Jim Chalmers complained about the economy he inherited - too much debt, chronic deficit, low productivity - so what is the point of his last budget?
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Of trust and trusts
Our existing political elites fundamentally broke trust over the Covid debacle. They panicked, threw the manual out the window, and then used the full power of the state, and state adjacent institutions, to impose panic on the whole population.
The one word missing from the budget
There is one factor driving or worsening Australia's economic position. People are marching in the street about it. The treasurer couldn't even mention it.
Angus Taylor’s ‘wrong rein’ on immigration
The immigration horse is definitely the one that has wandered off to the One Nation side of the paddock, but if Angus Taylor’s speech Tuesday on immigration was meant to get the horse back, he was pulling the wrong rein.
The slow burning social upheaval powering One Nation
After our last poll we realised we lacked a mechanism that could explain the remarkable rise of One Nation on the one hand and the decline of the Coalition on the other.
What happens to centre-right politics if One Nation continues to grow?
Some people have asked me why the fascination with One Nation in South Australia – after all they have only won one seat at the moment?
Chalmers has never met a tax he didn’t like
Labor says higher CGT will help housing. The real effect may be higher rents and weaker growth.
Voters will keep voting Labor, even when dissatisfied
When Coalition voters prefer Pauline Hanson to their own leader, something has broken.
Liberal Party was in desperate straits before the latest polling that puts One Nation on up to 29%
In January just before the removal of Sussan Ley the Liberal Party was in dire straits. It is not surprising it has got worse for it.
Why Crisafulli should study Borbidge govt, not Newman government
Queensland history offers a warning: competent one-term governments still lose. Borbidge shows how silence, One Nation, and misread voters can undo reform—unless Crisafulli learns the right lesson.
