On inflation, RBA is right; Albanese is not
The PM and the Treasurer think using massive dollops of taxpayer money to manipulate headline CPI is actually achieving the return to the stated inflation target. The RBA sees through this ruse.
The PM and the Treasurer think using massive dollops of taxpayer money to manipulate headline CPI is actually achieving the return to the stated inflation target. The RBA sees through this ruse.
The one bit of good news for Labor is there is some genuine economic talent, albeit largely untested, among its parliamentarians – in particular Andrew Charlton.
Whatever way you look at it, the Albanese reshuffle was a slap in the face to Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles. Now Tony Burke faces a huge challenge.
If the Albanese government was really seriously committed to eliminating bad behaviour in the construction industry, it would proceed with the deregistration of the CFMEU.
The policy agenda of Trump mark I was generally standard stuff. But Project 2025 is an entirely different proposition.
This reckless proposal demonstrates two things: the danger of top-down meddling and the fact that the Albanese government’s right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.
The ALP’s Future Made in Australia is a cross between Trumpian chest-beating and old-style government picking winners.
The preferred outcome will be for the big companies to see the new provision as a threat and mend their anti-competitive ways well before any court action is needed.
The external costs imposed on rural and regional communities are overwhelmingly ignored when making the case for the expansion of renewable energy.
There is much overseas data to establish accurate costings around nuclear power plants, including from successful builds in South Korea and the UAE.
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