| Source: | Lateline |
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| Published: | Thursday, October 2, 2008 5:51 AEST |
| Expires: | Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:51 AEST |
Discussions at today's COAG meeting focused on the implications of the US financial crisis. The states wanted to know how the crisis will affect their budgets but the Prime Minister failed to answer.
Former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane blames the global financial "mess" on bonus-hungry executives.
It is time to pay our politicians properly, says former Liberal MP Bruce Baird.
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