Budget 2009: A Gamble Posing As Prudence
This is a budget framed by one over-arching reality: the global financial crisis and the…More
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Key Budget Announcements
As the Treasurer says in the opening line of his budget speech, "this budget is…More
Only Fools Rush In
Discretion is the better part of valour. I had often heard this phrase, but I…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
Suicidal Sweethearts
Kevin Rudd’s announced changes to the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has again split the…More
So Long Kevin, And Thanks For All The Fish
I’m beginning to suspect Kevin Rudd thinks that responding to climate change is about saving…More
Who's Telling Porkies? Pig Flu Is Hogwash
We have just come to the end of another Melbourne International Comedy Festival, one of…More
Is Rudd Bluffing On Broadband?
The Rudd Government’s recent decision to spend up to $43 billion on a national broadband…More
End Of The Copper Monopoly
Faster internet. It’s something that nearly all Australians can agree would be a good thing —…More