Paul Keating

Impact of privatisation: retirement savings decimated in Australia

According to a leading financial data supplier, a staggering $1 billion per day was wiped off the value of Australian superannuation assets during October`s stock market plunge and November is shaping up to be even worse....

Kennett: NSW is 'politically criminal'

Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter | November 18, 2008 Article from: The Australian JEFF Kennett believes NSW is in worse shape than the debt-ridden "rustbelt" he inherited in Victoria, and warns that any revival in the...

Anger at union MP stalls rise to cabinet

NSW Premier Nathan Rees has been forced to delay promoting Labor MP and former union chief John Robertson to his cabinet because of lingering resentment about his role in the state's failed electricity sell-off.

Games ended party for NSW

George Megalogenis | November 15, 2008 Article from: The Australian THE NSW economy has fallen behind the national growth average for the seventh year in a row and its expansion is now smaller than Queensland's and Western...

State of dysfunction

Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large | November 15, 2008 Article from: The Australian IN an ideal world of Westminster democracy, NSW would go to the polls in the near future. That would be in the interests of Australia, the NSW public,...

When Will the Auto Industry Bail Outs End?

CANBERRA—The car industry has been bailed out again despite a record of taking taxpayers' money and then cutting jobs. GM, Toyota and Ford came cap in hand to Canberra, begging the coalition to freeze tariffs at 10 per cent and...

Keating's ancient history

James Curran | November 14, 2008 Article from: The Australian THE war of words between Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd on Gallipoli and its significance for Australian nationalism reveals much more than a disagreement over the...

Keating refuses MS charity auction

By Michelle Cazzulino The Daily Telegraph FORMER Prime Minister Paul Keating has refused to sign a bottle of Grange which is being auctioned to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. The Daily Telegraph reports the bottle...

Henry slams Opposition's manipulation claims

The head of the Federal Treasury has slapped down the Opposition for claiming the department's growth forecasts were manipulated to produce an overly optimistic outcome. Ken Henry has denied there was any pressure from the...

Henry a misused prophet and patsy

George Megalogenis | November 13, 2008 Article from: The Australian KEN Henry is being needlessly politicised by those who attack him and by those who use him as a shield. It is a chicken-and-egg call on who is more to blame:...

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