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Setback looming for Victorian Labor
Labor is in a bad way in Victoria, in fact it’s not even contesting Prahran, a seat Labor seems to accept as permanently in the hands of the Greens. What…
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Should investors be scared of President Trump?
I have some financial planning clients worried about what President Trump might mean for stocks. Let’s look into this now. Read on…
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Government bailout of Rex is the price of poor regulation
Is this taxpayer funded bailout the price that comes from poor regulation of our airline industry by a succession of governments? Will this ever change?
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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!”