Tax
Is Australia a high-taxing nation?
No, but tax-to-GDP is a highly misleading measure of the true tax burden.
Justin Pyvis
Justin has a PhD in economics and 20+ years of experience in policy and investment analysis from working at the WA Treasury and AECOM in Perth, and Aletheia Capital in Hong Kong.
Weekly
When is a recession a recession?
Canada's technical recession, Australia's non-technical recession, and the worst public policy error in recent history.
Labour
Killing with kindness
The minimum wage increases that are a boon for some may eventually lead to lost jobs for others.
Artificial Intelligence
There will be no AI jobpocalypse
The economy's built-in roadblocks are bad news for anyone expecting an AI productivity miracle or an employment bloodbath.
Weekly
Efficiency or revenue?
Treasury defends the tax hikes; Australia's economy might be slowing down; and Budget fun across the ditch.
Energy
It's not about the water
The arguments against data centres are a classic Gish Gallop designed to rile up emotions and obstruct investment.
Tax
A tax on capital is a tax on wages
Australia's capital per worker hasn't grown in a decade, yet Labor's response is to tax it harder.
Weekly
Nth-best
Treasury shows its work; The term premium returns... or does it; and Time to dust off your paper air-plane skills.
Labour
Is there a crisis facing men?
The data on young men is genuinely mixed. You wouldn't know it from the commentary.
Debt
Why markets didn't react to Australia's budget
The most controversial budget since 1993, and the bond market didn't bat an eye.
Sport
Chiefs of the salary cap
How Australian taxpayers are buying PNG an NRL premiership.
Politics
Did Labor just jump the shark?
The next Australian election just went from a sure thing to wide open.