There’s a lot of noise flying around about the publication of Emperor Ken Henry’s tax review on Sunday.
But let’s get one thing straight. Behind all the sound bites about “helping battlers” and “ensuring the rich pay their way” and “closing loopholes” and “making tax returns easier”, the ultimate objective is for the government to [...]
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We noticed with amusement Emperor Ken Henry’s statement that: “What people have called the global financial crisis, that has passed, I think it’s safe to say.”
It’s pretty easy to say that when you’re a career leach. Sorry, we mean public servant… No, actually, we do mean ‘leach’ after all.
On reading those words from Emperor [...]
We’ll take a break from bashing the Copenhagen soiree for today.
Mainly because we’ve got nothing further to add for now.
We had hoped to come up with some elaborate analogy to illustrate the foolishness of the Copenhagen Conference and how the 34,000 attendees won’t achieve one single thing that will benefit the environment.
But fortunately we don’t [...]
“I have great confidence in the common sense of individuals and families around NSW and indeed Australia to work out what an appropriate level of debt for them is, given their circumstance.” – Nathan Rees, Premier, New South Wales
That’s nice of him. It’s a shame that he doesn’t have any confidence in the common sense [...]