Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Victoria became one of the rich world’s most indebted states
Victoria is the fourth-most indebted advanced economy state government outside the US. It may soon find there’s a fine line between nation-building and overbuilding.
- Michael Read
November
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Australia became the world’s biggest cost-of-living loser
Since 2019, Australians have experienced the sharpest decline in living standards across the OECD. Voters overseas have turfed out governments for much less.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Opinion
Inside Canberra’s hidden $180b spending boom
Australia’s budget numbers are increasingly a mirage as billions in spending are labelled as ‘investments’ to improve the fiscal optics.
- Michael Read
October
- Opinion
- Investing
Australia has passed peak property investor
For many around the country, especially Baby Boomers, property investing is a national pastime. But if you look closely, landlord numbers are declining.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Jobs
Myth of the job-hopping Millennial worker exposed
Despite headlines about fickle Millennial and Gen Z employees, young people are switching jobs less than previous generations.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Opinion
The NDIS-ification of the economy is in full swing
A scheme only ever meant to cost $22 billion is underwriting a once-in-a-generation rise in government spending that rivals the mining boom in terms of scale.
- Updated
- Michael Read
September
- Opinion
- Booktopia
The ‘insolvency armageddon’ is all hype
Concern about the record number of company failures is not only overblown, but the surge in businesses going bust is probably a good thing.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Opinion
These two charts show the worst of the rental crisis is over
Small shifts in behaviour can have a big effect. A jump in the number of homeowners welcoming flatmates has added the equivalent of 106,000 houses onto the market.
- Michael Read
