Sunday Sanity Break, 12 March 2017 - end to negative gearing
The housing bubbles in Sydney and Melbourne have finally caught some attention. The main way to stabilise things is to reform negative...
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Pete Jonson
- Mar 5, 2017
- 4 min
Sunday Sanity Break, 5 March 2017 - Leaders and narratives
President Trump finally looked 'Presidential' as he addressed the joint houses in Washington. This political follower from tiny...
Gary Scarrabelotti
- Feb 28, 2017
- 6 min
Wilderness Man
The wilderness pregnant with prospects. Abbott is back – this time with power and conviction. On February 23 Tony Abbott launched the...
Pete Jonson
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2 min
Sunday Sanity break, 26 February 2017 - Australia's conservative mess
Tony Abbott's latest contribution has not been welcomed by Liberal lovers. Paul Kelly discusses at length the Menzies construction of...
P D Jonson
- Feb 7, 2017
- 3 min
Why are our leaders surprised?
Screaming headlines today based on the latest News poll, which makes Tony Abbott look relatively successful. If Mr Turnbull and his...
Pete Jonson
- Jan 15, 2017
- 4 min
Sunday Sanity Break, 15 January 2017 - the Sussan Ley affair, Donald Trump's accession.
What was she thinking? Sussan Ley, former Health Minister. Other doubtful cases are already emerging but it seems only Ms Ley will pay...
Pete Jonson
- Jan 6, 2017
- 2 min
Saturday Sanity Break, 7 January 2017 - fixing Australia's budget
More 'reform', this time at the expense of Australia's most frugal pensioners. Do I detect a pattern here? The most frugal self-funded...
Louis Hissink
- Jan 3, 2017
- 6 min
The Hissink File - January 3, 2017
Time passes quickly these days and it seems only like yesterday that I penned the most recent instalment of the Hissink File. Yet it’s...
Gary Scarrabelotti
- Dec 27, 2016
- 4 min
God or nothing
Christmas is wonderful because it confirms a childlike cosmology. Christmas is about God or nothing. The phrase “God or nothing” hit me...
Gary Scarrabelotti
- Dec 22, 2016
- 5 min
Luncheon for two: The Bear & Turkey: a strategic tete-a-tete
The other Paul — a cooler, harder edged Paul — joined me yesterday for lunch over The Oz. He is not a regular. He seems reticent of...
Pete Jonson
- Dec 20, 2016
- 3 min
News + Views, December 2016
Treasury rediscovers economic sense, 9 December ' Glory be, Treasury has finally accepted that the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments did a...
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