Time to stop passing the buck
Treasurer Jim Chalmers needs to take a close look in the mirror to see the real reason Aussies are doing it tough.
Terry McCrann
The evil of inflation deepens
A nasty new edge to the pain of inflation has emerged in recent years, widening the gap between the haves and the have nots.
State budgets: ugly to ultra-ugly
Queenslanders should take the money and run – straight to the ballot box in October, to throw out the incumbent Miles-Dick government.
The voting irony in Costello’s fall
Peter Costello has enjoyed the sort of support from shareholders he could have only dreamt about as a politician. Too bad no one’s asking them what they think.
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Big two do a super job
Those laying into our supermarket operators would do well to consider the other options. North Korea anyone?
Ecstasy could turn to agony for iron ore giants
Australia’s three resources giants generated $55bn in profit from digging up and shipping off iron ore, mostly to China, which is why the corporate ecstasy could turn to agony.
Jim’s absurd real wage claim
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claims about real wage increases show he needs some serious lessons in primary school arithmetic.
Why Bullock had a hike option
Did Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock really, seriously, contemplate leading her board to deliver a rate hike, at the RBA’s first meeting back for the year, two weeks ago?
ANZ win damns ACCC
The Australian Competition Tribunal’s approval of ANZ’s takeover of Suncorp proves the ACCC hasn’t a clue about the legislation it is charged with enforcing.
Stokes delivers a bidding masterclass
Billionaire Kerry Stokes and his son Ryan have delivered a masterclass in ‘patience and persistence’ in their mop-up bid for the remaining stake in construction materials company Boral.
What future is BHP facing?
BHP’s ‘future-facing’ ambitions have now been shredded, and dumped into the dustbin of history, thanks to brutal contemporary reality.
Big messages in CBA’s figures
The Commonwealth Bank result is the most comprehensive and most up-to-date microcosm of Australians and Australia overall.
Why tax, IR changes will hit middle Australia
The government’s tax and industrial relations changes are going to hit the group of Australians they are supposed to be directly helping. Here’s how.
JB Hi-Fi passes the vibe test
JB Hi-Fi reported a most uncharacteristic fall in sales and a quite thumping fall in profit; and investors promptly sent the share price rocketing to an all-time high.
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