Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) must win the award for Australia’s worst-ever transport infrastructure project. Former Premier Daniel Andrews announced the project on the eve of the 2018 state ...
DXY and EUR, overbought and oversold, have finally reversed. AUD is following. Oil and gold are stalled. Metals are fine. Miners too. EM stocks look more bullish. The junk crash has paused. Even the ...
You can’t tell from the headline index but iron nore is now falling at good clip/ The key is to adjust for abnormal shipping rates. We are now sitting at about $85. My latest Simandou model has a flow ...
Three Hormuz attacks in last 48 hours. Houthis bomb Saudi airports, refineries. Mecca agreement activated, largely for defensive forces. Dated Brent is still backed up. Hormuz crossings appear to be ...
On Tuesday, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor unveiled the Coalition’s plan to slash the rate of net overseas migration to 100,000 for its first two years in government, before it was later allowed to ...
I explained on Monday why Australia’s inflation problem is primarily domestically driven, in response to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claims that the war in the Middle East, not excessive government ...
The Australian Greens elected a new leader, Senator David Shoebridge, last week after former leader Larissa Waters announced she was stepping away from the role because of chronic kidney disease. Shoe ...
Last week’s 25 bp interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank has dealt a hammer blow to consumer sentiment. Westpac’s monthly consumer sentiment survey fell 4.7% to 80.4, with responses during the ...
The Coalition has announced its long-awaited migration policy, which you can read in full via this link. The key points are that the Coalition has promised to cut net overseas migration (NOM) to ...
According to The Australian’s Mackenzie Scott, more than 102,000 Australians have used the federal government’s 5% first-home buyer (FHB) deposit scheme since it was expanded on 1 October 2025.
War headlines today. Houthis close Taiz bulge, lose Mocha. Houthis bomb Yanbu pipeline again and another refinery. Houthis bomb tanker in Bab al-Mandeb. Iran/US talks continue. Brent dropped 2% anyway ...
The 2026 Intergenerational Report, released last month, forecasts that the federal budget will remain in deficit for the next 40 years, with tax receipts falling short of expenditure. A major headwind ...