Economy

China’s growth outlook

Economic indicators in China have slowed, what are the implications for Australia? 26 August 2021| Shane Oliver, AMP Capital  (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) Both China’s economic growth and its sharemarket surged after the first wave of the coronavirus […]

Economy

China’s regulatory crackdown

What are the economic implications for China following the raft of new tighter regulations on a range of industries from tech to private education and overseas listings? 26 August 2021| Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Ryoji Iwata) […]

Comment

ASPI’s censorship sneaks

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says it’s independent, free of influence and stands by the integrity of its research, so who is scrubbing negative comments from its Wikipedia page? 20 August 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein […]

Feature

Who takes weight of racism?

Ordinary Chinese-Australians are being forced to carry both the weight of racism and suspicion on their backs—much of the abuse has emanated from our institutions 16 October 2021 | Words and Main Image by Marcus […]

News

Like-minded democracies

Scott Morrison loves to praise India as a wonderful democracy—Australia’s QUAD ally with shared values. Brian Toohey writes the reality is that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is a horror story. […]

News

Swooping on Australia’s water

Duxton Water executives have been boasting about “beautiful” structural imbalances in Australia’s water market, and potentially dazzling profits from drought. Corporate nut farming is thirsty business and the proliferation of almond farms is poised to […]

News

A culture of secrecy

As has been widely observed, Prime Minister Morrison is obsessed with secrecy. Former head of the Prime Ministers’ Department, Michael Keating argues this obsession damages both the policy capability of government and the integrity of […]

Economy

Home finance dips

Latest ABS data shows a retreat by first home buyers while residential property investors edge forward 3 August 2021 | Staff Writers Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today shows a significant cooling off […]

Comment

A Few Bad Men

The Australian Government must ensure cases of sexual assault against Australian women by U.S. marines in NT are investigated thoroughly and the perpetrators face Australian courts 1 August 2021 | Bevan Ramsden, Pearls & Irritations […]