I have an op-ed in The Drum that talks about the two approaches to economic policy in 2012. Both government and opposition want to talk about economics – very exciting for policy wonks, not so exciting for everyone else. But the bottom line is this:
Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan can huff and puff as much as they like about the Coalition’s economic plans being vague, they, however, are in government and actually have to perform. The pressure in 2012 is on them.
lol… Why do you put yourself through it, Sink? The Drum, I mean – is it just because you like enraging all the lefties there? Fair enough, I suppose.
Fleeced
9 Feb 12 at 10:04 am
Sinclair, have you disclosed any conflicts of interest with your academic work at rmit and that at i.p.a?
the abc is free and its great marketing fleeced , it reaches out to the the young ones.
silly comment.
john
9 Feb 12 at 10:56 am
Arthur Sinodinis tenders some good ideas, will he be given the industry ministry in the Abbott government? I hope so.
Token
9 Feb 12 at 11:37 am
Mr Sinodinos is going to be a great leader in parliament for the libs. … have a lot of time for this man and so should the polity.
john
9 Feb 12 at 12:14 pm
Isn’t he. Pity he’s in the senate though.
JC
9 Feb 12 at 12:19 pm
I think the issue of what the government does and the coalition being vague are somewhat separate. To me the real judge of whether the coalition is vague will be whether the general public cares about that or not.
conrad
9 Feb 12 at 12:32 pm
The coalition is not vague at all.In fact it’s quite clear in major policies. They will
1. Repudiate the destructive carbonic tax.
2. Reverse the Shane Wand’s attempt at thieving from the miners.
3. Fix the border issue.
4. Fire 12,000 of Andrew Leigh’s constituency, with the possibility of more sackings down the road.
Those three points are good enough for me in the first three years and in fact I wouldn’t mind them closing the parliament down and they all went of vacation for the rest of the term.
JC
9 Feb 12 at 12:39 pm
Well written article, Sinclair. Balanced and fair. Pity most of the readers have no comeback other than you’re an evil rightwing hack and spawn of the satanic IPA. Still, I’m sure you’ve gotten through to some.
Gab
9 Feb 12 at 12:40 pm
oops four not three. I added the last one and forgot to redo the number.
JC
9 Feb 12 at 12:40 pm
Kelly o Dwyer and J Frydenberg could learn a lot from him, lacklustre performance by those two thus far unfortunately.
cheers
john
9 Feb 12 at 12:41 pm
JC,
it’s the perception of the Coalition being vague, not whether they actually are or not. If people perceive them to be vague, and then see that as negative, then obviously that’s a problem for them. So is there a widespread feeling that they are vague and it matters? I tend to think there is but that it doesn’t matter for most people — the Labor party seems to be able to smear themselves enough (like they did in NSW) such that this is probably enough, although it could change.
conrad
9 Feb 12 at 12:47 pm
Conrad…
That’s just spin Labor learnt from Sussex street. I don’t believe that’s the perception at all and in fact I really haven’t seen them down in one poll since the last election. Last time looked the polls are suggesting the union Clerks and the Stalinist alliance will get a crushing.
JC
9 Feb 12 at 12:50 pm
I read the AFR that is delivered to my workplace each day. Though Stutch has made some changes, LaTingle and the muppets never let up attacking the economic credibility of the Coalition while they ignore the failings of the Liars Party.
They are claiming that after 2 good days in the chair as speaker, (from their view) Slipper is a wonderful guy and his defection is a disaster for Coaltion. Of course no mention of his expenses, that has been duly flushed down the memory hole as they were instructed.
Token
9 Feb 12 at 1:07 pm
Yet another muppet who doesn’t understand what a conflict of interest is.
wreckage
9 Feb 12 at 2:20 pm
Sinc
You are a brave man to bother going to cast pearls before swine over at the Drum. GAWD!!!!! the absolute stupid lunacy of the majority of the responses.
Finally, its got to me. If I want some level of intelligence in a blog, its at the Bunyip, Catt, Blair and Bolt.
JC…keep up the wit and invective…just love it
eyeguy
eyeguy
9 Feb 12 at 2:46 pm
Yet another muppet who doesn’t understand what a conflict of interest is………..
and which one would that be…Kermit the frog maybe?
Pffft
john
9 Feb 12 at 7:53 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/fox-news-the-muppets-are-communist_
wreckage, use another slogan its been taken and get a little bit more creative next time.
regards
john
9 Feb 12 at 8:04 pm
Wow John, your understanding of my post is at least as good as your use of English. Maybe even a little better, if such were possible.
wreckage
10 Feb 12 at 1:22 am
would you care to explain sir…?
i do this in my lunch break,i don’t usually get pedantic over social networking comments wreckage.
cheers.
john
11 Feb 12 at 6:56 pm