Meaty chunks of political news and commentary from former political operative and Canberra insider Richard Farmer.
I wonder if this is the kind of message James Packer expected to be promoting?
Getting us ready for the giant asterisk. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey is getting in early with his pre-election propaganda. This morning he was on the telly with talk of the commission of experts he will appoint on taking over the real job in charge of the nation’s finances. Their job will be to find the […]
A glance at the graphs below is enough to show that trend figures give a more helpful idea of what is happening on the jobs front
The Dow closed down 204, its worst single day this year, on a number of concerns.
The economic divide between the major mining areas and the rest of the country could not be better illustrated than in the gross domestic product.
Anna Bligh surely reached a new level of the art with her weekend announcement of free swimming lessons for her state's children if she is returned to office.
You could hardly say that the Australian economy is bounding along.
As the Russian election campaign reaches its dying days Vladimir Putin has claimed that his opponents plan to kill one of their own so they can blame it on him
When it comes to Julia Gillard, when you are hot, you’re hot, and when you’re not, you’re not.
It’s going to be an interesting budget. Yesterday’s announcement of the early end of the solar hot water rebate scheme is an indication of that.
