Oscar Humphries 1:07pm
Week five already. A month of Spectator Australia has flown by and I've been heartened by much of the feedback I've received since I've been in Sydney. This weeks issue includes a wonderful article by James Curran a thirty two year old historian and senior lecturer at Sydney university. As well as Patrick Cook's letter from a mother living in the country to her financially distressed son. The recent economic policies of the vocal but flighty Kevin Rudd have given Christian Kerr and Tom Switzer ample material for analysis.
Looking beyond the US elections - the New Zealand election is...
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Christian Kerr 12:19am
Treasury’s most senior officials have come under intense opposition pressure from the opposition in Senate Estimates Committee hearings to reveal the advice given to the government before it announced last week’s $10.4 billion economic stimulus package.
The Liberals are even keener to learn what...
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Oscar Humphries 1:46pm
I overheard a commuter say to her friend 'Now would be a very good time to visit Iceland'. I wondered what she meant. That with a near worthless currency her dollars would go further. Did this woman plan on bartering for food and shelter with foreign banknotes. Did she want to pick up distressed assets like England's toady retailer Philip Green? I suspect she just wanted a holiday on the cheap. To take a soak in the sulphuric waters with some herring amuse-bouche.
Iceland's economy outgrew its six digit population and its recent retraction has had catastrophic consequences for Icelandic...
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Oscar Humphries 12:00am
Our second edition will soon be available from newsstands throughout Australia. Incuded in the magazine will be a diary from the former cultural attache Sir Les Patterson in which he offers advice to Kevin Rudd and settles a score with Malcolm Turnbull. Historian John Adamson charts the rise of the plutocrat in contemporary politics - reminding us that we've seen this all before. Tom Switzer draws parallels between Peter Costello and Richard Nixon. We have the timeless Kathy Lette on turning 50 and resisting the knife. Artist Jeffrey Smart sketches his working life in Tuscany...
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8:51am
Oscar Humphries, launch editor of Spectator Australia, writes:
'Welcome to The Billabong - a corner of the Spectator website devoted to all things Australian. Much like the content in the new Spectator Australia magazine (which you can read here), we’ll often centre on politics, but will make room for everything from sport to the arts as well. Our team of bloggers - including myself - will be delivering updates throughout each day, ensuring that there's always something for you to get your teeth stuck into. And, remember, you can leave your comments on any post we make. So have your say, and let's get the debate started.'
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