The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.

June 09, 2022 Edition-----The Russian war on Ukraine is now well over 100 days old. The destruction and deaths are just awful and the world is being seriously re-shaped. Where this ends is unknowable but unlikely to be good.In the US we are seeing almost daily mass shootings and no-one seems to know what to do. Just pathetic.In the UK the hangover is slowly lifting after the 4 day royal celebration.In OZ we are having an energy crisis which we hope we will find solutions for soon!-----Major Issues.------https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/australias-labor-government-faces-a-whole-new-economic-ball-game/news-story/b9329e0a687d1720c7a5cc23e9b68d9cAustralia ’s Labor government faces a whole new economic ball gameTerry McCrannMay 29, 2022So, Anthony Albanese starts his second week as Prime Minister; perhaps even more importantly, Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher start theirs as joint keepers of our $626bn national purse.Chalmers as Treasurer, when he ’s not moonlighting as acting Home Affairs Minister; Gallagher as Finance Minister. Chalmers is supposed to make all the big decisions; Gallagher to make sure the numbers ‘add up’, in the unique way they do, so entirely a-politically, with government finances.The $626bn is how much Josh Frydenberg ’s budget back in March forecast the federal government would spend in the coming 2022-23 financial year.Remember Frydenberg? He used to be the treasurer and the next Liberal prime minister. Well, he ’ll never be ...
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