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Ted O’brienFinancial Review |
It’s a profound failure of public policy that Australia is begging abroad at the very moment our own energy endowments should be a source of strength.
With ALP spending at 40-year highs outside the pandemic, they’ve run out of money. And now they’re coming after yours.
As the prime minister no doubt considers a ministerial reshuffle, he should give serious consideration to letting the treasurer try something else.
Gough Whitlam drove a huge expansion in government spending, just as Anthony Albanese has done today. But there is a key difference.
Rather than stopping his spending spree or growing the economic pie, the treasurer continues to reach for higher taxes, more debt, and bigger...
On the economy, the Opposition will offer a different approach, hinging on two actions: stop the spending spree, and start growing the pie.
If Labor were serious about fiscal sustainability, the final day of its roundtable would be all about setting up some guardrails to stop its spending...
Jim Chalmers is pretending to be a modern-day Robin Hood taking from old fat cats. In truth, Labor’s super tax will see younger Australians eaten by...