I generally try to respond to all comments in good faith. I appreciate civil disagreement - it’s an opportunity to test myself and learn from others. But if you show you’re ideologically captured and can’t think critically, then I’ll save my energy for those who aren’t.

Manufacturing has declined across most of these economies, but nowhere more than in Australia.

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"Across Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Officeworks chains, sales growth in Victoria lags the rest of the country. But there’s one exception. The only area we’re seeing stronger growth in Victoria is the sale of home security products within Bunnings. It’s quite a sad statistic to.

Recessions are like taking your car to the mechanic. It comes with cost and you’ll have to get by without it for a short time, but it’ll drive better and last longer with regular maintenance. The alternative is that you let it become less efficient and eventually break down -

Monthly inflation for the month of July 25 is up from 1.9 to 2.8%. Housing, electricity and groceries driving it.

If you've ever wondered why housing supply isn’t meeting demand, these are just some of the conditions imposed on a planning permit (after a multi-year process) for a project in an area that both the state and local council are trying to encourage development: . - 8% of.

So many wealthy people shamelessly promoting policies that’ll inflate their asset values. Very odd they couldn’t care less about enslaving young people to a lifetime of debt.

If the government really wanted to directly help first home buyers, they’d simply give them a massive tax cut instead of extra debt. It'd still drive up house prices, but at least they'd own more of the house instead of paying more interest.

It’s always good for governments to acknowledge bad regulation - cutting red tape is essential to improve productivity and suppress cost inflation in the long term. But I don’t want to give false hope that it’ll fix the housing crisis (even if they did go far enough) - for

Make no mistake about it - if there were less homeowners, this government would tax your family home. Not because it’d lead to more homeownership, but because politics of envy is popular - in this game, the goal isn’t to solve the problem, it’s to expand it. In tough times,.

Great to hear that the economic roundtable went really really well. There’s broad consensus for an EV tax - because nothing incentivises adoption like a new cost. There’s also recognition of intergenerational inequality and excessive regulation - as if it’s revelatory and.

I'll never understand people who deny waste, fraud and abuse in government programs - it's reasonable to question the extent to which they occur, but don't tell me they don't. I work in the property industry and welcome genuine attempts to root out dodgy operators, expose bad.

It just took 4 months for the ASX index to go from 8k to 9k. The last sharpest 1k increase occurred just before the GFC.

More than 1/3 of all superannuation is invested in the ASX and only a tiny fraction is invested in small private companies. And 5 of the top 10 ASX companies are banks propped up by the housing ponzi. So it’s no surprise that mandated low-risk investment and regulatory capture.

Credit where it’s due - the NDIS needs to be reined in to best serve the people it was designed for, ensure program sustainability and reduce pressure for higher taxes on already-struggling households. With further announcements to remove the rorts and ensure benefits for those

I always thought Jim was useless, but otherwise a genuine bloke - just a classic nufty who means well while making things worse. But the more this roundtable charade plays out, the more I realise he’s just as vain and dangerous as most politicians vying for the top job.

Treasurer who presided over major declines in real per capita GDP, household disposable income, business investment and productivity gloating about his failures and lecturing others about how to build a prosperous economy.

Yep all we need is cheap debt to solve deep structural issues 🙄. Never mind that wasteful government spending, restrictive regulations and insufficient investment incentives are what got us into this mess.

Completely detached from reality. Housing affordability, small business viability and socio-economic mobility have never been worse in my lifetime.

I’m sure this wouldn’t happen if they knew about the new machete laws and amnesty bins.

I see another lost decade where countries we once considered inferior continue to surpass us in living standards growth.