For years, I watched in despair as my fellow Victorians displayed acute Stockholm Syndrome regarding the state Labor government. It seemed that no matter what the state Labor government did or how ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the all-important Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month/quarter of June, which rose by 3.8% in the 12 months to June 2026, driven by housing, ...

The problem with the anti-renewable energy argument is that it is a weaving, bobbing, amorphous line of thinking that changes when you try to pin it down. I’ve tried to do all in one arguments, but I ...

In the debate over the appropriate size of the migration intake, proponents often reference estimates from the federal Treasury or the Parliamentary Budget Office to justify a larger intake. A recent ...

Are wind and solar cheaper? Yes, because they are often free. In AEMO bid stack, which energy providers offer to cover at a ...

Trade Minister Don Farrell says the US government’s decision to impose a new tariff on imports from Australia is “completely unjustified” and a breach of the free-trade agreement between the two ...

MB’s David Llewellyn-Smith (DLS) and Nucleus Wealth’s Damien Klassen disagree with me on energy policy. MB exists to debate such issues in good faith and allow readers to form their own views. We all ...

The massive rise in state debt has placed Victoria in a precarious financial position. When the state Labor government took ...

Albo is busy collecting the cash from the gas cartel. Not for you. For Labor bribes. Just over half a dozen business figures ...

Iron ore continues to struggle despite the Brent tailwind. Mid-June steel output from CISA remains down 5-6%. MySteel indexes are catching down to CISA and NBS. Steel inventories are booming. Which is ...

Australia’s Productivity Commission (PC) is calling for the most sweeping overhaul of housing rules in decades — pushing for three‑storey housing almost everywhere, major reductions in planning ...

Financial markets have recently lifted their expectations of another 25 bp rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). They now ascribe a near 100% probability of another rate hike by the end ...