“Community Strong Australia” party launches. It’s the Senate, stupid!
Community Strong Australia might not be the strongest name, and its logo less than transfixing, but it may mean ...
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.
Turns out Albo isn’t much good at his job
Despite presiding over 94 of the 150 seats in Federal Parliament, it turns out Anthony Albanese isn’t much of a ...
No, the RBA doesn’t know what’s happening with inflation either
Michael Pascoe is a multi-decade RBA watcher. He’s feeling sorry for Governor Michele Bullock now having to face ...
Foxtel’s cunning plan to break Nine Entertainment on NRL footy rights
The biggest game in Australian sport right now isn’t being played on any field. It’s the fight for NRL broadcast ...
Geoff Wilson. Staunchest campaigner for the wealth lobby
There’s no keener contributor to the media campaign against Labor’s proposed capital gains tax reform than Rich ...
Budget hysteria. The Murdochification of Nine’s papers in full swing
The media campaign against the Federal Budget is unprecedented, not for its vehemence but it’s uniformity across ...
Distortions. Negative gearing changes a gift for investors
Jim Chalmers' budget has done the economy a favour by wiping out the policy distortions of negative gearing and ...
Scary alert! Like negative gearing? Buy shares!
Michael Pascoe thought no budget had had a bigger build up than this one. As it turns out, the scaremongering was ...
Housing crisis. Will Labor’s ‘great’ housing budget fix housing?
Labor says the Budget will do wonderful things for our housing crisis, but is it just about government spinning ...
RBA raises rate. Leaves pressure on Chalmers’ tax fiddling
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank raised its interest rate by another 0.25% points today, just in time for Jim ...
After Anzac Day, the command to be better
Foolish boos marred Anzac Day and our remembrance of sacrifice. Michael Pascoe says our most solemn day is a ...
Tolling the Strait. Is Iran acting with reason in a Trumpian world?
To some, it may be heresy, but charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz looks reasonable in a ...
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