Increased Challenges Faced by Abbott -Responses Needed
As indicated by its failure to have the Senate re-instate the powers of the Australian Building & Construction Commission, and by anti-coal groups’s revealed use of legislation to stop coal projects and purporting thereby to protect “the environment”, the Abbott government is facing increased difficulties in implementing existing policies, let alone maintain policies which have hitherto been widely accepted as important to on-going development and employment. As Greg Sheridan points out (see “Shutting the door to growth” below), “Australia has created a public–political culture in which the avenues to block something from happening are endless”. More strictly, it is that certain groups, not Australia itself, which have created this culture and are now actively moving to apply it.
Reduce Powers of Unions
Except for The Age and (of course) the ABC, today’s media is replete with reports/analyses referring to the adverse use by unions... Read More
Short of Skills
There appears to be only one subject to talk about today viz the highly questionable record of Opposition Leader Shorten when he... Read More
Fair Work for Whom? Shorten?
Considerable media attention is being given to the revelation at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption that, under its... Read More
Sydney Seige Inquiry, RC on Union Corruption, Productivity Commission Review
The announcement of a siege inquiry, and the release of the interim report of the Royal Commission into union corruption, have produced... Read More
HR Nicholls Press Release on Submission to Royal Commission
Below is a Press Release on the submission lodged with the Royal Commission by the HR Nicholls Society. The submission, drafted by... Read More
Obama’s Weak Strategy- Muslims Blame Aggresion by Govt- Renewable Energy Stupidity – Royal Cn Does Not Save Julia G
Islamic State How many will accept Obama’s assurance that he will “degrade and ultimately destroy” IS (see his nation-wide speech) or will... Read More
More Bad Polling; Budget still needs Selling; Refugee Nonsense: Russia Replacing US in Iraq?
Probably the most important aspect of today’s Newspoll, covering each state in the June quarter, is the large drop in Abbott’s rating... Read More
Polling Stationary, Shorten Exposed, Welfare Dependency, Obama & Iran
Today’s virtually stationary Newspoll confirms that the “selling” of the budget has a long way to go. Of some interest is the... Read More
Welfare Dependency; Climate Change; Royal Commission on Union Corruption
The Melbourne Institute survey of Household, Income and Labour (HILDA), released today, is important because it focuses particularly on changes over time... Read More