Thatcherism and Reaganomics led to huge transfers of income and wealth from the poor to the rich. Increasing the tax rates on the highest earners would instead send a powerful message that we really are all in this together.
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The elephant and the mouse
China is much more powerful than Australia and no amount of criticism from us will change this. In a fight with China, we must lose. Calm analysis must replace jingoistic hot air. Why are they really attacking us and what can we do about it now? China’s Twitter...
Brereton’s comments which gave rise to the Chinese tweet on Australian Afghanistan war crimes
The Brereton report sheds light on the tweet posted by a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry of a digitally altered image depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to a veiled Afghanistan child.But I have not seen any of our mainstream media do the...
That’s all she wrote
I never thought I’d say it, but I can no longer go on working. It takes all my effort to breathe and I’m not managing that too well. And now my mind is getting wobbly – hard to think, let alone concentrate. So I am afraid there is not much point in continuing to push...
Challenging the wolves: how to reply to Beijing’s tweet
An unexpected tweet from a senior Chinese diplomat on Monday 29 November provided a perfect excuse for the Prime Minister to divert attention from his domestic problems, to praise our gallant defence forces, to refer to our national values, and to stand up to the...
An all-out trade war with China would cost Australia 6% of GDP
China accounts for more than a third of export dollars earned by Australia. Credit – Unsplash The figures, for the 12 months to October, cover the period of coronavirus disruptions and disputes over trade. They apply to physical exports rather than harder to...
