In the vein of thinking outside the square, I’d love to see the Treasurer bring back the “long lunch”, which was killed off in 1985 by Paul Keating’s fringe benefit tax.

The Tasmanian Government has a prominent economist dancing with the devil, exhuming death taxes and pushing payroll tax onto more small businesses. And it’s thought this could be a model for the rest of the country?

The ACT election and the New Zealand election will both be held on 17 October. And then there’s Queensland and the USA. Here are my predictions.

We need to get off our butts and think like we’ve never thought before about ways to get out of this Coronavirus economic crisis. And here are some opening thoughts and ideas.

When I helped create the Talking Business programme on Qantas years ago, I interviewed one of the smartest people I’ve ever encountered – Edward de Bono. Our leaders could do well to implement his ‘think outside the square’ mantra.

To save our economy from a worse-than-expected recession, business wants tax cuts asap. But maybe we also need small businesses to be paid on time and less fighting with China?

With Daniel Andrews in more strife than Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom, what’s the cost of the PM continuing to sock it to China?

Let’s avoid border wars and have a national rational conversation about opening this country up to ourselves!

PM Keating said “Never get between a premier and a bucket of money.” Our premiers need to show they’re better than this and commit to a border opening plan rather than worry about their own skin.

It’s great to see a feisty Treasurer showing we won’t be bullied by the likes of China but we have to be careful our toughness doesn’t come back to bite us.

ScoMo has locked in 25 million doses of a Coronavirus vaccine, which is a lifesaving coup and an economic masterstroke.

Here’s one for the trolls and doomsdayers: ScoMo and Josh’s spending initiatives are working. Have a look at my TV show to see what stocks could benefit from this good economic and market news.