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Ken Henry’s communication problem

May 20, 2009 – 6:08 am

Treasury boss says he’s got one. If he does he might want to reflect that arrogance and an extreme sensitivity to criticism are never the foundation for great two-way communication:
STEPHEN LONG: For eight years now Ken Henry’s given the post-Budget speech to economists as the head of Treasury and in that time, few Federal Budgets [...]

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Ken Henry crosses the rubicon

February 6, 2009 – 8:56 am

Providing ‘evidence’ to the Senate last night, Treasury boss Ken Henry, sounded (according to media reports) more like a Labor staffer than an independent adviser providing politically disinterested advice to the government of the day. 
According to the Australian: “Dr Henry last night appeared before a hastily convened Senate inquiry into Labor’s massive economic stimulus package [...]

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O’Farrell, oh dear.

November 13, 2008 – 8:42 am

Most people, including many in the Liberal Party, think that Barry O’Farrell and the Opposition parties in NSW should be at least twenty points ahead in the polls given just how bad Nathan Rees and the NSW ALP are travelling.
Make no mistake the Rees Government daily plumbs new depths. Tuesday’s mini-budget got the worst public [...]

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