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Population growth I have written at length on why population growth does not improve welfare . Mark Crosby over at Core Economics reiterat...

By Andrew McMicking Why does the ALP have factions? What are the benefits? Factions have been set up to serve a useful purpose in the AL...

The retirement plans of working families may soon succumb to Australia's residential property mania. If Chris Joye had his way , Austral...

The shrill from commentators warning of Australia’s apparent skills shortage is deafening . But there are a number of reasons why this clai...

The degradation of housing affordability is widely acknowledged, but unfortunately mainstream explanations miss the fundamental stories of e...

Much popular property market analysis based on flawed principles.  A secret to identifying rubbish analysis is to note the following meaning...

As I have previously argued, innovations that aim to save time , increase safety , decrease energy consumption can be subject to flow-on re...

HOUSING MARKET All things considered, the Australian housing market looks ready to dive.  My conversations with real estate agents are the ...

This unreliable article suggests that each passenger trip on the QR passenger network is subsidised in the order of $9 – probably double th...