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Aug 31, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Pru Goward

    If the Libs cut the refugee program, Labor would call it a dog whistle (opens the original)

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    Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, a frontbencher for almost the entirety of his political career and Labor’s key parliamentary tactician since 2013, is widely seen as masterful in his command of procedure and outmanoeuvring of the opposition. Maybe not. Days out from a critical West Australian state byelection, Burke flagged the country’s refugee intake would drop by a third. A state byelection for the safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour would not normally interest the fondly dubbed Minister for D

  2. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Pru Goward

    Want lower tax? Then beware of the census (opens the original)

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    Governments love data because governments love taxation. Government 101. If you can’t measure it, you can’t tax it. The Romans used the census to determine taxes; the excuse of using it to plan services for their subjects was still yet to be invented. Similarly, a thousand years later, William the Conqueror’s officials conducted a village-by-village headcount to figure out what taxation could be screwed from his newly oppressed kingdom. Inadvertently, this 1086 census provided us with a complete

  3. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Pru Goward

    Burnham’s promise to end rough sleeping as futile as CEO sleepouts (opens the original)

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    The UK’s 10-year government bond yield rate is now higher than ours, both are worse than those of New Zealand, the US and Germany. There is no more telling a rating of how the world’s finance markets view a government’s competence. Curious that the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, whose only mission is to save the Labor Party from electoral defeat, should have announced ending rough sleeping as his first priority, not the economy. The economy would have been easier. As the mayor of Grea

  4. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Pru Goward

    How NSW Labor governing for unions leads to second-rate services (opens the original)

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    The principles of sound public administration are universal. Transparency; regulation; conscientious culture; value for money – these make up the basics. Tragedies such as the recent alleged murder of a child in NSW, allegedly cannibalised by his mother, will inevitably reflect public administration failures found in other parts of the system. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

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