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Manly NewsOpening of New Salvos Centre - A Celebration of the Manly Community

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Thur 22 July - Homeless men and women will now have access to a warm shower and new kitchen at the Salva [ ... ]


Portfolio NewsScorched NSW Economy Continues to Languish Under State Labor

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Mon 26 July - Economic growth in NSW remains the lowest in the nation with the latest CommSec report reve [ ... ]


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    Wed 9 June - In any decision to invest, wise investors look at three things – the quality of the management of the company you are investing in, their track record, and the underlying numbers.

    I also believe it’s the right way to judge a government on its economic performance.  What are the values, culture and philosophy of the team?  What is their record of implementation? And how reliable are the assumptions that underpin the forecasts?

    The importance of these questions is that a Budget is only as strong as the team that will implement it.  I’m sure investment analysts would be very suspicious of any company that have had four CEOs in five years and over 200 changes in its senior management team in the same period.  Yet this is the management turnover of the NSW Government... 

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    Building a 21st Economy to Deliver a Fair Society

    Thur 15 July - It is a pleasure to be here with the Whitlam Institute and the University of Western Sydney. I am delighted to be here at the Whitlam Institute for a number of reasons.  First, the emergence of Institutes such as this one act as important conduits in a democracy.  We live in the age of the sound bite aimed at the 6 o’clock news and I welcome the opportunity to engage in a more considered discussion of the issues that face us as a state and nation. 

    One of the concerning features of modern democracies is that we are losing the ability to have informed cross party discussions, to focus on our common values rather than our differences. It is to our detriment that partisan approaches not collective minds often consider the issues that matter...

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