Various subjects
As might be expected, the whingers about the treatment of certain elements of government assistance have emerged, with Labor leading the way... Read More
Budget Analysis
There is more than one way of skinning a cat – and of interpreting a budget. In previous messages I have criticised... Read More
Never Mind the Budget: The Corruption Inquiries Are More Interesting
On the eve of the budget the media’s attention has been diverted to the corruption/irresponsible behaviour inquiries by the Heydon Royal Cn,... Read More
Budgeting and Modelling
What does one do when attempts to convert fail? Presumably not succumb to what Henry Ergas describes below as Calvinist despair reflected... Read More
Various subjects
Further adverse polling (46/54 TPP), albeit in an irregular Fairfax poll (see below), adds to the perspective of a failure to “sell”... Read More
Deficit Levy, Heydon RC
Perhaps we are being bluffed but the (economic) outlook for next Tuesday’s budget goes from bad to worse. This is not to... Read More
Budget Chips Not The Answer
The Abbott government has been in office for about nine months and is apparently still trying to decide what spending reductions to... Read More
Various subjects
Yesterday’s resignation of the NSW Police Minister (a former policeman) after questioning at ICAC has been accompanied by a warning from ICAC... Read More
Deficit Levy
Yesterday the Herald Sun ran a front page story – headed TAX SMASH – and a follow-up story in which Terry McCrann... Read More
Various subjects
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Advance commentaries are appearing about desirable budget outcomes, with Henry Ergas setting the pace below. But most of the commentary seems based... Read More