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PM Peter Dutton looking more likely
Read all about it! Survey says voters are frustrated at cost of living pressures and would like Dutton as next PM.
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Labor’s ‘Robin Hood’ minister wants to slug the rich more
A Labor Minister thinks more and more Australians are worried about the escalation of wealth for a small minority and the poverty that’s not being…
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Mackerras on return of President Trump
In the past our doyen of elections, the legendary Malcolm Mackerras, had written off Donald Trump’s second coming as a non-event but by mid-2024 he…
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The Santa Trump rally was grinched by a central banker
After a sensational stock market rally, the US central bank boss has implied that the Yanks will get fewer rate cuts next year. And stock…
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What’s my favourite election for this year?
My favourite election for 2024 has been made of the basis of my joy or gloom at the result. In January next year, my first…
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Trump tariffs might not be anti-Australian
For those who love or hate the looming US President toting an assortment of tariffs for the significant world economies the Yanks trade with, I…
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Business leaders say the Government needs to help them help the Government
With the economy teetering on the edge of recession and the Treasurer asking business to bolster growth, top CEO’s say, “give us a break!”
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Has Treasurer Chalmers’ budget blowout killed rate cut hopes?
There’s been a HUGE federal budget deficit blowout! How did this happen? Has the Treasurer’s bad budgeting hurt inflation and rate cut hopes?
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Will Treasurer Jim Chalmers be a political freeloader on the Future Fund
To bankroll big government projects, Treasurer Chalmers wants to use Future Fund money meant to pay public servants’ super.
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Labor & the Coalition want new donation rules to cancel Clive Palmer and the Teals
In the wake of the success of the Teals, Labor and the Coalition are trying to cancel the size of legal donations to elect would-be…