Union Boss goes on First Class Junket!

It’s been reported today that high-profile union boss Dean Mighell went on an $80,000 luxury junket to Britain paid for by a workers’ redundancy fund.
The Electrical Trades Union state secretary flew business class to London and stayed in the posh Royal Garden Hotel, near Kensington Palace, together with union mates and bosses linked to the [...]

Moderating comments

Fellow blogocrats, sometimes comments get placed into a bucket where reb and I need to approve the comment. Most of the time it is because it is a new commenter or it could be that either the email address being used is not recognised or the spam filter has caught the comment.
So – do not [...]

Economy XVII

After the plunge on Wall St overnight (Dow down 4.7%), I think it is time that we have another thread on the economy. Some of the recent developments:

the US government intervention in AIG has increased. Some of the loans have now quietly been transformed into actual stock, with additional money also being pumped in
the US [...]

Ken Henry postscript

When denying the “suspicions” of the opposition about the budget forecasts, Treasury Secretary Ken Henry made two attacks on their current tactics. Firstly, their undermining of the public service was “unhelpful”. In Yes Minister terms that equates to the strongest criticism.
His second point, though not directly mentioning his Liberal Party critics, touched on the irresponsibility [...]