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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

Canberra
crikey.com.au
Joined February 2009

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    1. Angus Taylor MP‏Verified account @AngusTaylorMP 18 Feb 2015

      My interview on tax policy - why raising taxes is a last resort. http://m.media.smh.com.au/news/federal-politics/talking-tax-reform-6271716.html …

      7 replies 6 retweets 3 likes
    2. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
      Replying to @AngusTaylorMP

      So why @AngusTaylorMP are you taxing us far more as a % of GDP than Labor ever did? & you still blew out the deficit.pic.twitter.com/5TJFlO6Wfr

      12 replies 176 retweets 62 likes
    3. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
      Replying to @BernardKeane

      @BernardKeane You serious? Both tax and spending growth trajectory as share of GDP lower than we inherited from Labor. @AngusTaylorMP

      8 replies 6 retweets 3 likes
    4. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
      Replying to @MathiasCormann

      .@MathiasCormann @AngusTaylorMP am I serious? they're your own budget paper figures Mathias, "growth trajectory" (!) or not

      5 replies 39 retweets 18 likes
    5. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
      Replying to @BernardKeane

      @BernardKeane Quoted in isolation of the trajectory we inherited. Your assertion inaccurate. @AngusTaylorMP

      12 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
      Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
      Replying to @MathiasCormann

      How is my assertion "inaccurate" @MathiasCormann? Your budget papers show you're taxing us more as a % of GDP than Labor. Are they wrong?

      12:35 PM - 18 Feb 2015
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        2. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane For an accurate comparison you need to look at the trajectory we were on under Labor. 1/2

          8 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
        3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @MathiasCormann

          not sure how repeating the word "trajectory" makes 22.1% magically lower than 21.6% @MathiasCormann

          13 replies 43 retweets 28 likes
        4. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane You can't look at a moment in time in isolation of the two alternative forward trajectories.

          6 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        5. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @MathiasCormann

          so, are you going to take more from the economy as a % of GDP than Labor did this year via tax, @MathiasCormann?

          4 replies 23 retweets 7 likes
        6. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane No. Check Labor's last Budget (May 13), Check their tax receipts as a share of GDP trajectory. 13-14: 22.2%, We did 21.4% 1/2

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @MathiasCormann

          .@MathiasCormann I'm using your, supposedly more accurate, budget… the one you said ended Labor's constant overstatement of revenue...

          7 replies 18 retweets 10 likes
        8. Schloss Lulzville Schadenfreude‏ @GeorgeBludger 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          .@BernardKeane: @MathiasCormannpic.twitter.com/piBnyfPXoH

          1 reply 4 retweets 18 likes
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        2. Mathias Cormann‏Verified account @MathiasCormann 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane without carbon/mining tax, falls in revenue on back of significant falls in commodity prices, and other reasons lower. 2/2

          3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @MathiasCormann

          ah yes you complain about your fiscal problems but you handed back $12b to rentseekers like the miners and big polluters @MathiasCormann

          18 replies 209 retweets 110 likes
        4. Mr Leichhardt‏ @jaydeem 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          .@BernardKeane you complain about your fiscal problems but you handed back $12b to rentseekers like the miners&big polluters @MathiasCormann

          0 replies 7 retweets 6 likes
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        2. Terry Legg‏ @terry_legg 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane there is no doubt whatsoever that @MathiasCormann is a member of #LiesNotPolicy #TrueBlue #TeamAbbott #Cuntservatives #auspol

          2 replies 3 retweets 1 like
        3. Terry Legg‏ @terry_legg 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @terry_legg

          @BernardKeane @MathiasCormann steal from the poor give to the rich Abbott's men Abbott's men Abbott's men #auspol

          0 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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        1. Lord Clyde Of HANSARD‏ @nobby15 1 Mar 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane @ChrisOgilvieSnr @MathiasCormann Mate conmann would not know the true numbers even when bitten on the bum

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        1. SirLeslieHammondQC‏ @LeslieHammondQC 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane @davidbewart @MathiasCormann your bullshit trajectory is startling, Mathias.

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        1. #FairDinkumPowerBotSamidog‏ @Nihilon45 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane @donaldpelvin1 @MathiasCormann Cut to Darius Horsham: " You are economic girlie-man, Bernard!"

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        1. WOWBAGGER‏ @Eschertology 19 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane @MSMWatchdog2013 @MathiasCormann same as King Rattus - highest taxing/spending govt ever

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        1. David Lamond‏ @davidlamond 18 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          Forget "lies, damned lies & statistics" @BernardKeane @MathiasCormann & cronies just give us lies, damned lies & even more lies! #Conmann

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        2. Sir Clinton Grosby‏ @joe_ripepi 19 Feb 2015
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          @BernardKeane @BremnerClan @MathiasCormann He's Smokin' it

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