Australian Politics

Barring climate, Andrew Bolt is usually reasonable with the Australian national interest but not last night: Suddenly the battle for our future is today.

We’ve had a change of government and no change whatsoever.

Honestly, what is the good of this “Labor” bloke?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he has received the latest five-year report from the Productivity Commission (PC) on how to improve Australia’s economy, and he says he is likely to release it during March in the lead-up to the budget in May.

The NSW government has given indications that it may be open to privatising more public assets in order to finance the state’s pipeline of infrastructure projects.

Last week, the Albanese Government introduced legislation to establish its $10 billion housing future fund (HFF).

The Albanese Government introduced legislation to establish its $10 billion housing future fund on Thursday.

Money is money, I guess, especially when the Atlassian share price has been demolished: The competition regulator has warned energy retailers their profit margins are under scrutiny as AGL revealed a stunning leap in profits from gas sales that bolsters producers’ calls for them to be included in Labor’s price caps and market intervention.

Think tank, I think not.

The ABC has another infuriating tale of treasonous and criminal behaviour by the gas cartel.

It may be that Europe has beaten Putin’s energy war, but Australia has a worse problem, energy cartels and a weak government.

There is little point in persisting with opposition leader Peter Dutton.

The Albanese Government talks tough on China: Anthony Albanese says it is likely he would have pursued the Aukus agreement had Labor been in power during the Morrison era because the bonds between the three nations are enduring, and defence officials would have supplied the same advice.

Discount the Origin LNG deal.

While Treasurer Jim “Chicken” Chalmers is busy writing 6000-word essays on how he will restructure markets, his one attempt at doing so is failing.

I wonder when a government will finally awake to the fact it is at war with the gas cartel.

It’s argued so furiously that it could all be mistaken for an actual debate: Business leaders have warned Jim Chalmers not to “sleepwalk into being a quasi-command economy” nor rewrite Australia’s ­successful ­market-based system in the Treasurer’s quest to usher in a new era of values-based ­capitalism.

While Treasurer “Jim” Chicken Chalmers has so much time on his hands he can pen 6000 words of absolute mush about market restructuring, his energy reforms are not working as intended.

Treasurer Jim “Chicken” Chalmers has somehow found the time to pen a 6000-word essay in The Monthly.

John Kemp has a piece today that is well worth repeating: In the first scenario, the global economy tips into recession, cutting distillate consumption, boosting inventories and lowering prices.

There’s nothing quite like the combination of an idiot MSM and a lying pollie: Stubbornly high inflation could force the Reserve Bank to deliver an additional three rate hikes and risk recession, after surging holiday and electricity prices drove inflation to its highest level in more than 30 years.