In February, on ABC’s Q&A, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that the government was cutting immigration and relieving pressure on the housing market by reducing international student numbers. Albanese noted that the student visa system was being “abused”. This week, we learned that international student enrolments hit a record high of 839,200 in the year to
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week released data on Australia’s residential housing stock, which was valued at a record $11.6 trillion in the second quarter of 2025, equivalent to $1,017,000 per dwelling. The following chart compares the value of Australia’s dwelling stock to the country’s GDP. It shows that the entire residential housing
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.5% since July 2024, taking the OCR down to 3.0% from a peak of 5.5%. The Reserve Bank has slashed rates so aggressively due to the pervasive weakness of the New Zealand economy. In particular, New Zealand’s labour market has suffered
Who would have thought a few years ago that the racist Guardian would be the leading purveyor of propaganda in the national media? Patrick Commins is a journalist journeyman happy to write anything for any paper’s point of view, and today he has committed spectacular hara-kiri for the racist Guardian. In an ageing society with
The Market Ear on this mightiest of bubbles. King AI “The 30 or so AI stocks in S&P 500 have a combined 43% of market cap. Even more compelling, these names have driven almost all of the returns and most of earnings growth since ChatGPT / Nov 2022”. Source: JPM Pulse on AI “…it couldn’t
Recall that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told ABC’s Q&A in February that Labor would cut immigration and relieve pressure on the rental market by reducing the number of student visas, which he said were being “abused”. “On immigration, particularly when it comes to housing, three quick points. One is that the biggest thing that you
The ferrous complex is as crazy as usual. With blast furnaces resuming after the warmongering parade, we should expect HRC prices to keep falling with rebar. Steel mill margins are collapsing here, and iron ore is the culprit. Goldman has scuttlebutt. China lead has been increasingly irrelevant, lots of trips up there post results so
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A new report from the Australian National University has found that while the annual migrant intake is capped at 185,000, there are far fewer skilled migrants from overseas coming into Australia than intended. The report shows that just 12% of places in the nation’s migration program are going to skilled workers; instead, many of these
Nobody is allowed to tell the truth about China, but I will. Its balance sheet recession is booming, and it has absolutely no way out of it. This means Chinese deflation is forever now. CPI spat lower. Despite roaring veggies. PPI has had a little bounce but it won’t last. It is all driven by