media ownership in Australia
“To protect democracy, governments have an obligation to detect and remove political bias within the media” writes David Vadori. We couldn’t agree more. David, a […]
The Ridiculous Debt and Deficit Scam
After a weekend of intense study reading a plethora of material online from a variety of economists I am at the point where, similar to […]
High Speed Rail
Australia and Antarctica are now the only two continents in the world where there is no high speed rail project underway. As part of the […]
Do Taxes Fund Spending?
Let’s step way outside our comfort zone here and take part in a discussion that, I think, we need to have. It is about money. […]
Why do people riot?
As we look at the turmoil around the world, it only reinforces how lucky we are to live in Australia. While it is far from […]
Greater Australia-Japan Military Ties: another dangerous step for Australia in the coming age of pax-Sino
The upgrading of Australia-Japan defence ties by the Abbott Government sends a dangerous and irresponsible signal to China, writes Dr Strobe Driver. Bishop, Johnston and […]
Hockey’s Class Warfare
When a politician defends his/her position by drawing attention to social classes, you can be forgiven for thinking his/her original argument wasn’t that strong to […]