Category: Federal Budget

Editorial – Malcolm, We Have a Spending Problem

While Turnbull and Bishop try to chophold hands with the Saudis on human rights, let’s go back to what Turnbull’s biggest focus should be – the budget. You know, that thing which currently has a $400 billion dollar debt sitting on the books, with annual deficits adding around $35 billion to the pile each year – and to which our future prosperity is tied.

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Families Making $150,000 a Year Don’t Need Welfare

As a percentage, how much of our total taxes do you think should be spent on social security and welfare? Before you come up with your number, try to think of all the things we expect our federal government to do when it comes to health, education, defence, major infrastructure, international relations and disaster relief (just to name a few).

Good, now keep your nominated percentage in mind.

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Editorial – Turnbull’s Biggest Challenge

A lot of people are still feeding over the carcass of the coup: how it happened, when it started, who did what and when. The inevitable ‘Turnbull’s biggest challenge is to unite the party’ talk has also started. While these issues deserve some investigation and analysis, we really should be focusing on something far more important for Turnbull.

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