Red Tape Or Crisis, It's The Coalition's Choice
Australia is getting a “repeal day”. Like so much of the Coalition’s ideological agenda, the…More
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Happy Holidays From The NM Team
Dear reader, Today is our last day of publishing for 2013, but before we disconnect…More
Tighten Your Belts For Hockey's Horror New Year
Just how bad are Australia’s money problems? The Coalition's answer to that question tells us…More
Abbott Has Poisoned Public Trust In Government
The first hundred days of a government is a rather arbitrary yardstick, dating originally to…More
Holden Calls The Coalition's Bluff
If you’re wondering whether the Abbott government should take the blame for the closure of…More
The Hard Truth About Our Clapped-Out Economy
Should the federal government "save" Holden? What about Qantas? Hell, what about the entire local…More
How The ABC Should Serve The National Interest
The ABC wars have broken out again. The current round of this seemingly endless conflict…More
Is This The Coalition's 'Carbon Tax' Moment?
There are, roughly, two views about the wild and wacky recent efforts of federal Education…More
Victorian Chaos Is A Boon For Labor
I hail from Queensland, where politics has always been just a bit different. Snarky jokes…More
Hockey Will Soon Have A Deficit Of His Own
Lucky Joe Hockey. His economic credibility is unravelling. But no-one is noticing, owing to the…More