Mr Andrew Robb was on the front page of the Australian Financial Review on Wednesday as the new minister for Trade and Investment.
Now, I reckon most of us at Montgomery lean a little to the right. We certainly believe business is an important engine of our nation and a very important source of prosperity (if ‘prosperity’ is measured by how much stuff we can afford to buy). Personally, according Vote Compass, I sit squarely in the middle, which might explain why I don’t believe that economists got it right when they decided to use consumption as a proxy for ‘happiness’.
That aside, we know that the LNP is supportive of big business. I mentioned as much on the ABC this week with Ros Childs and Ticky Fullerton. Their logic is simple; big business can employ the most people quickly and make all the economic performance measures such as employment and GDP look good. Sadly this short-term window dressing will ultimately produce an emperor with no clothes. Continue…