Trump digs an ever deeper hole
President Trump has been surprisingly measured on foreign policy. But almost nothing else is reassuring.
President Trump has been surprisingly measured on foreign policy. But almost nothing else is reassuring.
The one argument that might justify the budget's shock tax on the big five banks is the one argument rejected by Scott Morrison
The budget relies on revenue from wealth creators to get back to surplus. But it prefers bigger counter-productive taxes to more incentive.
Taxing our growth prospects simply cannot end well
Every year the budget papers state the strategy of medium-term fiscal policy surpluses on average over the course of the economic cycle. It is literally incredible
If a Coalition government won't stand up for wealth creators, the wealth creators will have to collectively stand up for themselves.
Mr Morrison's 2017 budget draws the wrong lessons and sends the wrong messages.
Levies for worthy causes are used to drive a rising tax burden and elevated spending
The government undercuts the tax-cutting principles of its own growth agenda and muddies the waters on tax reform.
There is little in this budget about incentives-based economic reform to help structural change and reform that looks at outcomes rather tha...
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