Debts and deficit nonsense

Stuart McVey gives his opinion on government spending, fiat money and taxation. The release of the current federal government’s budget created quite a stir in the media as the opposition hammered the level of spending and the government tries to defend it. In effect, both arguments are complete nonsense. The level of federal government spending […]

Banking, free trade and fair trade

Peter Davis, Mayor of Port Lincoln, gives his personal view on the banking system, national debt and international trade. An ancient proverb states, “A problem correctly addressed is half solved”. Most people even vaguely aware of the way our “money system” functions knew that a day of reckoning was fast approaching some years ago. When […]

Australia takes a Swan dive

Darrin Hodges looks at the damage being done to the Australian economy, with our manufacturing resources relocating to Asia and with a government that seems inept at best. Early in March 2008, Treasurer Wayne Swan made an extraordinary statement in federal parliament during question time. On the back of newly-released employment figures which showed that […]

Global economic crisis threatens Australia’s future

Darrin Hodges discusses the current economic crisis and its effects upon Australia. Economic crisis This time in world history is one which the nationalists have been warning people about for years, if not decades. The current economic crisis that is engulfing the world’s financial institutions isn’t about the failure of capitalism as left-wing pundits like […]