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Rudd's hike in cigarette tax is far bigger than you think. And it should be 4 Aug 2013 | 08:38 am
So you’ve heard cigarette taxes will soar 60 per cent. You don’t know the half of it. Buried within the budget proper in May was a time bomb, which when taken together with the measures confirmed Fri...
It's September 7. This morning's front page 3 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
Tweet Peter Martin is economics correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He blogs at petermartin.com.au and tweets at @1petermartin.
Inflation is too low. Stand by for a pre-election rate cut 25 Jul 2013 | 04:33 am
A pre-election interest rate cut is just a “coin toss” away after startling new evidence showing inflation heading below the Reserve Bank’s target band. The Bank board meets in twelve days on Tuesday...
What's the difference between a carbon tax and an emissions trading scheme? 21 Jul 2013 | 03:55 am
It's a serious question If you are anything like the radio producer who phoned me Monday morning, you won't have a clue what Kevin Rudd just did. “What's the difference between a carbon tax and an e...
"Mostly False" Fact-checking the Coaltion's carbon tax costing 15 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm
Moving immediately to a floating carbon price would result in “a black hole of up to $15 billion in the budget”. - Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, Friday June 28, 2013, on Channel 7 Sunrise Now at $24...
Bringing Australia together. Rudd's new Accord? 12 Jul 2013 | 06:52 am
Thirty years ago Labor switched leaders just before an election. Bob Hawke abandoned the rhetoric of class warfare and spoke instead of “bringing Australia together”. He romped home in a landslide. K...
"There is nothing sexier than consent" 8 Jul 2013 | 03:34 am
Canberra Rape Crisis Centre poster #SeenOnTheWeekend: Tweet Peter Martin is economics correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He blogs at petermartin.com.au and tweets at @1peterm...
Who are you going to believe about the economy, Gillard or Rudd? 7 Jul 2013 | 12:43 pm
Sunday column Who are you going to believe? Gillard Labor or Rudd Labor? Or something in between? The two are polar opposites. A week or so ago Julia Gillard told us the economy was “growing, stable...
It's wrong to hire Treasury people? 6 Jul 2013 | 02:11 pm
1970s Treasury, National Archives. Creative Commons But Hockey himself has hired Treasury people Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has accused Kevin Rudd of politicising the Treasury, describing the Prime...
Could Labor be preparing to blow out the budget deficit? 6 Jul 2013 | 06:13 am
Update: Apparently not Could Labor be preparing to blow out the budget deficit? In his first full press conference as Treasurer on Tuesday Chris Bowen drew a line under the Gillard era. Rather than...
