An American default in prospect?
Last night Mark and I sat on our deck chewing the fat for a few hours. As it happens one of the questions raised was which politician in Australia truly had the vision to lead us in these uncertain times? [...]
Guest post by Marcus Westbury: The culture of hard times
Cross-posted from Marcus’ blog. From my small air conditioned bubble in a sweltering Melbourne the abstract economic gloom of stock shocks and far away corporate collapses is getting less and less abstract with each passing day. Anecdotal reports of jobs [...]
Unemployment – no longer just for "dole bludgers"?
On the same day the Reserve Bank Board meets after its summer break, Federal Parliament resumes tomorrow. Among the bills which will be considered is one embodying the loosening of penalties on jobseekers who “breach” agreements with employment services providers. [...]
Department of Climate Policy Cave-ins and Keeping Things Private
As Anna Rose points out, The Dept of Climate Change has made an inauspicious start to the year, proposing to remove the public disclosure of Corporate level GHG figures. Their concern is as follows: The label ‘energy production’ applies to [...]
Why?
It seems like Australia is to make a bid to host the 2018, or possibly 2022 World Cup. And Melbourne and Brisbane are apparently mulling over a hosting bid for the 2024 Olympics. Why we bother is beyond me. The [...]
Julie Bishop watch
Joshua Gans at CoreEcon has the good oil on the latest example of economic illiteracy from the Shadow Treasurer. Update: More from Gans.
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
The Nadal/Federer post we had to have
Will Swanton makes some comparisons between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal can win his sixth grand slam title tonight. At the same age, Roger Federer had one. So for all the proclamations of Federer’s greatness as he attempts [...]
One Wingnut to Rule them All: Australia's less than stellar performance on reproductive rights
A couple of weeks ago I hastily banged out a post for Blog for Choice day (January 22). In my hurry to get a post up on the day, and with the US presidential inauguration ceremony just over, I chose [...]
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