Andrew Nikolic, Liberal Candidate for Bass, said families in Northern Tasmania are paying a high price for Labor’s budget mismanagement. “The Gillard Government has used the release of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook as yet another chance to tax local families to pay for the government’s reckless waste and spending. “Labor has come back [...] Continue reading » » »
10,300 full-time jobs lost in Tasmania
Deputy Editor Barry Prismall hits the nail on the head in his Examiner Editorial today (10 April 2012), pointing out how badly the stagnant Tasmanian economy is performing under Greens-Labor leadership. The loss of 10,300 full-time jobs since the Giddings Government won the 2010 Election is an appalling indictment of how Labor’s political marriage with [...] Continue reading » » »
Australia’s economic future
If , like me, you believe the next election will turn on who is best placed to undertake the enormous task of managing our economy back to health, then consider the following: The Gillard/Rudd/Swan team has delivered the four biggest budget deficits on record, with a cumulative total of $167 billion (THAT’S $167,000,000,000), including a [...] Continue reading » » »
Budget Update – 29 November 2011
The two things that occurred to me during Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget Update were: (1) Why does he continually compare us to the economic basket-cases of Europe (AKA “advanced economies”), as a way of proving how well off we are? A more relevant measure of our economic performance is how far our spending and debt has deteriorated since [...] Continue reading » » »
