Morrison’s Coup De Grâce
“Human beings are social beings, who need to be able to rely on each other. That requires trust, and trust requires truth-telling.” (Quassim Cassam). Grace […]
Productivity Commission
Why must it always be the workers who pay?
The foundation of the Australian Federal Minimum Wage was the 1907 Harvester decision where Justice Higgins, President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, […]
Short term sugar hit
When even the experts disagree, it’s not surprising that the electorate are divided on privatisation. The only say that Australians get in the sale of […]
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
When Tony Abbott chose his Ministers one can only wonder at his motivation. The Minister for Immigration morphed into Border Security, tasked with stopping those […]
This is the Dawning of the Age of Consultancy
Before the election the Coalition announced a series of inquiries, reviews and white papers that it would instigate if it were elected. They included: Commission […]
Talk about stubborn!
Yesterday I heard Joe Hockey interviewed. When asked about Tony’s pet Paid Parental Leave Scheme he had the unmitigated gall to say that Labor hates […]
Invisible ink
If you are looking for Tony’s signature PPL policy in the budget you will need “a scanning electron microscope” according to John Daly of the […]
What really killed vehicle manufacturing in Australia?
The death knell for Australia’s vehicle manufacturing industry was not because of high labour costs, writes Andreas Bimba in this guest article, but the free-trade […]
Turn back – you are going the wrong way
If we don’t do something to halt the direction that this country is heading then we are in danger of a crash of catastrophic proportions. While the […]