Economy

Never tear us apart

IMF research finds nations with low public confidence in government response to COVID-19 are also nations where people are ignoring social-distancing protocols   13 November 2020 | Era Dabla-Norris, IMF (Image: United Nations covid campaign) […]

Economy

A better outlook

Still far from upbeat about the economy the Reserve Bank of Australia is more optimistic about conditions than three months ago 6 November 2020 | Richard Colleville The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) quarterly Statement […]

News

Abetz committee shuts down critics

Top Chinese community leader highly critical of Eric Abetz silenced by Senate committee, while pro-Trump Chinese media outlet welcomed to make public comment EDITOR’S NOTE: After publication of this article the Senate released a transcript […]

Economy

Big bounce!

Australian building approvals surged in September while residential property prices recorded their first gains in five months 2 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Australian residential building approvals have surged by 15.4 percent in September, well […]

Finance

This downturn is different

Five reasons why this downturn and subsequent recovery are different. And where are we in the Australian recovery now? 30 October 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Riho Kroll) From the get-go back in March, as […]

News

Depth charged future subs

A special investigation: Naval Group, builder of Australian submarines, at centre of numerous global corruption scandals 29 October 2020 | Michelle Fahy, Michael West Media The arms company at the centre of a deadly criminal […]

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ASPI’s Broadcasting Corporation

Is ABC management complicit in letting senior on-air talent promote the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and its sponsors, without declaring conflicts of interest? 28 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Two senior correspondents at Australia’s national […]

News

How to sink $90 billion

So much for sovereignty. Australia is locked out of repairing key US components of our submarines’ computer systems, and the government has committed our fleet to the extraordinarily dangerous role of helping the US conduct […]

News

Weaponised lobby

There are colossal conflicts of interests in Australian Defence spending, exposed even further thanks to the latest budget boost. In a MW Media investigation, Michelle Fahy looks at a department which every spends more than […]

News

ASPI’s forced labour links

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute—the think tank which reports extensively on China human rights—is being funded by corporations which have used forced prison labour 12 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Wendy Alvarez/APAC News) The […]

Finance

Flight to risk

Despite worrying signs that COVID-19 infections are on the rise in developing economies the major share markets all had a week of solid gains 11 October 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Camila Perez)   Share […]

Comment

Hoping for the best

A Sinologist’s view on Australia’s relations with China 8 October 2020 | Professor Kerry Brown (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) My memory of the time I spent in Australia, while directing the University of Sydney China Studies Centre […]

Finance

Budget black off track

The 2020-21 Australian Budget – spend, spend, spend as the focus remains on recovery and jobs, jobs, jobs 7 October 2020 | Shane Oliver & Diana Mousina AMP Capital (Image: supplied) The 2020-21 budget is a […]