Economics
Olympic Games: Perennially costly, always over budget

Amid all the spectacle and pageantry of the Olympic Games lies budget blow-outs, infrastructure ...  
Interest rate cuts around the world — Australia should join the gang

There’s a flight of fancy with some Australian economists and commentators that the Reserve Bank ...  
Facts and figures confirm Murdoch’s minions are continually lying to you

News Corp in Australia systematically distorts the ‘news’ it publishes, this time on bankru ...  
Australia's 2030 renewable energy targets can still be met

Evidence has spurred doubts about the Government reaching its 2030 renewable energy target, but ...  
Trump's immigration policies a potential human rights violation

Donald Trump's immigration policies could send the U.S. down a path of mass deportations, tent ...  
Government struggling to hit net migration target

The Albanese Government has been too slow in reversing the Coalition's migration policy settings ...  
Labor sitting pretty to win 2025 Election

Having rescued the economy from damage done by the Coalition and stabilising government debt, the ...  
Good global citizenship benefits everyone, especially the good global citizen

After two years of partnering with developing countries, Australians are all much better off.  
UN says population slowing, but we're now living longer

The United Nations’ 2024 population projections again reduce the level at which the world’s ...  
Celebrate superannuation, but beware the untold pitfalls

The compulsory superannuation scheme ultimately benefits working Australians, but there are a few ...  
Labor and AAT feeling pressure of Dutton's trafficking scam legacy

As the Albanese Government tightens onshore visa policy, we are seeing the inevitable rise in ...  
Mainstream media warps reality to blame Labor for 'cost-of-living crisis'

The mainstream media's mantra of declining prosperity in Australia is a deceitful warping of the ...  
The forces behind Australia's regional bank closures

The refusal of major banks to answer questions on the closure of regional branches has called into ...  
Reserve Bank playing with fire — beware of the creeping recession

The RBA is risking repeating the errors that led to the deep and dark recession of the early ...  
Indonesia's new capital city project is an ongoing disaster

The ongoing construction of Indonesia's new capital city continues to raise major human rights and ...  
Putting an end to neoliberalism

A new book not only explores the history of neoliberalism but also offers suggestions on how to ...  
Data shows Queensland Labor's economy outperforms other states again

As elections approach, the mainstream media are ramping up efforts to deceive voters into reins ...  
Great Australian Dream a housing nightmare for young Australians

With today's cost of living biting young people especially hard, the idea of owning one's home is ...  

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