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The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure
07.10.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 8

WA Today

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 7

The Age

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

02.10.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 6

The Age

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

29.09.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 8

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 6

The Age

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

25.09.2025 4

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 20

WA Today

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

23.09.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

17.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 20

WA Today

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

16.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

10.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 8

The Age

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Why we'd be mugs to cut the company tax rate

09.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Why we’d be mugs to cut the company tax rate

Our rate of 30 per cent is high among the rich countries, so surely this must be discouraging business investment? Sorry, but it’s not that simple.

07.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Why we’d be mugs to cut the company tax rate

Our rate of 30 per cent is high among the rich countries, so surely this must be discouraging business investment? Sorry, but it’s not that simple.

07.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Why we’d be mugs to cut the company tax rate

Our rate of 30 per cent is high among the rich countries, so surely this must be discouraging business investment? Sorry, but it’s not that simple.

07.09.2025 9

The Age

Ross Gittins

Why we’d be mugs to cut the company tax rate

Our rate of 30 per cent is high among the rich countries, so surely this must be discouraging business investment? Sorry, but it’s not that simple.

07.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

If Albanese’s lost his bottle, he should retire

Under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, Labor has lost its reforming zeal. It knows we have plenty of problems, and would like to do something about...

03.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

If Albanese’s lost his bottle, he should retire

Under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, Labor has lost its reforming zeal. It knows we have plenty of problems, and would like to do something about...

03.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

If Albanese’s lost his bottle, he should retire

Under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, Labor has lost its reforming zeal. It knows we have plenty of problems, and would like to do something about...

03.09.2025 50

The Age

Ross Gittins

If Albanese’s lost his bottle, he should retire

Under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, Labor has lost its reforming zeal. It knows we have plenty of problems, and would like to do something about...

03.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

The one big reform not discussed at Labor's roundtable

01.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins