Michael Pascoe

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Journalist and Contributing Editor at The New Daily

The Summertime of Our Dreams author, Michael West Media contributor , winner 2022 Kennedy Award Outstanding Columnist, speaker, rugby, prefer to be skiing

Articles

A dying demographic: how Murdoch is slowly killing the Liberal Party

6 days ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is dragging the Liberal Party down “one funeral at a time”. And visa-versa. Michael Pascoe reports. Two swimmers struggling in the water might survive individually but both are more likely to drown if they grab the other. The Murdochs’ Australian operation and the Liberal Party are like that, captives of the mutual base they have created, dragging each other down.
RBA drops interest rate with real wages due to fall again

2 weeks ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

The Reserve Bank’s numbers shout that it made a mistake not cutting interest rates in April, as well as yesterday. The forecasted drop in real wages underlines the need, Michael Pascoe writes. I hope you enjoyed this financial year, when real wages actually rose for a change, because next year, they’re going backwards again. And that is just one of the reasons why the Reserve Bank will indeed cut interest rates twice more this year, and was wrong not to cut in April as well.
Labor’s got a new mandate to act. Still condones war crimes. Why?

2 weeks ago | antinuclear.net | Michael Pascoe |Christina MacPherson

Labor’s got a new mandate to act. Still condones war crimes. Why? by Michael Pascoe | May 19, 2025 https://michaelwest.com.au/labors-got-a-new-mandate-still-condones-war-crimes-why/The Palestine elephant remains in the room. It’s putrid, stinking of death while our government holds its nose and looks away, ignoring the war crimes, writes Michael Pascoe.
Labor's got a new mandate to act. Still condones war crimes. Why?

2 weeks ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

The Palestine elephant remains in the room. It’s putrid, stinking of death while our government holds its nose and looks away, ignoring the war crimes, writes Michael Pascoe. Yesterday, The Guardian reported another 140 people killed in Gaza, while Israel continues its blockade of all aid from coming in, now entering its 11th week. Let’s keep this very simple: Is depriving the civilian population of food, water and medicine a war crime? Yes, it is. So, what is the penalty for this crime?
Quantum roadkill? What happens next to Ed Husic's pet project?

3 weeks ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

One of the Albanese government’s oddest ventures was joining with Queensland to bet $1 billion on a roughy running in the quantum computing stakes. Michael Pascoe wonders if it could be scratched. All governments have the occasional rush of blood to the head and pour serious money into dubious projects. AUKUS is the biggest example, but not the only one.
The curious case of the RBA dogs that didn’t bark - Michael West

1 month ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

Yes, the dogs are barking that the latest CPI figures will deliver an interest rate cut this month after the election. Michael Pascoe is wondering about the dogs that didn’t bark earlier within the RBA. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has shouted that the Reserve Bank of Australia was wrong not to trim interest rates at its April 1 meeting. The funny thing is, the RBA itself back in February forecast that ABS verdict.
Chook entrails. Coalition looking to win the election by any means

1 month ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael Pascoe |Michael West

Is astrology a sound basis for formulating government policy? Or numerology? Reading chook entrails? The Coalition appears to think that sort of thing is a major vote winner, Michael Pascoe wirites. They’re all the same to me, all matters of self-deception at best and fraud more often. Certainly, none should be used as the basis of government policy, yet that is precisely what the Coalition is proudly proposing.
Campaign goes to the dogs as leaders pause for Easter

1 month ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael West |Duncan Graham |Rex Patrick |Michael Pascoe

Hostilities in the battle for the prime ministership have been briefly paused as leaders struck a more subdued tone on the campaign trail on Good Friday. With most of the country putting thoughts of an election on the backburner during the Easter break, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton also adopted a more laidback approach. The prime minister joined Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale for a casual stroll with their dogs Toto and Toby at a park in the marginal seat.
Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech: US judge

1 month ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael West |Duncan Graham |Rex Patrick |Michael Pascoe

Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge has ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.
Global stocks wobble as Fed's Powell urges caution

1 month ago | michaelwest.com.au | Michael West |Duncan Graham |Rex Patrick |Michael Pascoe

European shares have fallen, while the dollar rose as traders took some heart from trade talks between the US and Japan, and gold hit a record as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell added a note of caution about the growth outlook. With a long weekend ahead, investors were reluctant to double down too heavily on the broad-based decline in risk assets this week.