Today in The Australian:
"Adelaide, August 28, 1993. Prime minister Paul Keating launches the first Collins-class submarine. As the gleaming vessel hits the water, Australia's technological prowess glistens as brightly as its military strength. Led by the ABC, the media hails the event as a triumph. "
21 Oct2013
Leadership changes only aggravate Labor's malady
In The Australian today:
"Labor's leadership ballot was supposed to revitalise the party. Instead, it has revitalised the factions, leaving them firmly in control. Rather than learn from the past six years, Labor seems intent on repeating its mistakes."
"Labor's leadership ballot was supposed to revitalise the party. Instead, it has revitalised the factions, leaving them firmly in control. Rather than learn from the past six years, Labor seems intent on repeating its mistakes."
12 Oct2013
Taxing question as global firms exploit the gaps
In The Australian today:
"Joe Hockey's warning on Wednesday that Australia will use its chairmanship of the G20 next year to secure action curbing tax minimisation by multinationals shows the Coalition is every bit as determined as Labor was to protect Australia's revenue base."
"Joe Hockey's warning on Wednesday that Australia will use its chairmanship of the G20 next year to secure action curbing tax minimisation by multinationals shows the Coalition is every bit as determined as Labor was to protect Australia's revenue base."
07 Oct2013
US deadlock sows uncertainty worldwide
In The Australian today:
"Bill Clinton famously called the US "the indispensable nation"'. With the shutdown grinding on, America seems more incomprehensible than indispensable. And further crises lie ahead, as showdowns on the debt ceiling and the automatic sequester loom."
"Bill Clinton famously called the US "the indispensable nation"'. With the shutdown grinding on, America seems more incomprehensible than indispensable. And further crises lie ahead, as showdowns on the debt ceiling and the automatic sequester loom."
30 Sep2013
Freedom in retreat after GFC
From today's The Australian
"From 1980 on, country after country moved to greater economic and political freedom. A report released last week by Canada's Fraser Institute shows that since the global financial crisis, that wave of liberalisation has come to an end, and in some cases, reversed."
"From 1980 on, country after country moved to greater economic and political freedom. A report released last week by Canada's Fraser Institute shows that since the global financial crisis, that wave of liberalisation has come to an end, and in some cases, reversed."
28 Sep2013
It ain't over yet: global financial crisis lingers on
In The Australian today:
"It is in the nature of events that their consequences seem clearer than their causes. Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the global financial crisis is no exception. Yet just as the causes of the crisis remain intensely controversial, so uncertainty pervades its long-run effects and the dangers of recurrence."
"It is in the nature of events that their consequences seem clearer than their causes. Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the global financial crisis is no exception. Yet just as the causes of the crisis remain intensely controversial, so uncertainty pervades its long-run effects and the dangers of recurrence."