I’m less sympathetic to the targets of this beat-up than most – frankly, the banks in this country deserve a much harder time from the media than they get – but that doesn’t mean I’m indifferent to hacks insulting their readers. It’s another one in the Gemma Jones or Anne Wright style – where you [...]

Check out this headline from yesterday’s Herald Sun, and the story it accompanied: It’s obvious what’s important to Stephen McMahon and his editors: STAMP duty reform is shaping as a key issue at today’s Herald Sun/Sky News People’s Forum. The latest Treasury figures show home buyers will be slugged more than $15.6 billion in property [...]