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
Interpreting Q’ld Polling; US Intellience on Iraq ; Climate Change & Renewables
Following the swing in polling against Coalition parties in the Federal and Victorian governments, today’s polling for Queensland produces yet another such... 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
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
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
Various subjects
As expected, more problems are emerging in NSW following O’Farrell’s resignation. Most important, perhaps, is that new Premier Baird had approved when... Read More