Is Rudd Capable Of A Double Back-Flip?
The debate over the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) grinds on. Today, Kevin Rudd is…More
Author: Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.
Not Happy, Kevin
You have to feel for Labor’s dwindling band of true believers right now. Barely two…More
Do We Really Want To Be A Financial Services Hub?
The mining giants have been hogging the current affairs spotlight recently but as Evan Jones…More
How Does Our Economy Compare?
David Wessel’s book In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic is…More
Digging Up The Figures On Mining Profits
As the mining tax debate grinds on, we’re learning a few things about the way…More
When Hyperbole Comes Back To Bite
On Lateline earlier this month, Leigh Sales asked Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner a question that…More
Who Says BER Funding Is A Rort?
If you’ve glanced at the front page of The Australian recently, you won’t have missed…More
Someone Lend This Man An Economics Textbook
Budget week is drawing to a close and it’s increasingly clear that it’s been a…More
Swan Proves He's A Safe Pair Of Hands
In my budget preview yesterday, I argued that Wayne Swan had two choices in framing…More
Budget 2010: What's In It For You?
The Rudd Government’s third budget has lived down to its carefully managed low expectations: it’s…More