Michael Pascoe

Michael Pascoe is an independent journalist and commentator with five decades of experience here and abroad in print, broadcast and online journalism. His book, The Summertime of Our Dreams, is published by Ultimo Press.
Wrong subs? US Admirals’ groupthink running Australia aground

Wrong subs? US Admirals’ groupthink running Australia aground

The US Navy and Australia need new diesel-electric submarines. Just don’t try to tell the conflicted American ...
Interest rates stay. The Reserve Bank penguins are back.

Interest rates stay. The Reserve Bank penguins are back.

While most of the nation was concentrating on a horse race, the Reserve Bank trotted out a surprise by not ...
“Dangerous bubble sure to pop”. Wall Street has AI crash in the wings

“Dangerous bubble sure to pop”. Wall Street has AI crash in the wings

“Keeping perspective” is Michael Pascoe’s mantra. He writes that AI mania has not just warped perspective, it ...
All the way with Donald J. Albo supporting mass murder

All the way with Donald J. Albo supporting mass murder

Australia is murdering people and threatening democracy. That’s the reality of Anthony Albanese kissing Donald ...
Albo’s super dance: one step forward, one backward, one to the side

Albo’s super dance: one step forward, one backward, one to the side

It was Jim Chalmers’ superannuation reform but it is Anthony Albanese’s reform of the reform that we’re getting. ...
The Albo and Donald meeting imbroglio. Why the fuss?

The Albo and Donald meeting imbroglio. Why the fuss?

Media hyperventilating over a non-event not happening, i.e. Albanese sitting down with Trump, misses the point, ...
Teal Senate ticket – why we can’t have nice things

Teal Senate ticket – why we can’t have nice things

Coverage of the week’s polls concentrated on the Coalition’s plunge, its road to nowhere. But Michael Pascoe says ...
Corporate watch-puppy ASIC is all bark and no bite

Corporate watch-puppy ASIC is all bark and no bite

More unhappy chapters are being added to the sorry saga that is ASIC, arriving late, avoiding the hard targets, ...
Je ne regrette rien. RBA’s Michele Bullock says pfft to rates critics

Je ne regrette rien. RBA’s Michele Bullock says pfft to rates critics

The RBA’s third rate cut of the year was overshadowed by its downgrading of productivity expectations. Michael ...
First week Parliament. Labor calm, but expect upheaval soon

First week Parliament. Labor calm, but expect upheaval soon

The 48th Parliament’s first week has featured an extraordinary display of political upheaval everywhere except in ...
Interest rates too high, unemployment up. Just as the RBA wanted

Interest rates too high, unemployment up. Just as the RBA wanted

After months of clutching its collective pearls over the allegedly “tight” labour market, the RBA board gets what ...
Jim Chalmers’ housing pipedream remains a fantasy

Jim Chalmers’ housing pipedream remains a fantasy

Housing was a key issue in the May election, but that was so two months ago. We’re back to fudging it now, Michael ...
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