Economy
Well, It’s a Record, I Guess
The worst housing collapse in Australia’s history is not exactly something to brag about.
It Ain’t Gonna Be Easy
If we thought Albanese’s Australia was bad, it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
Off the Rails
Sánchez has been in power for almost a decade – plenty of time, one might have thought, to improve a railway network fast approaching its 40th birthday.
Quick Hit: The Fiscal Update in Numbers and Who Paid for the Better Books
The deficit is $3 billion for the quarter, $1.4 billion better than Treasury forecast. Treasury’s own pre-election update says part of the improvement comes from inflation lifting the tax take.
Australia Dragged Back to GFC Days
Australians are now worse off than they were 18 years ago.
Is This Pork Barrel Politics?
It sounds less like a scientific inquiry and a lot more like a government quietly laying the tracks, funding the surveys, and preparing the ground for de facto Māori ownership of public energy resources.
Quick Hit: Unemployment Hits 5.7% and Winston Saw It Coming
Unemployment is at 5.7%, 174,000 people are out of work and long-term joblessness is the highest since 1994. Winston Peters says he told National and ACT to delay their tax cuts.