The Editorial Team

Tarric BrookerPolitical Commentator

Holding a lifelong fascination with politics, global affairs and economics, Tarric got his start in journalism covering US politics for the American press. Since then his work has been published on four different continents and been featured in media outlets across the English speaking world. At news.com.au, Tarric provides readers with an insight into all manner of subjects, from the geopolitical realities of a rising China to the driving forces behind house prices.

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Buying

The rise of the property investor class and the proportion of housing stock owned by investors appears set to continue.

‘Exodus’: Truth behind huge property claim

A huge claim has been made about Australia’s notoriously expensive property market – and the news isn’t good for the average person.

Australian Economy

'The much more concerning scenario is where the US economy performs robustly and the Aussie dollar is weaker over a protracted period, putting upward pressure on import costs.'

‘Concerning’ clue Aussie dollar is screwed

The global economy is struggling and there’s alarming news coming out of China – and it could all spell disaster Down Under.

Australian Economy

In Australia, there are key consumer price index components that are arguably yet to see their peak, while for much of the rest of the developed world, the peak is already in the rear-view mirror.

Countdown until prices explode

Australia has “near-legendary luck in avoiding recessions” over the years. But could that luck be about to finally run out?

Interest Rates

News no homeowner wants to hear

They’re questions we all want answered – how long rates will stay high, when they’ll be cut and by how much. But the news isn’t good.

Wealth

Despite Australia having one of the highest rates of underlying inflation problems in the Western world, when it comes to wages growth, it lags well behind most of its rivals in Europe and the Americas. Picture: iStock/Supplied

Proof Aussie workers are getting screwed

Struggling to make the dollars stretch between pay days? You’re not alone – and here’s the proof Aussie employees are getting a raw deal.

Interest Rates

From 1990 onwards, Australian mortgage-holders saw windfall after windfall from rate cut cycles. Pictures: iStock, Supplied

Big winners in interest rates disaster

Bring up today’s cash rate and Boomers will inevitably gripe about the 17 per cent rate of the 1980s. But they’re forgetting one major thing.

Real Estate

How many new homes and new social housing dwellings does Australia really need to keep up with population growth and maintain the ratio of public housing to overall housing stock?

Number proves Australia is screwed

Australia is in the grip of a devastating housing crisis – and the Albanese government’s so-called “solution” seems doomed to fail.

Buying

The housing crisis raises a rather challenging and arguably uncomfortable question for a Liberal Party looking to the past for a new lease on life.

‘Unaffordable’: New victim of housing crisis

Australia is in the grip of a devastating housing crisis – and it’s not just struggling young renters who are suffering as a result.

Selling

There are around 13 million bedrooms going to waste across the nation - but older Australians are refusing to budge.

Frustrating reason Australia is screwed

One major factor in Australia’s housing crisis has been simmering for decades – and older Aussies are right in the thick of it.

Australian Economy

Is Australia's economy running on borrowed time? Pictures: Supplied, iStock

‘Declining’: Australia’s ticking time bomb

After the largest and fastest rise in mortgage rates in Aussie history, the shine has started to come off the Lucky Country’s fortunes.

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