From today's The Australian:
"Queensland lost its AAA rating by re-electing an incompetent government that wouldn't control public spending. Now "Kevin from Queensland" is here to help repeat that outcome nationally."
08 Aug2013
05 Aug2013
The rubbery figures keep coming
In The Australian today:
"First they needed a deficit to spread the boom. Now they need a deficit to spread the bust. If General Macarthur were running Treasury, he'd declare failure as the "Keating Line" had been breached: in real terms, commonwealth net debt is back to where it was in 1996, and climbing."
"First they needed a deficit to spread the boom. Now they need a deficit to spread the bust. If General Macarthur were running Treasury, he'd declare failure as the "Keating Line" had been breached: in real terms, commonwealth net debt is back to where it was in 1996, and climbing."
03 Aug2013
The $250bn cost of Kevin Rudd: a tale of waste and spending
In The Australian today (with Judith Sloan):
"The era of Kevin, interrupted by the Julia interlude, has been a roller-coaster ride. Having promised Howard-lite and fiscal conservatism, the excuse of the global financial crisis unleashed a period of rapid growth in government spending, successive budget deficits and mounting public debt under Kevin Rudd's guidance."
"The era of Kevin, interrupted by the Julia interlude, has been a roller-coaster ride. Having promised Howard-lite and fiscal conservatism, the excuse of the global financial crisis unleashed a period of rapid growth in government spending, successive budget deficits and mounting public debt under Kevin Rudd's guidance."
29 Jul2013
High cost of fairy floss policies
In The Australian today:
"Always keen to play the blame game, Kevin Rudd claims Labor's climate change policies are not "the primary reason for the hike in electricity prices"; rather, the hike is due to "excessive rates of return for publicly owned transmission and distribution utilities which have become cash cows for various state and territory governments". That is not just incorrect; it misleads the public about the cost of Rudd's policies."
"Always keen to play the blame game, Kevin Rudd claims Labor's climate change policies are not "the primary reason for the hike in electricity prices"; rather, the hike is due to "excessive rates of return for publicly owned transmission and distribution utilities which have become cash cows for various state and territory governments". That is not just incorrect; it misleads the public about the cost of Rudd's policies."
22 Jul2013
Time to man up to Captain Chaos
In The Australian today:
"According to Kevin Rudd, with "the China resources boom over, we need to aim for a productivity number with a '2' in front of it."
"According to Kevin Rudd, with "the China resources boom over, we need to aim for a productivity number with a '2' in front of it."
15 Jul2013
Rudd plays carbon roulette
In The Australian today:
"The carbon tax, it seems, is a good policy that has lost its way. Thank goodness Kevin Rudd is there to set it straight. But far from putting it back on track, he has merely confirmed that under Labor, climate change policy is determined not by rules but by roulette, with the ruler du jour spinning the wheel and choosing the outcome."
"The carbon tax, it seems, is a good policy that has lost its way. Thank goodness Kevin Rudd is there to set it straight. But far from putting it back on track, he has merely confirmed that under Labor, climate change policy is determined not by rules but by roulette, with the ruler du jour spinning the wheel and choosing the outcome."