Murdoch’s wailing old white man scribes get Jacinda Ardern dead wrong, again
As the world is thanking Jacinda Ardern profoundly for her 14 years in New Zealand’s Parliament and more than five ...
Alan Austin
Alan Austin is a freelance journalist with interests in news media, religious affairs and economic and social issues.
Workers’ share of the national income pie falls to all-time low
Income tax and company tax rates combined with the various indirect taxes have enriched the top end at the expense ...
A winner by wallet maybe, but Lachlan Murdoch has put Crikey on the world stage
If he gets in the witness box, Lachlan Murdoch stands to win his defamation action against Crikey but the ...
Scott and Josh “superior economic managers”? Not according to the IMF
It may be the only campaign tactic they have left, and it's a lie, but the media laps it up and Scott Morrison and ...
Blinded by dodgy stats: Frydenberg’s sermon relies on rusty tablets
Australia's recovery is leading the world? Biggest economic shock since the Depression? There used to be a rule ...
Resilient, Josh, really? Treasurer gilds the lily 12 ways on Australia’s economy
Josh Frydenberg has again claimed Australia is "outperforming all other major advanced economies" in a Liberal ...
Zombie Doctrine: belief in Coalition as “super economic managers” sticks, despite proof otherwise
The Coalition as "superior economic managers"? The data demonstrates the polar opposite. Alan Austin looks at the ...
“A massive movement of people into new jobs” or Josh joshing again?
Josh Frydenberg's embarrassing take-down by the Senate this week over a bizarre plot to over-regulate proxy ...
Australia hits new low on Transparency International Corruption Index
The decline of political and corporate standards in Australia over recent years is not just in the imagination of ...
Skilled migrant arrivals hit 20-year low – but Covid is not the reason for innovation deflation
The drop in skilled workers arriving in Australia has hit the economy, and it began many years before the ...
Eight years in, how do our Coalition economic management gurus measure up?
Elected on a promise to eliminate Labor's ''debt disaster'', the Coalition has added $600 billlion to the national ...
Suffering in comparison: Australia’s economic outcomes the worst in 60 years
The Covid pandemic has affected several industries and data sets. But it does not explain Australia falling down ...
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