Today in The Australian
With Labor spending last week denying the obvious about its proposed tax hikes, it was hard not to be reminded of writer Hannah Arendt’s warning, which ought to be emblazoned on every street corner, that “no one has ever counted truthfulness among the political virtues”.
27 Feb2016
Trump card is changing the rules of the game
Today in The Australian
And then there were seven, Agatha Christie might have said. But even with 16 candidates leaving the field since the outset of the primary season, there is still a lot of blood to be spilled before the line-up for the US presidential election is finally determined.
And then there were seven, Agatha Christie might have said. But even with 16 candidates leaving the field since the outset of the primary season, there is still a lot of blood to be spilled before the line-up for the US presidential election is finally determined.
22 Feb2016
Unicorns all over the place in fantasy tax debate
Today in The Australian
His budget won’t promise taxpayers any unicorns, Scott Morrison assured the National Press Club last week. Good thing too, for they are ever harder to find.
His budget won’t promise taxpayers any unicorns, Scott Morrison assured the National Press Club last week. Good thing too, for they are ever harder to find.
15 Feb2016
Negative gearing plan an exercise in Cirque du Soleil economics
Today in The Australian
Even for a political party with a pronounced death wish, it seems reckless to propose a clampdown on negative gearing just as an NAB survey shows the housing market slowing and the share of established properties sold to local investors dropping to record lows.
Even for a political party with a pronounced death wish, it seems reckless to propose a clampdown on negative gearing just as an NAB survey shows the housing market slowing and the share of established properties sold to local investors dropping to record lows.
08 Feb2016
GST should not be a matter of political machismo
Today in The Australian
You may well ask why the government ever floated the idea of raising the GST, given that by far the best tax reform would be bringing public expenditure under control.
You may well ask why the government ever floated the idea of raising the GST, given that by far the best tax reform would be bringing public expenditure under control.
25 Jan2016
Robert Menzies has messages on how we should tax
In The Australian today:
It happens every year. Just as the country has settled into the postprandial doze known as the Australian summer, swiftly and without warning, wrathfully and without mercy, stupidity strikes.
It happens every year. Just as the country has settled into the postprandial doze known as the Australian summer, swiftly and without warning, wrathfully and without mercy, stupidity strikes.