Goldman is getting dovish after yesterday’s softer-than-expected CPI. It notes that the quarterly trimmed mean, the RBA’s preferred indicator of underlying inflation, increased by 0.81% quarter over ...

Houthis hit another Saudi oil tanker, making it three in as many days. Demands toll for Bab al-Mandab. Saudi bombed Iranian militia in Iraq. Iran attacked US forces in Jordan (first time it has struck ...

With the release of the latest inflation data from the ABS came relief that a rate rise at the August RBA meeting was now largely off the table. The RBA’s May forecasts in their latest Statement on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jacinta Allan has resigned as Victorian Premier, paving the way for Ben Carroll to take over as the state’s leader, in a move that should avoid a messy leadership contest months before the state ...