billy blog began in December 2004 and was updated regularly over the next several years but was discontinued for a period while a new system was introduced which has made maintenance easier to perform and our enhanced site security. This process took longer than expected and was sidelined as other projects took priority. In early 2009, I ported the old blog into the new database system and all entries are available here. For both administrative and technical reasons, I made the decision not to integrate the old blog into the new blog but leave it as a stand-alone archive.

Archive entries

ID	Date		Title
1	December 01, 2006		High profile Job Guarantee support!
2	November 15, 2006		Real Wages are falling!
3	November 10, 2006		University funding and more!
4	November 08, 2006		Macroeconomic madness
5	November 02, 2006		Fiscal drag is dragging!
6	October 27, 2006		Slowdown to get slower!
7	October 26, 2006		FPC - not fair at all!
8	November 24, 2006		Both parties miss the point
9	September 24, 2006		The logic of Treasury
10	September 21, 2006		Report from Europe
11	September 12, 2006		More on houshold debt!
12	September 10, 2006		The dark side is coming!
13	September 07, 2006		Employment growth too low!
14	September 06, 2006		Signs of an impending crash!
15	August 14, 2006		Full potential means wasting 1.8 million people
16	August 04, 2006		Better off when rates were 17%
18	July 26, 2006		Now the lunacy begins!
19	July 24, 2006		More jobs a better start!
20	July 21, 2006		Do no feed the homeless!
21	July 20, 2006		Parable of 100 dogs and 95 bones
22	May 11, 2006		The bell is tolling!
23	April 22, 2006		The Federal Government at its finest!
24	April 21, 2006		Public surplus = Private deficit
25	April 06, 2006		WorkChoices Round 1!
26	February 27, 2006		Comments now disabled
27	February 09, 2006		Labour market stagnates!
28	November 27, 2005		Household debt crashes!
29	November 10, 2005		Slow down hits labour market
30	October 18, 2005		IR changes will not increase jobs!
31	September 29, 2005		So much for the tax rhetoric!
32	September 23, 2005		Fiscal drag out of control!
33	July 19, 2005		'Not for service' - Part 2
34	July 10, 2005		Debt climbs and retail slows!
35	July 06, 2005		Learning from New Zealand
36	July 05, 2005		New Zealand Mayors visit
37	July 04, 2005		Labour market slows
38	June 28, 2005		Skill shortages and unemployment
39	June 23, 2005		E2 down time
40	June 07, 2005		$17 per week but what next?
41	May 31, 2005		Unfairly dismissing workers' rights
42	May 30, 2005		End of fair go society
43	May 24, 2005		NSW State Budget commentary
44	May 21, 2005		Unemployment and mental health
45	May 18, 2005		A drought is a drought!
46	May 17, 2005		More jobs less prisons!
47	May 11, 2005		Shuddering in shame!
48	May 10, 2005		Federal Budget 2005. Eek!
49	May 08, 2005		Breaching all standards - Part 2
50	May 02, 2005		Early retirement back on agenda!
51	April 30, 2005		Breaching all standards - Part 1
52	April 28, 2005		Free market wisdom to ponder. Not!
53	April 27, 2005		What is the beat up about inflation?
54	April 22, 2005		The disabled actually can retire!
55	April 15, 2005		Wage subsidies - more nonsense!
56	April 11, 2005		Reduce Indigenous unemployment
57	April 10, 2005		Government and the JG Part 5
58	April 01, 2005		Government and the JG Part 4
59	March 25, 2005		Government and the JG Part 3
60	March 19, 2005		Government and the JG Part 2
61	March 18, 2005		DSP Pilot - more work needed
62	March 15, 2005		Government and the Job Guarantee!
63	March 12, 2005		Weeds, needs and local job creation
64	March 09, 2005		Fiscal policy doublespeak
65	March 07, 2005		Greed comes before prejudice!
66	March 06, 2005		Central bank independence ... not!
67	March 06, 2005		A lack of jobs is where it starts!
68	March 05, 2005		Government cheques do not bounce!
69	March 04, 2005		Private health heist - Part 2
70	March 02, 2005		CD1201403 - macro policy reality
71	March 01, 2005		Poor debate, poor unemployed
73	February 23, 2005		A Note to the PM: Found 'em!
74	February 22, 2005		The great private health heist
75	February 21, 2005		A Job Guarantee is indicated
76	February 16, 2005		Macroeconomic illiteracy rules!
77	February 12, 2005		The house of cards ...
78	February 10, 2005		Unemployment and spending
79	February 10, 2005		Systems failure and mental illness
80	February 07, 2005		Social security privatisation
81	February 06, 2005		Budget deficits needed ... now
82	January 31, 2005		Hunter unemployment - some record
83	January 26, 2005		The stupidity of unemployment
84	January 26, 2005		Not fully employed
85	January 19, 2005		Savings will start the slowdown!!
86	January 17, 2005		A Generous Nation?
87	January 12, 2005		Exports are a cost!
88	January 12, 2005		Private schools - more handouts!!
89	January 11, 2005		Neo-liberal contradictions
90	January 10, 2005		Work for the dole - it doesn't figure
91	January 09, 2005		Just give them a job!
92	January 06, 2005		Budget madness in the US!
93	January 05, 2005		More bad Euro data
94	January 04, 2005		Germany attacks its unemployed!
95	January 03, 2005		Unemployment shame to increase!
96	January 02, 2005		The Free Trade Agreement - not!
97	December 31, 2004		Macroeconomics 101 ... not!
98	December 30, 2004		Why didn't they build better houses!
99	December 29, 2004		Job Guarantee success in Argentina
100	December 29, 2004		The war on the poor
101	December 28, 2004		Public sector job creation - not!
102	December 26, 2004		Euro zone madness continues
103	December 25, 2004		The PM should heed his own words
104	December 24, 2004		Debt worsens
105	December 24, 2004		Welcome to CofFEE blog