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Morrison’s Tax Cuts Explained:
Australians vs Australians |
23 May 2018 |
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Budget 2018: Panicked and
Providing Privileges |
10 May 2018 |
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Labor’s Plan To Restore
‘Equity’ in Our Tax System a Bit Rich… |
6 April 2018 |
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Joining The Mob: Australia’s
Butt Kissing on Trump’s Trade Tariffs |
13 March 2018 |
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Cormann’s Tax Cut Con & the
Media (Censoring) and Misreporting it |
3 March 2018 |
|
Donald Trump: Making America
Great or Keeping America Poor? |
21 February 2018 |
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Scott Morrison’s ‘Job Creation’
Fantasy is Just That… Fantasy |
11 February 2018 |
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Common sense 101: simple
solutions to housing affordability |
16 September 2017 |
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Optimistic borrowers: how we
got into s housing bubble (Part 2) |
8 September 2017 |
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The bloody banks: how we got
into a housing bubble (Part 1) |
30 August 2017 |
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Scott Morrison doesn’t
understand capitalism |
19 August 2017 |
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Nothing to fear but fear
itself… and maybe a little fear-mongering |
19 July 2017 |
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A bad party in good times is masking the coming
economic hangover |
7 July 2017 |
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The Finkel Report: back to the
future and the 1960s |
18 June 2017 |
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A reality you can’t dig
yourself out of – Adani’s coal mine is a dud |
21 April 2017 |
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Company tax cuts to prop up
Australia’s $1 trillion foreign debt |
29 March 2017 |
|
A social wage: The Greens have
worked it out, so why hasn’t Labor? |
19 March 2017 |
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The immigrants did it: Abbott’s
scapegoats for our housing problems |
8 March 2017 |
|
SAs electricity: Weatherill
should follow the Coalition’s example |
22 February 2017 |
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Trumponomics: A sugar hit for
an economy in crisis |
7 February 2017 |
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Malcolm is not so in the middle
when it comes to the TPP |
22 January 2017 |
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MYEFO: Here lies Malcolm
Turnbull’s ‘Jobs and growth’ mantra |
21 December 2016 |
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The Great Wall of Malcolm:
Another chink in democracy’s armour |
18 December 2016 |
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No dollars, no sense: A
government beholden to ‘economic morons’ |
12 December 2016 |
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Opportunity knocks: The
economics of a Trump victory |
16 November 2016 |
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Mein Drumpf: Hitler, Donald
Trump and a warning for the left |
10 November 2016 |
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Government incompetence -- a
smokescreen for bad economic news |
20 October 2016 |
|
Labor, the Greens and maybe
even the Sex Party control Canberra |
18 October 2016 |
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Power games: The real reason
South Australia blacked out |
29 September 2016 |
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The case for a Royal Commission
on banks and insurance companies |
20 September 2016 |
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Scott Morrison's economic
gobbledegook |
30 August 2016 |
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A nation divided: Globalisation
and those it leaves behind |
17 August 2016 |
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Australia's economy drifts
towards disaster with no one at the wheel |
4 August 2016 |
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Destroy Labor, let them form
government: advice tp Malcolm |
10 July 2016 |
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Hung Parliament: Too much party
