Climate Change
Obama’s announcement that the EPA will act to reduce by 30% by 2030 the use of coal in producing electricity in the... 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
Explaining the Budget
The excellent article below by Judith Sloan contains the kind of explanations and rationale for (most of) the budget measures which should... Read More
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
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
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
In an earlier message I referred to the implication that the NSW Liberal Party seemed too susceptible to persuasive activity by lobbyists seeking... Read More