Author Archives: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

The latest argument that seems to be doing the rounds is that there is an additional inequality for women in the Australian Parliament because women tend to be in marginal seats. Effectively this argues for gender equality in both safe … Continue reading →

Labor and the Union movement are now beating up on the Government’s modest tightening of the age pension eligibility. Now, a couple which has more than $800,000 of financial assets (recall that the owner-occupied home does not count for the … Continue reading →

I received the following email from the Cuban Embassy, the reaction to the news of Castro’s death starkly different to that in Miami. It seems there may be a special homage tax. Fidel, the Commander in Chief, the leader of … Continue reading →

The Federal Parliament has created a number of independent statutory offices, including: the Auditor-General Commissioner of Taxation ASIC Chair and commissioners ACCC Chair and commissioners Productivity Commission Chair and commissioners APRA members Australian Statistician Solicitor-General Australian Electoral Commissioner Human Rights … Continue reading →

Well Hillary didn’t get the ending she expected, but it’s unlikely that Trump will now move to ‘lock her up’. He seems to be backing away from some of his more extreme promises – hopefully he will not move the … Continue reading →

In the USA there has long been a social compact whereby the people accept whoever wins the presidency. We don’t have riots in the street, where supporters of the losing candidate refuse to accept the result and engage in (potentially) … Continue reading →

Spare us from yet another piece of pathetic research on gender equality from an accounting and auditing firm. This is a firm that has advised countless clients on minimising and avoiding tax (recall the KPMG tax shelter fraud in the US from … Continue reading →

Paul Monk has an excellent article in the Australian today and cites Murray’s book, but for the life of me I can’t find it to read – it appears to have been removed. Perhaps an example of the fear of criticising this … Continue reading →

Bret Stephens (WSJ) is right, how far has the GOP under Trump shifted from core conservative principles including: immigration, free trade, foreign policy, culture, civility and character? Trump has trashed the GOP brand (assisted to be sure by some other nutters … Continue reading →

Kerry Packer must be rolling in his grave, seeing his son squander the family fortune on gambling. Kerry might have had control over various Australian governments, but Jamie thinks that he could control the Chinese Government. Like his mate Bob … Continue reading →