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From beggars to choosers
Tasmanians are the poorest Australians. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Tasmanians have a per capita gross state product of just...
Rudd's questionable call
Maybe Kevin Rudd has a sense of humour after all. Or maybe events are getting to him. Or maybe he genuinely believes that he should be left alone...
Train driven through rights
Treasurer Wayne Swan has added his own voice in support of a High Court decision requiring BHP Billiton to provide rival iron ore miner Fortescue...
Only our government failed to predict the crisis
It has been said that those who lack the imagination of disaster are doomed to be surprised by the world. Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan obviously don't...
Henry policies must be in public gaze
At the Senate estimates hearing on October 22, Treasury secretary Ken Henry expressed his preference that the government's bank deposit guarantee...
Depression logic pushes fast cash into the economy
Anna Schwartz co-wrote with Milton Friedman the signature piece of work on money and economic stability. Now 92 and still working, she recalls that...
As world finances unravel, PM loses the plot
The Federal Government's economic narrative has been mugged by reality and is completely shredded. In less than a year, the argument has gone from...
Rudd's generosity will exacerbate crisis
Banking failures in New York and even pressures on some Australian banks all seem remote from our own day-to-day lives. Yet these massive economic...
Bartlett's big spend may miss its mark
Following the Federal Government's $10.4 billion package to pump-prime the national economy, Premier David Bartlett has announced his own extra...
Confidence tricks fail to secure our economic future
The Rudd government's $10.4 billion fiscal stimulus package is nothing more than a set of confidence tricks played out on the Australian people....