If Labor ‘friends’ dominate the new board, there will be real questions over the objectivity of the decision-making. This is particularly important because the non-bank appointees will make up most of the board.
What is becoming clear is that there are many unintended consequences when governments seek to diminish consumer sovereignty by attempting to direct consumer purchases in ways that don’t reflect their preferences.
The idea that Australia can become a renewable energy superpower is fanciful. As for things being made in Australia, we are making fewer things, not more.
The inescapable conclusion from COP29 is that its relevance is rapidly diminishing, but Chris Bowen has failed to read the signs.
It’s Jim Chalmers’ big chance to put his loopy ideas about ‘reinventing capitalism’ to become a ‘values-driven’ system into practice. Labor has never really liked the Future Fund because it’s a reminder of Peter Costello’s success.
There is no chance that a Labor government will ever deal with the fundamental problems confronting the super industry.
Like seasons of The Sopranos, the cost-of-living report took far too long in delivery but it doesn’t mean some of the recommendations are timely.
The lessons of the US, Britain and several European countries is that uncontrolled migrant intakes become politically toxic over time.
It might all seem friendly enough, but there are very real tensions between the RBA governor and the Treasurer.
The fiscal profligacy apparent in many advanced countries, including Australia, raises the big question: how on earth will this end?
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