Did Someone Say Tax Reform?
Older Australians can recall political cycles of long periods of torpor under Coalition governments which…More
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Swan Still Sitting On The Golden Eggs
In case you hadn’t noticed, this is an election year. Treasurer Wayne Swan certainly has.…More
Take Me Higher
As the ABC’s copy slaves repeatedly informed us, an interest rate rise was the surest…More
History's Greatest Gates
Holler holler, gentle listeners, and welcome to the third episode of The Media Ate My…More
The Cash Splash Worked
Remember Lehman Brothers? It’s hard to believe that the US merchant bank’s spectacular collapse was…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
Now For The Hard Part
As I remarked on budget night, Wayne Swan’s second budget is full of political risks…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