Ross Gittins

"... a computer analysis of the effects of the three tax changes: Mr Keating's cuts of De ccmbcr, 1986, and July, 1987, and Mr Howard's proposed ones for February, 1988. Ross Gittins, of The Sydney Morning Herald, has reported that Professor Collins's analysis shows that someone on a weekly income of $250 receives a $4 a week tax cut from Mr Keating ..."

"... ades, opinion polls suggest the average voter is still dissatisfied. Even a World Bank report an nouncing Australia as the world's , richest country hasn't helped. "Amazing results," wrote Ross Gittins. Then he poured scorn on the calculations, including "natu ral capital". According to Gittins, "Figures for wealth or income per person are the only sensible way to make comparisons between countries." The condition is not new. Stu dents of Britain's industrial re volution will ..."

"... so much against. Secondly, do the Liberal Lax changes, in fact, encourage extra work effort? In a characteristically excellent piece in The Sydney Morning Herald on June 13 1987, Ross Gittins points out that they may well do exactly the opposite. Why? Because the Howard tax policy involves tax cuts for the first (or only) wage earner in a family, but ..."

"... chapters by eleven of NSW's most talented writers and communicators! LEADING AUTHORS Essays by: TOM KENEALLY * ERIC ROLLS * CRAIG McGREGOR * ALEXANDER BUZO * LENORE NICKLIN * ROSS GITTINS * MARION MACDONALD * JACK EGAN * I'AT O'SIIANE * LARRY BUTTROSF. AND MANDY SALOMON. Plus a foreword by NEVILLE WRAN Q.C. JOHN PEEL That Place Called New South Wales: ..."