cont'd ...

I'll try again:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15380&page=0

Foxy,

There you go again.

Alan Austin has little to no economic qualifications, and whose grasp on the subject is at best superficial. He spent his early years writing for a church magazine and now writes deeply flawed polemics for the left by cherry picking information.

Perhaps you should try a reputable source.

Dear Shadow Minister,

There you go again.
Why not critique what the
man wrote instead of the man himself? How
many journalists who write for newspapers have
economic qualifications?

As for the man being
"left-wing?" I have no knowledge of his personal
political leanings - and I suspect, neither do
you. And as for "cherry-picking?" it appears
that you don't do so badly at that yourself.

This Alan Austin?
https://independentaustralia.net/profile-on/alan-austin,67

Very funny. Cafe society and 'Do as we say and not as we do'?

In a moment of frankness, Wayne Swan paid tribute to his LNP predecessor, Peter Costello and to John Howard who as Treasurer first set the economic reforms in progress back in the 1980s. [SMH]

Foxy,

At the time I did criticise AA. His analysis of comparing Australia's economy who started with zero debts, strong banks with minimal exposure to junk debt, and a rapidly expanding mining exports against others who started off with substantial debt, weaker banking sectors and relatively small mining industries was deeply flawed and would have got a Uni student a F.

He also happily skipped over the school halls debacle, which delivered vastly over priced buildings that mostly weren't necessary, and delivered stimulus mostly after the main crisis passed, the $9bn cash splash that was almost entirely spent on white goods made in other countries, or the pink batts disaster that killed 4 people and burnt down hundreds of houses.