Wages growth remains stuck at record lows
(The Canberra Times, 18 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Author Archives: David
Schools funding
The government flips (again) on schools funding, embracing the needs-based model proposed by the Gonski review under the Gillard Labor government.
How should Labor and the Greens respond to Gonski 2.0?
(The Canberra Times, 9 and 19 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Budget 2017
The government blows up it’s old budget lines…
“…but the 2014 Budget mindset to demonise and impoverish the most disadvantaged continues.”
(The Canberra Times, 11 12 and 13 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Turnbull meets Trump
Delayed by a vote in the US House of Representatives to replace Obamacare (“Well done, congratulations,” Mr Turnbull said), the Australian PM has his first brief meeting with Trump on the USS Intrepid in New York.
(The Canberra Times, 5 and 6 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Indebted
The government announces changes to higher education funding: student fees up 8%, HECS debts to be repaid earlier, and budget cuts.
Keane in Crikey [paywalled]: What, exactly, motivates this government’s passionate loathing of young people?
(The Canberra Times, 2 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
But THIS time, it’ll work…
Rorts and blowouts: the folly of public subsidies to private providers of “human services”
(Public Sector Informant, May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Pimping the Debt Truck
The “Debt and Deficit Disaster” truck they used to run down the previous government is getting a make-over.
(The Canberra Times, 27 April 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
The Bernardi First Party
Two micro conservative parties in South Australia have decided to merge, but the incoming senator for one of them is opting for independence.
(The Canberra Times, 27 April 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
The Force is strong with this one
Will the Australian government adopt a US-style Department of Homeland Security?
(The Canberra Times, 29 April 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
A brush with the truth
The latest negative impression painted by the Minister for Immigration is representative of the renowned Australian school.
(The Canberra Times, 26 April 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)