A referendum on national prosperity
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Bill Shorten's plan is quite at odds with the national economic successes of the last three decades.
Bill Shorten's plan is quite at odds with the national economic successes of the last three decades.
The continued delaying on approvals for the Carmichael mine is an embarrassment for Australia, and governments that have kowtowed to activists.
Pay rises as companies invest, not because of protests or votes.
Even by 2022 the difference between the two parties for cops, nurses, teachers and salaried tradies on $90,000 per year starts to become apparent.
Labor's belief that it can stomp on growth generators with no consequences runs parallel with Tony Abbott's early mistakes.
After boosting productivity, the participation rate comes next. New Zealand shows the way.
The Treasurer risks watering down his own long-term aims with a fairness agenda.
This budget should allow Scott Morrison and Mr Frydenberg to draw Labor into a fight about incentive and fiscal responsibility.
Britain's political mess needs resolving one way or the other and soon, otherwise a Jeremy Corbyn socialist government could result.
The danger is that political competition will now undermine the challenge of paying down the $350 billion of net debt the nation has accumul...
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