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Michael Stutchbury

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Big super goes all-in on Trump’s economic agenda

The super machine started by Paul Keating is set to bet more of Australian workers’ retirement incomes on Trump’s low-tax, smaller-government plan.

28.02.2025 4

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Michael Stutchbury

Beijing’s message rings alarm bell about dreamworld election

Australia needs to urgently invest more in naval capability. But this defence imperative clashes with fiscal challenges neither side of federal...

25.02.2025 8

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Michael Stutchbury

Complacent Australia is not ready for the harsh new world order

The looming election should be about how Australia can better compete on trade war-disrupted world markets amid threatening geopolitical conflict.

21.02.2025 5

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Whyalla deal shows the rising price of a future made in Australia

Australia is offering subsidies not just to keep old industries alive but for the future-facing minerals processing that would supply batteries and...

20.02.2025 4

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Michael Stutchbury

RBA rate cut more about politics than economics

After roughing up the central bank, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers should take whatever sliver of bacon the RBA will give financially squeezed...

18.02.2025 5

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Australian smelters are in a battle for their lives

Australia’s carbon-intensive smelters are not killing the American aluminium industry – they’re fighting to survive.

14.02.2025 4

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Rate cut pile-on threatens RBA credibility

It’s premature to declare victory over inflation. But all hell will break loose if the central bank governor and her board defy the Black Caviar...

11.02.2025 30

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Australia’s looming debt crisis could be a real opportunity

Why not use the looming fiscal crisis of the states to tackle the buck-passing by seriously reforming which tier of government is responsible for...

07.02.2025 4

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Michael Stutchbury

Expect Trump’s trade war to leave more bite marks next time

The quick apparent resolution will encourage Trump to keep strong-arming other friends and foes into doing whatever by threatening their access to the...

04.02.2025 8

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The inflation and immigration lessons of Trump

Donald Trump’s question to voters - “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” - has cut across gender and racial divisions, writes Michael...

07.11.2024 4

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Michael Stutchbury

Why the RBA has a massive public education job to do

Despite the RBA’s increased messaging, most people still don’t understand why inflation broke out in the first place.

18.10.2024 5

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Michael Stutchbury

RBA’s Bullock now has a bigger megaphone. But what should she say?

It’s possible the inflation problem is not about overheated demand, but rather the supply bottlenecks caused by lagging productivity.

27.09.2024 2

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Corporate Australia can’t let Albanese brush reform under the carpet

Business needs to get more on the front foot in calling out the policy and political class failure that most media coverage has normalised.

20.09.2024 2

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Chalmers dumps his fiscal profligacy onto the RBA

The government has its foot on the spending pedal while the Reserve Bank tries standing on the brakes. There is no sign of the co-ordination that...

13.09.2024 3

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Treasurer v the RBA: Why Chalmers and Bullock are both right

Jim Chalmers says the economy is getting smashed by high rates, but it’s still running too hot for the RBA. The answer is simple: productivity.

04.09.2024 3

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Michael Stutchbury

Why Paul Keating is furious with Jim Chalmers

For the first time, the former Labor leader is slamming the Albanese government on economics rather than AUKUS. It’s all about the politics of...

30.08.2024 4

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Professors and populists all get inflation wrong

Despite what a Nobel prizewinner and Jacqui Lambie might think, growth is the only serious answer to inflation.

16.08.2024 1

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Michael Stutchbury

Can our prosperity survive a year of political madness?

Public policy is now swinging in the populist wind. And it’s hard to imagine the election of a government that can rationally take back control of...

09.08.2024 2

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Michael Stutchbury

The three strategies that saved the Financial Review

It had a competitive advantage of deep engagement with the Australian business community. But that was just the starting point, writes outgoing...

25.07.2024 3

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Michael Stutchbury