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Labor's professed preference for policy purity is phoney
For the growing number of us who care more about good policy and effective governance than party loyalties, the news isn't good.
Ross Gittins is economics editor of the SMH and an economic columnist for The Age. His books include Gittins' Guide to Economics, Gittinomics and The Happy Economist.
For the growing number of us who care more about good policy and effective governance than party loyalties, the news isn't good.
Unlike Turnbull, whose actions contrast markedly with what every voter knows are his long-held views.
We non-Canberrans don't realise the extent to which lobbying has become that city's second-biggest industry.
By contrast, I have much sympathy for all those unemployed people hoping and searching for jobs that don't exist.
As a nation, the inadequate education of so many of our children is an issue that just hasn't registered on our radar.
Treasurers want to be sure we know about the nice Budget bits, while delaying our knowledge of the nasty bits.
We have a widening divide in our suburbs, the local school isn't the institution it used to be.
What's the four-letter word politicians of both stripes most use to bamboozle voters? Jobs.
You know the remarkably high price of homes is now a top issue for our politicians, state and federal. But you may need reminding that house prices are an intergenerational issue.
I can't remember when there's been so much speculation about what the future holds for working life. Or when those who imagine they know what the future holds have worked so hard to scare the dickens out of our kids.
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