Henry in The Australian 7 Jan 2011:

'When Ken Henry's predecessor as secretary to the Treasury, Fred Wheeler, appeared in 1975 at the Senate hearings into the Loans Affair, he stood up, said: "My name is Sir Frederick Wheeler. I am Secretary of the Treasury, and I am instructed to answer no further questions," and sat down again'

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Henry in The Australian (Fri 31 Dec 2010):

"However misguided their slogans and questionable their tactics, it is difficult not to sympathise with the young protesters in London, Paris and Madrid whose street marches marked 2010. "

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Henry in The Australian 23 December 2010:

'Here's a scandal waiting to explode: the exorbitant cost of the festive season. My evidence: the Christmas Price Index (CPI), which calculates the cost of the 12 days of Christmas'

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Henry in The Australian (Tues 14 Dec 2010)

Anyone who believes that allowing gravel to call themselves boulders will convert a rock garden into Stonehenge urgently needs a dosage check. And that Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey seem to be sharing the meds hardly adds to one's confidence in the proposed banking reforms. But even putting the pebbles-into-pillars fantasies aside, the real trouble with the reforms is that they could inflict serious harm, merely so as to show that the 264 is "doing something"

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Henry in The Australian 3 Dec 2010:

A leaked missive suggests the nation of Ergastia has some parallels with Australia.

Simple folks at best, Ergastia's 264 is struggling to manage a mining boom.

The Ergastian Loiterers' Party (ELP) views the boom as an opportunity to do more of what Ergastian politicians do best; that is, spend other people's money. So do its allies, the country subsidy dependents, who have never seen a pork barrel on which they did not want to stand.

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Henry in The Australian (26 Nov 2010)

Can the NBN pip Joe Hockey for the top gong in dudding the dismal science?

WITH the end of the year fast approaching, frantic preparations are under way for the 2010 Dodgies, to be awarded, at a star-studded ceremony, for confused economics in the service of poor public policy.

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