I note that there has been a contretemps between the Federal Government and ABC Learning over ABC Learning’s decision to raise childcare fees, although it insists this is not a respose to the Federal Budget’s decision to increase childcare rebate fees. ABC Learning is not alone; in a strange coincidence, the childcare centre to which I send my daughter has also decided to raise its fees. Read more »
OK, that’s probably going to far, but still this from Will Wilkerson starts to come close to my own position.
What is especially interesting is both Brad DeLong and Mark Thoma cite Will aprovingly.
It’s not very often that you get a neat summary of one of the most inspiring libertarian arguments in one short piece, but Jason Soon has done a great job on mutual obligation over at Catallaxy. I agree with him - mutual obligation is an utterly pointless exercise in time-wasting that allows Centrelink bureaucrats to behave like martinets, as this post ably outlines. Read more »
OK folks – a special open forum for discussing and debating the ALP’s budget. Since I haven’t the time to study the budget in depth and it’s not really appropriate for me to comment on the stuff I do know about (telco & broadband), I’ll kick things off with some casual observations and questions for the audience.
In no particular order. Read more »
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