'Dumb': Economist slams Labor's move to slash student debts
Economist Chris Richardson says the $16bn price-tag for Anthony Albanese's plan is 'a reverse Robin Hood' that transfers money from the less well off to the better off and 'does nothing for the nation's future'.
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Might as well close it: Chalmers’ big call leaves fund without a future
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.
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Chalmers’ $230bn Future Funnel for favoured projects
Jim Chalmers is overhauling the investment mandate of the Future Fund to drive capital into Labor’s agenda, in a major shift in the role of the sovereign wealth fund established by the Howard government.
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