-
Subscribe to our weekly and daily Pearls and Irritations newsletter!
-
Most viewed recently
- JOHN MENADUE. Why dental care was excluded from Medicare and why it should now be included
- ABUL RIZVI. Morrison’s U-Turn on Migrants for the Bush.
- MUNGO MacCALLUM. A ministry top-heavy with lightweights.
- MUNGO MACCALLUM. ScoMo, ProMo, Status QuoMo
- PETER WOODRUFF. Open letter to Pope Francis on “The Pope as a Game Changer”
-
Recent posts
- MUNGO MACCALLUM. Morrison and the Muppet Show 24 September 2018
- ROBERT MANNE. This pains me, but it’s time to compromise on Australia’s cruel asylum seeker policy (the Guardian, 23.09.18) 24 September 2018
- TREVOR KENNEDY. Consultants are a blight on government and business. 24 September 2018
- LYNDSAY CONNORS. Coalition recycles old nonsense with business-as-usual schools deal (the Guardian, 22.09.18) 24 September 2018
- MICHAEL PASCOE. Why now is definitely not the time to scrap negative gearing (The New Daily, 21.09.18) 24 September 2018
Categories
- Arts and Reviews (39)
- Defence/Security (816)
- Drug Reform (21)
- Economy (1,105)
- Education (210)
- Environment and climate (365)
- Health (529)
- Housing (75)
- Human Rights (421)
- Indigenous affairs (68)
- Industrial relations (33)
- Infrastructure (165)
- International Affairs (1,623)
- Asia (228)
- Links (10)
- Media (531)
- NBN (74)
- Politics (2,586)
- Refugees, Immigration (563)
- Religion and Faith (528)
- SERIES: Freedom, opportunity and security (60)
- SERIES: Making housing affordable (15)
- Sport (53)
- Technology, start-ups and new media (1)
- Tributes (36)
- Uncategorized (198)
Archives
Recent comments
- Bruce Bates on JOHN MENADUE How Kerr, Fraser and Murdoch engineered the dismissal of the Whitlam Government. A slightly edited repost from 27 October 2015
- Peter Farley on MARK BUTLER. Coalition exposes its ignorance in anti-renewable stance (The Big Smoke, 21.09.18)
- Max Bourke AM on JOHN MENADUE. The Coalition has deserted country people on climate change, NBN and more
- Steve Jordan on DAVID TIMBS. The priest shortage and the elephant in the room.
- Stephen Lusher on DENIS MULLER. Media power: why the full story of Murdoch, Stokes and the Liberal leadership spill needs to be told (The Conversation, 20.09.18)
Tag Archives: Essential Report
JOHN MENADUE. The litany of failed privatisations. (Repost from 20 March 2017)
Ideologues ,the self interested bankers and accountants and lawyers still persist with their fixation with privatisation despite the fact that it is failing in one area after another and the electorate shows very clearly that it does not want it. … Continue reading
John Menadue. Privatisation – a worn-out ideology.
Voters are making it plain that they are not keen on privatisation. Economic research also tells us that the evidence in favour of privatisation is not conclusive. Conservatives claim that privately owned businesses are better managed than public ones, but … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, NBN, Politics
Tagged Australian airports, Commonwealth Bank, Essential Report, privatisation, Qantas, Telstra
1 Comment