The Numbers! The Numbers!
1. Australia’s current deficit is expected to be $19.4 billion! How badly does this compare…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Just Who Is Playing Politics With Treasury?
In 1895, an obscure Viennese psychiatrist by the name of Sigmund Freud coined a term…More
How Whitlam Managed The Miners
Late last week mining magnate Gina Rinehart warned that “miners and other resources industries aren’t…More
The Imaginary Budget Emergency
Tony Abbott has been out on the hustings this week, yesterday in the western Sydney…More
No Advantage And No Courage
Media reports this week have repeated the already well-known fact that asylum seekers arriving by…More
What Is Abbott Really Up To?
Here's a question: Why was Tony Abbott’s Budget reply so full of basic economic errors?…More
Abbott Will Cut Deeper Than The ALP
Well, Tony Abbott blew it in his Budget reply. Any notion that his version of…More
So Where The Bloody Hell Aren't You?
What does "excising the mainland from the migration zone" actually mean? Whatever it means, it…More
Chin Up, Swanny. It's Not All Bad!
1. Only seven of the 34 OECD countries (wealthy, developed democracies) have triple A credit…More
The Aid Budget Is Not An ATM
The budget confirmed what many feared – Australia will continue to fail to honour its…More