Bernard Keane

The government is promising a massive housing construction surge all the way to the end of the decade. How will it work?

Why is Darwin getting more infrastructure funding than the whole of NSW from the federal government? Pork-barrelling.

The Bank of England has once again needed to intervene in the UK and financial markets everywhere are skittish and lack confidence in governments.

If you're a frequent air traveller and a vegetarian, don't despair — you can fly Virgin instead of with the meat-eaters at Qantas.

The latest wheeze from Alan Joyce’s giant travel lottery system is to in effect tell vegetarians, people with diet restrictions and travellers of faith to forget about being fed because the only thing they’ll get is meat.

Our employment market is running hot, even if no one is getting wage rises. And that means there'll be a lot more interest rate increases to come.

The review of the Reserve Bank wants to know what happens if monetary policy can't fix inflation caused by factors like climate change.

Should workers be forced back into the office so they'll spend more money on CBD businesses? If so, what happens to the businesses where they're spending now?

The only benefit from increasing migration, as is likely to happen as a result of the Jobs and Skills Summit, will flow to homeowners and property developers.

Ditching the stage three tax cuts would be a disaster for Labor and a welcome fillip for a divided opposition.

The cost of not paying aged care workers properly is far greater than the sums required to fund a proper workforce.

Low-income Australians can't do a thing about inflation, but they'll have to wear the cost of dealing with it.