Pollies will always spend your money
Treasurers always tell you the deficit will fall in the future, but tomorrow never seems to come.
Terry McCrann
Boral cashes up into an ‘interesting’ week
Is Seven Group really that unimpressed with Boral’s just-announced asset sale?
In the US Federal Reserve we fear
Will the US central bank be too slow to face up to reality, allowing an even bigger bubble to build and so cause an even bigger bust?
Rates are going up, and you can take that to the bank
The signs are already there that higher interest rates are going to come sooner than expected.
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ScoMo tells us to stick ‘em up
TWO Budgets from Scott Morrison very clearly define him as the “Willie Sutton” of treasurers. Last year he raided superannuation. Why? Because that’s where the money is, writes Terry McCrann.
Fairfax gambol is no 1980s replay
THE bid for Fairfax Media is not a “Back to the Future” moment because the world has changed since the frenzy of media takeovers in the 1980s, writes Terry McCrann.
BHP is vital to nation’s future
THE federal government has made two important decisions that are very much in the national interest, writes Terry McCrann.
Media rule changes kick in right direction
TV stations were once licences to print money. Today they’re licences to shred money. The changes proposed will bring the rules partly into the 21st century, writes Terry McCrann.
BHP must remain in our hands
BHP is not quite as big as it was a few years ago but, even with today’s much lower profit, it remains the absolute business foundation of our future prosperity, writes Terry McCrann.
Turnbull goes one, two and maybe three
GOOD Mark Two. Or three. The Turnbull government is beginning to make a habit of making important decisions in the national interest, writes Terry McCrann.
Sensible, sustainable spending just the ticket
THE state economy is riding high on the property boom and Tim Pallas is “clipping the ticket” — like an old-fashioned tram conductor — along the way, writes Terry McCrann.
Competition gets airborne
INFRASTRUCTURE Minister Paul Fletcher is to be congratulated for staring down Sydney Airport Corporation and committing to build the second Sydney airport, writes Terry McCrann.
A tale of two Budgets
TODAY’S state Budget and next week’s federal Budget will be like day and night — or rather, the first will be written in black ink, the other in red, writes Terry McCrann.
Trump’s cuts not too taxing
THE “disruptions” keep coming for investors in both major sectors: property, where they make their own decisions, and the share market, where they mostly leave it to the “experts”, writes Terry McCrann.
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