At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.

 

The Police: 7/10

The adjustment to pursuits is a reminder that under Andrew Coster they’ve got it wrong and they’ve got it wrong because of Government direction.

 

Fog cannons: 2/10

An astonishingly blatant failure to address real harm. They're not even here until next year. It looked like bungled panic.

 

Entrenchment: 0/10

Probably the worst thing this Government has tried so far. When you literally look to gerrymander the system you are in the realm of the Third World, the despots and the crooks.

 

Ben Bell: 6/10

Small bit of advice; never give in to the whiners and those who hate change, especially when you’ve got a mandate.

 

The red meat study: 7/10

It won't kill you after all. Yet another reminder of how so much of what we have been lectured about simply isn't true.

 

Lydia Ko: 8/10

Star of the week. Being No.1 is great but dropping off and getting back is the real story. Persistence is an awesome attribute.

 

Car prices: 3/10

You interfere in the market with fees and rebates and rules and ideology and what happens? Prices to go up, sales to go down. What an awesome business model.

 

The gaming industry: 7/10

Bright spot of the week as the growth rages on.

 

Agriculture: 8/10

The other bright spot of the week as sales of anything red and edible bring in the heavyweight money, along with the milk to wash it all down.

 

Immigration: 1/10

Low light of the week as yet again, this time with the partners open visa, we are reminded that we have a policy that is breaking us and a minister overseeing it who is an idiot.

 

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