The major political parties’ economic policies from the 1980s onwards smashed Australian manufacturing, which shrank from 20 per cent of GDP in 1980 to barely 5 per cent now.
The final report of the dramatic Senate inquiry into the Sterling Income Trust fiasco reveals how the federal corporate regulator and WA consumer protection agency betrayed 130 elderly and vulnerable victims.
NZ’s Ardern government has dropped a planned bail-in law, to avoid a backlash from an angry public who won’t want their deposits stolen; Kiwis and Aussies should demand their governments jettison all bail-in powers.
