Chalmers dead wrong and irresponsible
Incoming Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claim that inflation is ‘almost out of control’ is the equivalent of screaming ‘fire’ in a crowded cinema.
Incoming Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claim that inflation is ‘almost out of control’ is the equivalent of screaming ‘fire’ in a crowded cinema.
Australia is now embarked on a classic big-spending Whitlam-style Labor agenda mixed up with a new-age big-spending Dark Green agenda. It is not going to end well.
If Labor is admitting to $19bn of new spending, the actual number will be much more than that and it will increase year after year, literally forever.
If the latest ABS wages data is such a terrible thing, why isn’t PM-in-waiting Albo promising immediate big pay rises to federal public servants?
The government’s $3 billion so-called “Business Survival and Adaptation Package” was the absolute bare minimum that could be done to keep alive the businesses and jobs our incompetent Premier has destroyed. To call it a Band-Aid solution would be generous, writes Terry McCrann.
Two years on from the royal commission it seems the banks have learnt nothing with the release of their latest ‘innovation’ in credit cards. Despite promises of no interest and no annual fees, here’s why you shouldn’t be fooled, writes Terry McCrann.
The bromance between Myer’s biggest shareholder Solomon Lew and its imported CEO, John King, is well and truly over, writes Terry McCrann.
Daniel Andrews’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic is not just a literally existential problem for 6.5 million Victorians — it is a very serious problem for the entire nation, writes Terry McCrann.
Removing Daniel Andrews as Victorian Premier is about holding to account a leader who has presided over the worst public policy catastrophe in modern Australian history. And it’s crucial we choose the right replacement, writes Terry McCrann.
The relaunch of Virgin 2.0 is built on halving the size of the fleet and basically giving the leased aircraft and parts back to their investor-owners. But this will come at a significant cost, writes Terry McCrann.
Sunday’s announcement of an extension to Victoria’s lockdown was all about incompetent government — and Daniel Andrews must walk, writes Terry McCrann.
Victorian businesses have got the certainty some of their representatives have demanded. It is the certainty of devastation and not just in hospitality, retail and tourism, writes Terry McCrann.
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