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 (Anish Puri) If the rate is ordinary and the pain is extraordinary, the rate is the trigger, not the cause. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24182 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24182 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:36:24 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24182 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jarrod Adam) Australian manufacturers have slashed the stock on their shelves. Is this newfound efficiency - or the quiet removal of their last buffer against disruption? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24159 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24159 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:14:46 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24159 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Anish Puri) The scheme was well-meaning, and the results predictable, given the circumstances, just not those promoted as the purpose. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24155 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24155 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:32:40 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24155 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (James Mathias) Past Labor premiers have managed to make other people pay the price of their policies. This time it is the young workers. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24138 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24138 Wed, 2 Sep 2026 06:56:26 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24138 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ehsan Noroozinejad) Central planning comes to Australia with the federal government dictating industrial design laws to the states. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24134 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24134 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:38:45 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24134 On Line Opinion 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