analysis Maybe housing developers should be required to live in what they build. In the lead-up to the $3.4 billion collapse of developer Bathla Group a fortnight ago, the NSW Building Commission conducted more than 40 inspections of its sites over concer... See more
analysis There was a lot of talk at the Business Council of Australia's annual dinner last week about the need to improve Australia's poor productivity. To achieve that, it was agreed, government and business must work together. Prime Minister Anthony Alb... See more
analysis As Paul Keating would say, the pet shop galahs are talking about the reason long-term interest rates are surging: the competing demands for money from big-spending governments and AI companies. All other borrowers are getting trampled as the two ... See more
analysis A big part of the problem with housing in Australia, and the rest of the economy, is a slow-moving collision that began under the Howard government between the regulation of housing and the effective deregulation of migration in the early 2000s. ... See more
It’s been a busy year for Australia’s consumer and competition regulator. The ACCC has made headlines, taking supermarket giant Coles to court over misleading discount pricing - and winning. A similar court case involving Woolworths pricing schemes is ong... See more
