The vacuum of leadership in Labor has been filled by the Greens, which is now setting the political agenda. Nobody believes this government can retain power in two years.
Nick Sherry
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The fetishisation of the economic status quo
A desire to freeze the Australian economy in time is at odds with the wave of economic change being driven by China.
Govt will help small business … but no Canadian-style bank
Does Australia need a small business bank? Canada has one, Britain financiers are planning one, but the Australian government has rejected the need. Oliver Milman from Startup Smart reports.
Senator Nick Sherry is turning into a chameleon
In Opposition, Nick Sherry was a ferocious interrogator of the tax commissioner in estimates hearings. It’s amazing how politicians can suddenly change when they get into government, writes Chris Seage.
The league tables Big Super doesn’t want you to see
The retail superannuation industry is likely to fail in its efforts to derail Government plans for greater reporting of fund performance.
Oz bankers luxuriate on the public purse
For our nation’s bankers, Australia really is the lucky country, writes Adam Schwab.
Industry super funds in AIRC bonanza
Buried amid the Industrial Relations Commission’s awards modernisation program was a curious ruling on superannuation, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
From nowhere, Troy Buswell writhes orgiastically into the top five, writes Bernard Keane.
Lifting corporate tax will fix a few problems
Rather than recover Rudd’s tax cuts with spending cuts, why not raise additional revenue elsewhere? asks Stephen Mayne.
Allco’s Sir Rod well-placed to advise on governance
Markets hate uncertainty, so it was no surprise that investors are fearing the worst after Allco Finance Group indefinitely delayed the release of its half year result and ANZ identified three specific problem exposures which generated additional provisions of $363 million, writes Stephen Mayne.
Matemail: Another Burke/Rudd missive revealed
We may not have seen the last of the Brian Burke/Kevin Rudd emails. Walter Slurry has unearthed another.
