Foot Down on FTAs?

Have you ever wondered where Australia has got free trade agreements? As talks start with Korea, it is worth considering that all of our FTA partners are members of APEC (with the exception of the Gulf States).

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
Singapore-Australia FTA
Thailand-Australia FTA
Australia-United States FTA
Australia-New Zealand [...]

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Credit Crisis Explained

If you’re still struggling to understand what has happened in the credit crisis, you should really watch this video. It explains the crisis simply and visually from first principles.

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Abbott on Rudd

Here’s Abbott’s response to Rudd’s shameful article.
He’s spot on with this one. He’s soooooo spot on he seems to have borrowed everyone one of my few points!
I argued:
The metamorphosis of Kevin Rudd is complete. The man who styled himself an “economic conservative” complete with Gold Coast-esque development in the background, at the end of 2007 (read: [...]

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Where has Mr “Economic Conservative” gone?

Wow … how things can change over one short year.
The metamorphosis of Kevin Rudd is complete. The man who styled himself an “economic conservative” complete with Gold Coast-esque development in the background, at the end of 2007 (read: relax friends, I’m Howard not Keating), has now become, according to his recent effort in The Monthly, [...]

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