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Migration scare campaign ignores Coalition’s own targets

Migration scare campaign ignores Coalition’s own targets

The Coalition is trying to turn migration into a political flashpoint. But the long-term net overseas migration target under Labor is identical to the...

03.03.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Capital gains tax should increase

23.02.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

AI, productivity and the long stall in living standards

Artificial intelligence may offer the best chance to lift stagnant productivity and living standards – but without deliberate policy choices, its...

19.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Why higher taxes make more sense than higher interest rates

09.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Making polluters pay could fix Australia’s climate problem – and its budget

02.02.2026 9

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Mark Carney – Values: an economist's guide to everything that matters

31.01.2026 4

Pearls and Irritations

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Australia’s economic growth forecasts look upbeat – but the foundations are shaky

23.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Best of 2025 - Why Labor can’t be bold without confronting tax reform

17.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - Assessing the Liberal Party's policy-making capacity

16.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - The debate about net zero ignores the evidence

15.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - Trump’s risky American economy

13.01.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Trump is delusional about Venezuelan oil

13.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - Superannuation and the Canberra Press Gallery's fantasies

12.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Best of 2025 - Inequality and the future of democracy

10.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - How important is an Albanese-Trump meeting?

08.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - Intergenerational equity and tax reform

06.01.2026 8

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Michael Keating

Best of 2025 - An economic reform agenda for Labor

05.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis has a housing problem

08.12.2025 10

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Michael Keating

Expert independent evidence-based assessment

02.12.2025 7

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Why Labor can’t be bold without facing tax reform

29.11.2025 10

The New Daily

Michael Keating

Why Labor can’t be bold without confronting tax reform

28.11.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Assessing the Liberal Party's policy-making capacity

20.11.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

The debate about net zero ignores the evidence

13.11.2025 10

The New Daily

Michael Keating

The debate about net zero ignores the evidence

11.11.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Trump’s risky American economy

28.10.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

What these modest super changes actually mean?

24.10.2025 4

Canberra Times

Michael Keating

Superannuation and the Canberra Press Gallery's fantasies

22.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

The migration debate in Australia

20.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Inequality and the future of democracy

07.10.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

How important is an Albanese-Trump meeting?

23.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Ley claims Aussies rely too much on govt support

23.09.2025 10

The New Daily

Michael Keating

The Liberal Party's economic strategy

22.09.2025 5

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Intergenerational equity and tax reform

08.09.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Ditch AUKUS Pillar One. It involves Australia too much in US strategy

29.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

The economic reform roundtable and taxation

18.08.2025 10

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Michael Keating

Economic reform and the productivity slowdown

15.08.2025 10

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Michael Keating

Trump's fantasies and the American economy

12.08.2025 9

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Michael Keating

Albo's steady-as-she goes strategy – will it work?

17.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

A carbon tax and some key policy challenges

03.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

An economic reform agenda for Labor

07.05.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

How credible are the Coalition’s budget projections?

02.05.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

How credible are the Coalition’s budget projections?

02.05.2025 8

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Michael Keating

Who will better manage the economy: Labor or the Coalition?

29.04.2025 8

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Michael Keating

A minority Labor Government's policy agenda – Part 2

28.04.2025 8

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Michael Keating

A minority Labor Government's policy agenda – Part 1

26.04.2025 6

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Michael Keating

Housing affordability: Which party has better policies?

25.04.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

Trump: a ridiculous ego and incredibly ignorant

16.04.2025 10

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What could we expect from a Dutton Government?[pic Dutton ]

28.03.2025 10

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Michael Keating

A cautious responsible budget

26.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Michael Keating

What would a minority government look like?

07.03.2025 10

The New Daily

Michael Keating