Regulator outlines fears of AIs and battery trading collusion, but home batteries could save the day
Real per capita household disposable income is arguably the most accurate measure of individual living standards. OECD data showed that in the decade to the March quarter of 2025, Australia experienced the poorest rise in real per capita household disposable income among major English-speaking nations. Australia’s real per capita household disposable income increased by only
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated that the US and the EU will work together on sanctions that will eventually collapse Russia’s economy. Mr. Bessent has stated that the EU should also impose secondary sanctions and tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, as that would surely bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
Australia has frozen itself in the posture of a colonial vassal. The half-century agreement with Britain on nuclear submarines is not a “step toward security” but a stamp of subordination in the archive of the Anglo-American empire.
AUKUS in the Shadow of Regional Resistance
BY Rebecca Chan
Broadcaster Kel Richards has lamented the “tragic” death of the Australian backyard in a segment on Sky News. “Figures came out … in which they showed there are relatively fewer standalone homes being built and far more high rise apartment blocks being built”, Richards said. “I call the death of the great Aussie backyard, I
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Ross Gittins wins 2025 E.J. Craigie Writing Award for the best article reflecting the ideas of Henry George. Prosper Australia is pleased to announce Economics Editor for The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Gittins, as the recipient of the E.J. Craigie Writing Award for 2025 for his article: Productivity Commission wants our big mining companies to […]
Unthinkable a decade ago, mass timber is one of Australia’s biggest opportunities to slash emissions
Ten days after Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that Germany could no longer afford the welfare state, the leaderships of the ruling Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) have agreed to a massive reduction in social benefits.
The first round of public submissions for the Queensland state redistribution were published last week – about three weeks after they were submitted to the Commission. So I thought it would be useful to examine what they say, with a particular focus on the major party submissions.
There are four rounds of submissions:
Asian share markets are mostly higher across the board as traders anticipate more Fed easing after Friday night’s US jobs print showed the Trump regime’s economic malaise continues although local stocks had a little stumble. Meanwhile bond markets are trying to recover with many long dated yields across the UK, Japan and USA backing off
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