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So now the penny gets taken by force. Clearly the Commonwealth Government has a revenue problem requiring more and more money to be taken by force from the citizenry. Just follow the bouncing ball …. Just a couple of days after the Productivity Commission released its report and…
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Prime Minister Albanese has signalled that there is a problem: There is no evidence that men and women performing the same role get paid differently. But putting that aside. I don’t have the data, but I am absolutely certain that there is an age pay gap. That younger workers earn…
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The ABC. What a self perpetuating beast. Fact. From its most recent annual report: Over $1 billion every year for the last 5 years. Most businesses would kill for that volume and certainty of revenue. Fantasy. From an ABC advocacy group: We are concerned that despite the…
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I can but shake my head. The Labor Assistant Minister for Competition, Charity and Treasury, Dr Andrew Leigh, is by all accounts a lovely and smart fellow. But what an idiot. Really. See his latest, self promoted by Tweet also: For those of you who have not had the misfortune of…
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Just reported: Australia’s jobless rate falls to 3.5pc Ignore for a moment that the definition of “employed” is working just 1 hour in a week. Reported also today: Analysis of monthly data from the agency also showed an average 6000 participants were added to the NDIS each month…
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Ahh Ross Gittins. The Economics Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. Recently in the SMH, Gittins wrote: … inflation is caused by aggregate (total…
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It’s always a good idea to apply the control technology used in prisons to schools. Such a good message to send to kids and parents as to the purpose of…
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I posted a couple of days ago about the crazy kids savings account idea the NSW Premier has proposed. But now the dust has settled, and more information…
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Yes yes. There is an election in NSW. Promises will be made to buy votes. But this latest, announced today from the NSW Government, is right up there in…
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Again perhaps I am showing my age … One of my favourite movies EVAH is Flying High. It’s also known as Airplane, but I remember it as Flying High. There…
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I am going to use an expression not yet used in the discussion. Wealth tax. One of the key effects of the superannuation changes proposed by the…
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Dear Sparty-scribers. You may or may not have notice, but Your Spartacus recently turned on the paid subscription feature to this SubStack. No. I am not…
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For those readers old enough, Silver was the Lone Ranger’s trusty horse. And when the Long Ranger wanted to amscray, he called Away! Now here is a story…
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