Category Archives: Budget

Queensland’s fiscal performance has slumped, but we’re still doing fine

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Gene Tunny

As was made clear when the Queensland Government lost its AAA credit rating in early 2009, our Government’s financial circumstances have deteriorated somewhat in recent years. A new report from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), a conservative though non-partisan … Continue reading →

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Constitutional crisis? Ever read section 53?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The News Ltd papers are reporting the bizarre assertion that Australia may be facing a constitutional crisis (see the bullet point at the top of this story, Julia Gillard cops historic blow with ‘$317m act of irresponsibility’): LABOR has suffered a … Continue reading →

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