Better to kick banks while they are up
NOW that the banking Royal Commission is under way, it is a good time to reflect on the Australian financial system over the past decade and be grateful that we…
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NOW that the banking Royal Commission is under way, it is a good time to reflect on the Australian financial system over the past decade and be grateful that we…
…holidays or clear breaks. Carry your own overheads: Contractors have to provide their own tools of trade, especially computers and software. There is no “IT section” to come and fix…
…just above the right to bear arms). No limits can be placed on political action committees’ spending. These committees drag in vast sums to propagandise in favour of certain policies…
…like the connectedness that comes with smaller communities and the greater contentedness that comes with great equality or being in greater touch with nature. Politicians, including Stanhope, use words like…
…Commission and Productivity Commission are now far more vigorous in monitoring the states’ and territories’ effectiveness in revenue raising and adjusting Commonwealth grants to the states in that light. If…
…Governor Ian Macfarlane that it is illogical that it should subsidise other states and territories, particularly high-performing Western Australia and Queensland. The present split is worked out by the Commonwealth…
…joint parliamentary committee on electoral matters reported on electoral funding, Labor and the Greens have the numbers to make it much harder for the corporate dollar to find its way…
One of the most encouraging debates in Australia in 2004 was the one over reading. I cannot recall another year when reading was the subject of so much discussion. It…
…Though, here again, some of that compensation is a bit flimsy and not justified in the face of the importance of freedom of speech, such as compensation for injured feelings….
…economist. The Productivity Commission put out a report a week ago on the architectural profession (www.pc.gov.au). It ran to 100 pages. They need not have bothered. We all know what…