November 22, 2007 – 2:52 pm
Being a fairly egotistic sort I frequently check my statistics page to see who is linking to me. Today I was linked from a discussion forum — a discussion thread entitled “WARNING dangerous moron in NT”. I disagree with “moron”, but in fairness politicians can be pretty dangerous when they decide they know best. The [...]
November 22, 2007 – 11:48 am
Yesterday I was on ABC radio with Maurice Foley. The ABC posted a story on their site pointing out some of my comments about the 30/30 plan, including the need to reduce or abolish the minimum wage.
I’d like to talk about this a bit more, because people tend to be pretty dark on the idea, [...]
November 16, 2007 – 11:11 am
The Northern Territory is a curious legacy of Federation. South Australia was burdened with debts during the late 1890s, and through a clever program of negotiation managed to foist them onto the Commonwealth along with the NT. In a universe where the NT had turned a profit for South Australia, we in Darwin would be [...]
November 9, 2007 – 2:30 pm
Yesterday John Howard said Australia is no longer a welfare state. Today John Humphreys lays out the actual truth of the matter:
Under Howard and the Liberals we have the largest Welfare State in Australia’s history. As we have pointed out previously, Howard has increased tax by 34% per person (adjusted for inflation). And this excludes [...]
November 8, 2007 – 12:48 pm
Politicians (whose grubby ranks I have officially joined at this election) have to deal with curly questions from journalists. Most of this takes the form of on-the-spot quizzes about current interest rates, the price of milk and bread and tax thresholds. It’s a bit silly but you come to expect it.
What’s also common is questions [...]
November 6, 2007 – 12:01 pm
From The Australian comes word of a new report on planned and current investment in resources projects topping $357 billion:
Access Economics said the total value of definite projects in the September quarter is now $178 billion, an increase of 20 per cent over the previous year.
But it says in a report released today, the value [...]
November 5, 2007 – 12:57 pm
In this video I talk about the LDP’s 30/30 tax and welfare plan, called “Reform 30/30″. I also discuss flaws with alternative plans being sold this election.
October 29, 2007 – 10:47 am
An increasingly influential rallying point for lefties in Australia is the group blog Larvatus Prodeo. I drop in there from time to time because some of the writers are quite sensible. It also provides a useful barometer of leftist thinking — an aggregator of whatever narrative is sweeping the collective mind of inner suburbanites in [...]
October 27, 2007 – 10:53 am
REBEL MP Alison Anderson yesterday accused her Territory Government colleagues of “playing games” with Aboriginal people for political gain.She said the federal intervention in indigenous communities was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“We have to be truthful to people in the communities and the Territory Government has to stop playing games with their lives,” she said.
The indigenous MLA [...]
October 23, 2007 – 2:31 pm
Labor’s proposal, which will operate from July 1 next year if the party wins the election, would enable parents to make a one-off claim against the value of a laptop or PC if it was bought outright. If the computer was leased, parents would be able to make a claim for the rebate against the [...]
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