In The Australian today:
"To reform our economy, an Abbott government needs an effective Treasury. That requires addressing problems whose roots stretch back to the Whitlam years. But solving them is not a question of returning to the past, nor can those solutions be viewed in isolation from broader reforms to the public service."
02 Sep2013
Something rotten in our public sector
In The Australian today:
"According to Kevin Rudd, we mustn't put all our eggs in the one basket. Come Saturday, the Australian people will at last have a chance to tell him un oeuf is enough. But getting rid of Labor's fiscal mess will be far more challenging than throwing out a rotten egg."
"According to Kevin Rudd, we mustn't put all our eggs in the one basket. Come Saturday, the Australian people will at last have a chance to tell him un oeuf is enough. But getting rid of Labor's fiscal mess will be far more challenging than throwing out a rotten egg."
31 Aug2013
Slowdown threatens the developing world
In The Australian today:
"With the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers looming, financial markets are again in turmoil. Paradoxically, the jitters come not from the risk of crisis in the US but from fears that a strengthening economy will lead the Federal Reserve to scale back on "quantitative easing" and eventually increase interest rates."
"With the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers looming, financial markets are again in turmoil. Paradoxically, the jitters come not from the risk of crisis in the US but from fears that a strengthening economy will lead the Federal Reserve to scale back on "quantitative easing" and eventually increase interest rates."
26 Aug2013
Herculean task for Turnbull
In The Australian today:
"Next year, Australians will invest an estimated $2000 each on public infrastructure, from roads and electricity poles to trains and the National Broadband Network. If the Coalition wins on September 7, it needs to bring greater discipline to that spending, ensuring users and taxpayers get value for money. Creating a new department with responsibility for all commonwealth infrastructure decisions should be part of those reforms."
"Next year, Australians will invest an estimated $2000 each on public infrastructure, from roads and electricity poles to trains and the National Broadband Network. If the Coalition wins on September 7, it needs to bring greater discipline to that spending, ensuring users and taxpayers get value for money. Creating a new department with responsibility for all commonwealth infrastructure decisions should be part of those reforms."
22 Aug2013
Parent-leave piggy bank can fly
In The Australian today:
"Campaigning is about raising expectations, governing about managing them. The critical question about Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is whether we can afford it."
"Campaigning is about raising expectations, governing about managing them. The critical question about Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is whether we can afford it."
19 Aug2013
The positive side to negativity
In the Australian today:
"According to the ALP's "A New Way" ad, "the old politics of negativity just won't work". Luckily, there's a new politics of negativity to replace it: so far, 60 per cent of the election ads posted on Labor's website involve attacks on the Coalition, with the proportion for the Coalition being similar."
"According to the ALP's "A New Way" ad, "the old politics of negativity just won't work". Luckily, there's a new politics of negativity to replace it: so far, 60 per cent of the election ads posted on Labor's website involve attacks on the Coalition, with the proportion for the Coalition being similar."