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.
Geoff Wilson. Staunchest campaigner for the wealth lobby

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

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

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!

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

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

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?

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 ...
Orban’s demise a win for EU, and a big loss for Benjamin Netanyahu

Orban’s demise a win for EU, and a big loss for Benjamin Netanyahu

The biggest loser of the Hungarian election has been overshadowed by blockade brinkmanship and Trump’s god ...
Ask yourself, what would Xi do?

Ask yourself, what would Xi do?

The defence hawks never miss a chance. Netanyahu and Trump are running amok in the Middle East. Yet “Look over ...
The Madness of Trump. What’s his next criminal outrage gonna’ be?

The Madness of Trump. What’s his next criminal outrage gonna’ be?

The Trump regime goes from madness to madness, ignoring any and every international law. The latest threat looks ...
Rates up, Dollar down. Reserve Bank diminished by dud review

Rates up, Dollar down. Reserve Bank diminished by dud review

The RBA has managed to make a questionable interest rate decision worse by undermining its own credibility, as the ...
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