Safety grants. Dutton promising Morrison-era electoral briberyBy Michael Pascoe | March 5, 2025Opposition leader Peter Dutton is promising a return to Morrison-era electoral bribery with his "safety grants", ...
The fine (housing) print. RBA’s election campaign opportunity for LaborBy Michael Pascoe | February 25, 2025Last week's rate cut and the argy-bargy over how hawkish or indecisive the RBA remains overshadowed important ...
Finally a rate cut but did the RBA Review cost Labor the election?By Michael Pascoe | February 19, 2025At a glance it might seem a bit of monetary policy wonkery, but the real-world implications are huge, suggesting ...
Three decades of policy failure. Productivity Commission’s housing shame fileBy Michael Pascoe | February 13, 2025The latest Productivity Commission report on government services underlines three decades of housing policy ...
Dutton’s dog whistle – why the grandstanding on antisemitismBy Michael Pascoe | February 5, 2025What’s the political payoff for Peter Dutton’s all-the-way-with-Israel stance? The number of Australians ...
Will they or won’t they drop the rate? Big Four banks betting against the RBABy Michael Pascoe | January 28, 2025The Big 4 banks are betting the Australian Bureau of Statistics will prove tomorrow that the RBA has been wrong on ...
Sir Lunchalot Dutton and some uncomfortable truthsBy Michael Pascoe | January 21, 2025Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is pulling level with Anthony Albanese as preferred Prime Minister, using the ...
Ignore the galahs. The RBA should cut interest rates.By Michael Pascoe | January 17, 2025The monetary policy galahs are squawking their usual lines about a strong labour market preventing the RBA ...
Crypto tip-toe: Jim Chalmers suddenly looking a tad desperateBy Michael Pascoe | December 29, 2024Contrary to what you might read in the AFR or Murdoch press, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been doing a solid enough ...
The LNP’s nuclear policy is working just fineBy Michael Pascoe | December 23, 2024Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy announcement has been totally nuked, so to speak, but Michael Pascoe argues it is ...
Channeling Trump: dark motives behind Dutton’s Gaza dog whistleBy Michael Pascoe | December 15, 2024Peter Dutton’s hyperbolic denunciation of Australia reinforcing existing policy on Palestine, along with its ...
Damned if you do: Jim Chalmers cops the blame for no recessionBy Michael Pascoe | December 5, 2024Government spending is keeping Australia out of recession, just, as this week's feeble GDP numbers tallied 7 ...