Tag: Crispin Hull

“These days we like to think that our economic bus is guided by the steady and independent hands of the Reserve Bank. Even so, the Reserve Bank seems to be having trouble at the moment making the economic bus perform as well as it should…”

“China will only ban or obstruct those goods and services which it can replace fairly easily. It is running out of them. Banning Australia’s wine is one thing; banning iron ore is another…”

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull breaks down issues with Australian super, and suggests alternatives to our current sausages-and-mash pittance….

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull examines the impact of the Christian Porter defamation case on Australian media and national politics.

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull examines the culture of University debating, tribalism and the absence of critical thinking in Australian politics.

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull takes a look at one of the greatest sins of the Howard Government- its changes to aged care.

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull takes a look at the legacy of John Howard’s government…the opposite of the picture he painted on election night in 1996 when he said that the things that “united Australians were infinitely more important and more enduring than the things that divided Australians”.

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull takes a look at the impact of our current tax system on property pricing, home ownership, and tenancy with the rise of the “I rent and I vote” movement.

CRISPIN HULL The fragility of Australian democracy has been illustrated again in the past week with further exposure of unsatisfactory political funding rules and the…

CRISPIN HULL Every year the opposition to 26 January as Australia Day grows as the knowledge and understanding of ever more Australians grows. It exemplifies…