Economist John Adams and Analyst Martin North assess the current status of the Cash Transaction Restriction legislation, which officially, at least, is still tabled, and under review.
Tag: Politics
The Job Keeper Boo-Boo [Podcast]
Treasury has advised the number of Job Keeper supported employees is around 3.5 million, not 6.5 million as estimated due to errors, and the programme will be $60 billion cheaper!
https://treasury.gov.au/media-release/jobkeeper-update
Is The U.S. Vs China True? – With Salvatore Babones [Podcast]
Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor University of Sydney joins me to discuss the question of the China U.S relationship. He suggests it is not what is being reported.
Let Them Eat Cake – With Tarric Brooker
Journalist Tarric Brooker and I discuss the political and economic backcloth to the current lock down, and consider what may happen next and who will be the winners and losers. Cake sounds a nice idea! Tarric uses the handle @AvidCommentator on Twitter.
The Tenants And Landlords Wicked Problem – The DFA Daily 12 April 2020
The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.
Australia’s Two Time Bombs [Podcast]
Journalist Tarric Brooker and I discuss the latest finance and economic news with a focus on Australia. We look at unemployment and migration and how these may play out.
In our chat we also touch on the political dimensions. Tarric uses the handle @AvidCommentator on Twitter.
To Super Tuesday And Beyond… [Podcast]
I discuss the US election, and the Democratic Primaries with American in OZ Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor, University of Sydney and author of the award winning book The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts.
The New Authoritarianism
We look at angles the MSM are choosing to avoid.
Australia’s Economic Fuse Is Burning!
The education sector in Australia is highly leveraged towards China.
As a result of the current travel ban their finances are at risk. So they are finding ways around the ban, with the approval of the Government, who is trading off public health against economics. In other words, our health is being put at risk.
I discuss this troubling episode with Salvatore Babones, Adjunct Scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies, and Associate Professor University of Sydney.
Teflon And Titanium – A Tarric Brooker Conversation [Podcast]
We discuss the latest political scene, against the economic backcloth and the spreading virus. Yet the latest poles still give the incumbents plenty of hope. And what of Barnaby?
Titanium Squared – A Tarric Brooker Conversation! [Podcast]
I discuss the latest with Journalist Tarric Brooker, who uses the handle @AvidCommentator on Twitter. .. lots to pick apart…