1+ week, 42+ min ago   (1298+ words) There is a simple way for Australians on the eastern seaboard to think about Western Australia’s GST deal. Forget, for a moment, the predictable interstate grievance, the ‘east coast versus west coast’ rhetoric and Roger Cook’s description of the Productivity…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (456+ words) Construction company Bathla collapsed last week owing more than $3 billion, leaving more than 2,000 half-built homes in limbo and another 13,000 proposed dwellings that may never be built. Far from rushing in to build new dwellings to accommodate Albo’s migrant millions, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (716+ words) How did you go broke? Argentina replies to Australia: Gradually and then suddenly. But why do you ask? Just making sure we are getting close. So how will Australia do it, go broke that is…? Government spending and increased regulation…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (598+ words) And as if that’s not enough, your mortgage repayments have gone up ever since the Albanese government came to power. Am I the only one, or does it bother you that the RBA’s interest rate hikes have only been a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) Suddenly, superannuation has become a hot-button issue in Australia. Germany was the first modern state to introduce old-age pensions. That was in 1889 when Bismarck required all employees to contribute to funding their retirement incomes. Australia and Britain introduced means-tested but…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago   (449+ words) Aluminium’s nickname in the ‘trade’ is congealed electricity. This is in large part because its production (bauxite is refined into alumina; alumina is smelted into aluminium) is incredibly energy-intensive. It takes about 15,000 kilowatt hours to make one tonne, which is…...