Now For The Hard Part
As I remarked on budget night, Wayne Swan’s second budget is full of political risks…More
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The Cost Of Living Like An MP
The Australian media have lapped up the recent scandal over UK parliamentarians misusing their expense…More
For Libs, The Writing Is On The Toilet Door
Success in politics requires many different skills. One of these is an ability to use…More
Our Best Defence Is To Have The Most Toys In The Sandbox
Force 2030 might sound like the title of a GI Joe episode, one which aims…More
It's A Dirty Job
Yesterday’s federal budget contained more than whopping deficits, adjustments to pensions and controversial economic forecasts.…More
Budget 2009: A Gamble Posing As Prudence
This is a budget framed by one over-arching reality: the global financial crisis and the…More
Key Budget Announcements
As the Treasurer says in the opening line of his budget speech, "this budget is…More
Rudd Breaks His First Promise
There’s been a general rediscovery lately of Isaiah Berlin’s famous metaphor of the fox and…More
When The Rot Set In
By the end of 2005, not 14 months after his most emphatic election victory, all…More
Australia Misfires Defence Cash
On the weekend, the Rudd Government released the nation’s military blueprint for the defence of…More