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Entries from October 2011

Gillard economically inept

October 31st, 2011 · No Comments

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s comments ‘slamming’ Qantas for the action it took shows that she is economically inept with no comprehension of how commercial enterprise functions and little understanding of the judicial functioning of Fair Work Australia. If she is unable to understand these matters, is it any wonder that she is unable to comprehend [...]

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Wayne Swan has all the answers

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Loved Ali Moore’s Lateline interview with Wayne Swan yesterday. Following our world esteemed super Treasurer’s advice on how to fix the EU financial crisis without any specific measures, Ali Moore asked for specifics and got nothing other than vague comments which any student doing HSC economics could have given, except that the student may have [...]

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PM Gillard between a rock and a hard place

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments

With the leaks from Cabinet, PM Gillard is putting her foot down with a hard fist. She will pull them all into line.  But wait, there is more! If someone is intent on leaking, what can she or any of the other Cabinet Ministers do? Nothing really! They can’t dismiss the Minister because that could [...]

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Carbon tax uncertainty will increase power prices

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Don’t you just love the highly paid executives of business and especially power companies. Today they are claiming that Abbott’s threat to dismantle the carbon tax legislation when elected will increase power costs. Why and how will this occur? Because of uncertainty! These highly paid executives claim that uncertainty will delay future investment and this [...]

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