Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: How can Dutton remake the party of Parliament’s biggest RWNJ?
Who is the biggest looney in federal Parliament? It’s a subjective call, purely a matter of opinion, but for mine, Gerard Rennick...
Michael Pascoe: David Pocock offers sense amid stupidity on housing
Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Albanese Government’s election gimmick excuse for a housing policy has fallen into the standard Canberra sideshow of...
Michael Pascoe: RBA has already made the case for stopping its rate rises
The Reserve Bank board minutes released on March 21 made a show of officially agreeing “to reconsider the case for a pause...
Michael Pascoe: How News Corp damages the Liberal Party, and Australian democracy
It is tempting to liken the conjugal embrace of the Murdochs’ News Corp and the Liberal Party to that of praying mantises...
Michael Pascoe: Integrity – the lack of it – is at heart of voters’ NSW election dilemma
When offered the privilege of voting, it is the elector’s duty to try to pick the least worst option. That’s a tough...
Michael Pascoe: Not being Scott Morrison isn’t enough in a crisis
Not being Scott Morrison was enough to make Anthony Albanese Prime Minister. It is not enough to handle the three immediate and...
Michael Pascoe: Hurt feelings overwhelm media’s ability to weigh Paul Keating’s substance
According to the Sydney Morning Herald’s chief political correspondent, David Crowe: “[Paul] Keating’s assessment [of Australia’s AUKUS submarine deal] is a doddering...
Michael Pascoe: Time for Baby Boomers to admit they had it much, much better than it is now
My fellow Boomers, you know how we like to tell young whippersnappers/whippersnippers/whatevs how much harder we had it, living in lake [luxury],...
Michael Pascoe: Silicon Valley Bank downfall will increase nerves in a precarious sector
People charged with averting disasters often talk of ‘black swans’ – unimagined events that cause havoc. One such swan dramatically landed over...
Michael Pascoe: ‘Aspirational Australians’, Peter Dutton’s venality and other tax jokes
The federal government’s small tweaking of the tax haven known as superannuation is flawed, but there are hints the Treasurer is aware...