The arrest of Meng Wanzhou may restart the US-China trade war, but it will just be a headwind of the looming global financial crash.
Politicians and the media are both focused on ephemeral issues at the expense of what voters are really concerned about — an economy that is no longer delivering for them.
The Reserve Bank has flagged it is already thinking about cutting, rather than raising, interest rates — a key observation in the wake of a significant reappraisal of our current economic performance.
Lack of wages growth is weighing on the economy, which is performing worse than expected, so much so an interest rate cut may be coming.
What makes a protectionist? Willingness to waste money, or true faith in the power of trade barriers?
Five minutes ago, Nine and News Corp were bemoaning the unaffordability of housing for young people. Now? Not so much...
Despite the lack of a big business tax cut, investment in Australia is on the rise — so much so that mining companies are now warning that workers might actually get real wages rises.
The government refuses to ever mention it, but wage theft is at massive levels and directly undermines wages growth and demand.
If Australia's board heavyweights don't like the idea of more regulation for the way they conduct themselves, they have only themselves to blame.
Immigration isn't merely about turning a tap of people on and off — it's an intersection of multiple policy failures across all three levels of government.
