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...recruited Manning—an authority on administrative law, statutory interpretation and separation of powers law—from Columbia Law School. As assistant to the U.S. solicitor general from 1991 to 1994, Manning worked on a broad range of cases, including tax, criminal and telecommunications cases as well as a military base closure case...
...question not being asked during this campaign is: Which party is best placed to improve the country's economic prospects over the long term? Issues such as interest rates and tax cuts - basically housekeeping and creative accounting - are easy for politicians. In a materially rich, "live now, pay later" culture, Australia's voters are not thinking too far ahead or demanding solutions to developing problems like the aging population, rising health-care costs, workforce skills, immigration, retirement savings and the like. Occasionally, prominent voices are heard. Treasury secretary Ken Henry has argued that meeting the fiscal needs of an aging...
...does the Howard-Costello partnership measure up on these points? Is it looking beyond the three-year election cycle? Although some may grumble about the 10% goods and services tax introduced in 2000, it was a necessary adjustment and modernization of the tax system that required bureaucratic toil and a willingness to take political risks, but not great courage or imagination. Reforming wage bargaining and introducing user-pays for education and health across the board have been done gradually. A fairly benign, mainly symbolic, deal such as the Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. is a metaphor for the Howard...
...future and ten-year plans. But their obsession is with the present. In truth, there is a great deal left to do. Too often, the government has chosen the low, quiet road to reform; the Opposition has trimmed its radical urges in hopes of creeping back into power. The tax system remains a mess; it's neither fair nor simple nor good for the economy. Investment in the future is miserly. Students should be getting better teaching and facilities for their $A100,000 university degrees. The spread of broadband - which will be a dynamic tool in the new economy...
...both do it well - without appearing to take political advantage of the killings - it could be neutralized as a factor on election day. That still leaves the dilemma for Labor of regaining the public's attention as it tries to sell a swag of new policies, including its tax policy, released two days before the bombing and still a mystery to many voters. As long as this bombing, and national security generally, remains in the foreground, Labor will have a tough job, predicts Cameron. "Latham has a difficult package to sell, and one that's not just about money...