Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: Australia, like the Wallabies, fails to invest in its future
Non-rugby readers stick with me for a moment: The Wallabies’ failure to win contains an urgent message for Australia – that which...
Michael Pascoe: Our economy, not just the homeless, needs more public housing
The bad news is that Labor’s election-gimmick Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is even more marginal than I thought, but the good...
Michael Pascoe: The United States has put Australia back in its place … again
After a rather extraordinary month of steadily escalating defence PR and conspiracy opportunities, Australia was sat on its backside over the weekend...
Michael Pascoe: ‘Insult-style conservatism’ – Murdoch media can sink lower
The bad news is that, yes, the Murdoch media we’re used to in Australia can stoop lower in pursuit of its anger-and-outrage...
Michael Pascoe: Why ‘fantasy’ carbon credits scheme is a Labor and Coalition problem
When an Australian National University law school professor and director of research tells you that you’ve made a mistake about what is...
Michael Pascoe: ‘I’ve found the missing housing – half a century’s worth’
You know all the handwringing about the housing crisis, the claims that “it’s complicated” and that “there’s no silver bullet” and the...
Michael Pascoe: There were Robodebt winners, but others are still losing
Robodebt collections have resumed under the Labor government, which comes as a bit of a shock given the deserved outrage about the...
Michael Pascoe: The contradictions in the new RBA governor’s appointment
There are contradictions in Jim Chalmers’ appointment of the new RBA Governor that add up to a suspicion that Treasury wants a...
Michael Pascoe: Robodebt culture lives on under Labor
Confession – I’m guilty of the journalistic crime of burying the lede last week. Instead of the RBA flogging a dead horse, I...
Michael Pascoe: The ‘horror story’ of Robodebt ‘monster’ is a shameful saga of cascading failures
When Scott Morrison gets around to disputing the Robodebt Royal Commission’s findings about his crucial role in the scandal – the disaster,...