Nov 8, 2009 | News Clippings
The Rudd Government has used new rules to begin censoring the proceedings of Parliament so no criticisms of the Government can reach voters. Under the rules, Opposition MPs have been prevented from using their taxpayer-funded postal allowances to send out speeches...
Oct 29, 2009 | News Clippings
Rules banning politicians from using their taxpayer-funded printing allowance to criticise the Government have been blasted as “censorship” and an “Orwellian . . . assault on democracy” by Coalition MPs. The rules were changed this month to...
Oct 8, 2009 | News Clippings
The Reserve Bank is lifting interest rates mainly because China’s stunning economic rebound is set to fuel Australian mining investment and exports. And house prices are bubbling up. That sits uneasily with official interest rates at 50-year lows designed for the...
Sep 29, 2009 | News Clippings
The Reserve Bank is set to lift its growth forecasts again within weeks, as evidence increases that the global economy is recovering faster than expected. Only weeks after the Reserve last upgraded its forecasts, its governor, Glenn Stevens, told the Senate economics...
