Comment
The Five Eyes does not have our back
It is risible to see the Australian Foreign Minister setting off to New Zealand to pull the Kiwis into line over their lack of support for attempts by the so-called Five Eyes of Anglo Saxon […]
Culture
The forgotten Chinese Anzacs
The Anzac tradition was built on the sacrifices of young Australians and New Zealanders, among them were many of Chinese descent 23 April 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Australian War Memorial) It is a peculiar […]
News
Residential property market comes up for air
More strong results for auction markets after Easter break but Melbourne and Sydney slide 13 April 2021 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market Home auction markets resumed on Saturday following last weekend’s pause in activity […]
Comment
Universities give in to security services
China is provoking every country in its region. But that is no reason to cut off all contact, including scientific engagement, especially if we want to avoid war. Brian Toohey investigates another sphere in which […]
News
Triumph over adversity inspires charity
How Lily Baonhi Luong, an Australia of mixed Vietnamese and Chinese heritage, used her personal experience to overcome adversity and contribute to an entire community 6 April 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein In 2018, Lily Baonhi […]
Economy
Trillions to rebuild US economy
President Biden confirmed that even more government spending is on the way in the US with the announcement of a planned $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending program 6 April 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: White House official) […]
News
ASPI sponsors collect billions from Defence
Scott Morrison’s latest billion-dollar missile spend was leaked to the media and then talked up by ASPI whose sponsors have raked in $51 billion in Defence Department contracts whilst doling out cash to the highly-conflicted […]
Economy
Questions about financial markets
AMP Capital’s, Shane Oliver’s Q&A on the global recovery, vaccines, inflation, the risk of a share crash, Australian home prices and other issues 30 March 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Is the global economic recovery […]
News
Buyers and sellers pile in for record weekend
Super Saturday delivers record-breaking results for supercharged home auction markets 29 March 2021 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market Home auction markets peaked at the weekend hosting a flood of listings in the usual pre-Easter […]
Comment
Have unions healed their racist past?
When Australia’s British colonies became a federation in 1901 trade unions and conservative politicians were agreed on one thing – keeping Australia white 26 March 2021 | Noel Turnbull (Pearls & Irritations) Today trade unions […]
Comment
Marise Payne and Kurt Campbell believe their own propaganda about economic coercion by China
The Australian Government and our tame media complain continually about China’s ‘economic coercion of Australia. But the conflict with China has in many cases been provoked by Australia. The US, which has just appointed Kurt […]
News
Residential market still hot
Just another autumn weekend of remarkable home auction market results 22 March 2021 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market Auction markets continued to record extraordinary results at the weekend reflecting unprecedented buyer competition for available […]
Economy
Pause on vaccines but not markets
AMP Capital weekly market review sees uncertainty remaining on the side-effects of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine but markets still move ahead 22 March 2021 | Diana Mousina, AMP Capital US shares started the week strongly […]
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MG is on the move
Over the past year, the Australian economy has faced unprecedented challenges. After experiencing the bushfires spread across Australia and the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, Australia’s economy dipped into recession for the first time […]
Comment
Australian for one and a half centuries
Lawyer Kingsley Liu’s family has been in Australia for six generations, his great-grandfather Lau Yee Tong landed in Freemantle when Australia didn’t even exist as a nation, not unlike his native Hong Kong he arrived […]