Michael Pascoe: Opportunity knocks for Australia in China
I suspect Anthony Albanese will be a better Prime Minister than he was Opposition Leader – his talents more suited to making...
Michael Pascoe: Now Morrison fibs about immigration
Given the frequency of Scott Morrison telling lies – Bernard Keane has filled a whole book with them – telling the Australian...
Michael Pascoe: Housing crisis? Look over there – a puppy!
The Australian housing crisis has entered the catastrophe stage for the third of Australians not already in their own home, yet it...
Michael Pascoe: Everyone is wrong about a 5.1 per cent minimum wage rise
No, no, no! Messrs Albanese and Morrison, the ACTU and the Business Council, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Murdoch media,...
Michael Pascoe: The Liberal ‘moderates’ have already quit
There’s a lot of sloppy commentary about the threat to the nature of the Liberal Party if independents defeat alleged moderates in...
Michael Pascoe: There’s a very bad reason rates won’t be rising too high too soon
I have not read every story written about this week’s interest rates rise, but I’ve skimmed an awful lot to find they...
Michael Pascoe: Behind the headline, RBA warns growth to be slashed next year
It seemed only The New Daily saw the warning buried in the budget papers, but now the Reserve Bank has underlined it:...
Michael Pascoe: COVID quietly jumps to become our second-biggest killer
A third of the way into our year of letting it rip, COVID has jumped to become our second-biggest killer. And, no,...
Michael Pascoe: Is the Reserve Bank independent or in Frydenberg’s pocket?
If the Reserve Bank does not increase interest rates on Tuesday, it will be perceived as having surrendered its independence, the governor...
Michael Pascoe: Australia’s spooks go dangerously rogue – or lie. Or both
Australia’s biggest security failure since Chinese hackers stole the plans for ASIO’s headquarters is playing out in plain sight without a murmur...