Particracy Rules: the triumph of clever politics over leadership
We live in a particracy – the party-room rules and we are run by clever politicians, not leaders with courage and the fortitude to make tough decisions.
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Privatisation Fetish and QE: will government surrender the economic rescue to the banks?
Three interest rate cuts have failed to lift the economy. As have the Government’s $1080 tax breaks. Printing money is now a serious option. Quantitative Easing they call it, or “QE”.
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True Lies: Mathias Cormann caught by his own department for economic fairy tales
Mathias Cormann has been exposed for gilding the lily by a report from his own government department, or maybe he just got the facts wildly wrong. The report proved Australia’s Finance Minister wrong on Australia’s gross debt, net worth, taxation levels, infrastructure, government spending and the surplus
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Homes Alone: despite record rates, Australia lags world as housing crisis grips
Thinking of building a new house? Well, you are among millions worldwide doing exactly that right now. But you are probably not an Australian. Alan Austin reports.
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Toxic Tests: why is US Army funding Tafenoquine drug trials on Perth students?
Why is the US army funding antimalarial trials on Perth’s cash-strapped students with a drug found to be neurotoxic a decade ago?
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Streaming Wars: the battle for Australian subscriptions heats up
From Netflix and Stan to Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Premium and Foxtel/Kayo Sports, Australia is a battleground for worldwide entertainment behemoths and local players vying for our collective eyeballs and our streaming dollars
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The Streisand Effect: lawyers’ threats backfire
Clive Palmer is suing Youtube sensation Jordan Shanks for defamation. Instead of capitulating however, Shanks doubled down and tore strips off Palmer in the funniest response to a legal threat yet.
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Trump’s war on Huawei about control of global computer-chip industry
Trump’s war on Huawei is to choke off the supply of semiconductors and technology to manufacture same to Huawei, thereby limiting China’s ability to compete with the US. Clinton Fernandes reports.
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Big Cotton eyes off the wild rivers of Northern Australia
Water chasers, with Big Cotton as the central actor, are eyeing off the wild rivers of Northern Australia.
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Brookfield’s Aveo takeover: Australia’s loss and Bermuda’s gain
The furtive financial wizards from Brookfield may soon take $3 billion of retirement village loans to Bermuda, and taxpayer-funded nursing homes too, should their takeover bid for Aveo succeed
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Whither the Economy? the MWI measures the Government on its own priorities
Where is the Australian economy heading? The new MW Index rates the Government according to the things its own priorities. What does the RBA say is going on? Governor of the RBA Philip Lowe said on September 24: “After having been through a soft patch, a gentle turning point has
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Frank and fearless advice? Stop political donations from government consultants
The Coalition’s binge on consultants to replace “frank and fearless” advice from public servants has earned it the nickname The Dairy
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