Michael Pascoe
Why Joe Biden’s best chance is Donald Trump
OPINION It’s always wise to be careful what you wish for. If Donald Trump is kicked off so many state primary tickets...
Michael Pascoe: You’re being fed garbage about councils creating the housing problem
As certain as “the Coalition” being the answer if you ask Siri for an example of a policy vacuum, Labor and Greens...
Michael Pascoe: The scariest lines in the world’s best seller
And so we begin 2024 with a reading from the Gospel of St Luke. (Hang in here – it’s as scary as...
Michael Pascoe: The IPA is taking Gina Rinehart for a ride down the garden path
It looks like Gina Rinehart is getting very poor value for the millions of dollars she has paid the Institute of Public...
Michael Pascoe: The great Australian political leadership cleanout
Andrew Barr has boasted that he is Australia’s most experienced government leader, having held his job as ACT Chief Minister since 2014....
Michael Pascoe: RBA caught snoozing on stage-three tax cuts and inflation
Via various Freedom of Information requests, it looked like the Reserve Bank of Australia has never studied, reported, briefed, spreadsheeted or generally...
Michael Pascoe: People are in pain, world events alarm … but life is good for some
Watching market reaction over the past two days, you could be forgiven for thinking interest rates are being cut, the rare “soft...
Michael Pascoe: Business too busy whingeing to lift productivity
As certain as death and taxes – well, death anyway – the business lobby has reacted to Labor’s “same work, same pay”...
Michael Pascoe: When a gift to gambling is sold as a housing initiative
Funny how things get reported. New South Wales, its citizens the world’s worst (i.e. biggest) gamblers, is gifting somewhere between $5 billion...
Michael Pascoe: Australia developing a national hopeless housing plan
The federal government is developing a National Housing and Homelessness Plan. All indications are that a “National Hopeless Housing Plan” will be...