Australia’s productivity growth over the past decade has been among the poorest in the OECD, hampering economic and per capita growth and contributing to the nation’s inflationary pressures. The Austr ...

Is this industry propaganda trying to create a fait accompli? Industry sources have told The Australian that there are growing indications the government will amend the proposed scheme, as it is aware ...

This is damn predictable these days. TME with more. Sexy SOX SOX is bouncing hard, reclaiming the trendline. One day doesn’t make a bull market, but the positioning puke has been extreme. Should this ...

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index has been released and reveals that sentiment has crashed to a four-year low: The November fall was driven by a sharp deterioration in the ...

In recent years, more New Zealanders than usual have moved to Australia. As illustrated in the chart below, around 28,000 net New Zealand citizens migrated to Australia, significantly more than the ...

In May 2023, the Albanese government announced changes to Australia’s Working Holiday Maker (WHM) Program and the UK’s Youth Mobility Scheme under the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (AUKFTA). The ...

The latest opinion polls suggest that the Victorian Labor government faces a crushing defeat at this month’s state election on 28 November. The DemosAU/PremierNational poll shows Labor’s share of the ...

Last week, the RBA hiked interest rates for the fifth time this year, taking the official cash rate to an 18-year high of ...

US expands land blockade US bombs Queshm Island air defences again Eleven tankers hit last week Eisenkot gets 28 days to try to form Israeli coalition government Brent and cracks eased. LNG was ...

The quality of policymaking and public service delivery has arguably worsened across Australia, despite the growth in public sector employment at both the federal and state levels. The Australian ...

Iron ore has had a few better days, tracking HRC. My freight-adjusted chart has improved a little. Late October CISA data was ...

TME on what my long-awaited Madman flush has delivered so far. The great positioning flush The week’s market turmoil triggered one of the sharpest positioning resets in years, with hedge funds ...