While most Australians have been shocked by the dodgy, crooked and corrupt practices that have been revealed by the Banking Royal Commission, there is a widespread view that after a bit of […]
The Banking Royal Commission has been dredging up more banking and finance muck than a plumber’s sewer pump, with the government complaining and making excuses every step of the way. Will this […]
No more lame excuses. The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian must commit to starting work on the Metro to Parramatta (via Epping) this year while the Epping to Chatswood line is shut down […]
The proposed Parramatta Light Rail is a complete fiasco. The cost is blowing out to $3.5 B ……which makes blowing $2.5B on rebuilding 3 stadiums sound like good value! A historic pub will […]
After watching the speech by Leader of the Greens Richard Di Natale at the National Press Club yesterday it is clear that the Greens understand the importance of fixing our Australian banking […]
This morning Macrobusiness neatly contrasted The Australian’s coverage of the evidence of Mr Wayner Byers, head of APRA, to the House Economics Committee, “..Mr Byres said APRA was not responsible for policing much of […]
Why was it harder to get a home loan in the 1980s? Back in the “olden days” there was still a very good understanding of the economic significance of private bank credit […]
Yes it is back !. Last weekend saw some reliable ‘go to’ private banking enthusiasts plunge in and splash around at the shallow end of the pool but with few useful contributions. […]
One of the most effective lines peddled by the National Rifle Association ‘NRA’ in the USA in relation to gun regulation is that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. The NRA […]
SQM has. published new data on the level is vacancies in the rental markets across Australia. http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/graph_vacancy.php?region=nsw%3A%3ASydney&type=c&t=q Signs of improvement in Sydney (2.6%) and Brisbane (3.8%) but still tight as ever in […]
A lot of people spend a lot of time engaging in the reading of Chinese government tea leaves. It is the modern equivalent of the Cold War exercise of Kreminology where platoons […]
With all the excitement surrounding the announcement of a Royal Commission into Australian banks, a few have asked whether there are less drastic options than those recommended by the Glass Pyramid in […]
What a week it has been. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Treasurer Scott Morrison have been dragged kicking and screaming by the public, the opposition and even members of their […]
What a week it has been. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Treasurer Scott Morrison have been dragged kicking and screaming by the public, the opposition and even members of their […]
Are you completely fed up with Australian politics? Fed up with career politicians who can’t even read the constitution and renounce claims to privileges granted to them by foreign powers? Fed up […]
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