Blinded by dodgy stats: Frydenberg’s sermon relies on rusty tabletsBy Alan Austin | March 31, 2022Australia's recovery is leading the world? Biggest economic shock since the Depression? There used to be a rule ...
Crown v Shannon: bigwigs off the hook, small fish friedBy Michael West | March 14, 2022One guy prosecuted for allegedly running a company while bankrupt, ten Crown directors off scot free for washing ...
Resilient, Josh, really? Treasurer gilds the lily 12 ways on Australia’s economyBy Alan Austin | March 8, 2022Josh Frydenberg has again claimed Australia is "outperforming all other major advanced economies" in a Liberal ...
Zombie Doctrine: belief in Coalition as “super economic managers” sticks, despite proof otherwiseBy Alan Austin | February 18, 2022The Coalition as "superior economic managers"? The data demonstrates the polar opposite. Alan Austin looks at the ...
“A massive movement of people into new jobs” or Josh joshing again?By Alan Austin | February 11, 2022Josh Frydenberg's embarrassing take-down by the Senate this week over a bizarre plot to over-regulate proxy ...
Housing affordability plunge: radical policy the only answerBy Steve Keen | January 18, 2022Home ownership has plunged from 43% of Australians to just 30% in 20 years, while mortgages and renting has jumped.
Skilled migrant arrivals hit 20-year low – but Covid is not the reason for innovation deflationBy Alan Austin | January 6, 2022The drop in skilled workers arriving in Australia has hit the economy, and it began many years before the ...
Eight years in, how do our Coalition economic management gurus measure up?By Alan Austin | December 17, 2021Elected on a promise to eliminate Labor's ''debt disaster'', the Coalition has added $600 billlion to the national ...
Banquet of the Chooks: MYEFO budget leaks gobbled up in media feeding frenzyBy Michael West | December 15, 2021They sure were feeding the chooks last night. Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian went live with its “exclusive” story ...
How the Reserve Bank rescued Australia from Scott and JoshBy Michael West | December 14, 2021Extraordinary details have emerged of how the Reserve Bank intervened to stop Treasurer Josh Frydenberg crashing ...
Treasurer Measurer: exploding the Liberal election myth of superior economic managersBy Callum Foote | December 5, 2021Does the Liberal Party's claim to be "superior economic managers" stack up? No. We dig back to Harold Holt, ...
Suffering in comparison: Australia’s economic outcomes the worst in 60 yearsBy Alan Austin | December 2, 2021The Covid pandemic has affected several industries and data sets. But it does not explain Australia falling down ...
Blinded by dodgy stats: Frydenberg’s sermon relies on rusty tabletsBy Alan Austin | March 31, 2022Australia's recovery is leading the world? Biggest economic shock since the Depression? There used to be a rule ...
Crown v Shannon: bigwigs off the hook, small fish friedBy Michael West | March 14, 2022One guy prosecuted for allegedly running a company while bankrupt, ten Crown directors off scot free for washing ...
Resilient, Josh, really? Treasurer gilds the lily 12 ways on Australia’s economyBy Alan Austin | March 8, 2022Josh Frydenberg has again claimed Australia is "outperforming all other major advanced economies" in a Liberal ...
Zombie Doctrine: belief in Coalition as “super economic managers” sticks, despite proof otherwiseBy Alan Austin | February 18, 2022The Coalition as "superior economic managers"? The data demonstrates the polar opposite. Alan Austin looks at the ...
“A massive movement of people into new jobs” or Josh joshing again?By Alan Austin | February 11, 2022Josh Frydenberg's embarrassing take-down by the Senate this week over a bizarre plot to over-regulate proxy ...
Housing affordability plunge: radical policy the only answerBy Steve Keen | January 18, 2022Home ownership has plunged from 43% of Australians to just 30% in 20 years, while mortgages and renting has jumped.
Skilled migrant arrivals hit 20-year low – but Covid is not the reason for innovation deflationBy Alan Austin | January 6, 2022The drop in skilled workers arriving in Australia has hit the economy, and it began many years before the ...
Eight years in, how do our Coalition economic management gurus measure up?By Alan Austin | December 17, 2021Elected on a promise to eliminate Labor's ''debt disaster'', the Coalition has added $600 billlion to the national ...
Banquet of the Chooks: MYEFO budget leaks gobbled up in media feeding frenzyBy Michael West | December 15, 2021They sure were feeding the chooks last night. Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian went live with its “exclusive” story ...
How the Reserve Bank rescued Australia from Scott and JoshBy Michael West | December 14, 2021Extraordinary details have emerged of how the Reserve Bank intervened to stop Treasurer Josh Frydenberg crashing ...
Treasurer Measurer: exploding the Liberal election myth of superior economic managersBy Callum Foote | December 5, 2021Does the Liberal Party's claim to be "superior economic managers" stack up? No. We dig back to Harold Holt, ...
Suffering in comparison: Australia’s economic outcomes the worst in 60 yearsBy Alan Austin | December 2, 2021The Covid pandemic has affected several industries and data sets. But it does not explain Australia falling down ...