“Daesh is coming, if it can, for every person and for every government with a simple message: submit or die.” In his recent oratorical delivery, the Prime… Read more “A Tenure without Substance”

Amanda Vanstone, in her column in The Age today, gives us an inkling of not just a divided cabinet, but one where the knives are out for… Read more “Abbott’s Leadership back on the Agenda”

As I recall, the saying goes something along the lines, “no matter how bad figures are, you can always pretend they look better,” and Joe Hockey has… Read more “Who’s the Clown, Joe?”

If anyone thought that banks lend depositors’ funds instead of creating new money when lending, which then become deposits, they should read The Bank of England’s latest… Read more “Bank of England Blows the Whistle”

For many it’s something we have known for some time, but for the broader community the evidence became crystal clear this week with the release of the… Read more “Economy and Hockey on a Slippery Slope”