Note to the Liberals: A budget surplus doesn't make sense

24 Mar 2019 | Dr Steven Hail writes that, contrary to conventional economic thinking, government surpluses don't ...  

The death of competition?

17 Mar 2019 | Are we approaching a new economic period where competition is but a distant memory, replaced by ...  

Banking Royal Commission: The work has only just begun

19 Feb 2019 | Even if all the 76 recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission were to be implemented, not ...  

Franking credits: The Coalition's scare campaign

12 Feb 2019 | Unsurprisingly, the Coalition's franking credits scare campaign is working.  

Banking RC Report: The banks have learned how to rort the system

11 Feb 2019 | The Banking RC Report marginalises small business borrowers, effectively calling them sore ...  

Franking credits, superannuation and other legal tax 'rorts'

11 Feb 2019 | The top 1% of Australians have more wealth than the bottom 70% combined.  

Banking Royal Commission: Business as usual for the Big Four

6 Feb 2019 | With the release of the Royal Commission report, it seems the banks have come out unscathed due to ...  

#BankingRC misconduct: Not a victimless crime

10 Dec 2018 | Such human rights impact of financial misconduct is an untold story that needs telling. Today of ...  

Above the zeitgeist: Banking corruption as normality

28 Nov 2018 | Banking has become the crime made good.   

EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Morrison cuts Foodbank — Merry Xmas poor people!

22 Nov 2018 | The Coalition slashed annual funding for not-for-profit charity Foodbank, just weeks before ...  

Banks apologise for crimes: Sorry not sorry

3 Nov 2018 | We’ve seen the odd apology from bank CEOs over the years for “misconduct” of a bank under ...  

Coalition’s hands-off housing policy points to 2019 election defeat

21 Oct 2018 | The Coalition's failure to deal with the housing affordability crisis could spell electorate ...  

Stuart Robert's litany of transgressions

16 Oct 2018 | Stuart Robert still owes money to Australian taxpayers as well as an apology and an explanation as ...  

INVESTIGATION 2: Tom Tate, Frankie Four-names and the piggy forestry bonds

16 Oct 2018 | In the second part of an investigation into colourful Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate, managing editor ...  

Banks, insurance companies and other corporate failures

14 Oct 2018 | In the end, it is not companies that perform well or badly. It is people.  

Bank victims gather in Canberra

9 Sep 2018 | Last month, bank victims converged on Canberra from all over the country. The stories they told ...  

The #BankingRC: Competition, regulation and Australian corporations

14 Aug 2018 | The #BankingRC shows that ASIC has failed as a corporate regulator, but don't expect any radical ...  

EXCLUSIVE: Righting a seven-year wrong: NAB vs Lawrence

13 Aug 2018 | It took seven long years but the Justice Beach Supreme Court judgment in her favour has finally ...