Talk about missing the point. The media spent all last week working themselves into a lather over Labor’s newly announced policy to abolish cash refunds for unused dividend imputation credits. (If you have no idea what that means, it probably wouldn’t affect you.) By Ross Gittens This promise would be […]
Politics
Snowy 2.0: The madness continues
As so many readers of Coffs Coast Outlook are interested in renewable energy I thought they might be interested in the following article on Snowy 2.0. If nothing else it indicates clearly why we’ve gone from some of the worlds cheapest power to some of its most expensive. Andrew – […]
‘This is the exact reason people don’t come forward’: Joyce accuser hits back
The woman who made a sexual misconduct complaint against former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says the way she has been treated since making that allegation shows why people in that situation do not come forward. The WA woman, Catherine Marriott, pictured here to the right of Barnaby Joyce, has […]
Cartoon Corner
Look behind the ‘spin’ and you find “free trade” is covering up a lot of special deals
You may think spin-doctoring and economics are worlds apart, but they combine in that relatively modern invention the “free-trade agreement” – the granddaddy of which, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, is presently receiving CPR from the lips of our own ‘heroic lifesaver’, Malcolm Turnbull. By Ross Gittins It’s not surprising many punters […]
‘Well, well, well’. Tender free water ‘deal’ not so great for taxpayers?
Water deal with Eastern Australia Agriculture, which was done without a tender, raises questions over taxpayer value. By Anne Davies Original ABC 4 Corners program from July 2017 linked (45 mins) Cotton growing in a field. Details of the lucrative water licence buyback were released to the Senate. Photograph: Dave […]
‘Do whatever you have to’: Woolworths staff rewarded for spying on pokie players
Woolies is just one of many gambling companies using spying and other techniques to lure gamblers By Frances Markham and Martin Young Woolworths is reported to be instructing staff to ply gamblers with food and drink and to keep dossiers on the private lives. And while Woolworths has been singled out […]
Angry U.S. teenagers trip up NRA and Rubio on guns.
It’s a fragile and possibly naive hope, but there are signs the NRA, the most single-mindedly powerful lobbying group in the US, might be on the run from an opposition led by angry teenagers. By Larry Hackett Here’s why. The most riveting scene of the past 10 days was not […]
Cutting Corporate tax rate does not ‘boost wages’ – Research.
By Fabrizio Carmignani Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University The argument that cutting the Australian company tax rate will lead to higher investment and wages, more employment and faster GDP growth does not have solid empirical or theoretical backing. A close look at the economic research in this area shows […]
Uncomfortable Truths – analysis of tax policy ‘incurs Govt censorship’.
First Published in ‘The Failed Estate‘ by Mr Denmore – 18-2-2018 Who would have thought an analysis of corporate tax policy would set so many pulses racing? Perhaps it was a form of group therapy for the nation after weeks of seeking to shut out images of the member […]