In the popular imagination, Australia is often viewed as a sophisticated 21st-century economy, comparable to any number of advanced developed economies.

From the Market Ear: Losing momentum?

Former Prime Minister and architect of the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped hydro scheme, Malcolm Turnbull, has hit back at critics following a 900% blowout in the mega project’s costs.

Cotality’s daily dwelling values index shows that capital city value growth is tracking at around the fastest pace in two years.

When the Crime Statistics Agency recently released Victoria’s crime statistics for 2024-25, it revealed that the state saw a record high number of criminal incidents, with over 483,000 incidents over the course of the financial year.

After a months-long rebound, Westpac’s monthly consumer sentiment index crashed back to a 6-month low in September as hopes of deep interest rate cuts faded.

Energy is the bedrock of a modern economy.

I consider the video-sharing platform YouTube to be one of the most useful and powerful educational tools available.

Last week, shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie resigned from the Coalition’s frontbench following frustration that he would have no input into the party’s immigration policy.

Looking at any number of indicators of health for households within the Australian economy, the news is hardly stellar.

I wrote last week about how the taxation of tobacco is one of Australia’s biggest policy failures.

From the Market Ear: Kamikaze The Japanese 30 year has risen sharply over the past few years.

It’s rare that any more than a month or two goes by without Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioning that he grew up in public housing.

Last week, the government body Build Skills Australia released a report claiming that there simply aren’t enough tradespeople to meet Labor’s target to build 240,000 homes a year.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has already delivered 2.5% of interest rate cuts, which has taken the official cash rate to 3.0% from a peak of 5.5%.

Anyone who thinks attaining Labor’s 82% Renewable Energy Target (RET) by 2030 is feasible or affordable is kidding themselves.

Under a series of treaties signed by the Australian and New Zealand governments, New Zealand citizens have the right to move to Australia and live there indefinitely under the Special Category Visa (SCV).

Following May’s election, the nation’s electorate fundamentally changed the requirements to pass legislation through the nation’s upper house.

The hyper-taut ferrous complex should not be confused with equilibrium.

Over the last 35 years, the contribution of manufacturing to Australia’s overall economic activity has declined.

Perfection prevails NDX continues trading inside the perfect trend channel that has been in place since May.