Patrick Commins
Economics Editor at The Guardian
Productivity Commission (@ozprodcom). Director of strategic comms and engagement. Formerly at The Australian and Australian Financial Review.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Jonathan Barrett |Adam Morton |Natasha May |Patrick Commins |Caitlin Cassidy
If either leader landed a punch on housing, it was AlbaneseJonathan BarrettBusiness editorIf the election is a battle between cost-of-living policies, then the major parties’ competing housing policies are at the centre of the fight. It took Anthony Albanese just over one minute, and Peter Dutton 45 seconds, to refer to housing in their opening statements at the debate. The issue then dominated the opening exchanges.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Patrick Commins |Jonathan Barrett
By the time Australians woke Wednesday morning, 3 April, the world had changed. In a single stroke of his pen, a former reality TV star, property mogul and now second-term president of the most powerful country in the world had undone a century of US trade liberalisation. As global financial markets shed trillions in dollars of value, Australians compulsively check their superannuation balances to see how much damage Donald Trump’s trade war is inflicting on their retirement savings.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Patrick Commins |Nick Evershed
Households in the poorest outer suburban electorates are among the biggest winners from the social welfare and tax policies pursued by the Albanese government during its first term in power. Analysis by the Australian National University’s Centre for Social Policy Research has revealed how a highly progressive Labor agenda will boost incomes among the least well-off households by an average of $1,672 in 2025-26.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Patrick Commins |Allison Chan |Camilla Hannan |Miles Herbert
Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds Australia’s median home value has increased by about $230,000 in past five years, data shows Gaza and Aukus nuclear sub deal divide Labor and grassroots groups Greens say Facebook ad in Melbourne seat linking party to Hamas is ‘inflammatory and untruthful’ Deutsche Bank predicts more aggressive RBA rate cut in May as Trump tariff threat looms Australian stock market bounces back despite tariff threats...
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Patrick Commins
Economist Warwick McKibbin says ‘economic and policy flexibility’ puts Australia in better position to escape fallout from Trump tariffs
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Great from @tomdusevic: "Does Albanese take the well-worn road of ever more debt, with its risky delusions of exceptionalism and free money? Or can it reinvent how we earn our way in the world via its work-in-progress brand of values-based capitalism?" https://t.co/Lm1rQtD1Nn