Can't hit budget? Move the goal posts
It's been a big week for budgets with endless analysis after the event and daily leaks during the run up.
Harold Mitchell is the founder of Mitchell & Partners and a former executive chairman of Aegis Media Pacific. He is founder of the Harold Mitchell Foundation.
It's been a big week for budgets with endless analysis after the event and daily leaks during the run up.
I always wanted to go to university but never did. Instead I enrolled in the university of life and it seemed to work.
My billionaire guests were all convinced that there would be a jump and it looks like it's well and truly happening.
Politicians should stop mucking around with superannuation and allow people to have the security of knowing their lifetime savings are safe.
We need much more respect and support for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders who are making a real difference in their communities.
We can create a modern national energy system if we let informed regulators and the Chief Scientist Alan Finkel do their work unhindered.
The truth is that we are all going to have to pay more out of our own pockets for our health.
Our school motto was et facultatem culturae - culture and capability - and I was keen to show my old classmates I had that in abundance.
Former treasurer Peter Costello often gave good advice to the nation. Perhaps most memorable was his suggestion about family planning.
Whenever I'm in New York I head for the bookshops, even though I usually end up regretting it.
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