Australia’s net debt was A$174.5 billion in September 2013, when the Coalition took office. The debt is forecast to grow to $872 billion in 2020-21 (44.8 percent of GDP). Then it is forecast to hit $1 trillion in 2021-22 (50.5 percent of GDP). Then, $1.1 trillion in 2022-23 (51.6 percent of GDP). Yet, as a proportion of GDP, our […]
Biden’s Bind
President-elect Joe Biden will likely find himself in a bind. Let me explain. An important difference with Donald Trump is that he was not ONLY a President. He also leads a social movement. Trump’s support base is a coalition of different forces- not very well educated white working-class folk, some white supremacist extremists (some of […]
Labor’s Consultation Draft Platform
The ALP’s National Policy Forum (NPF) is responsible for producing the draft platform for the Party which goes for consideration by Labor’s National Conference. The NPF, in consultation with the relevant shadow ministers, has released a consultation draft of the National Platform for input from ALP constituent units. It is, on the whole, a very […]
Religion, almo y el sentido de uno mismo
No todos pensamos como personas religiosas. Pero hay un sentido en el que los ateos todavía “sentimos” lo mismo que las personas religiosas. ¿Cómo? Bueno, todas las religiones abrahámicas sostienen que tenemos un alma, un yo interior, un “yo” que está separado de nuestro cuerpo y cerebro en funcionamiento. Los no creyentes no están de […]
Keating shows Federal Labor a way out
Paul Keating has called on the Reserve Bank to help the Federal Government with fiscal spending. Normally governments offset their spending through either taxation or borrowing. But taxation is deflationary so is not an appealing option at the moment and there is a concern (largely exaggerated) about increasing government debt. Keating has essentially called for […]
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