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Here is what matters about yesterday’s CPI from Alex Joiner at BofAML: Headline inflation as expected, ‘core’ slightly stronger… Headline consumer price inflation came in at 0.5%qoq and 3.0% through the year in June quarter. This was in line with market economist expectations. This is a modest acceleration in the through the year rate of inflation, but […]

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As we know few people buy Hockey’s phoney "budget emergency" and the Abbott Government is facing billions of dollars of lost savings and revenue as a result of the divided Senate due in part to its inability to negotiate with the minor parties controlling the balance of power in the Senate. Belligerence, bluster and revenge is the style of this government.

Those of you familiar with the Trade Union Royal Commission would be familiar with the name Michael Smith.

Michael Smith has been at the forefront of the so-called “AWU Scandal” that those with agenda’s claim leaves former PM Julia Gillard with some serious questions to answer.

Some of you may also remember Gillard stood in a room full of journalists and said she was going to stand there and answer any question on the conspiracy theories until all questions were exhausted. This she did and when the questions ran dry, she went back to her job of running the country.

Abbott was shown to have colluded with Murdoch, but hidden from his party, his catastrophic Millionairesses’ Pregnancy Bonus before he announced it without consulting them. ‘Sometimes it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission,’ he chuckled pleasantly at the time. Its consequence, the likely destruction of his party and the axe murder of Joe’s Budget and career, he judged a small price to pay for his whimsy. It was approved after all by Credlin, who was keeping her eggs in his fridge, and that was enough for him. It would cost his party eighty seats, but hey ho, shit happens.

By Leith van Onselen A new biography of Treasurer Joe Hockey has dropped a bomb on Tony Abbott’s contentious Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme, revealing that Abbott gave Rupert Murdoch a “full rundown” of the proposed scheme before announcing the policy in 2010 and without consulting his shadow cabinet or MPs. From The Guardian: “The […]

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I’ve completed my review of McDonagh’s Calvary, one of the best films ever made, on Ellis Gold. Those who do not wish to know what happens in it, should not read it.

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Three new polls this week provide an early indications of a slight revival in the Coalition’s fortunes after the MH17 disaster and, some might claim, the carbon tax repeal. However, this week’s BludgerTrack poll aggregate result differs only slightly from the one I published a week ago, for two reasons. The first is that a data entry error led an undercooked Labor lead last week of 53.5-46.5, which should have been 54.1-45.9. The second is that this week’s polls only imperfectly capture the effect of a news event which Australia woke up to on Friday morning.

Chinese authorities attempts to balance their reform and growth agendas have resulted in another bailout of a looming bond default. From Reuters: A troubled Chinese construction company avoided a landmark bond default at the last minute on Wednesday, raising enough funds to pay off both principal and interest on a 400 million yuan ($64.51 million) bond, people […]

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As the ADL League (yet another mini-group in the fail franchise) raises its bullet heads above the parapet and peers myopically around…

Seeing as the ADL ‘s only contact with women is either via porn sites or the bit when their mothers ask them every ten years or so when they are going to leave home like normal men do, we are constantly surprised at the amount of attention  they give to discussing women, their clothing and their genitals.

Jealous fellas?

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The Northern Star 23 July 2014:Government documents have revealed up to 800 police officers were to be sent to Bentley from May 19 to "ensure public safety" and enable Metgasco to move its drill rig on to the site.And Metgasco wouldn't have been charged for the police operation, scheduled to continue until June 7....Senior government officials warned the safety risk to the public and police during the installation of the drill rig would be "high to extreme".The situation was described as an "unprecedented public order challenge" requiring a "significant deployment of police officers".The inform