…Mackenzie called the Senate inquiry into iron ore prices a “ridiculous waste of taxpayers’ money”. Unless he similarly condemns the House of Representatives inquiry into the role of environmental charities,…

Winston Churchill once said, “never let a good crisis go to waste”. The gas industry clearly agrees with him. It has taken a problem of its own making and turned…

…and oppositions are either crying poor or crying waste you might imagine that such expensive mismanagement would create a bit of political heat. But the usual rules of politics don’t…

…a fight knowing that you can’t possibly lose. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the taxpayers of the ACT, who will likely waste hundreds of millions of dollars on…

According to the spin doctors, governments should never let a crisis go to waste. And of course the best crises are the ones you invent yourself. Done well, they ensure…

…to worry about corporate waste and opulence, but anyone who watched the royal commission into the big banks, or the recent inquiry into Crown casino, will know the boards of…

…handout to those who will save it. It makes no economic sense to waste money on income tax cuts for people who don’t need financial help, and it’s cruel to…

…to waste enormous amounts of gas and electricity making water just hot enough to burn us so that we can then mix it with cold water to have a nice…