Don't Ask Me, I'm Lost
After only a couple of days in lockdown with the eggheads at meetings of the…More
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Sucking Up The Surplus
It’s the most important time of the year for your average government department: budget time.…More
The End Of The Golden Handshake?
Mounting community outrage at huge payments to departing executives has led the Federal Government to…More
Where's The Talent, Julie?
Julie Bishop has left the building. Well, not exactly — but she has stepped down…More
Good Old-Fashioned Handouts…
The next installment in Australian neo-Keynesianism is in: $42 billion in Commonwealth spending to "kick-start"…More
Can We Call It A Recession Now?
Kevin Rudd returned to full-time Prime Ministerial duties yesterday, although with rather less fanfare than…More
How Can We Afford All These Old People?
The Federal Government is worried about you. It fears that you — and other Australians…More
If You Just Woke From A Year-long Coma, Read This
And so another year passes into the boring mists of history. And what a year…More
The 10 Worst Cock-Ups Of 2008
1. Kevin Rudd's emissions reductions target As newmatilda.com's Anna Rose reported yesterday, Kevin Rudd's depressingly…More
Hey Big Spender
The federal budget almost certainly moved into deficit this week — and nobody cared. As…More