American President Abraham Lincoln understood something about the challenges that lay ahead for his country and said that “The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. And so it should still be today for the Federal Government through its Treasury generated Inter-Generational Report (IGR).  Started by Peter Costello under the Howard […]

Australia has a long tradition of story-telling bush poets – from Banjo Paterson to Henry Lawson, PJ Hartigan and Dorothea Mackellar. The list is long and distinguished. Recently, I was lucky enough to be at a lunch event where the speakers included some of Australia’s finest modern balladeers – Murray Hartin, whose extraordinary Rain From […]

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime … and if you give innovative industry veterans a challenge, they create a fishing fleet.  Last week, the first of 10 affordable housing cottages for women aged over 55 […]

The term ‘sensible centre’ is often used by politicians to describe their view of where best to position their party in politics, somewhere between left and right, or extreme and moderate; a position that the majority of Australians would support on important issues. Former Prime Minister’s Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull both used the term […]

Appropriately and famously on November 11, 1947 (Remembrance Day) in the House of Commons Winston Churchill said that: “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst […]

Nothing says hospitality like a well-timed drinks cart, as SAS Group client, the Queensland Cricketers’ Club, understands so well. Ballymore was well and truly back on the weekend with the QCC providing corporate and on-ground hospitality services as part of their expanded offering as the QCC Group. Gates at the new National Rugby Training Centre […]

Queensland’s political landscape is heating up, with rumours of a leadership change setting the stage for an intense 2024. The Government weathered a rough week, clearly needing to regain its footing. While news stories abound of imminent change, we think you should settle down and expect these rumblings to continue for months. As August unfolded, […]

Controlling the economic narrative is crucial if governments are to maintain political momentum. The challenge with The Voice Referendum, set for the 14th of October, is that the Albanese Government’s policy agenda will be drowned out by an election style campaign, Yes or No for the next 6 weeks. Current polling indicates the referendum will fail with potentially three […]

Last month I commented on the importance of lifting productivity up the priority list for governments and industry across Australia – if we are to retain and improve our living standards.   Treasurer Jim Chalmers has reported that Australians will be 40 per cent poorer by 2063 if the federal government is unable to turnaround lacklustre […]