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This time it's the Coalition promising things it can't afford
Labor ought to consider reversioning the old 1980's AIDS slogan: "I like sex, but I'm not prepared to die for it."
Peter Martin is the Economics Editor for The Age.
Labor ought to consider reversioning the old 1980's AIDS slogan: "I like sex, but I'm not prepared to die for it."
Antibiotics have improved health and brought down the cost of staying alive, but now they are losing their power, writes Peter Martin.
Leading authors concerned about cuts to copyright don't seem to have done their homework.
The tally of costings released at the end of a campaign almost always adds up and always puts the budget slightly ahead.
The next time a well-heeled retiree complains to me about the budget's superannuation changes and "retrospectivity"...
Some private schools get more from the government than public schools, and that's seriously wrong.
Private schools get more from the government than public schools, and that's seriously wrong.
The centrepiece of the PM's campaign derives from serious economic modelling but it might not have been completely thought through.
Malcolm Turnbull might have sown the seeds of his own destruction.
This type of federal budget is rare. The Turnbull government sought and adopted best practice. You can’t argue with that.
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