Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: China’s iPhone ban no worse than what US has done
Consider which world would make you feel more secure – one where nations are entwined in trade, dependent on one another, or...
Michael Pascoe: Philip Lowe says politicians fail Australians. How can anyone disagree?
Philip Lowe bowed out as an RBA official spokesman this week the way he started: Advising, asking and begging our governments to...
Michael Pascoe: Ampol and RBA’s Lowe – it’s not really their fault
This might be a first: Putting Ampol and the Reserve Bank Governor in the same class. They’ve both been pilloried for reasons...
Michael Pascoe: What is Albanese hiding? Maybe it’s the experts’ vision of the climate hell ahead
A good way to scare people is to suggest your chief security body has written something so frightening that you can’t possibly...
Michael Pascoe: It’s time for a mature talk about GST reforms
There’s a pattern setting in: Every time Jim Chalmers says something silly, the Opposition says something even sillier. For example, Treasurer Chalmers...
Michael Pascoe: Dutton is a populist politician who just isn’t popular
Peter Dutton has been getting away with a good line throughout the 22 years he has been in Parliament – that he...
Michael Pascoe: Marles coughs up the sad truth about AUKUS
Richard Marles said the quiet bit out loud ahead of the ALP conference AUKUS debate while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seems to...
Michael Pascoe: More spin and little substance in Labor’s housing ‘announceables’
It has been a very good week for housing policy – if you only look at it through the prism of political...
Michael Pascoe: Housing and AUKUS in the frame, but going nowhere much
Two major meetings this week with absolutely crucial policy issues in the crosshairs – and the likelihood that neither will add up...
Michael Pascoe: Paul Keating’s very big and expensive privatisation mistake
Paul Keating, a giant of Australian politics, pushed Australia forward with giant steps – but he also made giant-sized mistakes. With all...