Governor’s underlying steel forged by resisting pressure
The independence of the Reserve Bank is hanging by a thread. Jim Chalmers is extremely eager to see the cash rate reduced, which would then flow on to lower mortgage rates.
Judith Sloan
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Why dumb politics has finally killed off smart policy
Jim Chalmers looks as though he’s taken a few weeks of a wildly outdated Macroeconomics 101 course and reached all the wrong conclusions. He speaks like an old-fashioned Keynesian pushing propositions that have long been discredited.
These migration numbers don’t lie: the intake’s still too high
Immigration remains out of control and it’s hard to take seriously any pledges to significantly reduce the numbers.
Immigration and ideology add fuel to housing crisis
Crisis is a strong word, but one that’s entirely deserved in the case of housing. Without constraining demand by lowering the migrant intake, the scene has been set for widespread misery and hardship.
How short-term politics bears long-term consequences
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is clearly sweating on the cash rate being lowered at least once, if not twice, before the next election.
We can’t let uni chiefs dictate nation’s immigration policies
We should expect much better from these university leaders – both ethically and in terms of restraint. In fact, they have behaved like toddlers in a lolly shop.
Stop bullying and let RBA get on with the job
Michele Bullock has a job to do, and she should be left to get on with it. It appears a tad misogynistic, which in these days of gender sensitivity, is a very bad look.
Blame-shifting doesn’t obscure Treasurer’s errors
Instead of putting lipstick on the pig, Jim Chalmers would be advised to accept he has made some major mistakes.
Labor’s census debacle a political mess of its own making
There was always a simpler and faster option that would have yielded information about the LGBQI+ community much more quickly and with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
Treasurer’s oration a poorly pitched application for the top job
As far as job applications go, this was a very poor one. What’s all this twaddle about the fourth economy?
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