Today in The Australian
COAG: more pressure needed to force reforms to tax regime
The premiers had a choice. They could simply demand more money, knowing that, with an election looming, Malcolm Turnbull would be hard pressed to refuse; or they could take responsibility for raising the revenues they claim they need and accept that voters would then hold them to account for the taxes they impose. That they chose as they did is no less disappointing for being utterly predictable.
21 Mar2016
What is superannuation savers’ should stay so
Today in The Australian
It is a pity no government has thought to build a tomb of the unknown saver or a cenotaph for fallen superannuants. With the opportunities it offers for iconic memorials gracing our suburbs, a worthier use of public funds would surely be hard to find.
It is a pity no government has thought to build a tomb of the unknown saver or a cenotaph for fallen superannuants. With the opportunities it offers for iconic memorials gracing our suburbs, a worthier use of public funds would surely be hard to find.
19 Mar2016
Bowen’s right: leave act alone
Today in The Australian
It’s rare that we’re on the same side as Chris Bowen. But he’s right: section 46
of the Competition and Consumer Act should remain unchanged.
It’s rare that we’re on the same side as Chris Bowen. But he’s right: section 46
of the Competition and Consumer Act should remain unchanged.
19 Mar2016
Republicans might never recover from Donald Trump
Today in The Australian
Hillary Clinton ended Bernie Sanders’s dream of a “political revolution” this week, making it virtually impossible for the crusty socialist to win the Democratic nomination.
Hillary Clinton ended Bernie Sanders’s dream of a “political revolution” this week, making it virtually impossible for the crusty socialist to win the Democratic nomination.
07 Mar2016
Labor down the rabbit hole with DIY economics
Today in The Australian
“In a society like ours,” Gore Vidal wrote some years ago, “politics is improvisation”: policies are announced, tactics invented and slogans launched with consequences “no one can foresee and everyone has to live with”. But if Labor’s proposed tax changes prove anything, it is the dangers that involves.
“In a society like ours,” Gore Vidal wrote some years ago, “politics is improvisation”: policies are announced, tactics invented and slogans launched with consequences “no one can foresee and everyone has to live with”. But if Labor’s proposed tax changes prove anything, it is the dangers that involves.
05 Mar2016
A president Donald Trump would wreak havoc far beyond America
Today in The Australian
Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination took another leap forward this week as his Super Tuesday wins added 237 delegates to the 82 he had already gained. Having secured about 44 per cent of the GOP delegates chosen so far, Trump seems increasingly difficult to beat, heightening the tensions within the Republican Party.
Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination took another leap forward this week as his Super Tuesday wins added 237 delegates to the 82 he had already gained. Having secured about 44 per cent of the GOP delegates chosen so far, Trump seems increasingly difficult to beat, heightening the tensions within the Republican Party.