testosterone drives the Opposition |
3 July 2016 |
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Pork barrelling is worse than
the waste |
30 June 2016 |
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Turnbull calls for 'stability',
but his ideology is the cause of Brexit |
27 June 2016 |
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Bill Shorten is right: Malcolm
Turnbull is a major threat to Medicare |
21 June 2016 |
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Deficit promises are good for a
laugh, but little else |
13 June 2016 |
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The bubble will burst: Incomes
down, debt growing, we're in recession |
6 June 2016 |
|
Seven economic problems bigger
than budget 'black holes' |
27 May 2016 |
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Foreign investors are the real
winners in Turnbull's new economy |
17 May 2016 |
|
A frank admission buried deep
in the budget |
6 May 2016 |
|
Turnbull's boomer budget is an
intergenerational disgrace |
4 May 2016 |
|
Wanting a fair society has
nothing to do with 'envy' |
28 April 2016 |
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Budget 2016: Why debt is not a
dirty word |
25 April 2016 |
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State tax competition s can
only hurt the poorest |
4 April 2016 |
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The other reason Turnbull might
want a double dissolution |
24 March 2016 |
|
Corporate tax cuts would help
the Coalition's mates and few else |
22 March 2016 |
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An old case for new fuel tax reform |
15 March 2016 |
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How super works works for the wealthy |
4 March 2016 |
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Bursting bubbles: The myth of housing as a safe haven |
24 February 2016 |
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What Labor's negative gearing plan is missing |
17 February 2016 |
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The premiers' dilemma |
15 February 2016 |
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Two major parties, four views on tax, and one big revenue problem |
2 February 2016 |
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Housing prices: Ther rich are getting richer, and the poor? |
1 February 2016 |
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Australia in 2015: Third world government, first world living
standard |
17 December 2015 |
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Australian government revenue slides |
16 December 2015 |
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Despite Morrisson's rhetoric, the economiy is still shackled |
4 December 2015 |
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The truth about our taxes: Some are good, some are bad |
8 November 2015 |
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Labor's attack on Turnbuull's wealth should have focussed on
fairness |
21 October 2015 |
|
Debt-shy Labor lacking courage
on public infrastructure |
9 October 2015 |
|
Turnbull's mini ecoonomic summit: a chance
finally to think big |
29 September 2015 |
|
Sick of trench warfare:
Turnbull's chance for meaningful debate |
22 September 2015 |
|
It's the ideology, stupid, and
the economy |
15 September 2016 |
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There's no tradeoff between the
economy and the environment |
31 August 2015 |
|
How a higher corporate tax rate
can keep money in Australia |
27 August 2015 |
|
Buying Hockey's myths would
damage the economy |
25 August 2015 |
|
The politicians' rorts the
public don't see |
6 August 2015 |
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Rewarding the financial
industry abd underming green energy |
5 August 2015 |
|
From boomer to bust |
22 June 2015 |
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It's about the bubble, stupid:
Abbott's magical housing stimulus |
14 June 2015 |
|
A budget built on sand |
13 May 2015 |
|
The three goals Hockey's budget
must strive for |
6 May 2015 |
|
By pushing mining Abbott
trashes the environment and economy |
17 April 2015 |
|
Joe Hockey's tax paper: a
lesson in avoiding hard issues |
31 March 2015 |
|
Inside the maze of electricity
privatisation; the pros and cons |
22 March 2015 |
|
2055: Free money for all abd
