http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/stronger-retail-figures-muddy-the-economic-picture/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/stronger-retail-figures-muddy-the-economic-picture/#comment-12233 John James # 2 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12233 tubulent international waters and deciding on Australia's national security interests. Governments opposing debate because its " unecessary" are governments doomed to great mistakes. The great strength of liberal democracies, over the totalitarian states so beloved by the Left, are those states' openness and freedom. tubulent international waters and deciding on Australia’s national security interests. Governments opposing debate because its ” unecessary” are governments doomed to great mistakes. The great strength of liberal democracies, over the totalitarian states so beloved by the Left, are those states’ openness and freedom.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/stronger-retail-figures-muddy-the-economic-picture/#comment-12234 John James Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12234 The RBA's tracking of consumer demand and its impact on prices is understandable but what is absolutely mystifying is Treasurey's refusal to release, under a FOI request, advice to the Rudd goverment on the impact of the abolition of AWAs on inflation. The official was quoted as saying that releasing such information would " provoke unnecessary debate". One can only hope that the RBA has access to that information and that Wayne Swan will permit a debate, necessary or unnecessary, within the RBA's board. Combined with the complaints from 2020 participants that the final communiques issued at the end of many of the sessions bore no resmblance to what was actually discussed, but an uncanny resemblance to Labor Party policy , one begins to see that this is a government with little interest in reality but more the Real Politic. That approach may get you through a Labor national conference but is positively dangerous if you're trying to steer a national economy through.. The RBA’s tracking of consumer demand and its impact on prices is understandable but what is absolutely mystifying is Treasurey’s refusal to release, under a FOI request, advice to the Rudd goverment on the impact of the abolition of AWAs on inflation. The official was quoted as saying that releasing such information would ” provoke unnecessary debate”.
One can only hope that the RBA has access to that information and that Wayne Swan will permit a debate, necessary or unnecessary, within the RBA’s board.
Combined with the complaints from 2020 participants that the final communiques issued at the end of many of the sessions bore no resmblance to what was actually discussed, but an uncanny resemblance to Labor Party policy , one begins to see that this is a government with little interest in reality but more the Real Politic.
That approach may get you through a Labor national conference but is positively dangerous if you’re trying to steer a national economy through..

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