CPD post: Arvanitakis on the success of the stimulus
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Coalition claims to have economic policy
Apparently, there’s more to it than reciting “debt and deficit” like a mantra. Yesterday, in his address to the National Press Club, when he could wean himself off talking about talking to “real Australians” at Rooty Hill and similar places, [...]
State issues and Federal Election 2010
This morning, in response to the Galaxy Poll [see analysis here], Prime Minister Gillard warned that voters in Queensland and New South Wales needed to distinguish between her government and their unpopular state Labor regimes. Is she right that there’s [...]
The Treasurers’ debate
Today, we have Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey going head to head at the National Press Club at lunch time. I won’t be watching it, because I have a full time job and I’m at work. That’s the problem with [...]
Economic management: A choice between austerity and complacency?
Laura Tingle’s story that the Coalition are planning a mini-budget if elected featured on the front page of today’s Financial Review. Tony Abbott downplayed the prospect on radio this morning, probably because to do otherwise would be to be seen [...]
The view from Channel Nine IX
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. “The new Julia changes her mind on debates, while the old Tony makes [...]
Labor’s problems summed up in one Tweet
Interesting @PGarrettMP tries to get the strong economy line across but AAP journo just keeps asking about “real Julia” and debate #ausvotes That’s Katina Curtis, on Twitter just now. How much more meta can this campaign get? It poses real [...]
Guest post by Mr Denmore: The debt delusion
One of life’s great mysteries is the established wisdom, reflected in opinion polls and the media, that the Coalition is superior to Labor in “economic management”. Leaving aside the fact that Treasury and the RBA largely manage the macro-economy, it’s [...]
CPD Post: McAuley on economic management
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
The Liberals and economic management
Peter Martin details evidence given by Treasury at a recent Senate Estimates Committee hearing, on the latest GDP numbers and the contribution of the stimulus:
Open Joe Hockey Press Club thread
Today, Joe Hockey is outlining concrete and costed savings at the National Press Club. Or so we were led to believe, in a Budget reply speech from his leader which Peter Martin characterises as a ‘dog ate my homework’ address. [...]
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