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Tag Archives: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull’s Prime Ministerial Obituary
‘If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined’ (Pyrrhus of Epirus) One of the first posts ever written on TMR was Tony Abbott’s Prime Ministerial Obituary. Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t need a similarly … Continue reading
The 2018-19 Federal Budget: the Ghosts of Budgets Past
If all you did was listen to Treasurer Scott Morrison on budget night and the half-baked media commentary that followed, you could be forgiven for thinking that Australia has practically paid off its debt, the good times are already rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged 2018 Federal Budget, Bad Debt, Ghosts of Budgets Past, Scott Morrison, Turnbull
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Watering the Leaves
If you had a limited amount of water and could use it on a tree’s roots or leaves, which would you choose? Even Forrest Gump could probably tell you that his mamma always said that we put sprinklers on the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Federal Politics
Tagged Bill Shorten, Dividend Imputation, Double Taxing Wonderland, Is That Legal?, Socialism, Turnbull
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Turnbull’s Energy Economics
In The Australian yesterday came this story of Malcolm Turnbull giving Einstein (or whoever really came up with his insanity quote) the middle digit: Power firms told to cut prices The nation’s electricity industry chiefs will be hauled in by … Continue reading
Turnbull’s Last Stand
A lot has been made of Malcolm Turnbull’s recent comments that the Liberal party is not a ‘conservative’ party and that the ‘sensible centre’ is the place to be. Whether you think his comments were right, wrong or reported by … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Doing a Turnbull, France, G20, Hand Hamburger, Macron, Turnbull
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Ah Turnbull, You’ve Done it Again
Only the politically inept would: privately tell the Chinese that they’ll ratify the extradition treaty we have with them; have four (i.e. the number of death in Chinese numerology) government ministers (including the Prime Minister) publicly declare that the treaty is … Continue reading