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Uninvestable, A Clarke and Dawe sketch

This sketch is written in the tradition of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, whose work set the standard for Australian political satire. It is offered as homage, not impersonation. John Clarke died in April 2017. Bryan Dawe continues to work as a writer and performer. Neither has any association with this piece beyond the debt every Australian satirist owes them. UNINVESTABLE A Clarke and Dawe sketch…

Uninvestable, A Clarke and Dawe sketch

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Mining companies get a free ride on fuel excise deal

Mining companies get a free ride on fuel excise deal

Government’s plan to reintroduce indexation of fuel taxes fails on equity because it will hit households, but give free ride to some of Australia’s most profitable companies.

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Government keeps election promise of no new taxes by introducing a Tariff

Government keeps election promise of no new taxes by introducing a Tariff

The Abbott Government today has announced an increase to fuel excise, raising concern by members of the opposition that the Government has broken its election promise on no new taxes or tax increases. Finance Minister and Western Australian Senator, Mathias Cormann, has emphasised that the increase in fuel excise is a tariff.

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Government gets round Senate on fuel

Government gets round Senate on fuel

Motorists will pay more for petrol from November despite the Senate numbers not being there to pass the budget’s fuel tax hike.

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How the Senate may vote on controversial budget measures

How the Senate may vote on controversial budget measures

This week a series of bills containing controversial budget measures will be introduced to Senate. Some of the bills will make changes to Australias welfare system, such as taking people under 30 off income support for months at a time, reviewing some peoples disability support pension and increasing the pension age to 70.

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The strange tale of Joe Hockey's encounter with 'a lady at the lights at Cammeray'

The strange tale of Joe Hockey’s encounter with ‘a lady at the lights at Cammeray’

On the third day, Joe Hockey laid on the mea culpa with a trowel. Appearing on Sydney radio to try to clean up after his disastrous Wednesday line about the poor and petrol, Hockey declared: “I am sorry about the words”. “All of my life I have fought for and tried to help the most disadvantaged people in the community.” His comment had been “obviously insensitive”.

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Joe Hockey apologises for comments about poorer people not driving cars

Joe Hockey apologises for comments about poorer people not driving cars

Treasurer Joe Hockey has delivered a grovelling apology for suggesting the “poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far” and that the government’s proposed fuel excise increase was a progressive tax measure.

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Tony Abbott fails to back Joe Hockey on fuel excise controversy

Tony Abbott fails to back Joe Hockey on fuel excise controversy

The prime minister has distanced himself from controversial remarks by the treasurer, Joe Hockey, that poor people dont have cars or actually dont drive very far. As criticism grows within the Coalition about the treasurers clumsy attempts to explain the budget, Tony Abbott was asked whether he endorsed the comments made by Hockey in an attempt to explain the reintroduction of indexation for fuel…

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