Business

The GST shows the way

Meganomics - July 5, 2008 - 1:00am

MEASURED in dollars and common sense, the task of implementing an emissions trading scheme as part of Australia’s effort in addressing climate change is no...

Electors ahead of MPs on carbon

Meganomics - July 1, 2008 - 1:00am

VOTERS want to be led on the issue of climate change, and if leadership means higher prices at the bowser, so be it.

Opportunity and duty to reform

Meganomics - May 17, 2008 - 1:00am

KEVIN Rudd and Wayne Swan can make tax reform as big or as small as they want and the public will likely applaud them either...

Surplus makes this one different

Meganomics - May 14, 2008 - 1:00am

THIS budget is meant to be read two ways, because it tries to have it both ways.

Straight-faced grab for revenue

Meganomics - May 7, 2008 - 1:00am

VICTORIA should rename itself the average state: in better shape than the dud duo of NSW and South Australia but not as hot as the...

Edge of reform malaise

Meganomics - July 2, 2008 - 1:00am

YOU can almost hear the punters say, “Please, Kevin, remember what won you the election.”

What is omitted clearly says it all

Meganomics - June 6, 2008 - 12:31am

STATE budgets tell more about their local economy by the numbers they avoid mentioning.

Wealthy hit by a double whammy

Meganomics - May 15, 2008 - 1:00am

THE Rudd Government’s crackdown on family benefits will extend to people earning less than $150,000 a year who have used salary packaging to reduce their...

The budget we had to have

Meganomics - May 10, 2008 - 1:00am

WAYNE Swan always intended to cut spending in his first budget, regardless of the economic cycle. Politics demanded it.

Howard didn’t see Rudd around the corner

Meganomics - May 3, 2008 - 1:00am

I MOVED onto Kevin time the moment my holidays began. After a short break of five days, I chained myself to the laptop to write...