The Bubble Will Burst: Incomes Are Down, Debt Is Growing, And We’re Basically In Recession
Australia’s reliance on foreign investment to prop up a dying mining boom is not making…More
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Australia in 2015: Third World Government, First World Living Standard
Australian Governments have squandered an era of stunning prosperity. Ian McAuley explains. In case we…More
The Oligarchs Won The Mining Boom
Would you like to pay just 0.002% tax on your income? You would? Well, it’s…More
A Mining Boom Unlike All Other Booms?
There is trouble in the Quiet Continent. Newspapers report on formerly ascendant companies’ staff layoffs;…More
What If The Boom Goes Bust?
Australia’s resources companies have enjoyed sky-high commodity prices for years. Shipped and sold to China…More
What A Pack Of Whingers
"Once upon a time in Westphalia," Voltaire begins his satirical novel Candide, "there lived a…More
Mining Boom Blasts Jobs
It was a devastating blow for the Illawarra. The closing of blast furnace 6 at…More
When The Wild West Whinges
Julia Gillard was in Perth on the weekend, speaking at the State Conference of the…More
Gillard Celebrates The Mining Boom
With hindsight, Kevin Rudd could be forgiven for having turned down a few dinner invitations…More