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I quite like Rob Oakeshott. He doesn’t treat us like dills and has a decent grasp of economics. But God, where’s this bloody been since he was elected?
From Radio National this morning (listen online or download):
The Gillard government is resisting pressure to redesign its mining tax after it raised just $126 million—a fraction of the $2 billion forecast for the current financial year.
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott, along with the Greens is urging the prime minister and the treasurer to renegotiate the tax with the states to close some loopholes.
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Here’s the direct MP3 link (right click and save as): bst_20130212_0753
About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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