People & associates
Sinclair Davidson
Planning to go into deficit misguided
The commentators who just months ago were calling for the budget tax cuts to be cancelled are now calling for a budget deficit. Their argument is...
From beggars to choosers
Tasmanians are the poorest Australians. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Tasmanians have a per capita gross state product of just...
As world finances unravel, PM loses the plot
The Federal Government's economic narrative has been mugged by reality and is completely shredded. In less than a year, the argument has gone from...
RBA got it wrong on rates
If anything, the 1 percentage-point drop in interest rates must shatter the myth of infallibility that has come to surround the Reserve Bank. It is...
Wasting our tax dollars on symbolism
Australian policy makers have an obsession with motor cars. Australia, they say, should not only 'make things' - as Kevin Rudd so simply put it...
Bracks report doesn't stray far from script
The final report of the Bracks review into Australia's automotive industry is not nearly as bad as it could have been. It recommends that the 10%...
Tax on energy use is best way to fight pollution
The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is advertised as being a "market solution to a market problem". This is a clever piece of rhetoric that has long...
A move towards certainty, please
Many reasons have been given for the closure of the Goodyear tyre factory with the loss of 600 jobs. The strong dollar, high oil prices, and poor...
Petrol pricing by shifting the focus to loyalty schemes
The ACCC's FuelWatch scheme will place draconian limitations on price competition within the retail market for petrol. But petrol stations will...
It's bad policy to play blame game
The Federal Government is in serious trouble; blaming foreigners for domestic ills is the last refuge in politics. The Government is blaming our...