Is this really news? To whom?
Strange times
Utter Stupidity
Let’s revisit
Nearly 8 years ago, I published this piece. I could republish it today without changing anything.
The hour is come
Is it possible that Australia has an energy system that is unfit for purpose?
Continue readingWater, water everywhere
Marketforces.org.au is the website of a group of people who are disgruntled, or if not actually disgruntled, are certainly far from gruntled. (H/t PG).
Continue readingHe’s right
Premier Andrews is correct.
Continue readingCorrect analysis, wrong conclusion
What is the point of research and analysis if the conclusions drawn are wrong? How can an institution correctly analyse the problems in our economies and yet call for more of the same actions that have caused the malaise?
Continue readingBudget ‘winners and losers’ according to the Australian Financial Review
It’s Budget night in Australia. The press used to report “beer up, cigs up” as excises were raised on those products. But the Financial Review was meant to be more adult, more thoughtful, more nuanced, more educated and less tabloid in its reporting. Until now.
The Government has announced a cut in the petrol excise duty. What has the Fin described this as? “Electric vehicle buyers are losers in tonight’s budget because they won’t benefit from the cut in the petrol excise. “
FFS, as they say in the classics.
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