In The Australian today:
"Will he, won't he? Will she, won't she? Maybe only her hairdresser knows for sure. But regardless of whether Labor's soap opera ends with a bang or a whimper, one thing seems a sure bet - the carbon tax, a year old next week, won't survive to a second birthday."

In The Australian today:
"The past week's financial turbulence seems somewhat paradoxical. After all, Wednesday's statement by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, which triggered the largest fall in US stockmarkets in a year, reflected the Fed's perception of an improving outlook for the American economy."

In The Australian today:

"Having picked the wrong lifeboat, Labor seems set to clamber back on the Titanic. With the mast broken, the rudder lost and the rocks looming, the backbench's panic is understandable: and their despair is far more credible than Julia Gillard's claim that the raft really is afloat and making headway."

In The Australian today:

"Have all savings options been explored?"

In The Australian today:

"There is one crucial result in the Parliamentary Budget Office's report on Australia's fiscal position: from 2001-02 on, the Howard government ran structural budget surpluses every year averaging 1.4 per cent of GDP; while every year it has been in office, Labor has run structural deficits averaging 2.8 per cent of GDP. And even accepting the fog of unreality that is Labor's latest budget, those structural deficits will persist through to at least 2016-17."

In The Australian today:
"Middle-class welfare" is not a descriptor; it is a rhetorical device. After all, who but the profligate could defend providing welfare to those who should be able to look after themselves?"