On budget night Wayne Swan could have saved us all a lot of time by simply standing up and saying that his plan for the Australian economy was to simply sit back and hope the mining boom continued. As I have said for over a year now, Australian policy makers have set the economy up for a severe downturn if commodities prices slump and there is no Plan B.
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Swan’s lazy 2011 budget and Australian economic madness.
May 16th, 2011 · 6 Comments
Tags: Economy · Opinion · Politics
Pink batts, a revived Federal Opposition and an election year.
February 17th, 2010 · 21 Comments
I have not focused on the Australian political landscape for a few months but the recent tragic deaths of 4 people installing home insulation as part of the Rudd Governments spend-a-thon, has reminded me of the dangers of a government obsessed with poll numbers and popularity.
Tags: Climate Change · Opinion · Politics · technology
A stock market correction, some panic and nervous investors.
February 5th, 2010 · 32 Comments
Over the last week the Australian stock market has taken a turn downwards pretty much inline with markets across Asia, Europe and the U.S. Once again no mater how much the RBA talks up our economy, the fact is that Australia’s economic health depends on how our major trading partners are doing and investors are starting to get worried about the global economic outlook.
Tags: China · Stockmarket · United States
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