The alternative government: one good idea in a pit of Trumpiness
It was called a Budget reply, but the name was meaningless. Peter Dutton’s Thursday night effort was his election ...
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.
Failing to act. RBA caught in the headlights of uncertainty.
The Reserve Bank continues to ignore market signals and runs the risk of once again leaving the brakes on for too ...
Un cri de coeur. Where to, when trust in our government is gone?
What happens when people no longer trust a Government that abandons whistleblowers, surrenders its citizens to a ...
Safety grants. Dutton promising Morrison-era electoral bribery
Opposition 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 Labor
Last 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?
At 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 file
The latest Productivity Commission report on government services underlines three decades of housing policy ...
Dutton’s dog whistle – why the grandstanding on antisemitism
What’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 RBA
The 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 truths
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is pulling level with Anthony Albanese as preferred Prime Minister, using the ...
Ignore the galahs. The RBA should cut interest rates.
The 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 desperate
Contrary to what you might read in the AFR or Murdoch press, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been doing a solid enough ...
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