Alan Kohler is like a weather vane when it comes to the topic of immigration, changing his tune depending on which side is in power. In mid-2018, when net overseas migration (NOM) was 240,000 and the...

Australia’s population officially grew by a record 660,000 people in the year to September, driven by record net overseas migration of 549,000: Earlier this month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics...

Interview with Erin Molan on Sky News talking per capita recession and the unfolding housing crisis.

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) argues in a new report that the nation’s pool of skilled migrants is being underutilised. CEDA’s senior economist, Andrew Barker, says...

A hard-hitting, straight-talking, interview with Bill McDonald on Brisbane Radio 4BC talking immigration and the rental crisis.

This Friday morning interview on Melbourne's Radio 3AW discusses the primary driver of Australia's current rental crisis, which is likely to worsen given the...

An extended Treasury of Common Sense interview with Luke Grant on Sydney Radio 2GB.

An interview with Gary Adshead at Perth radio 6PR discussing Perth's worsening rental crisis and immigration.

In this interview with 3AW's Tom Elliott, I discuss Tuesday's record migration numbers from the ABS and why they mean that the rental market will worsen.An a...

An interview with Sky News' Danica De Giorgio discussing the worsening rental crisis across Australia.

In this week's Treasury of Common Sense with Radio 2GB's Mike Jeffries, I discuss NSW Premier Chris Minns faux concern over Sydney's housing crisis, which co...

By Leith van Onselen Following my demolition job on Tom Westland’s attempted take down of me in The Guardian, he has taken the ad hominem route posting the following childish retort, entitled...

In this interview with David Flint from ADH TV, I discuss whether Australia is still the Lucky Country and the main areas where Australia is failing.

Interview with Sky News' Andrew Bolt explains the Albanese government's epic failure on immigration and housing, which is driving rents into the stratosphere...

By Leith van Onselen Another economist has stepped up to the plate to challenge my view that Australia’s immigration program is way too high and is lowering Australian living standards. In The...

An interview with Tom Elliott on Melbourne Radio 3AW explaining why Australia's economy is much worse than it looks.

CBA economist, Harry Ottley, has published a terrific statistical report on Australia’s rental market, which unambiguously shows that the unprecedented surge in net overseas migration after the...

From Joe Hockey’s parting address just now: Mr Speaker, our taxation system needs reform for the 21st century economy, integrity is crucial for that and through our leadership of the G20 we hardened...

By Leith van Onselen Former head of the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and Audit Commission chair, Tony Shepherd, has called on the Government to lift Australia’s immigration intake in a bid to...

Second of a two-part interview with David Flint on ADH TV discussing the furore over the carve-up of the GST, which has seen NSW dudded.

Abbott and Hockey talk of intergenerational theft, yet they seek to deny young people the benefits of government largesse that their generation enjoyed more than any other group in history.

A Saturday morning Treasury of Common Sense with Luke Grant from Radio 2GB.In this episode, I run through the latest Q4 national accounts release from the Au...

A Monday morning interview with Tom Elliott on Melbourne Radio 3AW discussing the worrying blowout in Victorian Government debt.

This is a Tuesday night interview with Sky News' Sharri Markson, in which we discuss the cost of living crisis, immigration, and the rental crisis.

By Leith van Onselen A consortium of Australian business groups have released a joint statement backing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations, and urging trade ministers to make a...

NSW Premier Chris Minns Tweeted the following on Tuesday bemoaning Sydney’s deepening housing crisis: Minns cites NSW Productivity Commission analysis released last month bemoaning that young...

By Leith van Onselen Following my demolition job on Tom Westland’s attempted take down of me in The Guardian, he has taken the ad hominem route posting the following childish retort, entitled...

By Leith van Onselen In the wake of yesterday’s poor employment report, which showed the headline unemployment rate at 12-year highs, Saul Eslake, chief economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch,...

By Lindsay David , Paul Egan & Philip Soos, cross-posted from the Australia: Boom to Bust Blog “With more and more Australians finding it difficult to break into home ownership, adopting the Canadian...