Turns out Albo isn’t much good at his jobBy Michael Pascoe | June 23, 2026Despite presiding over 94 of the 150 seats in Federal Parliament, it turns out Anthony Albanese isn’t much of a ...
No, the RBA doesn’t know what’s happening with inflation eitherBy Michael Pascoe | June 17, 2026Michael Pascoe is a multi-decade RBA watcher. He’s feeling sorry for Governor Michele Bullock now having to face ...
Foxtel’s cunning plan to break Nine Entertainment on NRL footy rightsBy Michael Pascoe | June 13, 2026The biggest game in Australian sport right now isn’t being played on any field. It’s the fight for NRL broadcast ...
Geoff Wilson. Staunchest campaigner for the wealth lobbyBy Michael Pascoe | June 1, 2026There’s no keener contributor to the media campaign against Labor’s proposed capital gains tax reform than Rich ...
Budget hysteria. The Murdochification of Nine’s papers in full swingBy Michael Pascoe | May 27, 2026The media campaign against the Federal Budget is unprecedented, not for its vehemence but it’s uniformity across ...
Distortions. Negative gearing changes a gift for investorsBy Michael Pascoe | May 18, 2026Jim Chalmers' budget has done the economy a favour by wiping out the policy distortions of negative gearing and ...
Scary alert! Like negative gearing? Buy shares!By Michael Pascoe | May 13, 2026Michael Pascoe thought no budget had had a bigger build up than this one. As it turns out, the scaremongering was ...
Housing crisis. Will Labor’s ‘great’ housing budget fix housing?By Michael Pascoe | May 11, 2026Labor says the Budget will do wonderful things for our housing crisis, but is it just about government spinning ...
RBA raises rate. Leaves pressure on Chalmers’ tax fiddlingBy Michael Pascoe | May 5, 2026As widely expected, the Reserve Bank raised its interest rate by another 0.25% points today, just in time for Jim ...
After Anzac Day, the command to be betterBy Michael Pascoe | April 27, 2026Foolish boos marred Anzac Day and our remembrance of sacrifice. Michael Pascoe says our most solemn day is a ...
Tolling the Strait. Is Iran acting with reason in a Trumpian world?By Michael Pascoe | April 21, 2026To some, it may be heresy, but charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz looks reasonable in a ...
Orban’s demise a win for EU, and a big loss for Benjamin NetanyahuBy Michael Pascoe | April 14, 2026The biggest loser of the Hungarian election has been overshadowed by blockade brinkmanship and Trump’s god ...