Category Archives: tough times

High house prices cause Qantas mess

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Well now … high Australian house prices are clearly not the only cause of the mess at Qantas, but there is a clear causal connection. What on earth is it? Read on and I’ll show you. At the time of the … Continue reading →

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Are the adults in charge yet?

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Tony Abbott promised that the adults would take charge again in Canberra. But it’s hard to find anyone who thinks that’s happened. Yesterday the ABC published a piece from the usually even handed commentator David Llewellyn-Smith that sums things up … Continue reading →

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Great! Seasoned commentators get it!

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Fantastic!! The Pope and the Productivity Commission have stirred two of Australia’s respected and seasoned political/economic commentators. I read much of what Alan Kohler and Paul Sheehan produce. Not always, but more often than not, I find their writings right … Continue reading →

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The demographic crunch is still coming

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Last week the usually boring Australian Government Productivity Commission briefly made headlines. Immediately the vested interests came out finding everything wrong with the policy recommendations in the Commission’s report “An Ageing Australia: Preparing for the Future“: You can’t raise the … Continue reading →

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Unintended consequences – Greece

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

The tabloid news cycle tends to be dominated by the latest house fire, car accident, murder, sex scandal, sports result, and so on. It’s all so predictable. Even the serious traditional news media tends to be dominated by:

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