Australian Politics

Economist Chris Richardson has posted an analysis on Twitter (X) showing that “Lady Luck has shone on Jim Chalmers, handing the budget truly magnificent manna from heaven”.

And the gas debacle deepens.

Labor has turned the economy into a circus freak show.

In 2013, as Origin Energy prepared to export enormous quantities of East Coast gas, mostly to China, the Grattan Institue’s Tony Wood demanded there be no domestic reservation: “With more than $160 billion forecast to be invested in LNG production, the export industry is good for the economy.

Does Australia need a Korean coup to wake up to falling living standards?

One of the less-known outcomes of the immigration-led economy is that it destroys the nation’s armed forces.

The crises in Australian energy are multiplying by the day: gas price shock gas imports price shock power price shock coal capacity shock surge capacity shock But, never fear, the rebates are here!

Last month, I mentioned that the latest net permanent and long-term arrivals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed record net arrivals in 2024.

On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the Q3 national accounts, revealing that real per capita GDP has fallen for seven consecutive quarters.

The East Coast gas cartel is eating vulnerable Australians alive.

Australians have experienced the sharpest fall in material living standards on record, with real household disposable incomes falling by around 8% over the two years to Q2 2024.

The Guardian’s latest Essential Poll shows “voters have given the Albanese government an F on containing housing costs and surprisingly little credit for increasing wages”.

Victoria has the nation’s largest per capita debt and the lowest credit rating.

Bloomberg has had a crack at what’s gone wrong for the energy superidiot.

A nation swimming in coal and natural gas should never experience energy insecurity, blackouts, and soaring prices.

Australia’s ability to feed itself, build houses, talk about itself, and even wipe its arse is being destroyed by the East Coast gas export cartel.

The energy superidiot is destroying NSW.

Victoria’s public debt is already the highest in the nation, with the state having the lowest credit rating.

The energy superidiot had better brace.

The federal government’s changes to the Migration Act are set to be passed by parliament after the Coalition agreed to support the reforms.

Last week, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) published an analysis showing that more than 300 Australian university executives earn more than state premiers amid widespread wage theft among lower-level staff.

Here is everything I have been talking about all in one go.

Newly elected Melbourne Lord Mayor and vocal mass immigration supporter, Nick Reece, believes that he has the solution to Melbourne’s rental crisis and declining economy: more migrants and international students!

Former senator Margaret Reynolds has a good take on the lame-duck Rudd appointment.

Independent Senator David Pocock has called for a Senate inquiry into immigration and population “so we can have a deep, considered conversation about it.