Special Author: Geoffrey Barker, Strategic and Defence Studies, ANU Read more »
Special Author: Geoffrey Barker, Strategic and Defence Studies, ANU Read more »
Commenter Angharad discusses Kevin Rudd’s homelessness white paper which didn’t get much discussion because of its timing, but deserves some because of the importance of the issue. -MB
A few days before Christmas, Kevin Rudd launched a white paper on homelessness The Road Home with far less fan fare than the climate change white paper a few weeks earlier. Read more »
The Coalition has received a rather earth-shattering wake-up call as we mark the Labor party’s first twelve months in office.
According to the latest Newspoll survey, Labor now leads the Opposition by 59 per cent to 41 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.
This represents the Coalition’s worst performance since June, and its second-lowest support since the election. Read more »
Recent reports suggest Kevin Rudd’s staff are leaving “in droves” due to the PM’s unrelenting work ethic:
THE pace of the 24/7 Government has taken its toll. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has lost about 40 per cent of all new appointments to his private office since last December, and his deputy, Julia Gillard, has lost almost 50 per cent. Read more »
No doubt because Malcolm Turnbull has demonstrated his stunning grasp of economics yet again by claiming that the Commonwealth budget going into deficit is some sort of yardstick of economic failure, there’s been an immense amount of commentary on Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan’s willingness to utter the word “deficit”. The latest instalment in the saga is documented by Peter Martin here - Rudd’s conceded that Australia may have to sustain a “temporary deficit”. Read more »
The former Dear Leader has received his reward - something a little more prestigious than the weirdly named awards from obscure right wing think tanks he spent some time trotting over to America last year to collect. John Howard will be awarded the “Medal of Freedom” by another soon to be former leader - George W. Bush. Read more »
Special Author: Rod Eddington, CEO, J P Morgan Australia and Chair Designate ANZ Bank Read more »
Authors: Bill Carmichael and David Trebeck Read more »
Picking up on Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens’ remarks about “borrowing to invest” and not being afraid of a deficit if there are good policy outcomes to be had, eight prominent economists (including a couple of blogging ones) have written an open letter to Kevin Rudd making suggestions for a further fiscal stimulus under three headings of policy - Superannuation flexibility, Building the nation and Preparing for climate change. Read more »
I’m sticking to my no politics on the weekend rule, and have a busy day tomorrow, so I’m going to save up my thoughts on the first anniversary of the defeat of the Howard government and the election of the Rudd Labor government for later on. But there’s no doubt that there will be a fair bit of discussion about it, so please feel free to use this thread for posting links, and making any observations you may have. Read more »
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