Sending All The Wrong Signals
Price signals. You’ve heard a lot about these curious indicators lately. Treasurer Joe Hockey is…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Limiting Refugees' Access To Justice
It’s been spun as a way to save money and increase the efficiency of the…More
Leaked Documents Cast Doubt On Abbott’s $60k Scholarship Claims
Assurances by the Prime Minister that a $60,000 scholarship awarded to his daughter Frances on…More
Budget Misreads The Mood On Social Welfare
Do Australians still care about our social safety net? About fairness? About that old-fashioned notion,…More
Hockey's Free Lunch, No Questions Asked
The irony is delicious. And so, hopes Joe Hockey, is the lunch. The Treasurer has…More
Budgets, Bishops, Brawls And Water Boys
WELCOME to Another Week In Paradise, a new weekly NM round-up which will focus primarily…More
How To End The Deficit Without Screwing The Poor
Mark Twain said that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. So, too, for New…More
Abbott Delivers A Billionaires' Bonus
To paraphrase Winston Churchill — never in the field of budget conflict has so much been…More
Hockey Ramps Up Fear Around Disability Support
Perhaps this is all a dark satire, I thought hopefully as Joe Hockey delivered last…More
Hockey's Mean Budget Is Full Of Contradictions
If you want to get a feeling for the mess of contradictions, meanness, trickiness and…More