Global interest rates should ease IMF predicts interest rates likely to return toward pre-pandemic levels once inflation is tamed.. Read more
Transparency for multinationals in Australia welcomed in U.S. US public interest group applauds proposed legislation requiring multinationals to publish tax and operational.. Read more
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Rate hold a relief for property market Rate hold could herald renewed confidence in property market 4 April 2023 | CoreLogic.. Read more
Asians passengers in Morrison strategy The decline in our ties with Asia, that began under John Howard, has accelerated.. Read more
World’s debt two-and-half times global GDP Global debt has reached a record $US226 trillion—200 times Australia's GDP—that debt will outlast.. Read more
Australia did not invent democracy Winston Churchill famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all.. Read more
Real agents of foreign interference Despite the Morrison government’s complete distrust of Australia’s biggest trading partner, it’s not foreign.. Read more
The mutation of greed According to Oxfam, three giant pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna, are generating $65,000.. Read more
Quad, hardly shining democracies How legitimate are the so called Quad's implicit claims of moral and political superiority?.. Read more
Human rights and wrongs Why does Australia still sell weapons to human-rights abuser Saudi Arabia? As the kingdom.. Read more
Crikey! Crocodile tears for luxury Australia’s "sophisticated" export model is based on growing stuff, or digging it out of.. Read more
Treasury record rivals foreign policy Morrison and Dutton will use national security and "war with China" to ramp up.. Read more
Fruit from the poison tree Think Australia doesn't engage in forced labour? Think again. Next time you pick up.. Read more
Australian housing cool off? Five reasons to expect a cooling in the Australian property market and falling prices.. Read more