Wayne Swan delivered his fifth budget, and again, we are seeing a further increase in debt. Through accounting tricks and shuffling money between months and years, the Treasurer is making a false claim about having turned around his record of debt and deficit.
Here we have it again: another year, another increase in borrowings; another year, yet more put on the national credit card.
Sunday, 1 January 2012.
According to the Australian Electoral Commission, thousands of Australians were recorded voting more than once at the last federal election, but police did not prosecute any of them. Senator Scott Ryan emphasises the need for a strong electoral system in Thousands voted twice in cliffhanger poll.
