Essays

Insurance companies aren't 'ripping off' Australians, but navigating complex market forces and inflationary pressures.

The timing of the upcoming election exposes the economic trade-offs between recurring polls and long-term policy stability.

Barring major cyclonic damage from Alfred as it barrels into Brisbane tomorrow morning—for those of you in its path, stay safe!—Albo appears all but certain to call an election on either Sunday or Monday, after the week’s expenditure review committee (ERC) meetings were all reportedly cancelled.

Australia's December quarter GDP was robust but there are plenty of gremlins lurking beneath the surface, with implications for inflation and interest rates.

As the US swings towards isolationism, Australia must forge new alliances to safeguard its interests.

Trump's failed peace deal leaves Ukraine exposed, allies wary, and aggressors empowered.

WA's battery subsidy is an expensive fix for today's grid issues that risks undermining its long-term economics.

How monetary easing and unchecked government spending may threaten Australia's fragile recovery.

This update has become something of a weekly policy analysis wrap, given the flurry of announcements we’re getting ahead of a federal election that now looks like it’ll be held on or before 12 April (today is the deadline for a 29 March election to be called).

Decades of policy decisions have strangled construction productivity, making housing increasingly unaffordable in Australia.