Rudd’s policy as safe as money in the bank

KEVIN Rudd and his team of economic ministers have done nothing but compound the economic problems facing Australians since the global fiscal crisis began.

Rees is on the same old track to nowhere

NEW Premier Nathan Rees, whose performance in his two former portfolios _ water utilities and emergency services _ never suggested he was anything other than a plodder, seems determined not to deviate from the dismal performances of his failed predecessors, Bob Carr and Morris Iemma.

PM’s greed-is-bad credo

IT’S hard to take Kevin Rudd’s studied look of concern over the global financial meltdown seriously, even given the severity of events. The problem is that the prime ministerial call to arms is undermined by Labor’s grossly inconsistent approach to fiscal matters.

Clueless leaders compound fear

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan do not inspire confidence when they attempt to reassure Australians about the current economic crisis.

Something creepy in this school art class

CAN you imagine the screams of outrage there would have been if McDonald’s, the Colonel or Pizza Hut was invited to scout for models by the principal of a primary school in a trendy inner urban suburb like Sydney’s Paddington or Melbourne’s St Kilda?

Dunleavy – a press legend departs

LATER this week a special edition of The New York Post will mark the retirement of the last of the great journalists of the pre-electronic era — the Australian Steve Dunleavy.

Here’s your chance – who is your choice for US President?

When war criminals hide out in the open

THE Rudd Labor Government has dudded its constituency on almost every domestic issue and is now turning its back on core principles of humanity.

Costello’s last word in delusion

THE political class has taken a long overdue whipping in NSW but, in Canberra, self-deluded self-flagellation is the torture of choice.

Back-room boys still hold the real power

AFTER 13 years of Labor government, the people of NSW have in Nathan Rees a second premier they did not vote for, heading a cabinet whose members were selected by unelected Labor officials, promoting policies voters have never been asked to endorse.