Anthony Albanese’s opponent achieved something that Labor couldn’t. He helped voters forget about the cost-of-living crisis.
The present fashion of obsessing with productivity improvement for its own sake is counterproductive and probably won’t achieve much.
The Liberal Party is the Holden Commodore of politics. And it’s not roadworthy.
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock must be breathing a quiet sigh of relief now the Albanese government has been triumphantly returned to office.
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.