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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 […]

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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 […]

Economy

Delta dawns

Lockdowns, economic activity down and uncertainty rise with spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant 1 August 2021| Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) Global share markets fell over the last week, not helped by concerns about […]

Economy

Charting the way ahead

Seven key charts for investors to watch, where are they now? 26 July 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: APAC Digital, Patrick Weissenberger) While shares are at risk of a near term correction on the back […]

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Anti-dumping, not for waste

Not all Australian exporters are doing it tough in Asian markets, beef producers, winemakers, barley growers and lobster exporters have been shut out of China but a government loophole allows Australian companies to dump their […]

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What planet are they on?

Within two weeks of collecting $4 million in taxpayer money, ASPI claims the Australian government is short-changing think tanks 19 July 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein (APAC Digital Image) Though the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) […]

Finance

Locked in

With low vaccination rates there’s little choice but to retreat to lockdowns so the Australian economy is taking another hit 17 July 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Marcus Reubenstein)   The latest wave of new coronavirus […]

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Australia’s Commander in Chief

Our great ally United States uniquely sits as the only democracy where its leader is head of government, head of state and the commander in chief of the armed forces, Australia’s often vague constitution effectively […]

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Is the China story just a story?

Former Australian ambassador to China, Dennis Argall argues the Australian public and policymakers are denied truths about China  6 July 2021 | Dennis Argall, Pearls & Irritations (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) If ever there is now […]