every Labor Party member in jail |
6 March 2015 |
|
Trusting Treasury: when to say
yes, when to say no |
2 March 2015 |
|
Someone please tell Hockey
there's more than one way |
12 February 2015 |
|
The case for an increase to the
GST, with caveats |
16 January 2015 |
|
Tony Abbott's GP co-payment: A
major headaache |
15 December 2014 |
|
Dealing ourselves out of the
economic debate |
8 December 2014 |
|
ABC bias argument distracts
from the real debate |
30 November 2014 |
|
A year of Tony: Credit where
credit is due |
7 September 2014 |
|
The Great Australian Ponzi
Scheme, AKA "Our Economy" |
25 August 2014 |
|
ICAC exposes Australia's lazy
rent-seeker economy |
13 August 2014 |
|
Your superannuation is Abbott's
next battleground |
16 July 2014 |
|
It's about the economics,
stupid |
11 June 2014 |
|
The budget measure that Labor
should back |
2 June 2014 |
|
The real debt problem |
26 May 2014 |
|
How to end the deficit without
screwing the poor |
19 May 2014 |
|
Public ideas will live on |
9 May 2014 |
|
The dangers of crony capitalism |
5 May 2014 |
|
Abbott breaks a basic rule of
diplomacy |
14 April 2014 |
|
Six impossible things about
privatisation |
3 April 2014 |
|
Sinodinos still living in the
age of entitlement |
24 March 2014 |
|
Why reform is beyond the
Government's grasp |
17 March 2014 |
|
Why airlines are caught in an
arms race |
3 March 2014 |
|
Three ways to fund a health
system |
24 February 2014 |
|
We're open for business, if
you're connected |
18 February 2014 |
|
Millions of dollars, dollars
for free |
10 February 2014 |
|
One firm's subsidy is another's
burden |
3 February 2014 |
|
Hockey will learn economics the hard way |
23 January 2014 |
|
A holiday rort, courtesy of the
Coalition |
13 January 2014 |
|
You can't run a nation on
tricks and groupthink |
18 December 2013 |
|
Gutless Canberra protects its
pokies payouts |
12 December 2013 |
|
Public institutions aren't meant to be like this |
9 December 2013 |
|
Pyne's education figures don't add up (Supporting
Excel
file) |
4 December 2013 |
|
The Coalition needs a dose of
reality on business |
2 December 2013 |
|
Abbott still doesn't understand
the Internet |
30 November 2013 |
|
Is Hockey taking his cues from
Ronald Reagan? |
18 November 2013 |
|
Will Abbott back down on Direct
Action? |
28 October 2013 |
|
Who will pay for their free
education? |
21 October 2013 |
|
(With Chris Stone) Are we
really a nation of pen-pushers? |
15 October 2013 |
|
Why politicians can't
communicate |
8 October 2013 |
|
Happy Market Freedom Day? |
24 September 2013 |
|
Are we really up for another
housing boom? |
23 September 2013 |
|
Your verdict on Labor's decline |
16 September 2013 |
|
Why does Labor's vote keep
falling? (Supporting Excel file) |
10 September 2013 |
|
Abbott's Easy Ride to Polling
Day |
4 September 2013 |
|
The Science of Pork Barrelling |
2 September 2013 |
|
Abbott will get a Taste of his
own Direct Action |
26 August 2013 |
|
Why Labor Really Worries about
Coalition Cuts |
20 August 2013 |
|
Are we Really Doing it that
Tough? |
16 August 2013 |
|
The Interest Rates Storm in a
Teacup |
12 August 2013 |
|
The big Tax and Spend Lies |
8 August 2013 |
|
Black Hole? What Budget Black
Hole? |
5 August 2013 |
|
Good Riddabce to Bad Tax Rorts |
23 July 2013 |
|
Only an Idiot would Scrap the
Carbon Tax |
18 July 2013 |
|
Why the Pink Batts Scheme
Failed |
8 July 2013 |
|
Why the left should back a GST
rise |
28 June 2013 |
|
The Three Lies Labor Should Attack
|
12 June 2013 |
|
Big Business Loves Dead End Jobs
|
5 June 2013 |
| Don't Cry For The Production Lines |
27 May 2013 |
|
What Is Abbott Really Up To?
|
20 May 2013 |
|
Levies Are The Taxes We Like |
6 May 2013 |
|
Debt And Its Discontents |
3 May 2013 |
|
Privatised Health Means Public Illness
|
29 April 2013 |
|
Do The Rich Need Super Support? |
2 April 2013 |
|
The Speech Gillard Should Have Given |
6 March 2013 |
|
The Coalition's Hypocrite Economics
|
18 February 2013 |
|
No Country For Young Voters |
11 February 2013 |
|
Abbott's Figures Don't Add Up |
4 February 2013 |
|
The Future Of Manufacturing |
29 January 2013 |
|
The Real Hole In Labor's Economic Policy
|
14 January 2013 |
|
A Plea For Smarter Debate In 2013 |
17 December 2012 |
|
The Economic Policy Abbott Can't Grasp
|
3 December 2012 |
|
When The Poor Vote Conservative
|
21 November 2012 |
|
Do We Have Inflation Licked?
