6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (347+ words) Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of West Germany once observed that people who have visions should go and see a doctor. Perhaps the necessary medication is covered under the PBS. The Financial Innovation Strategy is eighteen pages of prose. It has…...

6+ day, 23+ hour 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, 3+ day ago   (25+ words) ‘I experienced no growth or optimism.’ The Spectator Australia ‘I experienced no growth or optimism.’ Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment below....

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, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) Dejan Hinic and Gabriël Moens Not infrequently, Australian politicians suggest that the considerable household deposits in savings accounts, estimated to be $19.21 trillion (mainly driven by the value of land and dwellings), are Australian, not private, assets. Such suggestions are often…...

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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1101+ words) Here are two things worth considering… Firstly, green energy projects and state government agendas envision a version of Australia essentially surrounded by offshore wind parks. Bowen’s miraculous superpower by the sea. There are plans to put these things every-bloody-where. Secondly,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (744+ words) Australians’ living standards have gone backwards since the end of the pandemic in 2022. In a healthy economy, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) should increase over time, roughly signalling an increase in living standards and material quality of life. In…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (611+ words) The Spectator Australia Woodside drops $7 billion low-carbon investment target Is the balance of power shifting away from Net Zero projects and investments? In a sharp reversal of its former clean-energy commitments, energy giant Woodside has apparently dumped its $7 billion low-carbon…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1056+ words) Last week, the federal government’s debt dial clicked over one trillion dollars. It’s a figure we should have avoided. But given that our gormless Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is not predicting a return to budget surplus until the middle of next…...