Economy
GDP figures show economy growing more slowly than expected
The economy grew more slowly than expected. In the September 2025 quarter economic growth was 0.4%, below forecasts of 0.7%. Growth over the last year was 2.1%.
Rebuilding after climate chaos 'creates jobs', but isn’t economic progress
Climate change will create jobs, but rebuilding what’s been destroyed is not progress.
House prices rise but Melbourne shows a way to improve affordability
The latest housing figures reveal that the in the September quarter the median price for a house in Brisbane surpassed $1million for the first time.
While the rest of the world rushes to hire US scientists that Trump has cut, Australia follows in his footsteps
"They’re choosing to do less science at the very time when we should be doing more science, when we’re talking about productivity.”
The AI boom has arrived in Australia
New economic figures show that the Information media and IT industries are growing at extraordinary rates
New change by Australia's financial regulator could make housing more affordable
APRA has just announced that it is going to start restricting lending that mainly goes to property investors.
Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk
A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians
Two charts that show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets.
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.