The housing crisis we didn’t have to have, and how to fix it
Alan Kohler’s recent Quarterly Essay is a valiant attempt to put the housing crisis into a historical and macroeconomic perspective and offer solutions. But he warns there are no quick fixes.
Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?
The Albanese Government’s purchase of new transport aircraft provides an interesting insight into the eye-watering costs of Defence procurement. What’s the scam?
Boston Consulting and bonus kings McKinsey tell Senate to rack off. What’s the scam?
Tax dodgers Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey Australia have declined to appear before the Senate inquiry into consultants (the PwC tax leaks inquiry). What’s the scam?
True insiders enjoy a Budget romance
Don’t worry about the record, stratospheric debt and deficit, there is a Budget splash afoot
Stunt of the day: Jenny, Scott’s window into women
Only the most hardened cynic would decry the appearance of Jenny Morrison in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph helping her husband Scott announce $58 million in funding for endometriosis. This debilitating illness affects 11% of Australian women and girls, of which Jenny is...
Greg Hunt saves 40,000 lives (not nurses, doctors, just Greg)
“When Jack the Ripper died he saved the lives of women across London”
Beetaloo Inquiry: gas is for export, Santos admits
The Beetaloo Basin Inquiry reveals gas intended for export rather than the domestic market.
Big Tech, weapons, tax havens, even Rupert Murdoch – secrets from the Future Fund investment vault
The secretive Future Fund’s chair Peter Costello might not like it, but Freedom of Information requests are continuing to peel back the lid on the Fund’s massive overseas investments.
Cost of living, rental crisis, soaring tolls loom large as NSW voters head to the polls
A voters head to the polls in NSW, the cost of living crisis looms very large as a defining electoral issue. Households across the state have been feeling the crunch. In the final instalment of our series highlighting the similarities and differences in Labor and Coalition policies, Callum Foote looks at which party will do the most to address everyday expenses.
Promises, promises: how Labor and the Coalition stack up on election health pledges
Stretched to breaking point by Covid, NSW’s public healthcare system is struggling to return to acceptable levels of staffing and efficiency. Labor is promising to remove the Coalition’s public services wages cap, while the Coalition promises to pour billions into attracting new healthcare workers.
Low Energy: Coalition and Labor neck and neck on coal and gas policy as NSW Election looms
Few substantial differences set the Coalition and Labor apart on fossil fuels and climate. Both parties support new coal and gas projects despite dire warnings from the IPCC. This is the latest in Callum Foote’s series investigating the policies of the major parties heading into Saturday’s election.
Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?
The Albanese Government’s purchase of new transport aircraft provides an interesting insight into the eye-watering costs of Defence procurement. What’s the scam?
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