We’re spending about $56 billion a year on defence and that’s going to rise sharply,no matter who’s in power. Does anyone really think this won’t lead to income tax hikes?
For an election dominated by cost-of-living sloganeering,neither Labor nor the Coalition has bothered to utter a word on wages.
This is a limp,uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.
When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature,you know we’ve got a problem.
The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere about it.
In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets,Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.
I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.
Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices,and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and mirrors.
What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.
The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy,and don’t want to use their grey matter.