Just to clarify.
I am guilty of supplying disinformation (I think). I may (or may not) have said on this blog before that under the US/Aust FTA Corporations would be able to sue governments for anti-competitive behaviour similar to the ‘Chapter 11′ provisions in the NAFTA.
This is not true. While the US government pushed [...]

For well over a decade now “surplus budget” economics has dominated Australian politics. It seems to me (and I’m far from an economist) that this is a particular brand of economic rationalism and I am obviously quite critical of it. The world runs on debt, having debt is necessary and if invested correctly [...]

Congratulations to Greg Combet and all those involed in the James Hardie campaign. Obviously justice is finally being served and without the compromises that everyone thought would have to be made. I’d like to see industrial manslaughter laws introduced in Victoria as they have been in the ACT and perhaps this campaign [...]