Articles
This article originally appeared in The Australian on 19 December 2011
EVER since the fall of the Berlin Wall it has been deeply annoying to hear anyone say there is no longer any serious philosophical difference between the two main sides of politics. The Gillard government has helped greatly to d... (19-Dec)
Articles
THE feckless Gillard-Swan government has outsourced the difficult management of a two-speed economy to the Reserve Bank and the blunt instrument of interest rates. Managing a two-speed economy is all about managing emerging constraints and bottlenecks, without crippling vulnerable parts of t... (08-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, Articles, The Economy, Community, Funding
WOULD Julia Gillard and Stephen Conroy be willing to link their superannuation payouts to the performance of the National Broadband Network?
In essence, this is similar to what they are asking the Australian public to do; namely, invest $50 billion of taxpayers' money on the promise of long-term p... (27-Dec)
Portfolio Media Releases, Articles, The Economy, Community, Funding
For the first time in more than two decades, Australian households are saving about 10 per cent of their disposable incomes – and it's time the Gillard government followed suit.
Just five years ago, Australians were in negative territory, spending more than they earned, but households and businesse... (27-Dec)
Articles, Environment, The Economy, Emissions Trading Scheme, Community
The infamous ‘gang of four’, making all government decisions, came to symbolise the style of the first term of the Rudd-Gillard Government, and is reminiscent of the first chaotic days of the Whitlam years.
In 1972 Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard were sworn in as an absurd two-man ministry making a... (24-Nov)
Articles, The Economy, Community
This government must have the courage and discipline to cut spending, reduce borrowing and to repay debt.
The mid year economic update (MYEFO) expected this week needs to take the form of a mini-budget. Wayne Swan needs to accept that government spending has and is contributing to the upward pressu... (08-Nov)
Articles, Health, Personal
Although I didn’t know what it was, my first recollection of having some type of condition which affected my ability to properly function in the morning was as a 12-year-old. This now makes perfect sense considering about 75% first manifest between early adolescence and age 25.
I would feel very ne... (02-Jul)
Articles, The Economy
From: The Australian
June 03, 2010 12:00AM
AFTER three years of governing, it is extraordinary that people still ask of Kevin Rudd: "What do you really stand for?" There is no sense that he has a plan to protect and expand the economy.
The Coalition is determined to offer a clear alternative. We ... (03-Jun)
Articles, Infrastructure, The Economy
The release of the Commonwealth Coordinator-General’s Progress Report on the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan shows what we have known for some time, Labor can’t be trusted with other people’s money.
Labor may have mastered the press conference but when it comes to del... (01-Oct)
Articles, Emissions Trading Scheme
In its current form, the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme will export jobs and emissions because of the massive tax on electricity which will make key regional industries uncompetitive. There is an alternative.
The Coalition and Nick Xenophon’s release yesterday of research commi... (11-Aug)