Peter Dutton’s budget speech was marked by dishonest evasion
By Jim Hayes Peter Dutton’s own budget alternatives released last night (27 February 22025) was marked by one overwhelming fact. There was almost nothing in […]
Economy
Dissatisfaction with the state of Australia will characterise the coming federal election
By Joe Montero Despite the absence of an official election date, campaign activities are currently underway. The West Australia Ballot is over Labor lost 18 […]
Washington’s imposition of tariffs on Australia must be fought against
Contributed Anthony Albanese is right to stand up against the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on Australian exports to the United States. This is […]
The Reserve Bank has lowered the interest rate for now because Australian economy has problems
By Joe Montero The Reserve Bank finally cut the interest rate. Mortgage holders will be happy for a while at least. But the truth is […]
Trump’s trade war will hit the United States and allies like Europe and Australia most of all
By Joe Montero Donald Trump’s trade war is ultimately directed at China. This is understood by almost everyone. Many realise that this is happening because […]
The Deloitte report on Australia and the truth about the state of the economy
By Joe Montero Deloitte Economics has just warned that Australia’s government budget deficit will balloon to $33 billion by next year’s budget in May. In […]
A better future depends on setting new priorities for the Australia economy
By Joe Montero There is always a lot of talk about the economy. The headline these days is the deepening cost of living crisis. A […]
A super profit tax would be good for Australia
By Jim Hayes Peter Martin, who is a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University (ANU), wrote an […]
Is Australia ‘giving away’ its natural resources?
The following article Diane Kraal is an expert on Australian taxation law and policy and an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash Business School (The […]
High cost of living and inflation the result of bad debt and stagnant wages
By Joe Montero Economics writer for The Guardian and policy director at the Centre for Future Work, Greg Jericho, is right to counter the Reserve […]