Australian Politics

Teal independents continue to run interference for Big Australia mass immigration. Last month, posh Teal for the exclusive Sydney electorate of Wentworth, Allegra Spender, shed crocodile tears for less fortunate Sydneysiders locked out of the housing market: Twitter (X) user Dr.

Victoria has the nation’s lowest share of social housing, accounting for only 3% of total homes.

The gas cartel will wreck your standard of living if left unaddressed: Economists warn that persistent and higher than expected power price rises in coming years will need to be offset by lower price rises in other areas of the economy to enable the Reserve Bank to keep inflation in the target band.

There is growing speculation that the Albanese government will use parliament’s five-week midwinter break to revamp its frontbench team.

The Australian gas market has failed.

This is how toxic the East Coast gas cartel is: Australian Energy Producers chief executive Samantha Mc­Culloch told The Australian natural gas “should never have been left out of the Capacity Investment Scheme”, which will see the government underwrite 32 gigawatts of renewable energy and storage capacity by decade’s end.

Extremists always breed their opposite.

The latest insolvency data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) shows that 2,773 construction firms went into external administration in the financial year to 9 June 2024.

All he had to do was talk up excess immigration and the cost of living and he would have won in a cakewalk.

In the below detailed interview with Bill Woods at Radio 2GB, I discuss Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ shocking decision to approve ANZ Bank’s takeover of Suncorp, alongside the federal government’s failures on immigration and energy, which are contributing to Australia’s sticky inflation problem.

It is a strange turn of events that only two marginal economists in a country of 27 million people make sense.

On Thursday, ABC News Radio interviewed me about the latest monthly inflation data and the federal government’s policy failures (namely immigration and energy) that have contributed to Australia’s sticky inflation problem.

Take a look at the below bile from Treasurer Jim Chalmers regarding the monthly CPI indicator from the ABS: We know people are under substantial pressure, but the ABS clearly confirmed again today that inflation would be even higher if it wasn’t for our cost‑of‑living policies.

The Economist most liveable cities index is balderdash: There is no way known that Hellbourne is more livable than other Australian cities.

If only virtue signalling generated power.

Last month, Greens leader Andrew Bandt appeared on Sky News, where he reiterated the party’s call for rents to be frozen.

Arguably, the most useless role in Australia’s political system is that of the Governor-General, who is a figurehead position with ceremonial and constitutional duties.

Life is cheap in the Third World and the Allan Victorian government is onto it: Doctors warn elective surgery lists will balloon due to budget cuts as hospitals are forced to scale back operations to meet financial demands from the cash-strapped Victorian government.

Labor energy policies have done this to the nation: A spokesperson for Aemo said the aim of Thursday’s notice was to signal the market faced elevated risks.

This is outrageous drivel: Japanese energy companies are on-selling surplus Australian gas to allies in South-East Asia to shore up its influence in the region against China while securing its economic future as an energy trader.

The Saturday Paper has a classic story: Former prime minister Scott Morrison is positioning himself to serve the Albanese government as an informal envoy to Donald Trump if the American wins the White House in November.

For a decade, MB has fought to fix this from behind the keyboard, as well as by offering direct advice to policymakers.