The Coalition money shuffle
One of Joe Hockey’s first acts as Treasurer in 2013 was to gift the RBA $8.8 billion. The main reason for this was to make […]
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Can the Federal LNP deliver its Flatter Taxation Scales in a Slowing Economy?
By Denis Bright Just four months out from the federal election, current indicators do suggest that the federal LNP is fumbling the future of the […]
Let’s talk about privilege and single parents
The Social Discourse and Welfare Whilst doing my research for my most recent blog post, I analysed a range of opinions throughout social media on the […]
Message of the day
As Lenore Taylor reported on Friday, every morning the major parties send out the “messages” of the day. These aren’t really super-secret documents since ministers […]
Risk assessment
Life is a series of choices and decisions. Within the constraints of time and finite resources, decision makers must learn to prioritise – to decide […]
Where is Labor?
The despair at the inaction of Labor is growing louder. The groups they are supposed to represent are under attack and all we hear is […]
Sweeteners
“Australians don’t want another election”, says Tony Abbott. Naturally, this reflects both his own achievement of the goal – personal power – and the government’s […]
Malevolent
The 2014 budget omitted the table of adjusted family outcomes that had been in every previous budget since 2005. The analysis was done by […]
Honesty … what’s that?
When the Charter of Budget Honesty was introduced by the Howard/Costello government in 1998 it was intended to provide a framework for the conduct of […]
The Weird World Of Tony Abbott’s Australia
While Googling Tony Abbott – now there’s something I wouldn’t have imagined myself doing twenty five years ago – I came across an interesting quote […]
Et fixa regimen Abbott praeteritum OR Let’s Examine The Respective Plans of The Parties.
Last week, while acting as goal umpire, I signalled a goal to our team. Although it came out of a pack, I had a clear […]
Hockey plays chicken with the back bench
Did Hockey really just “threaten” a Double Dissolution? Dare we hope? You can literally hear the collective gasp of anticipation rippling out over social media. […]
Who are the real whingers?
Australia is a wonderful country and we are blessed to live here. We have challenges that need addressing but the heartening thing is that we […]
Joe Hockey; wealthy complacency
If there was any stand-out from Joe Hockey’s performance on Q&A it would have been his ability to permeate the studio with an overwhelming odor […]
Let’s be absolutely crystal clear about this
If you click on the official Prime Minister of Australia government page the first thing you will read is: “Over six years, Labor ran up […]