Mutually assured corruption
What is most curious about John Barilaro is the honesty of his politics. Not in the conventional sense of integrity or commitment to the...
Footy, horses and the whiff of an affair: the Barilaro scandal...
It’s now 40 days and counting since John Barilaro’s moment of glory turned toxic for the Perrottet government. The former NSW deputy premier’s get-the-fuck-out-of-here...
Small government and free markets – ideology or greed?
At a small event at the Productivity Commission last week, visiting Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz was talking about revolution.
He said the free...
Divinely ordained neoliberalism: ex-PM’s mistrust of government is longstanding
For a man who has devoted most of his life trying to get into government, Scott Morrison sure has a low opinion of them....
Farewell to print — a billionaire plaything finally hits the wall
The Australian printing and magazine business has been a plaything of various billionaires over the years, from the Murdochs to the Packers to Kerry...
Why is the government ignoring expert advice on Covid?
There is an old joke about the global search for a one-armed economist, because when asked for an opinion the answer is often, “on...
