Category Archives: Budget

What about male obstetricians, Annabel? Can they deliver?

Posted on October 10, 2020 by currencylad

Can a Budget shaped by male leaders hope to deliver for women hit hardest by this recession?

Posted in Budget, Economics on the left, Fake News | 48 Comments

White Woman’s Burden

Posted on October 7, 2020 by currencylad

Who will pick our cotton? Who will make our Nikes? Who will drive our cabs? Who will collect our garbage? Who will look after the children? Spot-on analysis as usual from @annabelcrabb Budget 2020 is big, loud and splashy — … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Politics of the Left | 41 Comments

We are a mere $872 billion in debt

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Rough and ready that’s about $34,000 each.

Posted in Budget | 56 Comments

The ABC is being cut … well sort of.

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

This is almost good news. Here is the breakdown of public broadcasting spending from last years budget. As you can see the ABC is just over a billion dollar spend each year. That is broken up into operational spending and … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Shut it down. Fire them all. | 24 Comments

Budget Speech: 2020-21

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Mr. Speaker, I move that this Bill now be read a second time. In 2020, Australians have been tested like never before. Flood, drought, fires, and a global pandemic. So many Australians, through no fault of their own, are doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget | 74 Comments

Budget 20-21 Open Forum

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Receipts and spending. So lets zoom into the past decade. The unbroken blue line is Receipts and the unbroken red line is Payments. The dashed blue line is the average receipts over the period 1970 to 2019 and that dashed … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Open Forum | 106 Comments

How do we come out of this alive?

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Steve Kates

Taken from JobSeeker, JobKeeper ending will reveal massive recession crisis. The core concept of Jobkeeper was all right, to make sure no one was deprived of the ability to buy because they had lost their income. The data in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Federal Politics, Politics | 39 Comments

He’s Alive!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by currencylad

Paul Keating slams Morrison Government for lack of scrutiny over early release of super.   FOR some time I’ve been concerned about the well-being – and, indeed, whereabouts – of former Treasurer and short-term prime minister Paul Keating. China’s most … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Economics and economy, Superannuation | 22 Comments

How to secure bipartisan funding for your spy agency

Posted on February 26, 2020 by currencylad

Neo-Nazis among Australia’s most challenging security threats, ASIO boss warns. In suburbs around Australia, small cells regularly meet to salute Nazi flags, inspect weapons, train in combat and share their hateful ideology.” – ASIO director general Mike Burgess   But … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, National Security | 74 Comments

Coming soon: deficits to become ‘happiness surpluses’

Posted on February 20, 2020 by currencylad

Labor’s Jim Chalmers backs Jacinda Ardern’s ‘wellbeing budget’ plan. Nobody in his right mind would ever want the government in charge of wellbeing – not even if the relevant Treasurer learned the ropes, as Jim Chalmers did, under an exemplar … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Federal Politics | 14 Comments