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.
Channeling Trump: dark motives behind Dutton’s Gaza dog whistle

Channeling Trump: dark motives behind Dutton’s Gaza dog whistle

Peter 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 recession

Damned if you do: Jim Chalmers cops the blame for no recession

Government spending is keeping Australia out of recession, just, as this week's feeble GDP numbers tallied 7 ...
Trump won, but not by a landslide. Does it matter?

Trump won, but not by a landslide. Does it matter?

Contrary to almost every headline, Donald Trump did not achieve his second coming by a landslide, at least not by ...
Australia in the Trumposphere: climate, trade, Asia and the new world order

Australia in the Trumposphere: climate, trade, Asia and the new world order

Trump 2.0 could provide a less-myopic Australia a chance to get with the strength. No, argues Michael Pascoe, that ...
Trumpification Australia. The winners and losers and what might be

Trumpification Australia. The winners and losers and what might be

What will Trump 2.0 mean for Australia? What will China do? But there are two similar questions to ask: what ...
Tapping into the Trump self-destructive American poison

Tapping into the Trump self-destructive American poison

There is something rather like irony for both parties in this omnishambles US election: whichever one loses, it ...
Face or facts? Falling inflation makes a compelling case for Reserve Bank to cut rates today

Face or facts? Falling inflation makes a compelling case for Reserve Bank to cut rates today

It would be reckless for the RBA not to cut interest rates today, given falling inflation, writes Michael Pascoe
Our RBA – the central bank shag on a monetary rock

Our RBA – the central bank shag on a monetary rock

After her rhetoric about not cutting interest rates this year, RBA Governor Michele Bullock will have her ...
Greed is good! ATO mates rates for mining billionaire tax evasion scheme

Greed is good! ATO mates rates for mining billionaire tax evasion scheme

After winning the Gold Walkley for the PwC tax leak scandal, the AFR’s Neil Chenoweth has produced another ...
Two Peter Dutton policies may swing Teals to Labor in a minority government

Two Peter Dutton policies may swing Teals to Labor in a minority government

They may be short on detail, but Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is charging ahead with two policies that may ...
Hardman Netanyahu a century out of date, feeding Dutton’s colonial narrative.

Hardman Netanyahu a century out of date, feeding Dutton’s colonial narrative.

There was a time when Netanyahu’s tactics would go unquestioned. That time helps explain those who continue to ...
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, with Trump ‘stackee’ dissenting

The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, with Trump ‘stackee’ dissenting

Could it happen here? The Coalition claims it’s concerned about Labor stacking the proposed new RBA monetary ...
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