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NSW Parliament coat of arms budget
Nothing pretty about a post-pandemic budget
Robert CarlingJune 21, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from...

A blatant and cynical vote-buying budget
Robert CarlingJune 12, 2024AFR

Vote-buying measures before difficult elections are hardly without precedent, but the Queensland state government’s drip-feed...

Back to the Future: Workplace Reform Takes Centre Stage Again.
Andrew BlythJune 5, 2024SPECTATOR

The industrial relations scare campaign has begun, as we count down to the next federal...

The problem is whether the legitimate economic concerns of the public can - or should - manifest in monetary policy.
The RBA has to dole out pain. Not everyone can be a winner here
Simon CowanJune 1, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

This week’s news that inflation had risen for April was no doubt an unwelcome, and...

CPI
‘Too clever by half’ Treasurer tries to hack the CPI
Gene TunnyMay 18, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered a budget shaped by the upcoming election and his leadership...

Jim Chalmers
Holes appear as Treasurer tries to convince with verbal flourishes
Simon CowanMay 4, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The more detail we get on the government’s Future Made in Australia plans, the more...

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