Bursting The Coalition's Economic Bubble
Does Australia have a housing bubble? The question, long a topic for debate among economists…More
Tagged: treasury
Trusting Treasury: When To Say Yes, When To Say No
Whoever is prime minister next year – Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten, Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek…More
Just Who Is Playing Politics With Treasury?
In 1895, an obscure Viennese psychiatrist by the name of Sigmund Freud coined a term…More
Why The Mining Tax Won't Pay The Bills
In political circles, they sometimes describe it as "policy on the run". It occurs when…More
Pin The Tip On The Iceberg
With discussion of Peter Costello’s competence raging, here’s a special New Matilda quiz. Just how…More
The New Super-Bureaucrats
Public servants used to be seen but not heard. The old culture of government bureaucracy,…More
A Tax Loophole Around The Treasurer's Neck
The outcry over the proposed changes to employee share schemes represents an interesting failure of…More
Where's The Talent, Julie?
Julie Bishop has left the building. Well, not exactly — but she has stepped down…More
The Rivers Of Gold Are Drying Up
While most politically minded Australians were tuning in to the US election telecasts, Treasurer Wayne…More
These Economists Are Making Me Thirsty
Before Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister, he promised a rather interesting thing: "evidence-based policy". This…More