(Tony Dalton assisted me with the contents of this article) Australia, like the rest of the world, faces a very serious situation. The coronavirus pandemic (CVP) and the ensuing economic crisis are unlikely to be short-lived. Despite Australia’s remarkable success in limiting the spread of the virus so far, Covid-19 is extremely contagious with high […]
A resurrection reflection
On this day a few thousand years ago Jesus was resurrected into everlasting life. Except that he already presumably had everlasting life because he was already a part of the Holy Trinity. Anyway, where did he go and what is it like there? The Quran gives a very clear vision of what heaven is like. There […]
What is a ‘reasonable doubt’?
Many people think the law is something that has some kind of objective existence. But it is often more like a series of somewhat vague or elusive concepts that are required to be applied by courts, as consistently as possible, to a myriad of different circumstances. The concept of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” has […]
Federal Labor and the Coalition’s Package
Federal Labor has done a good job by pointing to holes in the Coalition’s coronavirus economic package. The communique today from Anthony Albanese to ALP members stated: “Parliament has just passed a wage subsidy – something Labor has spent weeks calling for. Support is on the way for millions of Australians – and as a […]
It is Corporate Debt not Government Debt that is the problem.
Government debt A government that issues its own currency cannot go bankrupt. It can choose to offset its spending by raising taxes or by borrowing (issuing government bonds). But it does not have to. It can just credit the accounts of the recipients of government spending. The only limit on the amount a government can […]
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