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December 7, 2012
Economy Gillard stands by surplus promise. (ABC) Leave a comment
September 12, 2012
/sigh | Economy Because Austerity has been such a raging success everywhere it’s been tried, Queensland has a go too. (Conversation) 2 comments
March 23, 2012
Economy Australian Federal Treasurer quiz (New Matilda) Leave a comment
March 16, 2012
Economy Peter Costello, the best treasurer ever? Only if you don’t look closely. (New Matilda) Leave a comment
March 9, 2012
Economy Joe Hockey graduated from the Mitch McConnell school of economic theory (New Matilda) One comment
March 6, 2012
Economy A rising tide lifts three boats (Wayne Swan) Leave a comment
October 27, 2011
Economy Coalition MP might cross the floor to support mining tax (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
October 14, 2011
Economy The accumulated lies of the anti-carbon tax lobby (ABC) Leave a comment
October 1, 2011
Economy | Hurrr “Another reason to shop online I s’pose” (Auntie) One comment
September 7, 2011
Economy Daily fear monger debunking. (Auntie) Leave a comment
September 5, 2011
Economy Right-wing shills: Mining tax will stop mining – Miners: About that… Leave a comment
Economy The only trickle down from the mining boom is warm and yellow (The Conversation) Leave a comment
August 11, 2011
Economy Greens, Indies support leaving budget in deficit a bit longer, now that the global economy is starting to look shit(tier) (The Age) Leave a comment
August 3, 2011
Economy Terry McCrann admits that he was wrong at least once. No word on when he’ll admit to being wrong all those other times. (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
July 22, 2011
Economy Malcolm Turnbull : The sane man’s Opposition Leader (New Matilda) Leave a comment
July 19, 2011
Economy The failure of Reaganomics (AlJazeera) Leave a comment
July 7, 2011
Economy Greens “wacky” new policy? Bank account portability. The horror! (The Age) Leave a comment
July 1, 2011
Economy For all the miners’ rhetoric about how the wider economy needs the industry to be rolling in profits, the boom is doing fuck all for the wider economy (The Age) Leave a comment
June 16, 2011
Economy RBA head: suck it up, retailers (The Australian) Leave a comment
June 3, 2011
Economy ANZ boss attacks negative gearing (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
May 25, 2011
Economy Karl Bitar – Loathsome man, or most loathsome man? (The Age) Leave a comment
May 19, 2011
Economy Actual headline – Labor: taxing the rich or screwing students and the unemployed? (The Conversation) Leave a comment
April 28, 2011
Economy O’Farrell’s auditor didn’t find the budget black hole O’Farrell said there was. Whoops. (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
April 27, 2011
Economy Labor takes a closer look at trust tax loophole (Courier Mail) Leave a comment
Economy On peak oil: social and economic change isn’t just about CO2 (The Age) Leave a comment
April 13, 2011
Economy Feds pledge “millions will be better off” under carbon tax (The Age) Leave a comment
April 12, 2011
Economy Deutsche Bank: Carbon tax not scary, Europe’s industry still going strong (The Australian) Leave a comment
April 8, 2011
Economy Turnbull offers brand spanking new idea that’s never been thought of before (so long as you ignore it being longstanding Greens policy, which this article certainly did) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Pension increase planned to compensate for carbon tax (The Australian) Leave a comment
April 6, 2011
Economy Uh-oh… Looks like someone’s looking at the facts instead of just demagoguing The Greens. (SMH) Leave a comment
March 30, 2011
Economy Big supermarkets under scrutiny, amid calls for them to be broken up (The Age) Leave a comment
March 16, 2011
Economy S&P: Retail super funds are shit (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
March 8, 2011
Economy Feds commit to not throwing out the Medibank Private revenue stream for a quick buck (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
March 4, 2011
Economy Flood levy gets go-ahead from Xenophon, on condition of states being forced to get insurance (just like homeowners. Shocking) (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
February 28, 2011
Economy Carbon price a boon for jobs (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
February 24, 2011
Economy WA Lib calls for a mining tax (though, different to the current proposition) (The Age) Leave a comment
February 17, 2011
Economy Greens won’t let mining super profits tax rest (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
February 4, 2011
Economy The Work Choices 2.0 branch of the Liberal party breaks cover again (The Australian) Leave a comment
February 3, 2011
Economy Gillard: Levy won’t be increased to deal with Yasi recovery (The Age) Leave a comment
February 2, 2011
Economy High speed rail gets a closer look (The Age) Leave a comment
February 1, 2011
Economy Speculation galore about supermarket ulterior motives in milk war (The Australian) Leave a comment
January 28, 2011
Economy Gillard: Levy and budget cuts to take pressure of interest rates (The Australian) Leave a comment
Economy Independents want long term disaster relief fund, not one-off levy (The Australia) Leave a comment
January 21, 2011
Economy ATM fees get some long overdue scrutiny (The Age) Leave a comment
January 19, 2011
Economy Government determined to get the budget back to surplus on time, despite floods (The Australian) One comment
January 5, 2011
Economy While Libs whine about bludgers, the OECD’s calling bullshit on our unemployment benefit (The Age) Leave a comment
January 4, 2011
Economy Labor and Coalition plans on tax and benefits reform would make things worse for the poor (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 23, 2010
Economy Greens to use control of senate to pursue their policies (commie bastards!) (The Australian) Leave a comment
Economy Teddy Swan tired of speaking softly (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 15, 2010
Economy More support for bank super profits tax than mining, but both still majority (The Age) Leave a comment
December 10, 2010
Economy Labor on course for even more free trade (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 2, 2010
