Two budgets = too much excitement

TWO budgets in one week. Too much excitement for a man of my advanced years, particularly when senior citizens take a hit in both. Baby boomers fared relatively lightly in the Australian federal budget compared with the Western Australian state budget two days later. Australia’s largest state — which only a couple of years ago…

Give it a go, says Treasurer

 AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for Australians to “give it a go”. I thought at first that it was a follow-up call to former Treasurer Peter Costello who 10 years ago said: “One for Dad, one for Mum and one for the country.” Costello was referring to babies and indeed Australia duly responded with a…