Archive for the tag "Australian economy"
Why the Long Face?
How do you think Australia’s economy is going, compared to the rest of the world? Sir Roger wonders because some rainbow-lovers say it’s magnificent and some shrill hurricane chasers say we’re going to hell in a handbasket and doom is upon us. Sir Roger had his servan staff do some forensic research. They [...]
Posted: 27 September, 2012 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, Media, politics and government, values.
Tags: Australian economy, Australian Politics, Australian Values, economy, Fitch, government, HDI, Human Development Index, Moody's, politics, rating agencies, rating agency, Standard and Poors, UN, values
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What’s With Petrol Prices?
Unleaded petrol was $1.29/L last week. That was the price months ago when the dollar was worth much less. Shouldn’t it be more like 80 cents per litre now?
Posted: 17 October, 2010 in Australian Values, Economics, values.
Tags: Australian dollar, Australian economy, Australian Values, car, carbon economy, commodities, dollar, dollar value, Economics, economy, global economy, industrials, industry, oil, oil companies, parity, petrol, petrol price, pump price, transport, US dollar, value, values, world economy
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Action-Contract Man Unsmuggles the Budgie
The pundits say the election is Abbott’s to lose but from the betting it’s still actually Labor’s to lose. Meanwhile Action-Contract Man unsmuggles the Budgie
Posted: 9 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Economics, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, Action Contract, Action-Contract Man, australia, Australian economic values, Australian economy, Australian political values, Australian Values, betfair, betting, betting market, budgie, budgie smugglers, campaign, Centrebet, coalition, Economics, economy, election, election campaign, federal election, gambling, Gillard, IASBet, Labor, Liberal, LuxBet, market, National, odds, political values, politics, Rudd, speedos, sportingbet, Sportsbet, statistics, Superman, values, WBX
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Peter Garrett’s Full Political Career
Peter Garrett’s political career – then: cardboard cutout; now: blancmange
Posted: 26 August, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, environment, politics and government, Science.
Tags: Australian economy, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Barrow Island, China, climate, climate change, economic values, Economics, economy, environment, Environment Minister, environmental values, ethics, Garrett, global warming, Gunns, morality, morals, Peter Garrett, political values, politics, principle, principles, Science, standards, Tasmania, uranium, values
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What The! Liberal MPs on the Breadline?
Joe Hockey responded to the announcement of ex-Senator, now Professor, Robert Hill’s appointment to some carbon thingy…climate change initiative… today by saying that he welcomed it (guy’s a Liberal, after all) but added that he didn’t know why Rudd wanted to pay him.
Posted: 21 July, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, politics and government, Science.
Tags: Australian economy, Australian Politics, Australian Values, carbon trading, climate change, cost, global warming, Joe Hockey, Kevin Rudd, politics, Robert Hill, value for money, values
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