Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s most experienced commentators and journalists. Alan is the founder of Eureka Report, Australia’s most successful investment newsletter, and Business Spectator, a 24-hour free business news and commentary website. He also hosts Inside Business, a half-hour Sunday programme on the ABC, is the finance presenter on the ABC News - and producer of the nightly graph (or two).
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Comments PolicyThanks Adam, well said. Currency wars, is the only game in town and the public sector is the only growth industry (SCOREBOARD: G20 double-talk, February 12).
My belief for Australia is that we have to form a bank to put our $1.4 trillion of superannuation into.
That's a pretty big investment bank, complete with "real money". Investment capital!
Not like the monopoly money that we are borrowing, by the truckload.