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Day 17 cont 💰💰💰💰

“The shadow treasurer, #AngusTaylor, has been questioned on why the opposition leader #PeterDutton, indicated before the election there would be no #TaxCuts before announcing a one-off $1,200 refund for 10 million Australians in the #Coalition’s campaign launch on Sunday.”

A formal policy would have thought through these decisions making reversals less likely. The member for #Hume is the opposition Treasurer.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Finance <theguardian.com/australia-news>

the Guardian · Australia election 2025 live: PM says ‘we do not want Russian influence’ in region amid reports Moscow wants to base aircraft in IndonesiaFollow live

#MontyPython “Well, I didn’t #vote for you.” – Peasant Woman to King Arthur. But... Every Day we read this - 'This is the crisis moment': Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line (April 14) - No he crossed it on Jan 20 and every day thereafter #media #journalism #corruption #power #blackmail #access #democracy #government #maga #politics #freedom #censorship #deportation #immigration #education #climate #healthcare #measles #economy #finance #insidertrading #wallstreet #markets

The #RBA get advice from this RWNJs crowd, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS).

“CIS has been and remains a strongly Right-leaning think tank. “The Centre for Independent Studies promotes free choice and individual liberty”. It “believes true liberty and prosperity can only be achieved with a small state that defends free speech and national sovereignty”. It believes that “the excessive increases in public spending most governments in the developed world chose to make in response to the COVID crisis … (are) an alternative form of socialism”. It is concerned about China’s increasing “global footprint”. (All quotes from “ CIS About”,)

A current major activity at CIS is the questioning of Australia’s renewable energy plans and strong support for a future role for nuclear energy in Australia.” (Source:

Read this exelent piece and tell me the RBA cares about Australians wage earners, go on, convince me why don’t you [to on one in particular}. /end_rant

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04/t

johnmenadue.comThe RBA should not be giving support to the Centre for Independent StudiesIn February, I and eight others from around Australia wrote to the Reserve Bank board to “urge the RBA to sever its relationship with, and support of, the Centre for Independent Studies”.