THE VIEW FROM MY GARDEN

Just in case anyone hasn’t noticed, our economy, the former darling of the OECD, is fast becoming a basket case. We are now far from the post-GFC… Read more “Our Economy no longer the envy of the World”

If the Australian Government, the Opposition, the MSM and the common people cannot learn from events now playing out across Europe and the USA, namely that money… Read more “Austerity doesn’t work. The lesson from Greece is clear.”

At a time when deceitfulness by this government is being advanced to an art form, telling the truth has become a radical act. There certainly won’t be… Read more “Who do you Trust?”

“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”

Whatever the outcome of Bill Shorten’s surprise move this week, he has caught Tony Abbott on the hop and executed one very successful wedge. Nice one, Bill.… Read more “That’s One for Bill”