With self-righteous anger and vengeful spirit members of the Australian Labor Party caucus discarded a Prime Minister who more than any other leader in the past 50 years delivered substantive social benefits for all Australians. On this record of his leadership, the media are in surprise agreement. Yet, the Labor party power brokers never […]
Are Galilee Basin Mines Good for Queensland?
RollingStone called it “The World’s Most Insane Energy Project” and ABC titled it “The most divisive project in recent Australian history”. 10 million tonnes of coal a year, supported by a 200km railway. Lets take a journey into its size, history and viability and what that means for the whole region. Queensland. June 14th, 2019. […]
Liberal Supreme Court, Obama, Congress Pass The Scepter
The political battle rages on post the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision with respect to campaign financing, and its horrendously unconstitutional new "interpretation" of the First Amendment. In light of all the commentary that has been made with respect to the decision "rolling back" the campaign finance laws in order to afford unlimited corporate spending […]
Fiji Government Raises Income Tax Threshold, Lowers Trade Duties
Acting Finance Minister Filipe Bole of Fiji’s interim government has announced that his Department has raised the nation’s minimum income tax threshold from $9000 to $15,000 (U.S.), a move which is getting mixed reactions from economists. The new cut-off for income taxation goes into effect on June 1st. The intent of the action is to […]