The Rudd- Swan government’s flat denial of negative gearing reform proves that modern politics is incapable of dealing with the difficult questions. It was all too risky in an election year. The dreams of working families are set to play second fiddle to the propertied class for years to come. But yet the announced reforms are the most significant tax … Read More
Henry Review & Mining Magnates: Please Note ‘Commonwealth’
photo credit: s_mestdagh The gloves are off in the battle between the people and the mining magnates. Today Swan admitted the 40% Resource Super Profit tax is not set in stone. This was code for ‘come buy me a coffee and let’s see what we can do about it’. “We’ve outlined the design of the tax, we’ve said within the … Read More
WIL Surprisingly Accurate
photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video Tohm Curtis Week #5 – Diary of Eco Finance student Mid semester break rolls in and Group Assignments begin. Group assignments are one of those marketable nightmares that are the direct result of Work Integrated Learning (WIL). It is one of the many popular ways Higher Education tries to simulate employment to make … Read More
CPRS – Good Riddance
photo credit: Martyn Hutchby I wrote this awhile back and never sent it into the ether. Now that Rudd has put the CPRS on the backburner until 2013 (pls bring in the Carbon Tax asap), let’s have a look at why so many were against it. CPRS= Corporate Polluters Runaway Subsidy With the heat on the CPRS we shine the … Read More
Week #4: Cultural Context
photo credit: Genista Tohm Curtis Sorry a little long this week, but it’s complicated. An amusing thing happened in today’s lecture, my lecturer apologised. Not to me, but to the student that emailed him in the previous week asking ‘How many decimal places do we need to calculate to?’ By the lecturer’s account he responded ‘We don’t really care, the … Read More