19+ hour, 8+ min ago   (150+ words) Defenders of mass migration often argue that Australia’s ‘skilled’ immigration system boosts the nation’s productivity because migrants are more skilled than locals and earn higher incomes. However, when you examine the macroeconomic data, you quickly discover that Australia’s labour productivity…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1673+ words) The ABC, as critics like to point out, comes to us through an entirely different mindset. The reason for this is a simple matter of economics. Media organisations other than the ABC need to sell something, and from there they…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (93+ words) macrobusiness.com.au Australian unemployment kept lower by Only Fans Since the Albanese government came to power, one metric it has pointed to most as a sign of its economic management is the nation’s unemployment rate. In trend terms, the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (100+ words) MacroBusiness Aussie business conditions weakest since pandemic The August NAB Business Survey, which is based on responses from 24 to 31 August, was released on Tuesday, with conditions turning negative and falling to their lowest level since the pandemic as profitability collapses....

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (264+ words) Australia’s construction pipeline is bigger than ever. Following decades of mass immigration, Australia is suffering from a chronic housing shortage estimated by AMP chief economist Shane Oliver to be between 200,000 and 300,000 dwellings. Australia’s current rate of housing construction is tracking…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (118+ words) MacroBusiness Aussies driven into working second jobs as mortgage costs bite According to data from realestate.com.au, housing affordability has fallen to its lowest level on record, with households earning a median income of about $125,000 a year only able…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (120+ words) When total Australian federal government debt recently ticked over the $1 trillion mark, it triggered a war of words over who should take the lion’s share of responsibility for reaching this undesirable milestone. In the view of opposition leader Angus Taylor,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (79+ words) Australia’s productivity performance: “bad to worse” macrobusiness.com.au Australia’s productivity performance: “bad to worse” Australia’s productivity growth over the past decade has been among the poorest in the OECD, hampering economic and per capita growth and contributing to the…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (78+ words) Bureaucrat bloat is crushing Australia’s productivity MacroBusiness Bureaucrat bloat is crushing Australia’s productivity Luke Kinsella at The AFR has written a fantastic report on the rising number of federal public servants under the Albanese government. Australia’s federal public service has…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (95+ words) MacroBusiness A long, grinding income recession for Australians Australians have been subjected to a long, grinding income recession. The latest OECD data showed that Australia experienced the softest real per capita household disposable income growth in the 11 years to the…...