Big business’s vision for Australia
I wrote this piece as a tongue-in-cheek column for The Newcastle Herald in 2014. I'm reproducing it here because it seems to me that the plan, as outlined, is coming together nicely. IT’S not all bad news on the economic front. Yes, unemployment is high and rising, especially among the young. And yes, the real estate boom is forcing up living costs and pricing the young out of the housing market. And yes, retail demand is down because even those with spare money are worried about whether they’ll have a job next week. But our big…