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.
No rainbow. Government’s housing rhetoric laid bare by RBA decision

No rainbow. Government’s housing rhetoric laid bare by RBA decision

As expected, the RBA kept the base interest rate unchanged at 4.35% today. But while interest rate chatter gets ...
Trump wins the debate. Is this the end of the American Century?

Trump wins the debate. Is this the end of the American Century?

Joe Biden blew Friday’s presidential debate, leaving the Democratic Party despairing. November 5 now looms as the ...
Poll shocker: is Albanese’s Labor paying the price of running scared?

Poll shocker: is Albanese’s Labor paying the price of running scared?

Two polls, same message. Labor is sliding, Dutton is rising. Is the Albanese Government paying the price for only ...
Reserve Bank inflation backflip as Bullock disses Chalmer’s CPI reduction

Reserve Bank inflation backflip as Bullock disses Chalmer’s CPI reduction

RBA Governor Michele Bullock was at Senate Estimates this morning, appearing to contradict her own Chief ...
Rate cuts coming? RBA buys Labor’s Budget massage for inflation

Rate cuts coming? RBA buys Labor’s Budget massage for inflation

Treasurer Jim Chalmers' 'magic wand' to get inflation down in the Budget is on track following RBA testimony to ...
Dutton goes the full Trump, with fake news and false facts

Dutton goes the full Trump, with fake news and false facts

Opposition leader Peter Dutton's budget reply speech was an exercise in pure Trumpism. Unconcerned with truth, ...
Jim Chalmers’ Budget face saver for the RBA on inflation – voters too

Jim Chalmers’ Budget face saver for the RBA on inflation – voters too

Inflation and cost of living are critical for Treasurer Jim Chalmers when he hands down the Federal Budget on ...
MPs’ ‘inexcusable’ behaviour is routinely excused in The Age of No Responsibility

MPs’ ‘inexcusable’ behaviour is routinely excused in The Age of No Responsibility

We live in a time when politicians saying “the buck stops here” only applies when there is not a problem, writes ...
The Rigs are Getting Bigger: Michael Pascoe on Community Development Grants rorts

The Rigs are Getting Bigger: Michael Pascoe on Community Development Grants rorts

The Morrison Government's Community Development Grants rorts are 25 times bigger than #SportsRorts, reports ...
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