Kelly: If Labor wins the miner battle, it loses the financial warLabor’s caught in a catch-22 and they only have themselves to blame. The mining tax has moved from being about miners to proving the government’s economic credentials, writes Paul Kelly.
Economic credentials
Another tick for Costello financial management. Not
Market talk says that the Future Fund has dropped close to $10 billion amid the recent turmoil. Is Peter Costello to blame? Christian Kerr investigates.
A $34 billion fillip for Labor
Yesterday’s $34 billion tax cut pledge is an effort to attack Labor’s economic credentials, but it smacks of desperation. Rhetoric might have been better for a week or two, writes Christian Kerr.
