Federal Labor has a good job in neutralising the Religious Discrimination Bill as an election issue. Morrison’s legislative package ended up including an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act to prevent gay students from being expelled from religious schools. But it reneged on his earlier written assurance to Anthony Albanese by not extending protection from […]
Andrew Herington
Here are some of my thoughts about Andrew Herington. I first knew Andrew before I became very politically active in the ALP. He was a visitor to a house of ten people I lived in at Fitzroy which was made up of mostly ex- Monash Uni people. He was a close friend to Stephanie Bunbury […]
Labor- Electoral Strategy- Four options for Fiscal Policy
The major parties are readying themselves for a federal election in the spring of this year, and meanwhile, speculation around the ALP’s leadership continues to receive media coverage. For the record, I think the Party should stick with Anthony Albanese as any leadership spill would just lead the public to conclude that that type of […]
The Write Stuff- not wrong- But not quite enough
‘The Write Stuff’, a collection of essays from the Labor Party’s right-wing, has been promoted as a book that ‘plot’s the Party’s return to power’. It doesn’t do this. A few central things are missing. The book covers a wide range of policy topics including the importance of unions, addressing of casualisation and job insecurity, […]
Low Interest Rates- An Opportunity for Federal Labor
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 […]
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