Indexing income tax scales — another bad idea from the Coalition

19 May 2026 | The Coalition’s plan to index income tax scales to inflation may sound fair on paper, but ...  

Functional finance: The cure for inflation without unemployment

18 May 2026 | An alternative economic model could tackle inflation through fiscal policy instead of interest ...  

JEFF MCMULLEN:  Sleeping rough in the "Lucky Country"

16 May 2026 | To achieve any semblance of equality in Australia, we urgently need greater ambition, creative ...  

Chalmers' fair go budget a fair bet to charm

13 May 2026 | It is the most ambitious Federal Budget the nation has seen for a couple of decades and the ...  

Modern Money changes everything

11 May 2026 | Everything changes when governments admit that money does work the way Modern Monetary Theory says ...  

The failure of Reserve Bank independence

1 May 2026 | Central bank independence has entrenched an unaccountable system that prioritises financial sector ...  

Global agencies give Australia’s economy thumbs up

27 Apr 2026 | As job losses, inflation and weak growth impact many economies, Australia advances apace.  

A tumultuous month ahead for the economy and policy makers

21 Apr 2026 | In the next few weeks, there will be a raft of economic policy decisions taken that will be ...  

Boycott newsroom liars and restore Australia’s absent self-assurance

13 Apr 2026 | Experiences abroad show how to heal Australia’s debilitating social malaise, reports Alan ...  

Will the RBA choose a recession for Australia?

7 Apr 2026 | The Reserve Bank could kill talk of recession stone dead if it wanted to, writes Stephen Koukou ...  

Specialists refuse to correctly diagnose best economy ever

6 Apr 2026 | Only once has Australia’s economy achieved near-perfect health. The newsrooms failed to track ...  

Money laundering is big business — especially for banks

1 Apr 2026 | Money laundering is big business, but only because the banks are the partners in laundering.