The ACCC today described petrol prices as ‘Sticky’ – in other words, that prices on petrol are being artificially held up over Christmas and on long weekends – yet they can’t do anything about it. Despite admitting that consumers are being disadvantaged, the ACCC reiterated the point that they really only have an informal [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2005
Senator Humphries begins campaign to trample tent embassy
Gary Humphries is doing John Howard’s dirty work by attempting to create some sort of mandate to forcibly remove the Aboriginal Tent Embassy through a so-called ‘consultation’. Gary Humphries clearly pre-empts this farcical consultation exercise with his stated view: “The embassy as it stands is doing more harm than good to the reconciliation process. It [...]
Manufactured exports performance weak: RBA
The Reserve Bank has described the growth in manufactured export volumes since 2000 as lacklustre, with growth in exports nearly 25% lower than our global competitors, and our performance “…weak, especially compared with the experience of the 1990′s.” Yet the Howard Government refuses to acknowledge the urgency of addressing the real industry concerns of massive [...]
