Australia’s migrant intake is already being cut

Australia’s migrant intake is already being cut

There’s a certain irony in the PM and Peter Dutton having different recollections about whether they had discussed cutting immigration.

  • Michael Pascoe

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Banks’ vertical integration wealth management - going,going,gone

Banks’ vertical integration wealth management - going,going,gone

It was a rich ride for ticket clippers while it lasted. But now the banks are belatedly facing up to reality.

  • Michael Pascoe
Memo Greens:we already have People’s Banks in the real world

Memo Greens:we already have People’s Banks in the real world

Maybe the Greens’ real interest was to find an angle to pile on the bank bashing carried out by the major parties. Relevance deprivation is a terrible thing.

  • Michael Pascoe
Populist drum beats,wrong numbers drive our migration debate

Populist drum beats,wrong numbers drive our migration debate

As calls for cutting immigration grow louder,the numbers used to attack the program get ropier,ranging from questionable statistical concepts to the inane.

  • Michael Pascoe
We need an inquiry into ASIC - it's an embarrassment

We need an inquiry into ASIC - it's an embarrassment

With ASIC satisfied with such limp and limited civil penalties,maybe it’s time to turn an inquisitive blowtorch on the supposed regulator,rather than give it more responsibilities.

  • Michael Pascoe
Myer super sale special:Poisoned chalice,going cheap

Myer super sale special:Poisoned chalice,going cheap

What would happen if Wesfarmers' discount guru Guy Russo turned up at Myer?

  • Michael Pascoe
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Dutton and dividends – dud political efforts all round

Dutton and dividends – dud political efforts all round

Watching Australian politics from afar with an increasing sense of incredulity,it's been a tight race for last week's dumbest performance.

  • Michael Pascoe
Australian unis hit the panic button as government pulls foreign student pin

Australian unis hit the panic button as government pulls foreign student pin

In various sandstone cloisters around the nation,highly-paid vice-chancellors are wondering where their next bonus might come from.

  • Michael Pascoe
Blowing the immigration whistle,never mind the facts

Blowing the immigration whistle,never mind the facts

It’s been coming for the past year or so – the would-be populist end of the coalition’s right wing getting into immigration bashing. Where will it lead?

  • Michael Pascoe
Australian Big Business jumps on the Trump tax bandwagon

Australian Big Business jumps on the Trump tax bandwagon

Rather than grasping the nuance of genuine tax reform,the BCA has nailed its colours to American-style lower taxes.

  • Michael Pascoe