Economic Gobbledegook: Scott Morrison And His ‘Taxed And Taxed-Not’ Speech
Last week, Treasurer Scott Morrison delivered a major speech on economic and tax reform in…More
Author: Ian McAuley
Ian McAuley
Ian McAuley is an adjunct lecturer in public sector finance at the University of Canberra and a fellow at the Centre for Policy Development.
A Nation Divided: Globalisation And The Ones It Leaves Behind
Australia is entering a new era of political instability, and it has a lot to…More
Australia’s Economy Is Drifting Towards Disaster While No One Is At The Wheel
With its hands-off approach, the Coalition is charting a course straight for economic disaster, writes…More
Destroy Labor, Let Them Form Government: Some Open, Friendly Advice To Malcolm
Australia is buggered, and not just because our political system is a fetid pool of…More
Hung Parliament Explained: Too Much Party Testosterone Drives The Opposition
Last night’s result – or so far lack thereof – is a sign that the…More
Pork Barrelling Is Worse Than The Waste
Pigging out on public funds undermines the expectations we should have for our politicians in…More
Turnbull Calls For ‘Stability’, But His Ideology Is The Cause Of Brexit
The Prime Minister has made a new pitch in the wake of the UK’s historic…More
Bill Shorten Is Right: Malcolm Turnbull Is A Major Threat To Medicare
Labor appears to have rediscovered old values, while the Liberals don’t appear changed one bit.…More
Deficit Promises Are Good For A Laugh, But Little Else
As the major parties and the media obsess over the race to surplus, an inconvenient fact…More
The Bubble Will Burst: Incomes Are Down, Debt Is Growing, And We’re Basically In Recession
Australia’s reliance on foreign investment to prop up a dying mining boom is not making…More