A second-rate elite is torching our nation’s prosperity
Australia has changed dramatically in the few years I was away, certainly more than any time in my lifetime, and I’m sure not for the best.
Australia has changed dramatically in the few years I was away, certainly more than any time in my lifetime, and I’m sure not for the best.
As someone who’s recently bought a place in Melbourne, it’s personally reassuring that no matter who wins the federal election house prices are likely to keep rising.
As a former Liberal staffer from long ago, I’m sad to say the Coalition’s tax and housing policies are, for the moment, worse than Labor’s.
If Trump’s tariffs don’t work to restore the economic prospects of ordinary Americans, it should be back to the drawing board for supporters of economic and political freedom.
Amid the cacophony of ignorant rage over the US tariffs, another obvious though no less significant point has been overlooked: Trump repeatedly said he would prefer to rely more on tariffs and less on income tax.
Five years on I should apologise for not having been as strident in condemning mass coerced Covid vaccination.
It’s a depressing time for anyone hoping to wrench Australia away from shuffling mindlessly down the path to European-style economic sclerosis.
Australia would be highly exposed to an all-out global trade war; the US has become the second-biggest export market for our farmers, among the most efficient producers in the world.
As a country we should be far more concerned about the reasons that Whyalla steelworks collapsed rather than about the theoretical future impacts of US tariffs.
Washington simply can’t afford to support another forever war in Ukraine, quite aside from the likely loss of life that ultimately includes US troops.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/adam-creighton