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Category Archives: Treasury
Statist hair of the dog won’t cure aged care crisis
Having written here previously about the Royal Commission into Aged Care, I was interested to hear what Scott Morrison had to say on Monday when his government began laying out a formal policy response. The headline announcement was an additional … Continue reading
Posted in Treasury, Western Civilsation
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Shut up (again)
I had hoped that with the departure of Ken Henry that Treasury would have become a tad less arrogant. But apparently not: But Ms Mrakovcic said public debate over the proposal was mired by “rival estimates”. “No model is perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Treasury
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Treasury makes arithmetic errors?
Laurie Oakes writing in the Herald Sun: There had been another stark example of Turnbull being let down a day earlier, when Treasurer Scott Morrison introduced legislation for proposed Budget savings that turned out to contain a $100 million error. … Continue reading
Posted in Hypocrisy of progressives, Treasury
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Them’s fighting words
Robert Gottliebson on Treasury: Treasury for years has deliberately issued false statements about the cost of superannuation to the Australian nation and, unfortunately, has no credibility in giving advice on this subject. (Treasury’s hoax is tormenting the super debate, March … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and economy, Treasury
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Memo to Sussan Ley: It’s the cover up not the stuff up II
We have been following the dodgy “3.4% decline in tobacco clearances” claim here at the Cat for some time (here, here, here …). It even inspired a this magnificent clip: Senator David Leyonhjelm has been pursuing this is the Parliament. … Continue reading
Posted in Plain Packaging, Take Nanny down, Treasury
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The dumbest story on economic management I have read this year
This is the headline at The Oz: Wages growth risks sinking budget hopes. Over how many years did I see such headlines, and how many years did I spend trying to deal with the problem of wages growth? So I … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Treasury
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Memo to Sussan Ley: It’s the cover up not the stuff up …
The Department of Health still have an erroneous claim up on their website: But when it first went up in June 2014 it looked somewhat different: It looks like the Department of Health has added a few sentences. Well, atually, … Continue reading
Be afraid
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should be very concerned about a headline in the AFR this morning: The story itself says this: Selling controversial tax changes to the public such as an increase in the GST will be a long and … Continue reading
Posted in Treasury
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Tony Makin strikes back
Last week the Minerals Council published a monograph by Tony Makin. A hard hitting analysis of the economic mismanagement of the previous government: A blistering analysis released today undermines claims that 200,000 jobs were saved by the stimulus as based … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and economy, Federal Politics, Treasury
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Australian Treasury
David Uren argues that Martin Parkinson, Treasury Secretary, should be kept in place under a Coalition Government because Installing a Coalition-friendly outsider – names mentioned include NSW Treasury head and former Peter Costello chief of staff Phil Gaetjens, and John Howard’s … Continue reading
Posted in Treasury
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