australian government

A short story on how governments precipitate financial collapse

Unless Australia invests more in its workers and technology, poor productivity will leave living standards stuck in a rut.

In Fisher Investments Australia’s experience, voters aren’t fans of do-little politicians—true whether in Canberra or Washington, DC.

IDP Education's share price has been buffetted in the controversy surrounding Australian immigration

Government subsidies appear to overstate the improvement in underlying inflation heading into Q1.

Australia’s economic recovery continues to underpin a significant improvement in the Commonwealth budget. Last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the number...

We are in a strange political environment. Globally there have been trillions of dollars of government stimulus announced, deficit hawks have turned chicken, and...

I’ve written a few times recently about the imbalances in the Australian economy and how messed up the Australian housing cycle is. It looks as if the Australian...

First, I need to set the scene. I wrote recently about how messed up the Australian economic cycle is, noting that housing booms come in several different flavours....