March in March
For those who want to express their displeasure with the direction this government is taking us, March in March is happening again on the weekend […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Reboots, makeovers and fresh starts
Reading an article in Forbes about leadership, I found some good advice that Tony Abbott would do well to heed. “When money is tight, stress […]
Whistleblower goodies and baddies
When Kathy Jackson blew the whistle on Craig Thomson for misusing union funds, she was praised by various members of the Coalition. Tony Abbott described […]
Hockey shows imagination in his statistics but not his vision
On page vii of the Executive summary of the Intergenerational Report it states that the life expectancies for men and women are “91.5 and 93.6 […]
Government without a goal
Everything this government does is designed to achieve one of two goals: to get the budget into surplus or to get themselves re-elected. And that […]
They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere. So beware!
When the IPA published their wish list of 75 plus 25 ways to “reform” Australia, they conceded that it was “a deliberately radical list. There’s […]
The real stitch-up
Tony Abbott has been sneeringly yelling at anyone who will listen, if there are any of those left, that the government has no confidence in […]
Speak boldly
The editorial in the Age today suggests that “the Abbott government is cynically moving to de-legitimise certain institutions that perform vital roles in the democratic […]
The lioness vs the weasel
Since I began writing for The AIMN I have tried to present facts and ideas but there comes a time when you just have to […]
The Blame Game
Tony Abbott came to power promising to be a “no surprises, no excuses” government. REPORTER: “The condition of the budget will not be an excuse […]
Give us our cut
We went about the mining tax the wrong way. Not because we let the mining companies write it. Not because we allowed accelerated depreciation during […]
Good news kids, the inheritance is safe, and so are we
I wonder if the Coalition realise just how incongruous their rhetoric is with Tony selling the ‘death cult’ and ‘home-grown terrorist’ angle and trying to […]
No courage, no vision, no plan
In 1946, after World War II, gross debt in Australia peaked at 120% of GDP. Despite this, in 1949, the government of the day had […]
Ok Joe, let’s talk
In a speech to the NSW business chamber, Mr Hockey promised a “genuine community conversation” about the demographic challenges facing Australia’s ageing population and the […]