As the realities of the new world unfolding before our eyes continue to become apparent, challenges thought largely solved have once again been brought back to the forefront.

Over the past two years, the Albanese government has increased the cost, evidentiary burden, and scrutiny of student visas to stem the flow of non-genuine students.

Tonight I’ll appear on DFA Live with Martin North from 8.00pm AEST, where we will dive into the dramatic falls in home prices and whether this signals a broader malaise in Australia’s economy.

National Australia Bank (NAB) recently announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs by mid-2027, including 1,500 by the end of this year.

News is leading the charge, oddly.

If the latest opinion polls are accurate, the Victorian Labor government faces a crushing defeat at November’s state election.

The Godzilla El Nino just keeps growing.

TME asks the question.

War headlines today.

In recent times, One Nation and its leader Pauline Hanson have gained an incredible amount of ground in the polls, rising to often top the polls on primary vote.

Last week’s ultra-hawkish commentary from RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser immediately sent expectations of interest rate hikes among economists and in financial markets skyward.

CoreWeave’s debt problems raise a question that matters well beyond its shareholders: Is Coreweave a loose thread that can be snapped with little damage?

Australia’s housing market is facing its largest price correction in living memory.

Goldman has been pretty good on the Chinese property crash, being more bearish than most.

Australia’s university system has become a marketing scam that lures full-fee-paying international students while minimising wages for rank-and-file teaching staff.

TME has a fantastic wrap today.

When former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull first announced the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped hydro project in 2017, it was billed as a $2 billion project capable of producing 2.2 gigawatts of power on demand and 350 gigawatt-hours of storage by 2021.

Iron ore futures were stable Friday, but steel is breaking.

War headlines over the weekend: US nearly attacks Iran, backs off.

Over the years, weekend property auction results have become a key barometer the media uses to illustrate the housing market’s strength at a given moment.

Recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) commentary on inflation and interest rates has been inconsistent, leading to wide swings in interest rate expectations.

Dusk in Paris last week Photo By Jorge Jaramillo – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org The signs are all about us.

I recently had a conversation with Cameron Murray about the economics of an ageing population, and some of his arguments challenged the way we usually think about demographics.

By Deep T Our recent articles questioning Australia’s superannuation system have focused on a simple proposition: a system controlling nearly $5 trillion of Australians’ wealth deserves considerably more scrutiny than it receives.