Markets greet G20 growth plans with disregard
UPDATE 1.20pm, Canberra time: Aussie dollar now 0.8945; US stock [...]
Government debt watch
The Abbott government just borrowed a further $800 million, which [...]
Australia’s flexible labour market
Treasurer Joe Hockey and Employment Minister Eric Abetz must be [...]
Joe Hockey: Treasury or Trickery
This article was first published in The Melbourne Review https://www.melbournereview.com.au/commentary/article/joe-hockey-treasury-or-trickery [...]
What $882 million of tax payers money can buy
The $882 million tax 'refund' to News Corporation is a [...]
When 80,700 average tax payers equals one dodgy bastard
In 2012-13, average earnings for a worker in paid employment [...]
Gambling versus Shakespeare: To bet or not to bet, that is the question
There are lots of people who spend $2,000 each year [...]
Government debt watch
The Abbott government borrowed a further $800 million today. This [...]
Lags, jobs and interest rates
I was wrong. The RBA is not going to hike [...]
The not so sentimental consumer
The Westpac measure of consumer sentiment dipped 3 points in [...]