Economy Economy slowing (The Age) Leave a comment
November 16, 2010
Economy Unemployment benefits even worse than pension (The Age) Leave a comment
November 15, 2010
Economy OECD recommends GST hike (The Australian) Leave a comment
November 9, 2010
Economy Banks apparently surprised about public anger. It’s not like they’re making a cash grab on the back of record profi… oh, right. (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy CBA Boss: Some foreclosures, a necessary sacrifice (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
Economy Industry: why should we pay people more for working on Christmas? That cost us money, dammit! (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
November 8, 2010
Economy Banks set to dump mortgage exit fees, in attempt to dodge even bigger smackdown from government (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
November 5, 2010
Economy Strong dollar weakens budget (The Australian) Leave a comment
Economy ACCC powers to tackle banks could extend to supermarkets and servos (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Big banks dodge existing taxes, cry poor when a banking super profits tax is proposed (The Age) Leave a comment
November 4, 2010
Economy Banks’ costs are going up, be nice to them! (And ignore the multi-billion dollar profits) (The Australian) Leave a comment
November 3, 2010
Economy Banks’ rates grab to trigger crackdown (The West Australian) Leave a comment
October 22, 2010
Economy Liberals split over just how much of a hardon they have for the free market (The Australian) Leave a comment
October 20, 2010
Economy We’re all worse off if the rich get richer while the poor get poorer (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
October 18, 2010
Economy Which is why Bartlett desperately wants to stop any attempt to redistribute some of that wealth (The West Australian) Leave a comment
October 7, 2010
Economy You know those banks with more than healthy profits? Yeah, they’re still trying to find an excuse to jack up prices (The Age) Leave a comment
October 6, 2010
Economy Income inequality continues to rise (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
October 1, 2010
Economy Big banks: Our booming profits aren’t enough, we’re really strapped for cash. How about paying more interest? (The Australian) Leave a comment
Economy Easing house prices take pressure off  rates. Maybe. (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
September 30, 2010
Economy IMF (that bastion of socialism *cough*) backs mining tax (The Australian) Leave a comment
September 23, 2010
Economy Long term unemployment falling (The Age) Leave a comment
September 20, 2010
Economy Aus business: free trade deal not worth the bother (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
September 17, 2010
Economy Coalition increasingly isolated as industry push for carbon tax (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Attempts to move population to the regions doomed to fail (The Australian) Leave a comment
September 15, 2010
Economy ‘Regional Australia not that hard done by’ (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Mining boss wants Coalition to negotiate on mining tax (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
September 14, 2010
Economy Housing reform overdue (The Age) Leave a comment
September 13, 2010
Economy Quit complaining, Gillard better for economy than Abbott (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Wilkie threatens to block mining tax if it’s not redrawn and expanded (NineMSN) Leave a comment
September 9, 2010
Economy Calls for GST to be examined at tax summit (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy Miners’ ‘mining tax doom’ scare at odds with highest expansion spending in years. Could it be they were lying through their teeth and just wanted more money? (The West Australian) Leave a comment
September 8, 2010
Economy Gillard gets an economic dream run as Day 1 present (The Age) Leave a comment
Economy Henry free-for-all on the table (The Age) Leave a comment
September 3, 2010
Economy “Please, don’t throw us in the briar patch and have more spotlight given to our policies. That’s the last thing we’d ever want.” (Tax and Spend!) 3 comments
September 2, 2010
Economy Coalition costings have a $10b hole in them, which doesn’t bode well for the Indies’ support (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy But Tony swears he’ll still deliver surplus (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
August 17, 2010
Economy Desperate need for election promises to be costed properly (The West Australian) Leave a comment
August 10, 2010
Economy He’s also embraced the Henry Tax Review (except for the mining tax part) (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
August 9, 2010
Economy Yeah? Well, this Nobel laureate thinks you’re a moron for that (and other things, too) (The Age) 2 comments
August 6, 2010
Economy Garnaut: Julia, Tony, you both suck. Leave a comment
August 5, 2010
Economy If you believe the Coalition’s debt bogeyman, you’re an idiot (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
August 4, 2010
Economy Abbott offers “faith-based economics policy”, seems to have already given up on his real action contract (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
August 3, 2010
Economy Labor to take get extra funds from Medibank Private. Hockey doesn’t understand the RBA. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Economy Abbott pushes paid parental leave scheme back (News.com.au) Leave a comment
Economy Labor says it’s “too hard” for Abbott (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 2, 2010
Economy Why’s the Coalition criticising Gillard for being fiscally conservative on pension? Oh, right, it’s their job to complain (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Economy See, Tony’s not racist! He only hates the poor foreigners (NineMSN) One comment
July 30, 2010
Economy Joe Hockey. Talking about the economy. This will be way more entertaining that Gillard v Abbott. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
July 29, 2010
Economy Coalition’s “bad with economy” line takes a hit, as rates on hold (also, who called it? Yeah.) (The Australian) Leave a comment
 
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