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Navigating through uncharted economic waters

February 10, 2009 – 10:03 am

The widely varying views over the merits or otherwise of the stimulus package put forward by the Rudd government shows just how uncertain the overall economic situation is.  Economists giving evidence to the brief Senate inquiry have expressed differing views.  Even after you take out the partisan talking points, the same variance of views is occurring [...]

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Public housing boost a major plus

February 4, 2009 – 5:03 pm

Given I have complained long and loud for many years about the lack of attention paid to housing issues by the previous federal government, and the current government’s previous actions in throwing extra money at the inefficient and regressive First Home Owners Grant in their first stimulus package, I have to balance the ledger given [...]

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Stimulate public housing construction instead of property developers

February 1, 2009 – 5:20 pm

Among the many disconcerting things about the current global economic meltdown are (a) no one is sure how much worse it’s going to get locally or globally, and (b) no one seems sure about how best to respond to it.  Most political commentary about it in Australia seems to focus on how various actions will [...]

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