A New England update as Barnaby Joyce dodges debates and public forums along with links to other interesting news and views

Barnaby Joyce refuses to do debates and public forums in build up to 2017 New England byelection - Northern Leader
Labor will hold an NBN forum in Tamworth on Thursday night, but don’t expect Nationals’ candidate Barnaby Joyce to be there – or at any public debates.

A senior Nationals member of Mr Joyce’s campaign team confirmed the former deputy prime minister would not be participating in any public forums or debates, due to the number of “out-of-towner” candidates.

“If they are serious about the election, which we don’t think they are, they will be up here campaigning all the time, not just for these one off events,” he said.
“Instead, Mr Joyce will be hitting the road and talking to voters on their terms, because he’s far more interested listening to voter concerns, than the views of out of towners.”


2017 New England by-election - Antony Green at ANC News

Pre-polling opens in Armidale for the 2017 New England by-election - Northern Leader



'Generational guilt’ attracts older voters to Labour - Financial Times
Uncertain prospects for young evoke nostalgia for welfare state
How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party - Washington Post
Natural gas has no climate benefit and may make things worse - Think Progress
Methane leaks in New Mexico's oil and gas industry equal 12 coal-fired power plants.
U.S. Pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi Only Helps China, Aides Warn - Wall Street Journal
Ahead of Rex Tillerson visit to Myanmar, leader’s team says West is driving them closer to Beijing
Trump’s Fantasy Capitalism - New Republic
How the president undermines Republicans’ traditional economic arguments.
Mafia at the movies - Times Literary Sjupplement
Federico Varese considers the criminal world where life comes to imitate art
Sheep can recognise celebrities from photographs, says amusing study with serious potential - The Conversation

Multinationals are using a new structure to avoid tax in Ireland - Irish Times
'Single Malt’ is a tax avoidance measure being used by firms in place of the ‘Double Irish’. ... Essentially, where Double Irish saw income – such as royalty fees on intellectual property (IP) – transferred to Caribbean tax havens, the Single Malt directs profits to countries with which Ireland has a double taxation agreement but which do not have any corporation tax. These include the likes of Malta and the United Arab Emirates.

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