The problem of housing affordability is not too many migrants, but too many tax breaks for investors.

This “wimpy” budget tells us one thing: the election campaign is here.

Sydney voters care about fish deaths and the impact of commercial fishing in Tasmania, according to a new poll.  

Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to dismantle the Federal Department of Education – but can he actually do it?

The Government’s proposed environmental law changes are an attack on our democracy and could benefit destructive industries far beyond Tasmania’s coastal ecosystems.

This pre-election budget is designed to annoy as few people as possible. 

Some quickfire analysis from Greg Jericho, Chief Economist

Ten years ago, Anthony Albanese launched a passionate defence of the laws which are designed to protect Australia’s environment.

The Australian Government can’t afford to do everything, but it can afford to do anything it wants.

The will-he-or-won’t-he game over Trump’s steel and alumnium tariffs is over. Turns out he will – despite the apparent offerings of the Australian Government.

Australia’s universities are plummeting down international rankings while charging students more than ever for their degrees.

With a federal election just around the corner, new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals 63 billion reasons why our next Parliament should improve the nation’s tax system.

Chunks of dead salmon have washed up on Tasmanian beaches and the Maugean skate is at risk of extinction, so why won’t governments to more to rein in the salmon industry in Tasmania?

Governance at Australia’s universities is in a dire state.

Australian consumers paid a high price for John Howard’s determination to sign a ‘Free Trade Agreement’ with the US.  

Ten years after former Treasurer Joe Hockey advised Australians to get “a good job that pays good money” to buy a house, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals just how bad that advice actually was.

Looking to buy a house? Having a good job that pays good money probably won’t be enough.

The dream of saving for a deposit on a house is now so far beyond most poeple that even if you have a high paying job, you still can never save enough.

The public sector is under fire, but is it really as inefficient as DOGE and Dutton claim?

In the last three months of 2024 a record number of Australians were working multiple jobs

Australia’s per capita recession is over, but the United States economy could be in for much worse.

Not so long ago, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was branded “Mr Harbourside Mansion”, a moniker bestowed upon him by his own side of politics.

The Government is being grilled by the media about how it will pay for its changed to Medicare – but why are journalists not asking the same questions of Australia’s expensive and unfair tax concessions?

By laying off tens of thousands of federal employees, challenging the authority of judges and throwing erstwhile allies under the bus, the Trump administration is radically reshaping America and its role in the world.