Revised Budget Needed Soon; Statement on Extremist Islam needed too; Has Obama Checked out?; “New” Indonesian President?
Revised Budget Needed by 26 August Yesterday’s commentary suggested the Abbott government needs to present a revised budget. Henry Ergas has effectively... Read More
Abbott Govt Performance; Israel’s Problems; Terrorists from Australia
Abbott Government Performance When does a crisis in government occur? There is no simple answer to that but, as the editorial in... Read More
More Bad Polling; Budget still needs Selling; Refugee Nonsense: Russia Replacing US in Iraq?
Probably the most important aspect of today’s Newspoll, covering each state in the June quarter, is the large drop in Abbott’s rating... Read More
Budget Problem; Union Corruption; Climate Change Correction.
In what was foreshadowed as a major speech, Abbott’s claim last night that he would get the budget through – even if... Read More
Iraq & Caliphate; Where are Christian Churches?; Bad Poll for Coalition; Climate Change
As Obama announces sending some more troops to Iraq (another 300 plus helicopters and drones, but designated as being for the protection... Read More
Polling Stationary, Shorten Exposed, Welfare Dependency, Obama & Iran
Today’s virtually stationary Newspoll confirms that the “selling” of the budget has a long way to go. Of some interest is the... Read More
Welfare Dependency; Climate Change; Royal Commission on Union Corruption
The Melbourne Institute survey of Household, Income and Labour (HILDA), released today, is important because it focuses particularly on changes over time... Read More
The Battle of the Budget
Today’s The Australian reports that “senior sources” in the Coalition support the recalibration of the social welfare structure along the lines suggested... Read More
Budget Strategy
The AFR has published my letter on budget strategy, which is similar to the letter published in yesterday’s Australian. Interestingly, the AFR... Read More
Budget Strategy
While the letters in today’s The Australian are rather a hotch-potch, they reflect the widespread concern about the failure of the Abbott... Read More