Opinion
Immigration
Australia’s migrant intake is already being cut
There’s a certain irony in the PM and Peter Dutton having different recollections about whether they had discussed cutting immigration.
- by Michael Pascoe
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Opinion
Big four
Banks’ vertical integration wealth management - going, going, gone
It was a rich ride for ticket clippers while it lasted. But now the banks are belatedly facing up to reality.
- by Michael Pascoe
Opinion
Big four
Memo Greens: we already have People’s Banks in the real world
Maybe the Greens’ real interest was to find an angle to pile on the bank bashing carried out by the major parties. Relevance deprivation is a terrible thing.
- by Michael Pascoe
Populist drum beats, wrong numbers drive our migration debate
As calls for cutting immigration grow louder, the numbers used to attack the program get ropier, ranging from questionable statistical concepts to the inane.
- by Michael Pascoe
Opinion
Regulation
We need an inquiry into ASIC - it's an embarrassment
With ASIC satisfied with such limp and limited civil penalties, maybe it’s time to turn an inquisitive blowtorch on the supposed regulator, rather than give it more responsibilities.
- by Michael Pascoe
Analysis
Solomon Lew
Myer super sale special: Poisoned chalice, going cheap
What would happen if Wesfarmers' discount guru Guy Russo turned up at Myer?
- by Michael Pascoe
Opinion
Income tax
Dutton and dividends – dud political efforts all round
Watching Australian politics from afar with an increasing sense of incredulity, it's been a tight race for last week's dumbest performance.
- by Michael Pascoe
Opinion
University
Australian unis hit the panic button as government pulls foreign student pin
In various sandstone cloisters around the nation, highly-paid vice-chancellors are wondering where their next bonus might come from.
- by Michael Pascoe
Opinion
Immigration
Blowing the immigration whistle, never mind the facts
It’s been coming for the past year or so – the would-be populist end of the coalition’s right wing getting into immigration bashing. Where will it lead?
- by Michael Pascoe
Comment
Company tax
Australian Big Business jumps on the Trump tax bandwagon
Rather than grasping the nuance of genuine tax reform, the BCA has nailed its colours to American-style lower taxes.
- by Michael Pascoe
Comment
Capital gains tax
Aussie expats becoming potential collateral tax damage
If the Hockeys were “normal” expats, the Treasurer would be about to whack them with a $1.1 million capital gains tax bill for selling their family home.
- by Michael Pascoe
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