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Don’t get comfy….
My latest piece for The Spectator Australia discusses the option of curbing interest rate rises for the remainder of the year, allowing households and businesses to enjoy the holiday season. With CPI falling and the effects of previous interest rate rises falling into place, I argue that there is no need for further rate rises…
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Higher Interest Rates on the Cards
My latest article for The Spectator Australia discusses how we might pave our way out of inflationary pressures in Australia. Given that the number of ABSs purchased during the pandemic was proportionately the highest out of all western countries’ government bonds purchases, a backtracking on the increased circulation of money within the economy seems to…
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The case for a September interest rate rise pause
With inflation currently sitting at 4.9% in Australia, remaining sticky in Europe and down to a low 3% in the US, does Australia require another interest rate rise to quell inflation? The RBA still has a fair way to go before it reaches its 2-3% target, however, the CPI is already on its way down…
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Opportunities for manufacturing Australia’s SSNs
Given that the US is experiencing a backlog in their nuclear submarine manufacturing program and Australia is waiting for its new SSN-AUKUS fleet to be built, it only makes sense from a logistical perspective for manufacturing to become a combined effort, alleviating delays on both sides of the Pacific. Constraints currently exist to joint manufacturing…
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Hard work! What is it?
Warning – irony and a brush of humour may be present in this piece, as it is in many a piece of literature, ancient and modern 🙂 Whilst hard work is certainly not a literary genre, we can certainly still look to literature and to history for examples of what it entails. Perhaps in today’s…
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Spoof! What is it?
A ‘spoof’ is almost like an impression or an imitation of another character or a piece of literature, art or film. When performed well, a spoof can leave you in stitches, as its main aim is to provide comic value. Writing or delivering a spoof or parody of any sort requires delicacy and skill. The…
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What is parody and how can I appreciate it?
Parody is another style of writing invented by the Ancient Greeks. It is similar to satire, in the sense that it often involves irony. Ancient authors began parodying their predecessors by producing writing that was very similar in nature to their famous counterparts – such as Homer, the alleged inventor of the epic genre –…
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Mandatory voting: a moral obligation
Did you know that only 5 First World nations have compulsory voting systems? Australia is one of these 5. Do have a read of this article, which I wrote recently for The Spectator Australia on the topic of mandatory voting and what it means in the context of being an Australian citizen. Published 30th April…
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