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Most voters suspect that whoever wins government, they will soon declare that “the economy is not as strong as we had hoped or been led to believe” – and that promises will need to be broken.
I haven’t fallen asleep during the day for decades, but I came pretty close today watching the Treasurers’ debate between Scott Morrison and Chris Bowen on the major issue of the election campaign - economic…
Political slogans represent best-laid plans – but can be spectacularly undermined.
All three leaders are yet to reveal their skills, attitudes, values and personalities to the electorate.
Chris Bowen’s budget response set the framework for this campaign - now for the detail.
While the key Budget slogan is “jobs and growth”, there’s no detail on how and from where.
This risk of climate-exposed investments dwarfs that of the sub-prime crisis.
It was all a bit much for me to see Environment Minister Greg Hunt wallowing in the signing of the Paris Agreement on emissions reduction in New York this week. His commitment to its ratification by year…