Weakest link's crash was inevitable
Peter Martin Ford was always going to fold.
It's good to aspire, but know what you're aspiring to
Peter Martin Michael was outraged. Earlier in the week I'd written that anyone earning more than $210,100 a year was ultra-rich, in the top 1 per cent.
This tax would boost nation's economic performance
Peter Martin Joe Hockey is wrong. The shadow treasurer said on Wednesday he did not see a national disability insurance scheme levy as 'the right solution in this environment'.
When all else fails, tell the truth
Peter Martin Gillard and Swan have tried everything else. Now they're trying honesty.
The truth on the problem laid bare, but no solution
Peter Martin Gillard and Swan have tried everything else. Now they're trying honesty.
High earners don't realise own wealth, study finds
Peter Martin Australia's high earners are surprisingly magnanimous when it comes to tax. Many think the rich should pay more. They just don't think that applies to them.
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Gillard raids the coffee jar to upset Swiss suits
Peter Martin It's as audacious as a raid could be. In order to find $100 million to extend dam walls in Sydney and Brisbane, the Gillard government is raiding the equivalent of its coffee jar.
Peter Martin
How Canberra got diddled
Peter Martin Gathered on one side of the cabinet table were the newly-installed Prime Minister Julia Gillard, her Treasurer Wayne Swan and her Resources Minister Martin Ferguson.
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Be alert and informed and you may pay less
Peter Martin Have you heard about the trick they use in fruit shops? If they want to make money from a large load of lettuce they divide it into two.
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Legal anvil hovers over the unwary tech user
Peter Martin You sign up for a web service. You violate the terms and conditions. What's the worst that could happen?
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Soft touches pay the price
Peter Martin Retailers know an easy target when they see one and, unfortunately, that's us.
Peter Martin
Swan empties bag of tricks to save his skinny surplus
Peter Martin THE government needs export prices to stop falling if it is to have any hope of painlessly delivering its promised budget surplus.
Analysis
WA foreign influx tells plain Nullarbor facts
Peter Martin Why was Gina Rinehart given approval to bring 1700 foreign construction workers to the Pilbara?
The figures don't lie: far too few workers are prepared to cross the Nullarbor
Peter Martin - Economics Correspondent WHY was Gina Rinehart given special government approval to bring around 1700 foreign construction workers to Western Australia's remote Pilbara?
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Income freeze is nothing new, but the reaction is
Peter Martin ANYONE would think the budget had frozen the income limits for getting family tax benefits at $150,000.
