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Behind the scenes: the lowdown from the lock-up

There’s no bigger shattering of journalistic hubris than the annual scrum outside the budget lock-up.

Tim Colebatch drinks the house price Kool-Aid

The housing industry has a vested interest in ensuring that the house price myth is perpetuated. Now, respected columnists are joining the party.

More Higgins nonsense: the media mess

There seemed to be much confusion and mashing of facts by political spectators about the Higgins by-election, says Possum Comitatus. Will no one check the facts and figures on voter numbers before making big claims?

This “recession” is built on rubbery figures

Much has been made of the apparent rise in the savings ratio in the December quarter national accounts, but this could be a furphy, writes Glenn Dyer.