|
7 November 2012 |
|
A Surplus? That's The Least Of Our Worries |
23 October 2012 |
|
The Cost of Privatisation |
22 October 2012 |
|
Why Are We Living Beyond Our Means? |
8 October 2012 |
|
The Sacred Status Of Private Health
|
24 September 2012 |
|
We Have A Tax Problem, Not A Debt Problem
|
10 September 2012 |
|
Abbott Out Of His Depth On Mining
|
27 August 2012 |
|
PM's Taskforce Gives Manufacturing The
Thumbs Up |
20 August 2012 |
|
Can We Be Any More Productive?
|
6 August 2012 |
|
How To Build Roads And Rails
|
18 July 2012 |
| Abbott's Politburo Propaganda |
9 July 2012 |
|
What's Wrong With Asking What's In It For
Me? |
18 June 2012 |
|
The Loneliest Man In The World
|
8 June 2012 |
|
Slicing The GST Pie |
21 May 2012 |
|
Fuel Is A Staple, Not A Sin |
15 May 2012 |
|
Abbott's Phoney Class War
|
11 May 2012 |
|
Austerity Breeds Extremism |
7 May 2012 |
|
Interest Rates Hit Historic Low
|
2 May 2012 |
|
Small Government Feeds Entitlement
|
23 April 2012 |
|
Taxes Higher Under Howard |
18 April 2012 |
|
Good News For The Other Economy |
13 April 2012 |
|
Should We Panic About Falling House Prices? |
3 April 2012 |
|
The Economic Furphies That Sank Bligh
|
26 Mar 2012 |
|
Why Peter Costello Should Get a Hobby
|
16 Mar 2012 |
|
Can this Man Handle the Economy?
|
9 Mar 2012 |
|
A Smarter Way to Police Pokies
|
2 Mar 2012 |
|
Are Private Health Subsidies Worth It? |
16 Feb 2012 |
|
The Howard Years Were no Golden Age
|
1 Feb 2012 |
|
What Credit Ratings don't Tell Us
|
17 Jan 2012 |
|
The Blight of Isolation
|
12 Dec 2011 |
|
Save Capitalism from Greed
|
2 Nov 2011 |
|
Abbott Does Truck All for
Democracy |
24 Aug 2011 |
|
Let's Stop Rolling the Market Dice
|
15 Aug 2011 |
|
What a Carbon Price Really Means to You
|
9 Aug 2011 |
|
Debt Ceiling Lifted but Something's Gotta
Give |
2 Aug 2011 |
|
A Carbon Tax Won't Blow Household Budgets
|
31 May 2011 |
|
Why Abbott's Budget is Economic Twaddle
|
16 May 2011 |
|
A Mostly Harmless Budget
|
12 May 2011 |
|
The Seven Myths of the NBN |
18 Apr 2011 |
|
Is Barry a Big Spender? |
28 Mar 2011 |
|
Let the FJ Holden be a Lesson
|
4 Mar 2011 |
|
What the Insurance Companies don't Tell You
|
15 Feb 2011 |
|
Is a Budget Deficit Really Such Bad News?
|
1 Feb 2011 |
|
That Wasn't a Strategy Failure
|
30 Nov 2010 |
|
When a Monopoly Beats
Competition |
17 Nov 2010 |
|
What the Auditor Couldn't See
|
25 Oct 2010 |
|
Slaves to Surplus |
12 May 2010 |
|
Is Lifting the Super Levy a Good Idea? |
7 May 2010 |
|
Did Someone Say Tax Reform? |
4 May 2010 |
|
Grey Suits and Vague Language
|
30 Mar 2010 |
|
Private Cover is Costing an Arm and a Leg
|
8 Mar 2010 |
|
The Great Tax Cuts Swindle
|
18 Oct 2007 |
|
Getting Real on Interest Rates
|
9 Aug 2006 |
|
Principles, Not Positions |
28 Jun 2006 |
|
Ideas for a health policy |
8 Dec 2004 |
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