This is becoming a series. The point is that public figures now routinely refuse to engage with counter-arguments. I have another one not yet written about Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt who did not respond to three polite emails from me. The latest intellectual weakling is Liz Allen, who is the go to pro-population growth demographer with media training (taking over from Peter MacDonald).
The fallout from Friday night’s terrible – or beautiful depending on your alternative facts – US jobs print has seen most Asian share markets come back slightly while Wall Street looks set to lick its wounds on the open tonight. The USD remains on the run after falling sharply against the majors on Friday night
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The ACTU has used its submission to the federal government’s upcoming economic roundtable to call for negative gearing and the 50% capital gains tax (CGT) concession to be restricted to a single property. The ACTU also wants a 25% “energy levy” to be imposed on LNG exports, for millionaires and family trusts to pay at
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Canada experienced a boom in temporary migrants over recent years, which helped drive up rental inflation to astonishing levels. As a result, temporary migrants hit a record 7% share of Canada’s population in mid-2024, which the government has promised to reduce to 5% by the end of 2027. Now spare a thought for Australia, whose
Anti-Americanism is an irrational bias. It’s a bit like racism. A prejudice against a people stemming from phobia, not reason. Australians suffer from it a lot, owing to the chip on their shoulder, none more so than Peter Lewis at The Guardian. That deal was to allow Australia to access US-UK nuclear technology delivering long-range
It’s thrust and counter-thrust in the great rent-seeking debate of our time: The PC has launched its allegedly radical plan to boost productivity via cash flow tax. The Productivity Commission has revealed an ambitious plan to slash the income tax rate to 20% for all but the very largest Australian companies. For businesses earning between
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Victoria disease is killing Australia. The malady of permanent Labor governments leading to excessive immigration, falling living standards via the labour market expansion economic model, woke policy fixations, and capitulation to China is fatal in the long run. Alas, the primary symptom of the disease is brainwashing, so nobody can see it, let alone cure
When the RBA released its forecasts for the economy in May, their expectation was that unemployment would rise to 4.3% by the end of 2025 and remain there until mid-2027, the conclusion of the forecast period. With the release of the latest labour force data for June, the nation’s unemployment rate arrived at 4.3% quite
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