Deficit Promises Are Good For A Laugh, But Little Else
As the major parties and the media obsess over the race to surplus, an inconvenient fact…More
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The Bubble Will Burst: Incomes Are Down, Debt Is Growing, And We’re Basically In Recession
Australia’s reliance on foreign investment to prop up a dying mining boom is not making…More
Casino Mike’s Sydney: Beautiful One Day, Barangaroo-ed The Next
The history of development – and transfer of public land to private interests – under successive NSW…More
Seven Economic Problems Bigger Than Budget ‘Black Holes’
By focusing on phoney debates about deficits and costings, the major parties and the media…More
Tunnels And Toll-Roads: The Insider Emails That Shine A Whole New Light On WestConnex
New Matilda’s ongoing investigation into Leighton Contractors and AECOM – two key players in NSW’s…More
Foreign Investors Are The Real Winners In Turnbull’s New Economy
The US Treasury wins. Multi-national corporations win. Meanwhile, Turnbull and Morrison continue to saddle Australia…More
Bracket Creep Is A Phoney Menace
By giving a small number of relatively well-off Australians a tax cut the Treasurer has…More
A Frank Admission Buried Deep In The Budget
Growing the size of an economy and improving the well-being of the people who live…More
Turnbull’s Boomer Budget Is An Intergenerational Disgrace
BUDGET 2016: Overestimating and under-delivering, the PM and his Treasurer have turned heir backs on…More
The Boom That Never Was: Where Did All Those Indirect Mining Jobs Go?
One person’s mining boom is another person’s statistical reality. Rod Campbell from The Australia Institute…More