http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=economics Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jafar Jalili) Spain's border failed in front of the cameras last week. Australia's border never fails, which is exactly why our numbers deserve a harder question. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24112 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24112 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:45:53 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24112 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Gleb Tsipursky) Australia's artificial intelligence debate keeps circling around skills. Train more workers. Teach people to prompt. Build digital literacy. Those are sensible goals, but they leave out one group. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24105 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24105 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:31:25 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24105 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jim Penman) It's not Victorians who are at fault, but their freedom to act is smothered by government overgrowth. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24099 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24099 Wed, 5 Aug 2026 08:03:47 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24099 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Michael Knox) the question Warsh appears to be posing is this: to tighten monetary policy, should the Fed raise the Fed Funds rate, or should it instead pursue quantitative tightening, letting the asset base run down? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24095 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24095 Mon, 3 Aug 2026 06:29:14 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24095 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tim Butler) Imagine an economy where nobody ever gets fired; the unemployment rate is always low; GDP always goes up. How wonderful - and even better - we're living in it. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24056 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24056 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:24:49 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24056 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Brendan O'Reilly) Property investors are also considered fair game for a litany of special charges including a 0.5% p.a. impost on their borrowings relative to owner-occupiers. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24066 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24066 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:22:10 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24066 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ben Rees) If politics is about 'The Economy Stupid' then Australia is actually suffering from a lot of stupid and even more confusion.. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24064 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24064 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:53:56 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24064 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Alex Jamieson) What happens when Australia's favourite investment stops making financial sense? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24063 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24063 Thu, 9 Jul 2026 08:23:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24063 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tim Butler) Australians believe that trade-offs don't really matter. This is false. Australia is still a constrained system, and we are testing limits. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24055 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24055 Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:22:56 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24055 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) Jim Chalmers complained about the economy he inherited - too much debt, chronic deficit, low productivity - so what is the point of his last budget? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24013 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24013 Fri, 5 Jun 2026 08:26:32 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24013 On Line Opinion