Alan Austin

Alan Austin is a freelance journalist with interests in news media, religious affairs and economic and social issues.
Suffering in comparison: Australia’s economic outcomes the worst in 60 years

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 ...
Beyond the Spin: workers’ share of wealth slumps to record low

Beyond the Spin: workers’ share of wealth slumps to record low

Workers now have the lowest share ever of the nation’s earnings. Under-employment is even worse now than it was ...
Third, Oh Really? ABC News swallows Coalition data spin

Third, Oh Really? ABC News swallows Coalition data spin

ABC News is showing its extensive audience that growth in gross domestic product (GDP) ranks third in the world - ...
Propaganda Machine: Deloitte skews fact on economy, media laps it up

Propaganda Machine: Deloitte skews fact on economy, media laps it up

Deloitte Access Economics’ claims about Australia’s economic recovery were repeated verbatim by media outlets, ...
Budget Spin: Labor’s debt a ‘disaster’; Coalition’s debt, three times larger, ‘sustainable’

Budget Spin: Labor’s debt a ‘disaster’; Coalition’s debt, three times larger, ‘sustainable’

When gross debt was 16.8% of GDP in 2013 under Labor, the Coalition condemned this as “spiralling out of control” ...
Earth to Josh: Treasurer Frydenberg’s ‘world-leading economy’ claim is false

Earth to Josh: Treasurer Frydenberg’s ‘world-leading economy’ claim is false

On key economic variables Australia lags well behind 20 comparable advanced economies yet Treasurer Josh ...
Third Wave: Australia close to world’s best as Covid-19 numbers soar globally

Third Wave: Australia close to world’s best as Covid-19 numbers soar globally

Donald Trump aside, deaths in the US continue to soar from Covid-19, with a reported 383,000, and 23 million ...
Reality Underemployed: time for truth in jobless figures

Reality Underemployed: time for truth in jobless figures

It is time the Australian Bureau of Statistics changed the way it reported unemployment figures, writes Alan ...
Australia v New Zealand: GDP just a fraction of the picture Mr Treasurer

Australia v New Zealand: GDP just a fraction of the picture Mr Treasurer

Comparing the GDP numbers of New Zealand and Australia to try to make a point is a superficial comparison, writes ...
Mathias Cormann leaves a legacy of losses as Finance Minister

Mathias Cormann leaves a legacy of losses as Finance Minister

On nearly every economic indicator of wellbeing, Australians have gone backwards in the past six years of the ...
Government debt deepening rapidly – well before COVID-19

Government debt deepening rapidly – well before COVID-19

The Coalition won the 2013 federal election beating their chest about Labor's "debt and deficit". Thanks to ...
Some countries may be beating the virus, including Australia and New Zealand

Some countries may be beating the virus, including Australia and New Zealand

Everyone impacted by the coronavirus pandemic is looking for a sign that it may end soon. That includes heads of ...

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