by David Collett | Apr 26, 2018 | opinion
Rivers of Gold – Let’s follow the money 24 April 2018 Hon Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC Commissioner Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry Dear Sir, When an Australian walks into a bank with the...
by David Collett | Feb 5, 2018 | opinion
4 February 2018 Mr John Fraser Secretary to the Treasury The Treasury Langton Crescent Parkes ACT 2600 Australia Dear Mr Fraser, The following is for your consideration. Could you please outline the options available to members of the Australian public where the...
by David Collett | Nov 14, 2017 | opinion
If you are over 40 and starting to read this post, I politely suggest that you move along. There isn’t going to be anything in this post that will interest you. Just me babbling on about the past. …Have they gone? Is it just you and me now? Can we finally...
by David Collett | Oct 16, 2017 | opinion
Imagine if Australian house prices weren’t a problem. Imagine if the average Australian wage kept up with the annual increase in house prices. Below is an exchange with the RBA on that very topic. You can view the full exchange and the original letters here. Dr...
by David Collett | Oct 13, 2017 | opinion
Photo by Steven Penton cc. On 29 September 2017 an updated register was released detailing foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land, available here from the Foreign Investment Review Board for the 2016-17 year. The 2015-16 report is available here. ...
by David Collett | Oct 2, 2017 | opinion
Last Thursday the AFR published a piece titled, “No wage rise without productivity: IMF”. If you’re an Australian worker and you started to read the above AFR article, you’d quickly get the impression that Australian workers should increase...
