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Stewart SweeneyPearls and Irritations |
Australia’s housing crisis reflects not just a shortage of homes but the structural limits of a system that relies overwhelmingly on private...
Election results in Britain and Australia point to a deeper crisis in the two-party system, as economic power drifts further beyond the reach of...
King Charles’ address to the US Congress highlighted the tension between democratic ideals and inherited power, revealing deeper strains in the...
The US debt debate often focuses on foreign creditors, but the real issue lies within America’s own political and economic system. The standard...
As warfare shifts decisively toward autonomous and distributed systems, Australia’s massive investment in nuclear submarines risks locking in a...
Tax reform is necessary, but on its own it cannot fix an economy shaped by housing speculation, resource dependence and weak productivity. Michael...
Australia’s tax debate often frames reform as a struggle between younger and older generations. But the real divide lies between wage earners and...
John Howard marks 30 years since the Coalition’s 1996 victory with a familiar story of stability and economic management. But the deeper legacy is...
As the Coalition reasserts “lower tax” as political identity and Labor rushes to deny the high-tax label, Australian politics is losing the...
A planned student accommodation tower on North Tce exemplifies what Adelaide is becoming under the Malinauskas government: a property developer...